Man Creates 28,000 Windows Discs to Reduce E-Waste, Faces Prison Time

Man Creates 28,000 Windows Discs to Reduce E-Waste, Faces Prison Time

Microsoft also demanded $420,000 in damages for lost sales

Software Pirates, Beware: New Microsoft Tool Goes After Repeated Offenders

Software Pirates, Beware: New Microsoft Tool Goes After Repeated Offenders

Redmond patents tech to keep cloud services piracy-clean

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • February 22nd, 2016
Study: Linux Desktop Should Have About 40% in a World Without Windows Piracy

Study: Linux Desktop Should Have About 40% in a World Without Windows Piracy

Windows piracy directly impacts the adoption of Linux

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • September 24th, 2015
Let’s Get the Party Started: Windows 10 Running on 10 Million PCs in China

Let’s Get the Party Started: Windows 10 Running on 10 Million PCs in China

Microsoft says local Windows 10 adoption’s going well

Microsoft Tracks Down Office Pirates, Wants Millions of Dollars in Damages

Microsoft Tracks Down Office Pirates, Wants Millions of Dollars in Damages

Redmond sues Arizona-based firm for software piracy

Microsoft Now Hunting Down Windows 7 Pirates Using Their IP Addresses

Microsoft Now Hunting Down Windows 7 Pirates Using Their IP Addresses

The company files lawsuit against a Verizon customer

Why DRM Is Stimulating Piracy

Why DRM Is Stimulating Piracy

People just want things to be as easy as possible

U.S. Government Settles for $50 / €36.75 Million for Pirating Military Software

U.S. Government Settles for $50 / €36.75 Million for Pirating Military Software

Even the US government pirates software and they're now paying for the choices

Microsoft Creates Cybercrime Center to Fight Piracy

Microsoft Creates Cybercrime Center to Fight Piracy

The company has decided to merge the digital crimes and software piracy teams

Microsoft Hunts Down Russian Pirates

Microsoft Hunts Down Russian Pirates

The company sues Russian company for using unlicensed content

Microsoft Goes After Ukrainian Software Pirates

Microsoft Goes After Ukrainian Software Pirates

The company continues its fight against companies using pirated software

Microsoft Detects 2,000 Malware Versions on Pirated Windows Computers

Microsoft Detects 2,000 Malware Versions on Pirated Windows Computers

A security study reveals that most computers running counterfeit software are infected

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • November 27th, 2012
Software Pirates Release Tool to Crack Windows 8 Apps

Software Pirates Release Tool to Crack Windows 8 Apps

Get full Windows Store apps without actually paying for them

Chinese Pirates Choose Windows XP over Linux “Because It’s Free”

Chinese Pirates Choose Windows XP over Linux “Because It’s Free”

One of our readers shares more info on how Chinese firms “support” the anti-piracy fight

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • November 12th, 2012
Windows 7 Pirate Tracked Down by Microsoft’s “Private Detectives”

Windows 7 Pirate Tracked Down by Microsoft’s “Private Detectives”

Company sued for using counterfeited versions of Windows 7

The 60-Second Microsoft Roundup: Surface Issues, Software Piracy and More

The 60-Second Microsoft Roundup: Surface Issues, Software Piracy and More

Here’s what happened in the Redmond campus this week

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • October 24th, 2012
Stopping Windows 8 Pirates: No Physical Windows Media in China

Stopping Windows 8 Pirates: No Physical Windows Media in China

Windows 8 will be delivered in China via the company’s online channel

 
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