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Exclusive: Microsoft accused of apathy over piracy

...When I rang up on the piracy line [to complain about the cheap software on sale], Microsoft couldn't tell me if the copy was... Read more

8 June, 1998 by Munir Kotadia and Richard Barry

US Report: Microsoft wizards to thwart pirates...

Microsoft and other developers are turning to technology to combat those who illegally distribute their software. Read more

14 December, 1998 by John G.Spooner

US Report: White House orders crackdown on software piracy

The White House ordered federal agencies to purge their networks of pirated software Thursday -- and urged other... Read more

2 October, 1998 by Maria Seminerio

ECTS: Copying CDs just got harder

Making a copy of your favourite game using a CD writer is about to get tricky thanks to new encryption technologies on view at this week's ECTS. Read more

7 September, 1998 by Richard Barry

Piracy Focus: Microsoft's anti-piracy manager speaks

David Gregory anti-piracy manager at Microsoft sheds some light on the challenges he faces in the battle against software piracy. Read more

19 June, 1998 by Richard Barry

Piracy Focus: Music to CD-ROM - no problem

According to a report in The New Scientist this week there is a technical flaw in CD recorders which allows copyright material on audio CDs to be copied onto ordinary CD-ROM disks. Read more

16 June, 1998 by Richard Barry
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The toolbar to get cheap software with one single click. It also includes reference software, educational software... Read more

9 January, 2007

FFII slams EC taskforce over software patents

...be generic, and that the real effort comes in developing the code. "Cheap software patents act as a tax on those who have expended the... Read more

29 November, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Linux cuts costs - users

...good reason that institutions are moving to Linux, users say: it’s cheap. Software management and acquisition costs can be slashed by switching to open... Read more

6 August, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Rip up that shrink-wrap licence

Matt Loney: Software companies must take a more socially responsible attitude to the developing world, or reap the consequences. Read more

18 September, 2002 by Matt Loney

Exclusive: Loot exposed as tool for software pirates

...four numbers from Monday's edition and located four different sources of cheap software. Three of the four sources admitted the software was copied. The... Read more

28 January, 1999 by Jane Wakefield
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Online Shopping Cheap 1.0

Online Shopping Cheap Software allows you to make a list of items you want to... Read more

27 August, 2009

The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure

...relying on emerging economies such as Brazil, China and India to produce cheap software and bring down prices for us, just when their own prices... Read more

22 November, 2007 by Martin Brampton
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StopWatch_WM6

...sport, it is useful.I hope to create more useful and more cheap software.Let more people use my software.So I reduce my software... Read more

27 September, 2007

Spam born in the USA - and much is porn

...since June, the figure's up 350 per cent. Traditionally messages selling cheap software, mortgage deals or prescription drugs are more common than porn spam... Read more

17 August, 2004 by Sylvia Carr

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