Windows XP Home normally sells for $199 and Windows XP Professional Edition usually costs $299. The move to lock out pirated copies of Windows from the download sites is part of Microsoft’s effort to ...

A tool provided by Microsoft could let people get around a check meant to prevent those with pirated copies of Windows from downloading additional software from the company, according to a security ...

Microsoft announced plans to improve efforts to combat piracy of its flagship desktop operating system. An update is coming soon to guard against activation exploits and defend Microsoft, and ...

According to Debasis Mohanty, an independent vulnerability researcher attributed with discovering a number of vulnerabilities, who posted a proof-of-concept walk-through in Word format on the Full ...

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...

In the endless war of words and numbers between Windows and The Rest, Gartner has chipped in with a paradoxical observation. Forty percent of PCs sold with Linux installed are subsequently hosed clean ...

Microsoft in mid-2005 will put a piracy lock on two of its download Web sites, requiring all Windows XP and Windows 2000 users to validate their copy of Windows as ...

In effort to up sales of Windows, firm has sights set on nearest rival: Not Linux, not the Mac--Windows itself. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders ...

From now on, customers looking to get the latest add-ons to Windows will have to verify that their copy of the operating system is legit. Beginning Tuesday, the piracy check will be mandatory for all ...

John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theatre Owners, chose this time of prosperity in the movie business to ask the Hollywood studios for their cooperation on three major issues: ...

Microsoft on Tuesday is expected to go live with a program requiring customers to validate that they are running legitimate copies of Windows before they can use ...

Microsoft Corp. this afternoon went live with a program requiring customers to validate that they are running legitimate copies of the Windows operating system before ...