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Unlicensed Operation of IEEE 802.16: Coexistence With 802.11(a) in Shared Frequency Bands
White Papers The paper focus here on the unlicensed U-NII frequency band at 5 GHz and consider therefore the distributed medium access of 802.11(a) as competitor for spectrum utilization. Therefore, this paper describes approaches for enabling a reliable...
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
Microsoft: Unlicensed Office use is rife
News Microsoft claimed on Monday that it was forced to change the way it enforces its software licensing, after detecting evidence of widespread use of unlicensed copies of Office. As many as a third of Office packages could be unlicensed, the company...
[October 30, 2006, 15:56]
Unlicensed Wireless Broadband for Metro-Zone 802.11 & WISPs
White Papers This webcast analyzes the business case and equipment driving the growth of unlicensed broadband wireless in municipal and wireless Internet service provider markets.
[January 5, 2006, 23:00]
Microsoft claims success against unlicensed software
News Microsoft says it is forcing more rogue dealers and traders to pay up for selling or handling counterfeit and unlicensed software and has doubled the amount of money it recovers from each one. According to Alexander, Microsoft has so far unearthed...
[October 19, 2006, 16:25]
Anger over call to fine unlicensed software users
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has called for a change in the law so that harsher fines can be imposed for unlicensed software use. Software compliance is not taken seriously [by companies] — 27 percent of business software is unlicensed.
[August 31, 2006, 17:00]
Spectrum Sharing for Unlicensed Bands
White Papers This paper presents a study of a spectrum sharing problem in an unlicensed band where multiple systems coexist and interfere with each other. For concreteness consider a typical urban area with 802.11 networks, bluetooth systems, walkie-talkies...
[March 16, 2006, 23:00]
unlicensed
Talkback it seem not fair for people who had their pc crash by virus as microsoft keys only use once as it bigger rip off and money grabber microsoft is getting .unlicensed is only for people who had their pc crash and rebuilt ,
[January 8, 2007, 10:17]
History of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) in the Unlicensed Bands
White Papers A brief history of the development of WLAN standards and products is presented in the context of explaining how unlicensed spectrum regulations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have affected the industry.
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
UK firm fined £250,000 over unlicensed software
News The Business Software Alliance is to receive a record out-of-court settlement from a British company which used unlicensed software. The company was found to be using unlicensed copies of Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft software on hundreds of PCs...
[June 21, 2007, 17:09]
Licensed Versus Unlicensed Wireless
White Papers Although licensed- and unlicensed-band equipment can operate cooperatively to serve the wide variety of applications for wireless communications, there has been a long-standing debate over which is the better technology.
[May 21, 2008, 1:01]
Are BSA a protection racket or do they own the unlicensed software?
Talkback If BSA sue, what gives them the legal right to demand payment from someone for their unlicensed use of another company's software? Also, use of software is covered by contract law not criminal law - if you use an unlicensed copy you can be sued...
[June 25, 2007, 12:36]
Claranet faces action over 'unlicensed' software
News Internet service provider Claranet is among five UK companies facing legal action from the Business Software Alliance over alleged use of unlicensed software. The Alliance said it has settled similar claims against another five organisations for...
[September 26, 2001, 17:48]
Implications of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) for GSM Security
White Papers Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) is a new technology that provides access to GSM services over Wireless LAN or Bluetooth. Despite its imperfections, GSM security has stood well the test of time. In part, this security success has relied on closed...
[January 18, 2006, 0:01]
Impact of Unlicensed Software on Mid-Market Companies
White Papers Companies must weigh the trade-off of purchasing and using genuine, fully licensed software versus using unlicensed software. This paper explores this trade-off and concludes that companies with unlicensed software do not have lower IT spend, but...
[September 16, 2009, 1:22]
Not all unlicensed windows copies are used by people with eye patches
Talkback I told her to call the store and ask them to sort it out because they shouldn't be distributing pirate copies or unlicensed windows boxes. In this case the WGA caused untold problems for a novice user who hadn't deliberately used a unlicensed...
[December 5, 2007, 10:14]
£750,000 paid up for unlicensed software use
Talkback But was it unlicensed *MS* software? MS has used the BSA to hammer wayward Novell customers into dropping Novell all together and ponying up for MS' variants. See: http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1998/01/burstein.html
[July 4, 2005, 20:34]
£750,000 paid up for unlicensed software use
News Microsoft has reached settlements of £500,000 and £250,000 with two UK customers over unlicensed software. In addition, a survey conducted by Microsoft of 25 UK customers that have worked with Microsoft partners in the last year on software asset...
[July 4, 2005, 16:20]
Anger over call to fine unlicensed software users
Talkback I used to work for a company that was using massive amounts of unlicensed software and that was not exactly a back street shop so I don't think BSA's claims are so groundless
[September 1, 2006, 17:44]
Anger over call to fine unlicensed software users
Talkback The last guy has a point. It's their ball park, we are just illegally doing some batting!
[September 1, 2006, 17:41]
£750,000 paid up for unlicensed software use
Talkback How good of Microsoft to first come up with licensing terms people can practicely graduate in. Then litter the market with PR articles that claim just about the opposite. And teach their sales force and partners to say just about anything with no...
[July 5, 2005, 0:29]
