A US Federal Court yesterday reversed an earlier ruling that Microsoft's product activation technology infringed on a patent held by a US-based technology firm founded in Australia in 1992, overturning a US$388 million verdict in the case.
A US-based technology firm founded in Australia in 1992 has won a long-running patent infringement case again Microsoft, with US$388 million damages being awarded.
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A Vista-based successor to Microsoft's Windows XP-based Embedded system, used for retail and gaming systems, will include features such as disk encryption and anti-malware -- but its core will be seven times larger.
Users who install Windows XP Service Pack 3 will not be required to enter Microsoft's product activation key before they use the operating system, according to a Microsoft whitepaper.
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A software component of Norton Internet Security could allow hackers to use the application as a backdoor into a person's computer system, security researchers warned.
The security software maker smooths a wrinkle in its product activation technology that was causing its Norton family of security applications to fail.
Commentary: What benefit, exactly, are consumers meant to get from product activation?
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