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- Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers
- Microsoft is planning to deliver on October 1 to third-party software developers a set of technologies that will allow them to add code protection and activation mechanisms to their own software.When Microsoft first unveiled its "Genuine Software" initiative three years ago, company officials said they planned to license to third...
- Tags: wga, oga, anti-piracy, activation
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Ballmer's list: Microsoft's CEO shares his top nine Microsoft growth picks
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has come up with a list of the nine "opportunities" where he believes Microsoft can sustain a half billion or more in new margin growth over the next three years. On February 15, Ballmer shared that list with Wall Street analysts and shareholders who participated...
- Tags: anti-piracy, corporate strategy, office, office live, oga, sql server, wga, windows client, windows live, windows mobile, windows server, xbox, zune
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- Genuine Advantage: Can Microsoft recast itself as protector, not punisher?
- I wouldnt want Cori Hartjes job. She is the head of Microsofts much-maligned Genuine Software Initiative -- the team responsible for implementing Windows Genuine Advantage and Office Genuine Advantage. Hartje was on a cross-country press tour last week. Microsoft has no new Genuine Advantage lockdowns to announce as...
- Tags: vista, windows client, office, office 2007, anti-piracy, wga, oga, activation, microsoft corp., microsofts, software
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Tasty Microsoft leftovers from Thanksgiving weekend
- The last bits of my Thanksgiving tofurkey are history. Here’s a quick survey of some of the Microsoft news from the past few days about which I didn’t have a chance to blog. One more time: Is there an Office ‘Kill Switch’? So is there or isn’t there an...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), blogging, microsoft corp., microsoft office, antitrust, novell inc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-27
- Yes, there is an Office 2007 'kill switch'
- Buried in a Knowledge Base article that Microsoft published to the Web on November 14 are details of Microsoft’s plans to combat Office 2007 piracy via new Office Genuine Advantage lockdowns. When asked last month whether Microsoft was planning to punish alleged Office 2007 pirates by crippling the functionality...
- Tags: vista, legal, office 2007, anti-piracy, wga, oga, activation
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- MS Office to use Genuine Validation
- Mary Jo Foley breaks the news that Microsoft Office will adopt a Genuine Advantage mechanism like the one employed in Windows XP to verify that the copy of Office being used in legitimately licensed. She also reports that Windows Genuine Advantage will move to a messaging strategy that...
- Tags: oga, microsoft office, windows genuine, windows genuine advantage
- Blog posts 2006-04-25
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- Microsoft accidentally delivers Office Genuine nagware
- Microsoft is acknowledging that on April 15 it accidentally delivered its new Office Genuine Notifications to users outside of its planned pilot areas of Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey. Infoworld quotes Cori Hartje, the Director of Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative, on the mix-up: "The Office Genuine...
- Tags: microsoft corp., microsoft office, office suites, software, mary jo foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage 'nag' to Office
- Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage 'nag' to OfficeKey: "Or deemed to be one"Yes, those who are incorrectly nagged will have a "fun" time ending the "nag stream".... Open Office never nags. And Office 2003 can still be used just fine. If we stop buying this...
- Tags: open source, microsoft corp., microsoft office, genuine advantage, microsoft windows genuine advantage, software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage 'nag' to Office
- Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a "nag-like" feature, akin to what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office. Office already currently includes an Office Genuine Advantage OGA validation mechanism (for Office XP...
- Tags: mary jo foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- The real reason(s) behind Microsoft's move to exorcise WGA from IE7
- The real reasons behind Microsoft's move to exorcise WGA from IE7Poll is brokeI vote for one thing and it shows total votes: 1 and 100% to a different choice.dittosame hereRE: The real reasons behind Microsoft's move to exorcise WGA from IE7Of course even if more people install it, that doesn't...
- Tags: web browsers, microsoft internet explorer 7, mozilla firefox, microsoft windows genuine advantage, microsoft internet explorer 6, microsoft internet explorer, real reason, microsoft corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Microsoft: WGA meltdown due to human error
- Microsoft: WGA meltdown due to human errorSo, it's OKAY for just any old programmer ...... in the Redmond offices to swap code on the Windows update servers? 'Cause THAT is what it looks like yer playin' apologist for MS about.IncorrectThe day Apple or Linux gets a 20% market share,...
