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No class action status for WGA lawsuit
A federal judge has refused to certify a lawsuit against Microsoft as a class action, a move that has saved the Redmond giant hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages.
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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...
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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...
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Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!
Microsoft's activation and Windows Genuine Advantage mechanisms do little to prevent piracy. Exhibit A: Windows 7 activation mechanism cracked weeks before the release of the OS.
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It's time for Microsoft to supply ALL patches to All users
It's time for Microsoft's policy of tying the availability of Windows Updates to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation to end.
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Lawyer claims that Microsoft is "biggest hacker in China"
Microsoft has decided to do something about piracy in China. In a country where 82% of all software is pirated Microsoft has this month decided to roll out Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). This...
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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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News to know: Psystar vs. Apple; WGA; Linux under attack; FAA failure
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: News.com: Psystar responds to Apple suit, will countersue Sam Diaz: Does Psystar have a legit...
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Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications
Microsoft is stepping up its war on software pirates by rolling out new Windows Genuine notification software for what it is calling its most pirated version of Windows: Windows XP Professional.
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Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP
Microsoft is to tweak WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) Notifications on Windows XP to make it behave more like WGA on Vista.
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News to know: WGA for Office; RSA; Apple; Adobe
Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage 'nag' to Office Dennis Howlett: Secure coding: the invisible elephant RSA wrap: Larry Dignan: How will Microsoft's...
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Microsoft removes another one of WGA's fangs
With the release of Service Pack 1, the Vista "kill switch" is now officially dead. An announcement earlier today by Microsoft reveals details of a new update that will detect two widespread...
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SP1 brings with it a softer, gentler, naggier WGA - Day 3
Windows Vista SP1 brings with it a new tweaked version of the WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) anti-piracy scheme. How does this look to the end user? Read on ...
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Hollywood dinosaurs and the Internet
Not that this tops the list of things that matter to geeks, but if you live in Los Angeles like I do, it's hard to avoid news about such things. The Director's Guild of America (DGA) recently cut...
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Hollywood unions and the digital revolution
Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" and Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report" return to the air tonight. It's just in the nick of time, too, because primary season is now fully...
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Striking writers and digital media
The members of the Writer's Guild of America (WGA), a union that consists of most of the writers responsible for TV and movie content produced by the LA-based movie industry (a position defended...
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Why is Microsoft watering down WGA on Vista SP1?
Yesterday's revelation that Microsoft would be watering down Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) in Windows Vista SP1 came as a bit of a surprise to me. Why, if WGA has been so successful in the...
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Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme
Microsoft is making changes to its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy strategy via a coupleof modifications it will implement in Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 and Windows Server 2008 next year.
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With SP1, Microsoft plans to ditch the Vista "kill switch"
When SP1 ships sometime in early 2008, it will strip away one of Vista's most annoying features and remove one of the most persistent objections to Vista's adoption. Microsoft plans to remove the...
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Microsoft makes refurbished PCs its latest WGA anti-piracy target
In its ongoing quest to make sure that no potential Windows revenue source is left untapped, Microsoft is expanding its tentacles deeper into the refurbished PC marketplace.
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