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Pirated Software Is Costing Industry in Excess of $114 Billion
Mar 11, 2013Pirated software is costing industry in excess of $114 billion, according to a new IDC survey commissioned by Microsoft. Though many consumers and businesses purchase and download pirated software purposely as a way of saving money, the ...
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A Man on Charges of Mail Fraud and Selling Counterfeit Software Worth Over US$1.2 Million
Jan 4, 2013A man from Michigan was arraigned in a U.S. federal court on Thursday on charges of mail fraud and selling counterfeit software worth over US$1.2 million that he purchased from China and Singapore, the U.S Department of Justice said ...
Tags: USA, counterfeit software, Microsoft, arraigned, man
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Cloud Computing Services Are Trying to Exploit Perceived Weaknesses in Privacy Laws
Jan 4, 2013Cloud computing services from outside the U.S. are trying to exploit perceived weaknesses in privacy laws to drive business away from U.S. providers, according to some representatives of the tech industry. Deutsche Telekom and other ...
Tags: Foreign cloud, marketing, privacy, Computer Products
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Microsoft on Monday Began Taking Orders for The $14.99 Windows 8 Upgrade
Dec 28, 2012Microsoft on Monday began taking orders for the $14.99 Windows 8 upgrade promised to customers who purchased a new Windows 7-powered PC in the last 11 weeks. People who bought an eligible Windows 7 machine starting June 2 can now file an ...
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Microsoft Launched a New Anti-Piracy Campaign in China
Dec 13, 2012IDG News Service-Microsoft launched a new anti-piracy campaign in China to highlight the security risks of buying counterfeit software. In a recent investigation,Microsoft purchased 169 PCs from shops in China and found that all were ...
Tags: software, Microsoft, software market, Business Software Alliance
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Is The Document a Blueprint for a Radically New Open IT Architecture in Government?
Nov 2, 2012After a lengthy and often heated consultation, the government has finally released its new open standards principles intended to level the supplier playing field and avoid product lock-in. But is the document a blueprint for a radically ...
Tags: open standards principles, blueprint, IT architecture, policy statement
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Modifying Apple's iPhone Software to Install Applications Not Approved
Oct 26, 2012IDG News Service-Modifying Apple's iPhone software to install applications not approved by Apple will still be legal under new exemptions to take effect on Sunday in the U.S.,but illegal for an iPad and other tablets. The seemingly ...
Tags: Apple, iPhone, iPad, applications
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Microsoft Will Not Sell Windows 8 as a Physical Boxed Product in China
Oct 23, 2012Microsoft will not sell Windows 8 as a physical boxed product in China and instead will only distribute the OS through downloads and pre-installs on devices,in a move that could help the company drive consumers away from pirated copies of ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, China, software piracy
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Twenty-Two US Privacy and Consumer Groups Have Voiced Support for Online Privacy Proposal
Sep 5, 2012Twenty-two U.S.privacy and consumer groups have voiced support for a tough online privacy proposal being considered by the European Union,even though some U.S.businesses and government officials have described the proposal as too ...
Tags: U.S., EU, EU's Proposed Privacy Rules, privacy protections online