Tougher Vista antipiracy crackdown
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday told Wall Street analysts that the company might "dial up" the intensity of antipiracy technology baked into Windows Vista as part of an effort to squeeze more revenue from China, India, Brazil, Russia and other emerging markets.
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Russian judge throws out piracy case
A Russian judge has tossed out a piracy case against school principal Alexander Ponosov who apparently installed hot VoleWare at his school. They said that this was worth about $115 to Microsoft. The Judge said that this was not worth bothering about and kicked out the case.
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Half of pirated Vista is malware
About half of the downloads claiming to be free versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system are actually malicious Trojan horse software, security vendor DriveSentry Inc. warned Thursday. With Vista's consumer launch just days away, hackers have been bombarding discussion boards with offers of "cracked" versions of Windows Vista, which are typically being distributed on peer-to-peer networks.
Read the article HERE.
Read the article HERE.
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Russian judge throws out piracy case
A Russian judge has tossed out a piracy case against school principal Alexander Ponosov who apparently installed hot VoleWare at his school. They said that this was worth about $115 to Microsoft. The Judge said that this was not worth bothering about and kicked out the case.
Read the article HERE.
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Half of pirated Vista is malware
About half of the downloads claiming to be free versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system are actually malicious Trojan horse software, security vendor DriveSentry Inc. warned Thursday. With Vista's consumer launch just days away, hackers have been bombarding discussion boards with offers of "cracked" versions of Windows Vista, which are typically being distributed on peer-to-peer networks.
Read the article HERE.
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