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RSS piracyHasta la Vista baby, we're just not interested
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP with business users, with more enterprises confessing to checking out the... [01 Oct 2008]
Steve Ballmer on a future in the cloud
News Eduardo Rossini, Microsoft corporate vice president for worldwide small and mid-market solutions and partners, said in an interview with silicon.com sister site ZDNet Asia that the hybrid mix of 'software plus services' is expected to... [10 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment The European Commission is to consult on changes to the copyright levy, a surcharge on devices that hold music or video to compensate artists for potential piracy. Rumblings from the EU about the controversial copyright... [18 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. A music industry survey this week found that the average teenager's MP3 player contains more... [18 Jun 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft After a long-announced transition, 30 June marks the end of an era at Microsoft. Well, really it's the end of two eras. Not only does the date mark the departure... [16 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Security vendor PC Tools has released more research to back up its claim that Vista is far from immune to infection. In an attempt to reinforce its claim that... [21 May 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft A survey has found an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft... [19 May 2008]
Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows... [16 May 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment Software piracy may well be a very bad thing. There is a lot of talk about the awfulness of software piracy but little seems to be said about the gross inconveniences that vendors seem willing to inflict... [07 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit technology-development organisation, claim they have successfully bypassed User Account Control, a security... [29 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30... [24 Apr 2008]
Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft The developer of XML and a former International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee chair have both claimed Microsoft was interested in having Office... [21 Apr 2008]
Windows XP SP3 a go this month?
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft The third and final service pack for Windows XP could be available by the end of April, according to a leaked Microsoft schedule. The alleged schedule for the... [16 Apr 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News A parliamentary statement read: "[The European Parliament] underlines that on the battle against digital piracy, the solution should not be to criminalise consumers who do not intend to make profit out of their actions. [14 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Windows 'collapsing' under own weight
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Microsoft's Windows juggernaut is collapsing under its own weight, as it tries to support 20 years of applications and becomes more complicated by the minute,... [11 Apr 2008]
