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- Only consumers pressure can curb Microsoft's obsession with anti-piracy technology
- Last week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street analysts that "piracy reduction can be a source of Windows revenue growth." One way that Microsoft could reduce piracy is to make WGA tougher. This would be good for Microsoft but a disaster for consumers. Consumers need to...
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Will Office 2007 get a 'kill switch,' too?
- Microsoft all but admitted earlier this month that the company is building a “kill switch” into Windows Vista, as part of its strategy to lock down Vista with Windows Genuine Advantage WGA. While officials haven’t conceded that they are planning to do the same with Office 2007, it sure...
- Blog posts 2006-10-31
- What Microsoft still isn't saying about WGA and Volume Activation 2.0
- Microsoft lifted the veil – sort of – about its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA and Volume Activation 2.0 plans for Windows Vista and Longhorn Server on October 4. I say “sort of” because Microsoft is providing publicly little more than bare-bones details about these technologies and how they’ll figure in...
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- More confirmation: WGA to be baked into Vista
- My blogging colleague Ed Bott has seen the future, re: Windows Genuine Advantage WGA. And it’s not pretty. To date, users have had to deal with Microsoft’s WGA and Office Genuine Advantage OGA anti-piracy mechanisms when attempting to download new bits from Microsoft’s various download servers. But as of...
- Blog posts 2006-09-25
- The disingenuity of Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage program
- The other day, I had a discussion with my four year-old son whom I believe to be a budding entomologist. Hes never happier than when bugs are crawling all over him. Spiders. Caterpillars. Beetles. Roaches. Doesnt matter. He likes to catch dragonflies by their abdomens. Sometimes,...
- Blog posts 2006-08-10
- WGA 'spyware' lawsuits against Microsoft probably meritless
- On the heels of what I believe can best be described as a faux pas on Microsoft's behalf (and I've already said as much), the Redmond, WA-based company is now the subject of two separate class-action suits due to the behavior of its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA software. Classification...
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- Does Microsoft's new WGA disclosure fall short?
- After its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy software pushed to end users via Windows Update starting phoning home to Microsoft's servers on a daily basis thus earning Microsoft a place in the public spotlight in recent days, the software giant's public relations engine was apparently very busy yesterday figuring out...
- Blog posts 2006-06-09
- 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...
- Blog posts 2006-04-25
- Microsoft's 'Windows Genuine Advantage' program a hit
- When Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage pilot program back in September, it was hoping 20,000 customers would opt into the voluntary program that lets the software maker check to see if they are running licensed copies of the operating system. But as Microsoft Watch reports, a little over a...
- Blog posts 2004-10-29
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- NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership
- I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- 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....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?
- My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption
- You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
- Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP
- 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: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
- Last week Microsoft was sued in a Washington district court for allegedly violating privacy laws through its use of Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy mechanism in Windows XP. Is WGA a legitimate anti-piracy tool or is it spyware? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
- It's been said before, but it bears repeatingIf Microsoft spent anywhere near the time it spends policing piracy on feature correctness, and bug squashing, there would be much less need to worry about piracy.Most people know that there are many ways to get Office cheaply and legitimately, and no one...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- How will Silverlight light up Microsoft's Web-based Office apps?
- minor typo"But a the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall" should be "But as the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall"Feel free to delete this. :-)I expect the web based Office...to go the way of so many more of their web services....
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- File format blues
- Routinely suppliers of technology and services send me a presentation deck. This deck is to meant to be the central focus of a conversation about their products or services. One would expect that these suppliers, or their public relations firms, would do their best to make sure that these presentations...
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
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