FBI's Own Offices "Infected" with Counterfeit Cisco Hardware
	The United States government is reportedly using no less than 3500 fake Cisco-branded network devices, including routers, network switches and hubs. According to the investigation results, the fake devices are worth up to $3.5 million. The FBI has been keeping an eye on the China imports of networking gear for some time now, as part of a large criminal probe, code-named Operation Cisco Raider. The counterfeit network gear is ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

DFI Warns Customers on Counterfeit Motherboards
	Motherboard manufacturer DFI has just issued a consumer warning about some fake motherboard models that are touted as manufactured by the company. However, despite the fact that the counterfeit units are similar with DFI's models, the imitations are stamped as DFI MCP78V and MCP68PV, two models that are not present in the company's portfolio. The forged units are especially present on the Indonesian market, and DFI&# ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cisco: Your Copy of Network Router is Not Genuine!
	Cisco Systems is one of the world's top-tier networking gear providers, and its products are extreme popular among professionals and enterprise customers. In fact, they are so popular that counterfeit devices have started to emerge on the market. The US and Canadian customs authorities have seized about $78 million worth of forged networking gear branded as Cisco Systems. The devices had been shipped from China and have b ... [read more >>]
	01 March 2008, 03:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mexico Gets Counterfeit Nintendo Wii and Fake Mario
	It seems that Mexico has problems with counterfeit games and other Nintendo products, since the local authorities have taken measures to stop the phenomenon. They have just seized 15.000 of these counterfeit items and you might want to know that 4.500 of them were Wii game discs. ... [read more >>]
	21 August 2007, 05:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Woman Injured by Another Exploding Cell Phone Battery
	One more person has been seriously injured by a cellular battery which exploded a few days ago. This time, we are talking about a young Vietnamese woman and only minor injuries. All the world was shocked a week ago to find out that a man had been killed after his p ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2007, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers: Hooray, The Pirated Software Is Still Popular!
	The Business Software Alliance conducted a new market research that revealed that no more than 35 percent of the computers are running at least one pirated software application. According to the research, the biggest piracy rate was discovered in the Central and Eastern Europe with 68 percent, followed by the Latin America with no more than 66 percent. The organization revealed that in 51 countries included in the study, the piracy rate ex ... [read more >>]
	17 May 2007, 02:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia