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Ghanaian Govt Suspends The Operations of Anti-Piracy Task Force to Seize Pirated Textiles

Dec 6, 2013

The Ministry of Trade and Industry, Government of Ghana, has suspended the operations of the Anti-Piracy Task Force constituted to seize and destroy pirated textiles. The Task Force has been suspended for the time being to streamline its ...

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West Africa Is Experiencing a Surge in Piracy

Nov 18, 2013

West Africa is experiencing a surge in piracy, with well-organised hijackers targeting the region's growing oil and gas industries, writes national security expert Dr James Jay Carafano in World Review. Although efforts to combat crime at ...

Tags: pirate, plunder, West Africa, oil, gas

A Proposal in Taiwan to Enforce Copyright Laws Is Facing Concerns

May 28, 2013

A proposal in Taiwan to enforce copyright laws by blocking access to top piracy sites is facing concerns that the measures could impinge on Internet freedoms on the island. The intellectual property office of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic ...

Tags: Anti-Piracy Proposal, Taiwan, SOPA

Microsoft Signed an Agreement with Lenovo to Ensure Its PCs Ship with Licensed Versions

Mar 27, 2013

In the midst of its latest campaign to fight piracy in China, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Lenovo to ensure that its PCs ship with licensed versions of Windows software on its computers As part of the agreement signed Tuesday, ...

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Pirated Software Is Costing Industry in Excess of $114 Billion

Mar 11, 2013

Pirated 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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The Chance of Infection by Malware From Counterfeit Software Is Three in 10 for Businesses

Mar 7, 2013

The chance of infection by malware from counterfeit software is three in 10 for businesses, and one in three for consumers, according to a new study commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by research firm IDC. Police prevented from ...

Tags: malware, counterfeit software, Microsoft

Windows Vista Now Accounts for Less Than 6% of All Windows Machines

Feb 18, 2013

Six years after its long-delayed but well-publicized release, Windows Vista now accounts for less than 6% of all Windows machines, a metrics company said earlier this month. According to Net Applications, Vista's usage share of all ...

Tags: Windows Vista, usage share, Windows PC

Microsoft Has Identified 13 PC Resellers Based in Shanghai

Jan 24, 2013

Microsoft has identified 13 PC resellers based in Shanghai that it claims have been distributing counterfeit versions of its Windows OS, and the company could take legal action against them if a settlement isn't reached. Microsoft made ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows OS, computer market

Microsoft on Monday Began Taking Orders for The $14.99 Windows 8 Upgrade

Dec 28, 2012

Microsoft 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 ...

Tags: Microsoft, orders, Windows 8, customers

Kim Dotcom Has Revealed Its Replacement

Dec 28, 2012

Kim Dotcom, founder of the filesharing site Megaupload, which was shut down by US authorities, has revealed its replacement, Mega, which he says will protect file uploaders' identities. The website will use encryption to prevent users ...

Tags: Kim Dotcom, US, Megaupload, anti-piracy

Consumer Rights Groups Are Keeping a Wary Eye on a New Copyright Enforcement Mechanism

Dec 26, 2012

Privacy advocates and consumer rights groups are keeping a wary eye on a new copyright enforcement mechanism set to be rolled out by major Internet Service Providers. The so-called Copyright Alert System (CAS) aims to warn Internet users ...

Tags: rights groups, copyright enforcement mechanism

Wikipedia Was out of Action Again on Monday,out of Protest,as It Has Been in The Past

Dec 21, 2012

Wikipedia was out of action again on Monday, but not intentionally, out of protest, as it has been in the past. This time, the user-generated online encyclopaedia was knocked offline because two fibre cables connecting its datacentres in ...

Tags: Wikipedia, online encyclopaedia, offline, fibre cable

Microsoft Launched a New Anti-Piracy Campaign in China

Dec 13, 2012

IDG 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

Anonymous Would Help Increase Public Donations to Wikileaks

Oct 12, 2012

Anonymous, the hacking collective, has ended its association with Wikileaks after Julian Assange's whistleblowing website erected a 'selective paywall' to help increase public donations to Wikileaks. Clicking to access a number of the ...

Tags: Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Assad, Wiki

Prospect of Encryption Renders Data Bill Redundant

Oct 12, 2012

The UK's Draft Data Communications Bill–aimed at making it easier for authorities to spy on electronic communications–will be useless and quite dangerous if enacted,says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "It will force many ...

Tags: UK, Draft Data Communications Bill, electronic communications

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