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MacBook buyers bite Apple over copy protection cock-up

 
DisplayPort-only direction yields iTunes playback woes Analysis Apple's decision to adopt the DisplayPort digital monitor connector is pissing off punters, all thanks to the technology's incorporation of a copyright protection mechanism.… (link)

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