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MS piracy squad targets Aussie retailers

As part of Microsoft's attempt to stop software piracy, it has named several Australian individuals partaking in "the sophisticated, illegal trade of pirated and counterfeit software". Read more »

Apps need easy desktop-cloud migration: Ballmer

The future lies in the platform in the cloud, according to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. Read more »

First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on Linux

The makers of Wine, a compatibility tool that allows Windows applications to run on Linux machines without Windows installed, have released a stable version of Wine 1.0. Read more »

Europe 'should not criminalise file-sharers'

People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended. Read more »

BitTorrent file-sharing search engine shut down

A prolonged legal fight with the movie industry has forced TorrentSpy, BitTorrent's popular search engine, to shut down. Read more »

Quarter of all Aussie software is illegal

Australia's software piracy rate is dropping, but not as aggressively as some in the industry would like. Read more »

Can Bill Gates find the heart in a psychopath?

The behaviour of corporations has been compared to that of psychopaths in documentaries like The Corporation, but the now-retired Bill Gates is hoping to wake up the philanthropic traits that lay dormant in today's mega-enterprise. Read more »

Apple patent mimics Windows Genuine Advantage

Apple has filed an updated patent application for a technology that would give it control over its software that is similar to Microsoft's much-criticised Windows Genuine Advantage. Read more »

Microsoft lawsuits claim 52 pirates' scalps

Microsoft announced this week it has filed 52 cases against pirate software resellers in countries ranging from China and the Netherlands to the UK and US. Read more »

Microsoft to remove Vista 'kill switch' in SP1

The controversial "kill switch" function of Windows Vista will be disabled by Microsoft after customer complaints that legitimate copies of the OS were recognised as pirate copies. Read more »

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50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

Talking IP with Kimberlee Weatherall and Rusty Russell

Law professor and intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall and Linux Australia's IP Policy Adviser, Rusty Russell, talk about the new intellectual property laws Read more »

In defence of freedom

The principles are the same, but technology has moved on significantly in the 15 years since the release of GPL 2. Read more »

The beginning of the end for Microsoft?

Franklin Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor, once said Microsoft's customers believed there were no serious commercial contenders to the Windows operating system. Read more »

Linux gains an Asian foothold

China, Japan, and South Korea recently announced that they would work together to create a new, Linux-based operating system that would end their dependency on Microsoft. Read more »

Find your Windows XP Product Key with ViewKeyXP

You probably don't keep track of every original CD in your organisation. So when it's time to reinstall Windows XP, what do you do? You can't just use any product key. Don't panic. ViewKeyXP can find your workstation's original product key. Read more »

Strengthen your app defences

These tips will help you secure your network against attacks that exploit application vulnerabilities. Read more »

Open source: More than just free beer

In response to a recent article questioning the motives of governments that use open source technology, Australian commentator Con Zymaris hits back at Andrew Parsons' anti-open source stance. Read more »

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Vista's annoyance was planned?!!? -- Club Builder

We shouldn't be surprised that Vista's security prompts were designed to be annoying. We also look at the new security paradigm and how playing dumb can help defend piracy. Read more »

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Wired keyboards lead to tin foil hat wearing

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Just because you don't wear a tin foil hat, doesn't mean they aren't after you keystrokes. Read more »

Blogger declares shenanigans on advertisers -- piracy or plagiarism?

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- MIT academic calls notices some suspicious similiarities between a lecture he wrote and an Australian made printer ad. Could this be piracy, or merely plagiarism. I call in the lawyers to find out. Read more »

How Microsoft beat Linux in China and what it means for freedom, justice, and the price of software

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Thanks to some major concessions on source code and a precipitous price drop, the Chinese government has now thoroughly embraced Windows and Office, what does this mean for the world? Read more »

Software piracy rates and the BSAA

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- The annual Business Software Association (BSA) report into global piracy rates of packaged software was released last week. Interestingly enough the BSA claim that Australia's piracy rates have dropped slightly by one percent making 31% of all packaged software pirated. The Australian arm of the BSA, called the Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) claim the losses through piracy cost Australia $446 million in 2005. Read more »

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