Leaked Windows 7 RC torrents infected with trojan
Various torrents of the Windows 7 RC have been infected with a trojan that, if allowed to run successfully, could open a security hole in a user’s system.
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29.4.2009 Microsoft Defends Its Antipiracy Tool
Redmond, Wash. (AHN) - Microsoft defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) after a blog charged that the tool acts like spyware as it constantly checks in with the vendor when a user boots a PC with the tool installed.
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9.6.2006 WGA Antipiracy Mechanism Adapted to XP SP3
Microsoft has adapted the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification tool to the third and last service pack for Windows XP.
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26.8.2008 Windows 7 available in Europe
Windows 7 now available for purchase in Europe.
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22.10.2009 No Microsoft Zune for Europe in 2007
Microsoft launched the Zune DAP in the US in November 2006. It was anticipated that Microsoft will introduce the Zune player outside of the United States in late 2007.
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4.6.2007 Are you Europe’s proudest Windows 7 fan?
Well if you are a Windows 7, then Sony are giving you the opportunity to show it!
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5.10.2009 Europe threatens Microsoft with daily fines
The European Commission issued Microsoft a warning on Thursday that it could face a retroactive fine of up to $2.37 million a day for failing to comply with its antitrust order, based on its preliminary review.
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25.12.2005 Microsoft TechEd Europe 2006 Cancelled
This just in from Bink.nu.
I just received official documentation that Microsoft TechED Europe 2006 in Amsterdam is cancelled. Teched Europe will evolve to 2 events (merging with IT Forum) and is rescheduled to November 2006 in Barcelona.
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24.1.2006 Microsoft hints at delay of Vista in Europe
Microsoft raised the possibility on Thursday that it might delay the introduction of its new Vista Windows operating system in Europe, saying it depended on the European Commission's antitrust requirements.
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7.9.2006 PS3 Europe Launch Details Revealed
Details of the European PS3 launch have been officially unveiled by Sony. The console will only be available in the premium 60GB model at launch, and will retail for 599EUR and 425GBP.
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25.1.2007 Europe votes on anti-piracy laws
Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels.
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8.7.2008 No Internet Explorer in Windows 7 version for Europe
Microsoft is planning on shipping a version of Windows 7 to Europe that will not include Internet Explorer.
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11.6.2009 Windows 7 in Europe: no upgrades, no IE, up to 2X the price
According to Computer World, things are not looking good for European fans of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer.
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29.6.2009 MS agrees to browser choice in Europe
Microsoft is willing to give Windows 7 users in Europe a choice of browsers, rather than simply no browser.
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26.7.2009 Microsoft scraps Windows 7 E version for Europe
Microsoft confirmed late on Friday that it plans to kill off the Windows 7 'E' version for Europe.
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1.8.2009 Microsoft Could Launch Zune in Europe by End 2007
Microsoft Corp. could launch the Zune in Europe before the end of 2007, said Jason Reindorp, Zune’s marketing director.
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21.1.2007 Windows 7 in Europe will have no upgrade options and up to double the pricing
Windows 7 fans in Europe are in for a major disappointment. According to ComputerWorld, European customers will have to pay up to double the price for Windows 7 compared to the American counterparts.
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29.6.2009 Europe Surpasses North America In Instant Messenger Users
Score Networks, the leader in digital media measurement, today released the results of an analysis of instant messenger (IM) usage in various parts of the world. According to the study, eighty-two million people, or 49 percent of the European online population, used IM applications to communicate online in February.
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11.4.2006 What Does Microsoft's Lost Antitrust Battle in Europe Mean for Windows Vista?
The European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg announced that it was upholding the European Commission’s decision on Microsoft's abuse of its dominant market position with the Windows operating system initially delivered in March 2004.
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17.9.2007 Windows 7 in Europe: full, upgrade and family pack editions
Microsoft has confirmed that upgrade editions of Windows 7 will be available in Europe when the new operating system launches on October 22. The company had previously said that only full version would be on offer.
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24.8.2009 Xbox 360 is so totally ahead of PlayStation3 - in Europe has 1m lead
Microsoft and Sony continue their battle of press releases today, with Microsoft claiming dominance over the PlayStation 3 in Europe with the Xbox 360.
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17.2.2009 IDC: 50,000 New Jobs in 2007 in Europe Due to Windows Vista
At a briefing in Brussels, Belgium, Microsoft and International Data Corporation (IDC) announced details of a study into the expected economic impact of Microsoft Windows Vista in six key European markets- Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the UK.
