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Microsoft, China's Hangzhou set 'model city' pact (AP)

Microsoft, China's Hangzhou set 'model city' pact

Technology / Software

created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership aimed at helping make the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of intellectual property, in the company's latest attempt to ...





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Paddy is specially trained to detect chemicals in the discs

Anti-piracy pup sniffs out 35,000 illegal DVDs

Technology / Software

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials said on Wednesday.


'Digital piracy' may benefit companies

'Digital piracy' may benefit companies

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created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (43) | comments 3

Unauthorised copying of software, music or films, so-called digital piracy, may have benefits for the affected companies, an Oxford researcher has claimed.


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Hackers taking advantage of Windows 7: Microsoft

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Microsoft said Thursday that cybercriminals are already hawking booby-trapped versions of just-released Windows 7 operating system software.


Publisher warms to Scribd store (AP)

Publisher warms to Scribd store

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created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The publisher of Stephen King and Chelsea Handler will be selling books through Scribd, the online document-sharing service that the industry has criticized for enabling the downloading of pirated ...


Briefs: Microsoft to scrub out Sony piracy rootkit

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created Nov 15, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sony's much-maligned anti-piracy program is being targeted as malware by Microsoft.


U.S. seeks WTO crackdown on China piracy

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created Oct 27, 2005 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

American tech business groups are hoping the World Trade Organization will prompt a crackdown on intellectual-property piracy in China.


Fox CEO wants US to join France on Internet piracy

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment said Monday the U.S. should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films.


Windows anti-piracy tool causes controversy

Technology / Software

created Jul 07, 2006 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (21) | comments 0

When Microsoft released its WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) anti-piracy tool in July of 2005, its goal was to attempt to find a way to track and help reduce the illegal use of its Windows XP operating system. But the company ...


UK says illegal downloaders may lose Web access

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- People who repeatedly download copyrighted films and music could have their Internet connection cut off under proposed laws to tackle illegal file-sharing unveiled by the British government on Tuesday.


Delegates to the summit will be looking to hammer out a united approach to illegal downloading

Digital piracy looms over World Copyright Summit

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created Jun 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Movie directors, composers, authors, legal experts, policy-makers and others are meeting here this week to discuss the "threats and opportunities" the Internet poses to copyright in the digital age.



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