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Immediately after Microsoft delivered Windows 7 Ultimate, pre-Beta Build 6801 at the Professional Developers Conference in las Vegas, at the end of October 2008, the bits were leaked and made available for download from various sources, including the top worldwide torrent websites. Product keys accompany Windows... |
12 November 2008
03:12 GMT |
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Electronic Arts says that it understands how an illegally downloaded copy is not, in any way, a copy that was lost as a sale to the company. Mariam Sughayer, who is working for the corporate communications department of EA, says that “Stepping aside from the whole issue of DRM, people need to recognize that ev... |
30 September 2008
19:11 GMT |
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The end of June 2008 brought with it the availability cut off date for Windows XP, now with Service Pack 3, via the retail and OEM channels. Microsoft made it clear that discontinuing XP Direct OEM and Retail Licenses would have absolutely no impact on the support lifecycle of the operating system, and the same is va... |
25 August 2008
10:31 GMT |
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With the iPhone 3G one day before its official release at Apple retail stores and AT&T, more details regarding the process of activating the device have surfaced on the web. Reportedly, customers must determine their own eligibility for an upgrade.AppleInsider says that the build number of iPhone Software 2.0 on iPho... |
10 July 2008
04:01 GMT |
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The introduction of the third and final service pack for Windows XP failed to be as streamlined as possible. Microsoft provided a list of issues related to XP SP3 in the official documentation for the release, but the notes deal only with the major issues. There are additional problems, documented via Knowledge Base ... |
6 June 2008
07:37 GMT |
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Microsoft's latest Windows client brought to the table in November 2006 (for businesses) and in January 2007 (for the general consumers) a revamped activation architecture. But most importantly, Windows Vista features an intimate connection with Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism, a... |
14 April 2008
09:56 GMT |
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With the availability of the third and final service pack for Windows XP in early 2008, Microsoft will introduce a series of modifications to the operating system's fabric. Users will not be able to see nowhere near the extent of changes delivered by SP2, but one aspect of the platform that will be evolved is th... |
28 December 2007
07:28 GMT |
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Anti-piracy measures, implemented into Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System, got Microsoft sued. The activation process, along with the infrastructure behind it in the company's servers, is a measure designed to impact the piracy phenomenon, by ensuring that the end user license agreement terms are respected... |
30 November 2007
06:35 GMT |
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Windows Vista has had everything but an easy ride since it hit the shelves in January 2007. The operating system was plagued by a luxuriant variety of problems from hardware and software incompatibilities to lack of support and poor performance and reliability. And in this context, Vista has also taken the users out ... |
23 November 2007
08:50 GMT |
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Apple's share on the iPhone's revenues seems to be larger than previously thought. The same goes for AT&T, not just for the European deals that the company recently landed, which show the fact that Apple makes more money through the share from the operator's services than by selling the device.AT&T pay... |
30 October 2007
04:09 GMT |
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We all know that having a genuine version of Windows Vista comes with support from Microsoft, updates and lots of other goodies but sometimes, all you need to become a software pirate is a simple Vista error. At least, this is what happened to James Bannan who described on the APC Magazine website a pretty weird situ... |
24 October 2007
05:20 GMT |
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Why do they call them wisdom teeth, when in fact what they can really induce is actually pain!?... Beyond the popular belief, a new study shows that these annoying molars are the result of an imbalance in the developmental mechanism that permits them to make their way into the back of the jaw while pressing on the ot... |
1 October 2007
03:41 GMT |
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Microsoft will validate as genuine all copies of Windows Vista and Windows XP that pass through the Windows Genuine Advantage in scenarios in which the WGA servers are down, the Redmond company informed. In such cases, even pirated copies of Windows Vista and Windows XP will not be flagged as non-genuine, permitting ... |
30 August 2007
05:05 GMT |
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Although the BioShock PC configuration file strongly suggests that a PS3 version of the game is also waiting to be developed, 2K Games rushed in answering the "2 installations per game disc" cries. As we discussed two days ago, rumor had it that you can only activate BioShock twice, having to buy the game again after... |
24 August 2007
10:05 GMT |
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Some guys over at gamefaqs.com board were discussing a pretty interesting rumor, that takes another hit at this month's blockbuster title, BioShock. Since I've just criticized it for its screen clipping bug, let me lay out another flaw for you: rumor has it that you can only activate BioShock twice, having ... |
22 August 2007
06:04 GMT |
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Activation is an integer part of the Windows XP operating system. Essentially, XP activation is designed to help reduce software piracy. According to Microsoft, "casual copying" affecting XP is the behavior targeted with activation. But outside of the initial grace period of XP, users will only be able to use the ope... |
5 July 2007
09:17 GMT |
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The iPhone can now be unlocked without having to relate to AT&T at all. This is possible by running an application that you can find here, if it might be of interest to anyone.The information has been posted on Jon Lech Johansen's blog on the third of July. His solution means that the iPhone can now be made avai... |
4 July 2007
10:05 GMT |
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Grinches everywhere have reasons to jubilate. Some of the iPhone's customers have risen to complain about the fact that their newly purchased handset has problems with activation.AT&T declared that most iPhone buyers did not experience such difficulties and that they are currently working on ways to solve the p... |
2 July 2007
09:48 GMT |
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In response to customer feedback, Microsoft has presented the main reasons why it requires Windows Live OneCare activation. In the Redmond Company's view, activating the product is much more than simply keeping track of its usage across a number of machines. Currently, users can install the same copy of OneCare ... |
28 May 2007
02:52 GMT |
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