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18.9.2006 Windows 7 E (Europe) Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
Microsoft Windows 7 E Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
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8.7.2009Microsoft celebrates antipiracy day
Microsoft has announced that today, October 21st 2008, is Global Anti-Piracy Day and will proceed with a simultaneous launch of education initiatives
and enforcement actions in 48 countries on five continents to combat the sophisticated, illegal trade of pirated and counterfeit software.
On their
Global Anti-Piracy Virtual Pressroom
a statement read: "Microsoft is taking these steps as part of its commitment to working with communities, national governments and local law
enforcement agencies around the world to protect its customers and partners and promote the value of intellectual property as a driver of
innovation."
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21.10.2008Mininova: 1 Million Torrents Uploaded
First it breaks the 3 billion .torrent download mark, then Alexa ranks it as the 46th most visited website on the Internet, and now Mininova can claim
that it has had over 1,000,000th torrents uploaded to it. Considering the bittorent site only hosts torrents that are uploaded by its users, a million
torrents is quite an achievement. Last year in November, that number was half what it is now. If this trend continues, sooner or later someone
(RIAA/MPAA/CRIA, you name it) is going to be knocking at, no scratch that, is going to be breaking down the site’s owner’s door. Mininova
founder Niek has said that the few errors that the site spits out time and again, due to the traffic increase, are being worked on and promises an
improvement.
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19.11.2007The Pirate Bay trial, '80% of our torrents are legal'
The ongoing trial for The Pirate Bay is attracting international attention over the court case that could change the internet forever. Neowin has
been keeping up with the trial and the latest argument from TPB ( The Pirate Bay) is that "
n internal survey revealed that 80% of 1000 torrents
observed are, in fact, legal". Sunde, the spokes person for TPB, went on to argue that there is more copyrighted material on YouTube than on TPB.
The prosecutors are also trying to establish that a hierarchy does exist at TPB but appear to be failing at solidifying their case. "Someone must
ultimately decide whether to put up a certain text or graphic," asked Roswall. "No," Neij replied. "Why?
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23.02.2009Antipiracy investigators run afoul of Swiss law in P2P sweep
Part of the reason the RIAA is so relentless with its legal campaign against file-sharing in the US is that the group can readily obtain the names and
addresses of broadband subscribers via John Doe lawsuits. In contrast, the motion picture and music industries have had mixed results with that
strategy in Europe, and one firm retained by Big Content is under fire in Switzerland for what the Swiss government says are illegal tactics.
Logistep, which calls itself a "specialized privately controlled Anti-Piracy
Company" that operates in Switzerland, has run afoul of the Eidgenössische Datenschutz und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragte, the Swiss agency
tasked with overseeing data protection,
according to the IDG News Service. Unlike US
law, which allows the identity of an ISP subscriber to be revealed via a civil action, Swiss law requires a criminal case to be filed in order for the
data to be divulged.
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28.01.2008Copy Controls: How Far Will
They Go?
Sony's invasive antipiracy
efforts point to a coming
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30.12.2005Surge in encrypted torrents blindsides record biz
The legal crackdown and publicity blitz aimed at people who share music, videos and software online may be having an unintended consequence for the
troubled record industry. The number of file-sharers disguising their BitTorrent activity with encryption is skyrocketing.
Figures from a large UK ISP obtained by The Register show that the portion of BitTorrent traffic encrypted by file-sharers has risen
10-fold in the last 12 months, from four to 40 per cent.
This time last year, unencrypted torrents accounted for about 500Mbit/s
of bandwidth, while files that had been scrambled by uploaders swallowed just 20Mbit/s.
The latest data shows that bandwidth used
by unencrypted torrents has fallen to 350Mbit/s. Sharing of masked music, video and software has meanwhile exploded to average more than 200Mbit/s.
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08.11.2007Judge protects Microsoft's WGA secrets
A federal judge has granted Microsoft Corp.'s request to keep secret the details of its Windows antipiracy technology after the company claimed
hackers could exploit the information if it were made public.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones last week granted
Microsoft's motion that some documents be sealed in a two-year-old lawsuit that accuses the company of misleading customers when it updated its
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) antipiracy software via its Windows Update service.
