WINDOWS PHONE 7 MARKETPLACE DRM CRACKED

Devious devs have punched a hole in Microsoft's WP7 marketplace DRM, allowing for the free installation of paid apps. The technique is currently just in proof of concept form, as illustrated in the video above—but a public release would mean an app piracy bonanza, if only a brief one. WPCentral says Microsoft is aware of the hole—so it'll be interesting to see whether exploitative software or a patch hits devices first. [Gizmodo]

SALT DRM CAUSING PROBLEMS

Sony recently released the movie Salt starring Angelina Jolie. Sony included DRM software on the disc, which is apparently causing all kinds of problems. The DRM is said to have caused many DVD players to reject the movie and make it unplayable. In some cases, the problems are so bad that consumers are unable to eject the disc unless they time the press of the eject button perfectly. It is unclear at this time which DVD players are affected and Sony has been quiet on the matter. [Geek]

NETFLIX COMING TO ANDROID NEXT YEAR

The ever-popular streaming movie service is coming to Android. In a post on the company’s official blog, Netflix announced that they will start to appear on “select Android devices” in early 2011. The reason why Netflix for Android won’t immediately be available on every Android handset is due to a “lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism for Android.” There seems to be a DRM issue with making Netflix’s content providers happy, and apparently on Android it’s on a device-by-device basis. We’re sure it will all get worked out, however, seeing that almost every other mobile platform and gaming system now supports Netflix. [BGR]