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Friday, November 18, 2005

New Show Recordings

Thanks to Alex Boyd, we now have recordings from Tom's November 11th show at the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh. Alex writes:

The last show from Tom's tour, this was perhaps one of the more energetic shows that the band have put on, featuring the rare live performance of "The only thing I know" this was a special night in an intimate venue.

You can find the files on our download page here. Don't forget to read the top for details on how to download from our site.

We hope everyone enjoys! And thanks again, Alex, for sharing.

Tomination.org @ 7:27 PM | 0 comments

Saturday, November 12, 2005

tominationmedia

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with tominationmedia.net but they are being worked on as we speak. Hopefully everything will be back soon. Thanks for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience!

12:22pm EST - It's back up now!

Tomination.org @ 7:49 AM | 0 comments

Monday, November 07, 2005

Sony BMG DRM

In a recent article on CNET.com, it was revealed that new releases from Sony BMG contain a piece of software that automatically installs itself when you put the disc in your CD drive. The root-kit that is installed contains a set of tools that are very similar to a trojan virus. Below is an excerpt from the article:

On Monday, October 31, alert users discovered that Sony BMG is using copy-protected CDs to surreptitiously install its digital rights management technology onto PCs. You don't have to be ripping the CD, either--just playing it from your CD-ROM drive triggers the installation. The software installs itself as a root kit, which is a set of tools commonly used to make certain files and processes undetectable, and they're the favored tool of crackers who are, as Wikipedia puts it, attempting to "maintain access to a system for malicious purposes." In fact, root kits are often classified alongside Trojan horses. And Mark Russinovich, who created a root-kit detection utility and was one of the first to blog about the Sony intrusion, discovered another little gem when he tried to remove the DRM drivers. It broke his computer--disabling his CD drive.

You can read the complete article by Molly Woods here at CNet.com

Please note that while All Maps Welcome is being released by Sony BMG, as far as we know, it does not contain this root-kit install. If you experience any problems with the CD, please contact us as we'd like to know if it's an issue.

Tomination.org @ 7:38 AM | 0 comments