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The Vista license "loophole" that isn't: Software licensing is often hard to understand. But that's no excuse for so-called Windows experts to deliberately publish sensational stories that turn the facts upside-down. I'm talking about the fuss that Scott Dunn and Brian Livingston kicked up in yesterday's version of the Windows Secrets newsletter, in...; Tags: License Agreement, Clean Install, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Scott Dunn, Nothing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-04
Vista virtualization: The bigger picture: As Mary Jo Foley noted earlier this week, Microsoft has belatedly gotten around to relaxing its licensing rules so that customers can install any edition of Windows Vista in a virtual machine, including the less expensive Home Basic and Home Premium flavors. I haven't seen anyone document...; Tags: License Agreement, Virtualization, License, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Difference, Hardware, Virtual Machine, Ultimate, Hardware System, VM, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Operating Systems, Software, Security, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Floppy Image (exe): Create image files of floppy disks and back (for backup, shipping or transfer). Save the image file compressed, uncompressed or as a self-extracting exe. Add descriptions to or convert your old image files. Logically recreate bad sectors when writing floppy disks. The self-extracting exe can be fully customized with a...; Tags: Floppy Disk, License Agreement, Disk; Software downloads 2007-03-30
SCO vs. IBM: clarity as push approaches shove: Just recently groklaw published both IBMs motion for summary judgement on SCOs contractual claims and SCOs rebuttal argument. The judge could rule on those today or later or this week, but the outcome is less interesting than the documents themselves because here, for the first time, both SCO...; Tags: General, Linux; Blog posts 2007-03-12
Microsoft DirectX Drivers Redistributable (exe): Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. DirectX 9.0c includes support for Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader 3.0, along with many new features...; Tags: License Agreement, Microsoft Corp., DirectX, Microsoft DirectX; Software downloads 2006-12-14

Vista Mythbusters #8: That license isn't so bad, after all: Myth: The new end user license agreement EULA for Windows Vista is loaded with draconian restrictions, and youre not even allowed to troubleshoot bugs! Reality: For the most part, the Vista license agreement is clearer than its predecessors, and many of the so-called restrictions in it are based on misunderstandings....; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, .NET, Microsoft Windows Vista, license agreement; Blog posts 2006-11-13
A sneaky change in Windows licensing terms: Update 2-Nov: In response to complaints from enthusiasts, Microsoft revised the terms of its license agreement. For more details, see "Microsoft changes Vista license terms." Update 16-Oct: For additional information about the new Windows Vista retail license, see "Get facts, not spin, about Vista's new license."I've seen several sites point to Microsoft's new Software...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Vista, Microsoft, Licensing; Blog posts 2006-10-11
More details on the onerous MTV Urge license agreement: More details on the onerous MTV Urge license agreementNeeds of the industryLets be clear about this. the only need the industry has is to stay in business - and that is not one of my needs. in order to stay in business, industry needs to understand that I will...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Windows XP, SMC, Vista-XP, Media Player Urge Dot-Net delivery, subscription fee, Media Player Urge Dot-Net, Win-Troll, Microsoft Corp., MTV, license agreement, agreement; Discussion threads 2006-05-17
More details on the onerous MTV Urge license agreement: Earlier today, I wrote about the frightening license agreement that accompanies MTV Urge, the new "better than iTunes" music service that Microsoft is offering as a key feature of Windows Media Player 11. It reminded me of a post I wrote almost a year ago, when Microsoft was reportedly thinking...; Tags: agreement, Urge, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media; Blog posts 2006-05-16
Scottish Water to Save Up to GPB7 Million (US$13 Million) With Unlimited License Agreement: Scottish Water provides water and wastewater services to 2.2 million households and 130,000 businesses across an area that covers one third of Britain. A publicly owned organization, Scottish Water aims to be as efficient as private sector companies. The challenge was to reduce operating costs and capital expenditure by GPB30...; Tags: License Agreement, Oracle Corp., Scottish Water, Operational Accounting, Regulations, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Finance, Government, Software; Case studies

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Britain moves against illegal file sharing: CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...; Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity: Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T: Hasbro said it has filed suit in the Southern District of New York against Rajat Agarwalla, Jayant Agarwalla, and RJ Softwares, better known as the creators of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous. It was only a matter of time before the Scrabble-Scrabulous feud came to a head, and that...; Tags: Facebook, Hasbro Inc., Games, Intellectual Property, Personal Technology, Research & Development, Business Operations, lawsuit, Scrabulous, Hasbro, Tom Magrino, GameSpot; News items 2008-07-25
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable: Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...; Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker: Apple is in the market for someone capable of hacking into the iPhone. According to this job listing, the company is looking for an iPhone Security Engineer capable of, among other things, developing "proof of concept" attacks on the device's current security mechanisms. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hacker, Security Mechanism, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case: The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell...; Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones; News items 2008-07-24
Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle: Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...; Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones; News items 2008-07-24
DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality: DTrace and the Linux bunker mentalityBecause it is the Linux way Paul1) Take something good and copy it badly.2) Never, ever listen to anyone offering advice regarding usability [i]"Linux ain't no Fisher Price OS"[/i] etc.3) Spend more time arguing on the mailing lists, than actually developing and bug-testing.RE: DTrace and...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, DTrace, SCO Group Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
PaaS embraces client access licensing: PaaS embraces client access licensingAt least they offer SSLI checked out this company and they seem to address a few of the concerns for PaaS and SaaS.That being SSL. So at least when communicating with your web apps it would take an unreasonable effort to sniff your data traffic.However I...; Tags: cloud computing, extreme user, PaaS, client access licensing; Discussion threads 2008-07-23