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Microsoft plans to give some pirates a break
May 4, 2005
People duped into buying counterfeit versions of Windows could get free licensed copies of the operating system.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft expands antipiracy program
March 30, 2005
Company will require those who want to download a local language add-on to Windows to verify that their copy of the OS is legitimate.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft piracy check comes calling
April 24, 2006
Expands program to alert people who run illegal copies of Windows and starts a campaign to fight Office piracy.
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Microsoft Windows
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Piracy-check mandatory for Windows add-ons
July 26, 2005
From now on, customers looking to get the latest add-ons to Windows will have to verify that their copy of the operating system is legit.
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patch management
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows XP
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Bypass found for Windows piracy check
May 23, 2005
Using a tool from Microsoft, it is possible to get around the company's piracy test, a researcher says.
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Microsoft Windows Update
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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PC
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Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft limits Vista transfers
October 16, 2006
Retail buyers of the OS will only be able to legally transfer the software once. After that, it's back to the store to buy a new copy.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple Mac OS
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Apple Macintosh
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Microsoft Windows
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PC
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Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft trades Windows discount for piracy info
March 4, 2005
Company offers users in China a 50 percent discount if they come clean on how they got their bootleg copy of the operating system.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft, Macrovision align on copy protection
February 1, 2005
Companies strike antipiracy deal aimed at stopping analog copies of movies, TV shows.
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Macrovision Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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video
Microsoft: Legit Windows or no updates
January 26, 2005
Company plans to require customers to verify their copy of Windows is genuine before downloading patches, other add-ons.
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PC buyers aim to cut the 'crapware'
April 26, 2007
Following the lead of businesses, some consumers are wiping their systems clean and starting over, but it's not always easy.
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Dell
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RIAA copyright education contradictory, critics say
August 30, 2006
Advocacy groups say video offered to universities contains inaccuracies about the legality of copying music.
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Buy the book, get the search service
November 22, 2005
University of Chicago professor Randal C. Picker says Amazon Upgrade could wreak havoc with competition in the bookselling market.
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Amazon.com Inc.
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search technology
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Virtuozzo for Windows goes on sale
June 30, 2005
SWsoft begins selling Windows version of virtualization product that splits a single copy of an OS into multiple "virtual private servers."
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Intel gives man $10,000 for old magazine
April 22, 2005
In a philosophical victory for pack rats everywhere, an Englishman gets top dollar for a magazine he's been storing under his floorboards.
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Intel
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eBay Inc.
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library
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notice
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electronics
False starts in race to future of DVDs
October 15, 2007
The number of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and discs remains stubbornly miniscule. Should consumers pay any attention at all?
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DisplaySearch
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HD-DVD
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Blu-ray
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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NPD Group Inc.
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1080p
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DVD
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format
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TV
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HDTV
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Sony Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
Windows adds 'maybe pirate' category
February 28, 2007
The company's antipiracy software adds a "yellow state" for times when it just can't tell if software is genuine.Image: A 'maybe pirate'
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validation
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft backtracks on Vista transfer limits
November 2, 2006
Amid outcry from tech enthusiasts, Microsoft says it will allow retail Windows buyers unlimited license transfers to a different PC.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Vista views: Microsoft's license changes
October 18, 2006
Readers pitch on whether Microsoft is being too stringent in restricting Vista transfers to one PC.
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margin
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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font
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copy
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft says Vista beta testers better hurry
June 29, 2006
Cutoff for downloading current test version of next operating system is nearing, company blogger warns.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Corp.
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operating system
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Microsoft Windows
Study: Europeans pay double tax on Net music
October 13, 2005
Business Software Alliance says multiple levies on copy-protected downloads should be scrapped.
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music download
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digital-rights management
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tax
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Europe
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