- Tags: microsoft windows genuine advantage, microsoft corp., wga meltdown
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Did Apple install a rootkit in Apple TV?
- Did Apple install a rootkit in Apple TV?I highly doubt itAs suggested in the comments at the site you linked to, it's more likely a nightly cron job that checks system files and is resets them if they're "corrupted".Responsible PublishingMaybe it would be a good idea to find out the...
- Tags: rootkits, apple inc., rootkit, apple tv, tv
- Discussion threads 2007-03-29
- Windows Vista activation cracked by brute force
- Windows Vista activation cracked by brute forcePlease provide us a few extra keys once done"Brute force" has such a pretty ring to it. Like so many other things MS related.There goes the neighborhood"Microsoft's Windows Vista activation process has been cracked - by using brute force technique"That didn't take long exactly...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), microsoft windows, vista thing, microsoft windows vista, microsoft corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-01
- Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the rise
- Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the riseThis is only a problem for the poor souls using Windows.They won't waste their time targeting secure OSes which would not be very fruitful anyway when it is so easy to prey on Windows users.Police not interested?If police are not interested in the first ransom...
- Tags: spyware, adware & malware, microsoft windows, cyberthreats, spyware, viruses and worms, construction, security, trojan horse, virus, window, windows users, antivirus
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free world
- Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free worldIf would think that the purchase price of the CD makes it worthwhile.You only get 2 or 3 titles that are any good. That's 5 bucks a song versus iTunes 1 buck. The 1 dollar title has to be protected to allow the labels to...
- Tags: digital rights management (drm), digital media, game, digital-rights management, drm-free, cd, apple inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Hacker finds chink in Microsoft's anti-piracy armor
- A security researcher in India has discovered "easy to exploit" ways to cheat Microsofts OGA Office Genuine Advantage anti-piracy checks.Debasis Mohanty, a hacker with a history of circumventing Redmonds software validation tools, says there are numerous ways to bypass the checks, which generate a hash out of information from the...
- Tags: piracy, hacking, microsoft office, security, microsoft corp., mohanty, antipiracy
- Blog posts 2007-01-30
- Local PC retailers prep Vista system give-aways
- Local PC retailers prep Vista system give-awaysWhere are the MS bashers...This shows that MS can be a good pal if they want to. I will definately look into it.TANSTAAFL.MICROSOFT IS DIGITALAnd digital is designed to run at 250 trillion cps.Dang. Microsoft is THAT SCARED?They are even GIVING Vista away?...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), vista only, microsoft windows vista, microsoft corp., company-a, pc
- Discussion threads 2007-01-24
- There's Nothing Like the Real Thing: Genuine Software Is a Win-Win for Customers, Microsoft and Partners
- There is no more pervasive or pernicious problem plaguing the software industry than that of counterfeit or pirated software operating systems and applications. Microsoft's genuine software programs - which are more than a year old - enable customers to quickly and easily verify if they are running an authentic version...
- Tags: software, the yankee group, partnership, microsoft corp., tools & techniques, management
- White papers 2007-01-22
- Read the Exchange 2007 small print
- Read the Exchange 2007 small printShills & cash flowIn a recent blog on here (one of David Berlind's IIRC) about a Windows problem, someone posed the question [i]"I wonder how long it will be until someone posts 'Switch to linux'"[/i]. It was about 7 posts.I'll pose a similar question -...
- Tags: e-mail, microsoft office, groupware, cal, microsoft corp., microsoft exchange server 2007, microsoft outlook
- Discussion threads 2006-12-28
- Let the 2007 Microsoft prediction season officially begin
- Let the 2007 Microsoft prediction season officially beginSome predictionsMS will reduce the price of Vista in an effort to stimulate demand from the entrenched XP user base. Despite pressure placed on OEMs to only offer Vista, the consumer votes by purchasing lower end cheaper machines instead of the much...
- Tags: digital rights management (drm), microsoft windows vista (longhorn), digital media, microsoft office, microsoft corp., riaa, veezda, microsoft windows xp
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
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