Stung by EU competition authorities' implied allegations of imperialism, Windows 7 has a localisation for the UK market. But it's not exactly English.
InfoTech: Microsoft breached software patent, says court.
Uniloc, a company based in California, holds a patent for an anti-counterfeiting product. It checks that software is installed on a machine, identifies that machine by its hardware, and then refuses registration to any other machine. It uses spe...
InfoTech: Dear Adobe - an open letter of complaint
Dear Adobe, I have paid for software which your system is designed to prevent me activating. What you think is for your protection is actually for my frustration. Now the "trial period" has expired, I cannot use the software I have pai...
InfoTech: Microsoft accused of hacking
Users of counterfeit, or over-installed, copies of Windows XP have been targeted by Microsoft using its "Windows Update" feature. Some are complaining that the part of an update that reviews the software installed, and if counterfeits...
InfoTech: rumours of the death of XP may be exagerated
Reuters is reporting this morning that Steve Bullmer, CEO of Microsoft, has indicated that XP may not be killed off on 30 June, as the company previously announced.
You don't need Windows Vista and despite the fact that the product was released only within the past week, it is already almost impossible to buy...
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