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Stop Losing Performance to File Fragmentation
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Making sense of Microsoft's confusing Windows activation rules
Last week, Microsoft cut the number of Windows and Office product keys it includes for TechNet subscribers. Readers tell me that doesn't matter, because every key is good for multiple activations....
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Android now at 850,000 activations per day
Android device activations are now at 850,000 per day, according to Google's Senior Vice President of Mobile, Andy Rubin. Rubin made the announcement on Twitter earlier this morning: This...
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Android activations soar, not very many are tablets
Android is definitely on a good growth curve, but even with all the buzz about the Honeycomb tablets that are appearing not very many of those activations are of the non-phone variety.
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Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation
Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7.
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Microsoft confirms Windows 7 activation leak
Microsoft confirmed the rumor that an ISO file of Windows 7 RTM sent to Lenovo that contains a master key - a number used to verify the authenticity of the software - was leaked to the Internet.
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Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year’s...
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iPhone Headaches
The launch of Apple's cool new iPhone turned into a big tech meltdown for new and old customers. Kara Tsuboi looks into what happened.
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iPhone activation woes
Get a look at the morning opening of the San Francisco Apple store and how the first person in line felt after not snagging one of Apple's next-generation smartphones.
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Hackers figure out how to resurrect year old Vista news
It seems that hackers have figured out how to resurrect news about a Vista activation hack that's over a year old.
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Vista Loader - Working Vista SP1 activation hack
SP1 was supposed to make life tougher for pirates - it doesn't.
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More information on the Vista SP1 activation hack
My post on the Vista SP1 activation hack has generated a lot of feedback (especially in the form of questions) from both individuals and other media outlets. I've put together this post in order...
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Secure ripping from "episodic DVDs" described in just-published Microsoft patent app
A major new Microsoft Patent application entitled DVD identification and managed copy authorization describes and illustrates a secure manner in which DVDs could be enabled for "ripping" of...
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Microsoft releases details on Vista activation
Almost a year to the day after releasing Windows Vista to manufacturing, Microsoft has finally released a document outlining some of the technical details behind Vista's product activation. Most...
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Problems arise with Vista's activation system
Last month I began hearing rumblings of problems with the product activation system in Windows Vista. Last week I got to see the problem firsthand. The bottom line? The simple act of updating some...
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News to know: SF power outage; P2P and national security; Amazon shines
Notable headlines: Techmeme: Power outage in San Francisco and why a bunch of sites (including ZDNet for a time) were down. Dan Farber: Pardon our interruption in programming. Congress: P2P...
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iPhone activations disappoint
Early AT&T's iPhone activation numbers disappoint investors and analysts.
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Before you read too much into AT&T's iPhone activations...
AT&T reported its second quarter earnings on Tuesday and the headline grabber appears to be the fact that Ma Bell activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers in two days. But there are a few caveats...
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BlackBerry: two units shipped for every activation
Phil Wolff of Skype Journal found himself at BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's annual meeting this week in Waterloo, Ontario. Major takeaways: As first reported June 28, RIM's income is ...
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iPhone Diary Day 3: Porting problems persist
I'm glad that I purchased two iPhones because one is still in porting purgatory and has been rendered an iBrick. I'd describe my iPhone experience as 50% bliss and 50% hell. My wife's iPhone...
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iPhone Diary Day 1: Porting purgatory (updated)
So much for trying to port my Verizon mobile number to the iPhone... and actually use my iPhone tonight. If you've recently purchased an iPhone and want to play with it right away, you may want...
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