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- Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation
- Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7. Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7. Ordinarily, the operating system requires users to activate their copy...
- Tags: Antipiracy, Hacker, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Windows 7, activation, piracy, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-16
- Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!
- Microsoft's activation and Windows Genuine Advantage mechanisms do little to prevent piracy. Exhibit A: Windows 7 activation mechanism cracked weeks before the release of the OS. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Activation, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- BrightBerry Flashlight for STORM 1.06 (Mobile)
- Never get stuck in the dark again! Flashlight app with simple one-button activation. Lights up the whole screen full brightness and the LED light to the brightest white.
- Tags: Mobile, Activation, Light-emitting Diode, Motek Mobile, Engineering
- Software downloads 2009-07-23
- TechNet Webcast: Understanding Activation and Validation in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Level 300)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how volume activation supports new types of license keys and several new modes of activation for customers in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Tags: Webcast, Activation, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2009-06-26
- TealLock Plus 7.15 7.15 (Mobile)
- Handheld Security and Encryption: Unmatched Security Secure and protect your handheld with TealLock, the automatic locking program with data encryption and SD card support. Completely redesigned for version 6, TealLock has unmatched features and customization options for personal or corporate use. TealLock uses technology so powerful it was adopted by...
- Tags: Security, Password, Mobile, Activation, TealPoint Software, TealLock, Palm OS, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-06-03
- Rasche's Kartenspiele 1.08 (Mac)
- You can play all our card games (Skat, Doppelkopf, Sheepshead, Schafkopf, Skat En Deux,...). All of the following can be registered with an activation code:Rasche's Skat 5.0,Rasche's Skat 6,Rasche's Skat 6 Premium,Rasche's Doppelkopf 3.0,Rasche's Doppelkopf 4,Rasche's Sheepshead 3.0 andRasche's Sheepshead 4-users.Club membersQuick and Tom`s ..Express products
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Activation, Card Game, Rasche-Software, Rasche
- Software downloads 2009-04-23
- BrightBerry Flashlight (Mobile)
- Never get stuck in the dark again! Flashlight app with simple one-button activation. Lights up the whole screen full brightness and the LED light to the brightest white.
- Tags: Mobile, Activation, Light-emitting Diode, Motek Mobile, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-03-31
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year’s report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...
- Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Crazy Spark 1.0 (Mobile)
- With Crazy Spark you'll always have a sparkler when you need one. A high definition video of a real sparkler with touch and shake activation.
- Tags: Mobile, Activation, Ezone, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-08-02
- iPhone Headaches
- The launch of Apple's cool new iPhone turned into a big tech meltdown for new and old customers. Kara Tsuboi looks into what happened.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, cbsi, iPhone, Apple, store, activation, Kara Tsuboi
- Videos 2008-07-14
- iPhone activation woes
- Get a look at the morning opening of the San Francisco Apple store and how the first person in line felt after not snagging one of Apple's next-generation smartphones.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, News, iphone 3G, release, line, apple, store, activation, cbsi
- Videos 2008-07-11
- TealGlance 4.12 (Mobile)
- A pop-up task and appointment reminder, TealGlance shows a "quick view" window on power-up showing commonly-needed information such as date, time, day of the week, upcoming datebook appointments, unchecked tasks (to-do list items), and the current battery level. A wide variety of activation and customization options are available, including...
- Tags: Mobile, Activation, TealPoint Software, TealGlance 4.12, Palm OS, Engineering, Construction, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-03-29
- Hackers figure out how to resurrect year old Vista news
- It seems that hackers have figured out how to resurrect news about a Vista activation hack that's over a year old. Yesterday I received several emails from readers pointing to a post on Slashdot. The site was running a piece which pointed to a an article on APC Magazine from...
- Tags: Activation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Hacker, Hacking, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- The KB940510 update detects activation bypass (KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations)
- The KB940510 update detects activation bypass (KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations)Finally got it rightThis is what SP1 was supposedly mostly about, I'm glad they finally did it right. Well, glad is not so much the right word for it, I mean I have no desire to steal and install...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, KB940510, Microsoft Windows Vista, activation, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Vista Loader - Working Vista SP1 activation hack
- SP1 was supposed to make life tougher for pirates - it doesn't. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: screenshots vista, sp1, hack, activation, wga
- Image galleries 2008-02-12
- More information on the Vista SP1 activation hack
- My post on the Vista SP1 activation hack has generated a lot of feedback especially in the form of questions from both individuals and other media outlets. I've put together this post in order to answer some of these questions. First off, the hack. The hack in...
- Tags: Hack, Activation, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), BIOS, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Server Core Activation
- In this webcast, the presenter continues his demonstration of Windows Server 2008 - Core Installation Option, where he configures a virtual machine and shows activation.
- Tags: Activation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Virtualization
- Webcasts 2008-01-22
- Secure ripping from "episodic DVDs" described in just-published Microsoft patent app
- A major new Microsoft Patent application entitled DVD identification and managed copy authorization describes and illustrates a secure manner in which DVDs could be enabled for "ripping" of selected sections of media. In other words, and as Paragraph 44 of this app...
- Tags: Consumer, Multimedia, Authorization, Activation, Content Provider, Client, Information, Microsoft Corp., Copy, Copy Service, Identification Response, FIG, Authorization Service, Method 1000, Method 1100, Method 1200, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3
- 17-Dec 9:00AM PST: Post updated with more details about behavior after grace period expires. Last week Microsoft released a whitepaper outlining the changes in Windows XP Service Pack 3, which was just released for MSDN and TechNet subscribers and should be ready for final release in the first half...
- Tags: Introduction, Activation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-12-16
- Microsoft makes IE with component activation change available to testers
- Microsoft makes IE with component activation change available to testersExcellent news for end users and web designers.Guess no one realy needed EOLAS after all...On a bug fix roll ...... presuambly because of a downward turn in software quality. I'm tending to agree with AKH - consumers are in a perpetual...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Wow Microsoft, Eolas Technologies Inc., realy, activation, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
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