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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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- VideoMach 5.5.3 (Windows)
- This is the fastest and easiest way to convert images to video. VideoMach is ideal for converting images from professional high-speed imagers, 3D renderers (e.g. Terragen), stop-motion animation, time-lapse photography, and screen capture applications to AVI and MPEG. Standard version supports video, audio and all major image formats, while Professional...
- Tags: Bayer AG, Screen Capture, AVI, MPEG, Microsoft Windows, Silicon Graphics Inc., TIFF, Gromada, VideoMach, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-07-17
- CDA to MP3 Converter 2.6.819 (Windows)
- CDA to MP3 Converter converts CDA to MP3 quickly. The software is an ALL IN ONE audio converter that converts more than 90 audio and video formats to MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, AAC, M4A, M4B, and AMR. If your CD is an audiobook, you can convert it into M4B audiobooks...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Communications Decency Act, MP3, Hoo Technologies, Digital Music, Regulations, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Government, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-07-07
- Hoo MIDI to MP3 Converter 2.4.775 (Windows)
- MIDI to MP3 Converter converts MIDI to MP3. It is an all-in-one audio converter that supports more than 90 audio and video files. The software is fully compatible with Vista. You can change encoding parameters of target files such as sample frequency, bit rate, channels, and quality. So it is...
- Tags: Software, MIDI, Microsoft Windows, MP3, Hoo Technologies, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-07-06
- Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validation
- I've seen a few folks celebrating the patent ruling as something that could put a damper on Microsoft's Genuine Advantage anti-piracy technologies in Windows. But it looks like it may be a little soon to dance on the WGA/OGA graves. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage
- Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage They are both irrelevant... or should have been.Adrian was originally wanting to send a fax, which prompted him to find a fax template and WGA/OGA insisted that he needed to first recertify his Sharepoint and Project sw.So Adrian would have been better off using Open Office.Unless...
- Tags: Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
- Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage ... genuine pain in the rear!
- Here's when mechanisms such as Windows Genuine Advantage WGA and Office Genuine Advantage OGA really get on my nerves ... when they get in the way of me doing what I want! Here's an example. Yesterday I needed to fire off a quick fax, so I launched...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Fax, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- Office 14: The (near) silence is deafening
- Office 14: The near silence is deafeningthanksMy egregious typo is gone. Thanks, Anton! mjeekI doubt that Microsoft has been leaking information in frightened tones about Office 14. "... eek ..." indeed. And even "eke" implies the Microsoft staff concerned are finding out only little by little about their...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 14, silence, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- AAC MP3 Converter 2.6.759 (Windows)
- AAC MP3 Converter converts more than 30 audio and video file formats to AAC, MP3, and WAV. It supports AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, WMV, ASF, OGG, OGA, CDA, FLAC, WV, MP4, M4A, AC3, AIFF, AIF, AIFC, AFC, APE, MAC, MPC, MP+, MPP, ADX, SPX, TTA, AU, SND, MOD, XM, IT,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, WAV, Hoo Technologies, AAC MP3 Converter
- Software downloads 2008-11-06
- M4A MP3 Converter 2.4.529 (Windows)
- M4A MP3 Converter converts M4A to MP3 and M4A to WAV, and supports WMA, WMV, ASF, OGG, OGA, CDA, FLAC, WV, AAC, MP4, AC3, AIFF, AIF, AIFC, AFC, APE, MAC, MPC, MP+, MPP, ADX, SPX, TTA, AU, SND, XM, IT, S3M, MOD, MTM, UMX, and MO3 file formats. M4A MP3...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, WAV, MP3, Hoo Technologies, M4A MP3 Converter, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-10-24
- MP4 MP3 Converter 2.3 build 668 (Windows)
- MP4 MP3 Converter converts MP4 to MP3, MP4 to WAV, and supports more than 30 audio and video file formats. MP4 MP3 Converter encodes MP3 or WAV with different encoding parameters such as sample frequency, bit rate, and channels. This means it can convert a large-size file to a smaller...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, WAV, MP3, Hoo Technologies, MP4 MP3 Converter, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-09-30
- 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
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