In print: is next-gen DV cracked for good, are PS3 pre-orders that good, the truth about UFOs, better standby, Snap haters and Ballmer talks down Vista

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• Hollywood faces up to DRM flop
  The system designed to protect next-generation DVDs from pirates has been cracked - and even the hackers are surprised at how easy it was, says Bobbie Johnson.
• Copyright sets boundaries on history
  Free Our Data: A project to put historical constituency data online runs into familiar problems with Ordnance Survey.
• Retailers suspiciously coy on PlayStation 3 pre-order figures
  Sony's latest gaming console arrives in the UK on March 23. But how big a hit - or miss - will it be? Charles Arthur reports.
• New tech industry with old tech habits
  Keith Stuart: A games drought is coming.
• Gadgets
  Samsung K3 | Kodak V803 | Palm Treo 680
• Newly Asked Questions
  • Is Snap Preview the most hated Web 2.0 function ever?
    We certainly haven't seen anything to match the outpourings of bile that have followed the wannabe search engine's little page previews, says Charles Arthur.
  • Is Steve Ballmer trying to sink Windows Vista?
    It might look like it from reactions such as the Mini-Microsoft blog, observes Jack Schofield.
• Read me first
  Bobbie Johnson: Web 2.0 is giving all of us a voice. But is anyone really listening?
• I dig the sites - pity about their usability
  Newspapers are worried stiff that their future may be extinguished by the migration of news and advertising to the web and the rise of user-generated content usurping the hallowed tradition of in-house journalism, says Victor Keegan.
• Technobile
  MySpace doesn't offer real friendship and is full of stuff I don't need to know. So why am I addicted to it, asks Dave Lee?
• Could we have hitched a ride on UFOs?
  Newly released files may put one mystery to bed, but in doing so others are left unanswered. James Randerson investigates.
• How can you watch TV underground? Try a mobile
  Mobile phone operators repeatedly surprise me, and not necessarily in a good way, writes Charles Arthur.
• It's time to switch on those energy-saving TVs and PVRs
  Does going green add up? Some manufacturers don't put an off button on their devices, but others are finding ways to be greener, as Guy Clapperton reports.
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