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RSS pirated softwareThere's Nothing Like the Real Thing: Genuine Software Is a Win-Win for Customers, Microsoft and Partners
White Paper There is no more pervasive or pernicious problem plaguing the software industry than that of counterfeit or pirated software operating systems and applications. Microsoft's genuine software programs - which are more than a year old - enable... [10 Apr 2008]
Small Business Webcast: Why Pirated Software Will Cost You in the Long Run (Level 100)
White Paper Pirated or counterfeit software can put the business at risk. Every year, millions of businesses and consumers are hurt by counterfeit software. Using genuine Microsoft software offers greater capabilities and easy integration with the widest... [27 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... 'me hearties shun Vista… techies on the move?… bosses out of tune
Comment A better explanation for the low piracy rate is that those who would use pirated copies don't want Vista, just like everyone else. I wonder if it's occurred to Microsoft that only popular software suffers from high piracy levels? [06 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment Whilst I have no problem with clampdowns on Pirated software, I do question the 'parrallel import' issue. There is now sufficient free or cheap anti-intrusion software (anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewalls), and safer browsers than IE, that it can... [04 Oct 2007]
Brampton Factor: Bringing tech to the developing world
Comment If software were not pirated, there would be more incentive for development using local, low cost skills. The many schemes pioneered by Western tech powers to spread hardware and software into emerging markets appear to be well-meaning. [17 Jul 2007]
Is Windows Surviving Because of Pirated Software?
White Paper The implication is that Linux can't even give away their software. A recent column on Zdnet discussed the reasons why people won't change from a retail operating system to a free one. This paper is not to defend Linux and counter the points that... [13 Jul 2007]
Emerging Threats: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
White Paper And, since P2P is primarily used to exchange pirated audio, video, and software files or inappropriate content, organizations should be concerned about the potential exposure to legal - even criminal - liability. [05 Jul 2007]
The Risks of Obtaining and Using Pirated Software
White Paper This paper presents the results of an investigation by IDC into the prevalence of malicious code and unwanted software at Web sites that offer pirated software, counterfeit product keys, crack tools, and key generators for Microsoft Windows XP and... [08 May 2007]
One-third of businesses run fake Microsoft software
News We are fully committed to ridding the channel of pirated copies. Microsoft is to 'up the ante' on tackling business software piracy after its latest figures showed one-third of customers still run counterfeit software. [26 Apr 2007]
Software piracy risks lost on SMEs
News And while 97 per cent of those questioned were confident all the software on their company systems is legal, around 27 per cent of UK businesses are thought to be using pirated software, suggesting a "severe lack of awareness regarding the level... [19 Apr 2007]
Google going after PowerPoint?
News Asked about the Viacom lawsuit from March alleging Google's YouTube hosts pirated material, Schmidt said Google complied with the copyrighted content take-down orders. Google is adding a feature to its Docs & Spreadsheets web-hosted software that... [18 Apr 2007]
Are corporate networks wide open to abuse?
News Moreover, businesses are responsible for what travels over or lives on their networks - so cannot simply claim ignorance of illegal downloads or pirated software on their LAN. More than half of companies actively enforce an acceptable usage policy... [18 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: SAP-Oracle news spreads
Comment I mentioned open source already, and time will tell whether SAP's position ends up sounding complacent, but a final consideration is pirated software. Henning Kagermann on software as a service and why ERP won't go open source. [23 Mar 2007]
Microsoft quarantines own video site
News Microsoft stood to be embarrassed by the existence of pirated work on Soapbox. The software giant, which agreed earlier on Thursday to distribute movies and TV shows for big media companies, has seen Soapbox fill up with unauthorised clips since a... [23 Mar 2007]
FREE Whitepaper on protecting your software against piracy
White Paper According to the Second Annual Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC Global Software Piracy Study, thirty-five percent of the software installed on personal computers worldwide was pirated, representing a loss of nearly $33 billion in 2004. [21 Mar 2007]
