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Microsoft targets more software pirates

Microsoft targets more software piratesThis is the correct strategyInstead of treating all Windows users as potential thieves with WGA, simply go after the real thieves.Does this mean nowthat the ridiculous high priced Windows Vista , will be lowered in price . If not , then why is Microsoft stating that...

Tags: Games, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, game, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, software pirate, Microsoft Windows Vista, software

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

Software pirate gets six years

Software pirate gets six yearsWHAT???Who on earch would buy an ambulance? WTF?LHHow Much Did He Make?Hey,I wonder how much money he made?? 4 million may sound like a lot to pay, but it's really not if he made 50 million.Why should only software pirates get jail time ??I do...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, CD, Software Pirate

Discussion threads 2006-08-25

Software pirate pleads guilty in Autodesk, Adobe case

Software pirate pleads guilty in Autodesk, Adobe caseNo such animal as software piracy here at Zdnet forumsmaybe he was just open sourcing it for a profit.

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Piracy, software, Software Pirate, Autodesk Inc., Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-06-29

Software pirate to pay $1.1 million

Software pirate to pay $1.1 millionGoodRestitution. It should be a standard component of justice for all crimes.Well, now maybe that's where all those e-mailsto buy Microcrap or Simantec came from. Get him for poor spelling too, add half a million.He Is CrushedHey,He is laughing is A$$ off. Sell...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Piracy, software, Software Pirate

Discussion threads 2005-09-28

Musicians, songwriters: Ruling rocks

Musicians, songwriters: Ruling rocksIf it makes you feel betteryou get branded a sellout for signing with a greedy money grubbing price fixing mega corporation label as well, which depresses the consumers bottomline on the worth of your canned talents, not that I've got love for Grokster, old Napster, and other...

Tags: Sales strategy, Software Pirate, CD, music

Discussion threads 2005-06-27

Additional Resources

Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft

RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating systems, cost difference, Microsoft Corp., OEM, Is it OK, Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-15

Apple nukes Psystar

Why is this legal?What I want to know is *why* is it legal for Apple to say "OSX can only run on hardware we provide"? Wouldn't that constitute a monopoly on OSX since they stifle competition and someone else can't provide OSX software systems? Isn't that the literal...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, OSX, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-15

Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license

Tar and feather them nt ;-)ntYeah - they made good on GPL2 - tar them anyway!It's Microsoft - hurt them even when they do admit their errors and make good on them!Seriously Dude, see a shrink!A tad serious?Lighten up a bit - a shrink? I will put my mental health...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, tool, Microsoft Windows 7, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Commercial spying app for Android devices released

Nothing newRegardless of what the 'official brand name' of spyware products, one should also consider what are the standards of development in the developers company, and following that logic, what else may have sneaked into the code of the spyware product. Spirovski Bozidarhttp://www.shortinfosec.netIt sounds like a "Mom & Dad" App.About...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, spyware

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?

ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Piracy and the Apple App Store

PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...

Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse

You can watch BluRay movies via the Display Port IN. [nt][nt]Windows to the rescue!![i]Of course, until Apple releases software support, you?ll still have to boot into Windows to play movies.[/i]LOL, OS X sucks. :)LOLWhat's sad is that OS X is the best that Apple could steal!Is that the best you...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mouse, Apple Inc., Pagan, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...

Tags: Smart phones, Pwnage, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., jailbreak

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

The Open College Textbook Act of 2009

ProfsWhat will the profs who force everyone to buy the latest edition of their own $125 textbook do now?Probably still the same thing.RE: The Open College Textbook Act of 2009You do know that this act will severely curtail the research that could lead to new curricula and textbooks?Why? It's because...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, textbook, Open College Textbook Act

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?

Since when is your IP address "personal information"?Your IP address is visible for the whole world to see, just like it always has been.Are people really this stupid?PersonallyIt's a hassle Windows could do without. People will pirate regardless, and in those terms, Microsoft is fighting a war it cannot win.I'm...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, tool, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, spyware, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

More Microsoft layoffs, a resignation and other pre-Labor Day tidbits

Oh pooh...The days are coming to an end for 15G Operating Systems, in case they missed it Appliance driven devices under VMware IS the future.Not some insecure bloated expensive Server versions that require tens of thousands in licenses and still is crippled up by viruses/worms.;)On the plus side,nobody now knows...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, layoff, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, server

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Dissecting the FSF's "Windows 7 Sins"

Disingenuous?Is it disingenuous for the media and the police to be singling out Phillip Garrido for the kidnapping and holding Jaycee Dugard as a sex slave? After all, he's not the only person to have committed that crime.The FSF is in no way suggesting MS is the only company to...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows 7, Free Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Beware fake Snow Leopard sites

Yes, don't pirate softwarePirates are bad.But you can download any utilities that say they are free because the malware authors haven't yet figured out how to insert malware into free utilities. Well, on Windows, yes, of course they figured that one out easily. But OS X has always had built...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Snow Leopard, LOL!

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

News to know: Snow Leopard; Salesforce; Sony; Apple ads; Search

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple adds malware blocker in Snow Leopard Jason D. O'Grady: Apple removed blood stains from Snow...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Portals, E-books, RSS, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-08-26