In what I consider a damnable move and one that was "slipped" in, Intel has apparently integrated DRM into its new Pentium D and 945 chipset. The new feature - which Intel thus far refuses to give details on - gives the RIAA, the MPAA, and other DRM-enthused organizations control over purchased content at the hardware level for the first time. It certainly appears to strike a heavy blow for consumer's fair-use rights, though it's certainly too soon to throw up the red flag just yet (a yellow flag to be sure, however).

If this new integration is as bad as I fear it will be, it certainly gives me the first reason ever never to buy another Intel processor and to switch to AMD.