From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Either way we still get to blame MS 

"Dave Ings"  wrote in message news:441c3950{at}w3....
>I think the author (and C/Net) has likely mixed aApples and oranges. AFAIK
>the additional battery drain is due to the .wma format itself not the
>DRM'ing of the format ... could be wrong of course.
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:441c3154{at}w3....
>>I wonder if MS will go into the battery business soon
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/18/ms_drm_plays_for_shorter/
>>
>> Microsoft's "PlaysForSure" DRM knocks as much as 25 per
cent off the
>> battery life of a portable music jukebox, according to tests.
>>
>> The CNET testers discovered that playback of encrypted files suffers
>> compared to unencrypted MP3 files. That's not so surprising, and even
>> Apple's own iPod turns in a shorter battery life when playing locked-down
>> AAC files purchased through Apple's iTunes. But what may be surprising is
>> just how much Windows Media 10 affects the experience.
>>
>
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