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2006-04-25 Science & Technology

Microsoft to mark illegal copies of Windows (if you let them or have auto update)

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-04-25 09:47|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How will it decide its an illegal copy?

Posted by 3dc 2006-04-25 10:17|| 2006-04-25 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 PR trainwreck coming down the line.

Posted by 6 2006-04-25 12:29|| 2006-04-25 12:29|| Front Page Top

#3 IE7 is an even more secure version of Microsoft's web browser

"Even more secure" in the sense that Jimmy Carter is "even more conservative" than Michael Moore.

Posted by Clong Whath2247 2006-04-25 12:35|| 2006-04-25 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 IE7 is indeed more secure than its predecessors -- it crashes so easily that nobody has a chance to hack it.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2006-04-25 13:04|| 2006-04-25 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Gonna be some fun with hacked message text, you damn betcha...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-04-25 13:11|| 2006-04-25 13:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Probably looks for the WGA hacks...

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-04-25 14:00|| 2006-04-25 14:00|| Front Page Top

#7 IE7 is indeed more secure than its predecessors -- it crashes so easily that nobody has a chance to hack it.

lasts for about a day or less, then freezes or flops off line. LOL!

Posted by RD 2006-04-25 14:27|| 2006-04-25 14:27|| Front Page Top

#8 This move affects the six million Windows users in this country[Malaysia?], as well as those in the United States, Britain, New Zealand and Australia.

But not the PRC? If there ever was a country that needed counterfeit policing, you'd figure that Chicommia would be a natural. So Bill Gates really is skairt of Red Dragon Linux. Hu knew?

Posted by mrp 2006-04-25 14:45|| 2006-04-25 14:45|| Front Page Top

#9 PCs in the PRC generally don't install security upgrades, or even run virus checkers for that matter.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-04-25 14:47|| 2006-04-25 14:47|| Front Page Top

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