High-tech piracy
Source: ZDNET
High-tech pirates are exploring new territory, as new chips promise to defeat Xbox copy-protection features and an Eminem CD becomes a most-played hit way before it goes on sale.
The Xtender, a "mod chip" intended to be added to the main circuit board of the Xbox, purportedly allows the console to play illegally copied game software. Will this inspire a Napster-like wave of copy infringement? Probably not, analysts say. For starters, using the mod chips requires disassembling the Xbox case and affixing the chip to the circuit board, a task that can require more than 20 soldering connections
