News (19)

  • 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.

  • Microsoft allows pirate XP users to download IE7

    Microsoft is to allow pirated copies of Windows XP to download and install Internet Explorer 7 without gaining Windows Genuine Advantage authentication, which is a move to boost security but not encourage piracy, according to the software giant.

  • Microsoft pulls plug on security patch project

    AutoPatcher, a four-year-old project to distribute Microsoft patches and other updates to software that runs on Windows, has shut down because of a Microsoft request.

  • Microsoft outage locks out 'genuine' Windows users

    Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage servers experienced severe disruption over the weekend, stopping users validating their Microsoft software.

  • Five hundred calls per month to piracy hotline: Microsoft

    Microsoft revealed that it receives around 500 calls per month to its Australian anti-piracy hotline from consumers that feel they have been ripped off and from resellers that are being pushed out of the market by dealers in pirate software.

More News >

Blogs (1)

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Microsoft recruiting software pirates to fight Firefox?

    Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)

Create an e-mail alert for "wga"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
wga


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 4 advantage
  2. Popularity: 1 anti
  3. Popularity: 2 anti piracy
  4. Popularity: 2 anti-piracy
  5. Popularity: 3 antipiracy
  6. Popularity: 2 apple
  7. Popularity: 1 autopatcher
  8. Popularity: 2 browser
  9. Popularity: 1 check
  10. Popularity: 1 compatibility
  11. Popularity: 1 court
  12. Popularity: 1 customers
  13. Popularity: 1 debasis mohanty
  14. Popularity: 1 download
  15. Popularity: 3 european union
  16. Popularity: 1 fake
  17. Popularity: 1 firefox
  18. Popularity: 1 free
  19. Popularity: 4 genuine
  20. Popularity: 2 genuine advantage
  21. Popularity: 1 ie
  22. Popularity: 1 ie 7
  23. Popularity: 2 internet explorer
  24. Popularity: 4 joris evers
  25. Popularity: 1 legal
  26. Popularity: 1 linux
  27. Popularity: 1 market
  28. Popularity: 6 microsoft
  29. Popularity: 1 outage
  30. Popularity: 1 patch
  31. Popularity: 11 piracy
  32. Popularity: 3 pirate
  33. Popularity: 3 privacy
  34. Popularity: 1 rules
  35. Popularity: 4 security
  36. Popularity: 1 share
  37. Popularity: 1 software
  38. Popularity: 1 standards
  39. Popularity: 1 stealth
  40. Popularity: 1 update
  41. Popularity: 1 web
  42. Popularity: 1 widget
  43. Popularity: 9 windows
  44. Popularity: 1 windows genuine
  45. Popularity: 5 windows genuine advantage
  46. Popularity: 1 windows genuine advantage notifications
  47. Popularity: 1 windows linux
  48. Popularity: 1 windows xp
  49. Popularity: 1 wine
  50. Popularity: 1 xp

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Suzanne Tindal Sick of broken tender sites
    Some of the state governments desperately need to invest in more user-friendly tender sites so that looking for information on government tenders doesn't have to be a game of blind man's bluff.
  • Array Cyberwar: What is it good for?
    In this week's episode, Cyberwar. What is Australia's place in the world of digital warfare? What are the implications for the NBN?
  • Array Is wholesale-only backhaul just a pipedream?
    The potential acquisition of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia has raised the question about whether vertically integrated backhaul providers will mean higher wholesale prices for ISP customers.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured