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| Thread ID: 68391 | 2006-04-26 16:59:00 | Sneaky Ol' Mr. Bill...Again | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 449787 | 2006-04-26 16:59:00 | Microsoft is expanding its anti-piracy program by quietly pushing out a software update that in many cases automatically scans Windows computers for unlicensed software. Check it out here: blog.washingtonpost.com |
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| 449788 | 2006-04-26 20:22:00 | Keeping to the theme of "Why we love MS", :eek: ...FWIW.... Microsoft fights to keep secrets Microsoft lawyers have argued that the European Commission is forcing the firm to give up valuable trade secrets, a move that would handicap its future. The claims were made during the third day of an anti-competition hearing where the software giant is appealing against a landmark ruling from 2004. Brussels fined Microsoft 497m euros ($613m; £344m) and ordered it to change how it sells its Media Player software. Microsoft argues that adhering to the ruling will hurt its business. :rolleyes: See more here. (news.bbc.co.uk) |
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| 449789 | 2006-04-28 11:54:00 | Just found this thread because one of our work pcs allegedly has illegal XP. I know its genuine but Microsoft think not. Not sure what to do or whether its worth worrying about. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 449790 | 2006-04-28 12:03:00 | To remove this annoying pop up bugger... labnol.blogspot.com /me waits for the ban to kick in. :D |
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| 449791 | 2006-04-29 01:08:00 | This kind of stuff generally only annoys the genuine users rather than the pirates. :2cents: | Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 449792 | 2006-04-30 21:52:00 | I guess in about 6 months there will be another one of these downloads that disables all elegidly pirated copies of Windoz. Wait until that hits a corporate and see the brown stuff hi the fan.. | paulw (1826) | ||
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