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White Paper Lately, in the daily flood of spam, plenty of offers are given for new software offered at ridiculous prices. The reality of the situation is, often times, many of the people are looking at pirated software. [04 Aug 2008]
Steve Ballmer on a future in the cloud
News But when it's [available at] $15 a month, per user, there is no reason to pirate. Ballmer called for developers to write applications that can be migrated seamlessly from the desktop to the 'cloud', a move that is in line with the company's... [10 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.12.07
Round-Up Meanwhile, an equal and opposite reaction to Microsoft's bold claim is that piracy rates are so much lower for Vista because nobody actually wants to pirate it. Hell no, it's still bullish about the success of the most rapidly adopted operating... [07 Dec 2007]
Photos: IBM lifts the lid on web 2.0 tech
Photo By taking information from various databases, QEDWiki allows the freight company create a mash-up to locate ships, see what the weather is like in the vicinity of the different vessels and monitor pirate activity in the region. [07 Aug 2007]
Minority Report: Macs gaining enterprise cred
Comment First and foremost is the Mac brand, which is founded to some extent on an anti-corporate image - the pirate flag flying above the Cupertino office where the first Mac was designed is a potent and enduring image. [19 Jul 2007]
Possible pirates targeted by Windows update
News For machines that get the new "maybe pirate" reading, a window pops up that says "unable to complete genuine Windows validation". The software behemoth said the new indeterminate reading can occur, for example, when a local error or network error... [28 Feb 2007]
The Key to High Level Application Security
White Paper How can you make it more expensive for users to pirate your software than to purchase it? Presented by SafeNet, the only source for complete security throughout the software lifecycle. Download this white paper on hardware token based solutions and... [24 Jun 2006]
Leader: How to cut piracy overnight
Leader Certainly in the enterprise space there is an alternative which could effectively negate the problem of pirate software: stop selling CDs, move everything online and host the software yourself. This week we've seen McAfee, Microsoft and Symantec... [19 May 2006]
Microsoft shuts down '£3.5m' software pirate
News Microsoft has announced that a UK-based software pirate who allegedly traded more than £3.5m of counterfeit Microsoft software has finally ceased trading. William Ling was arrested and prosecuted in May 2005 for the sale of illegal software. [19 May 2006]
eBay 'scare-story' sparks row with Which?
News Earlier this year eBay faced criticism for being slow to shut down sales of pirate software and for not acting proactively on closing such sales. eBay has hit back at claims from consumer magazine Computing Which? [27 Feb 2006]
Apple warns off OS-pirates with a poem
News He'd do better to pirate Apple has gone all poetic in a warning to would-be software pirates. User sites have been reporting that the Mac maker has embedded a poem in a file likely to be discovered by software pirates attempting to crack the Mac OS... [17 Feb 2006]
Microsoft launches 'terrorist-fuelling' piracy crackdown
News Michala Alexander, head of anti-piracy at Microsoft UK, said 1,500 copies of Office 2000 Pro cost just £30,000 to buy from a pirate but have a street value of £300,000. Microsoft has launched a new software piracy crackdown in the UK which will... [16 Feb 2006]
Would you grass up a software pirate?
News Software theft is not viewed as a crime by most people, with eight out of 10 saying they would not grass up a work colleague for online software theft, according to a survey by the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast). [14 Feb 2006]
Software piracy jumps to $185m as industry fights back
News Microsoft continues to be the top software brand to pirate, followed in the first half of the year by Sony, Adobe, Autodesk and Macromedia, Gieschen said. Software counterfeiting continues to be a multi-million dollar problem for the IT industry... [05 Oct 2005]
Opinion: Corporate IT - you can help fight cyber crime
Comment This industry has spread beyond the realm of the back-bedroom software pirate to the large-scale production of counterfeit hardware, complete with familiar brands. In response, the Indian National Association of Software and Service Companies... [03 Oct 2005]