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17.10.2008Create Your Own BitTorrent Blog With Diferior
Are you someone that always wanted to have your very own BitTorrent tracker? Heres your chance, with Diferior it is a piece of cake. In fact, it is as
easy as setting up any other blogging platform or CMS.
Diferior has an
online installer which makes it fairly easy to setup, even for complete novices. When its installed there are several options to customize it to your
own needs. Diferior has a built in private BitTorrent tracker where users can post torrents and there is also an option to allow public torrents and
http downloads.
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15.12.2007Eastern Europe: The next silicon valley?
One key to driving healthier economies in the countries of Eastern Europe, particularly in the former Soviet republics, could be significant
investments in Web 2.0 development. Could Eastern Europe foster its own Silicon Valley?..
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29.03.2008BitTorrent comes to the iPhone
The iPhone Hacker core has developed a new application that will allow users to download torrents directly to the device over EDGE...
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03.03.2008NBC and Microsoft partner up for Xbox Europe
Today Microsoft announced that they have signed a deal with NBC Universal to allow their movies to be distributed through Xbox Live Marketplace in
Europe. David Gosen from Xbox Europe commented on how this will be a major addition to an already popular entertainment center for gamers and non
gamers alike, "This agreement makes the Xbox Live film offering bigger and better than ever.
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26.02.2009iPhone inventory in Europe appears to be dwindling
It seems to be getting harder to find the iPhone in Europe these days, a possible sign that the 3G version is close to release...
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08.05.2008T-Mobile, Orange, O2 Get iPhone in Europe
Apple has secured revenue sharing deals to bring its iPhone to Europe, the Financial Times reported late Tuesday...
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22.08.2007BitTorrent Uploader Faces 5 Years
The United States Department
of Justice said this week that
a fifth defendant has plead
guilty to copyright
infringement stemming from the
crackdown on the Elite
Torrents BitTorrent network,
which was illegally spreading
music, movies and software...
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19.04.2007The Hydra Project: An Anti-Piracy Proof BitTorrent Tracker
The Hydra Project is a new script for private BitTorrent trackers designed to resist any attack or raid, and to guarantee the privacy and anonymity of
its users. Its truly hydra compatible, which is much needed quality in these turbulent times.
The Hydra Project, THP for short, is developed with privacy, anonymity and
survivability in mind. One of innovative features of the project is to make an OpenID for users of private BitTorrent sites so their login information
and upload/download ratios can be shared across different websites. The torrents can also be shared among different trackers. This ensures that user
ratios and uploaded torrents will not be lost if for some reason one of the BitTorrent trackers ceases to exist.
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03.12.2007Sony's Stringer: PS3 a Hit In Europe
After what many would have
considered a lackluster launch
in the US, it appears as if
the PlayStation 3 is doing
much better in Europe. Sony
says it has sold approximately
800,000 consoles since its
launch there on March 22...
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17.04.2007Sony Debuts Cheaper PS3 in Europe, Without Backwards Compatibility
Confirming speculation, Sony on Friday said it will introduce a new base model of its PlayStation 3 console in Europe, Africa, Australasia, and the
Middle East...
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05.10.2007The Pirate Bay To Bring Back OiNK
The Pirate Bay is currently working on an OiNK replacement in an attempt to bring the hundreds of thousands of music albums back online that
disappeared during the raid. The replacement will be released within a week and on the BOiNK.cd domain. BOiNK will be a little different from OiNK.
For instance, the tracker will be public and it will start out with a lot less torrents than OiNK had when it was raided. The success of BOiNK will
mainly depend on the former OiNK community, who will be asked to upload their old OiNK torrents.
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27.10.2007No Internet Explorer in Windows 7 version for Europe
Microsoft is planning on shipping a version of Windows 7 to Europe that will not include Internet Explorer. This is according to a confidential memo
that was sent to PC makers and obtained by CNET. It is likely that Microsoft is reacting to the European Union concerns that by bundling Internet
Explorer with Windows 7 it is being anti-competitive in the browser market. Microsoft's lawyers responded by saying "Our decision to only offer
IE separately from Windows 7 in Europe cannot, of course, preclude the possibility of alternative approaches emerging through Commission processes.
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12.06.2009Opera 9 Beta Brings Widgets,
Torrents
Opera Software on Thursday
made available the first beta
of version 9.0 of its popular
free Web browser, which has
been in testing since last
October. The release adds a
number of features, including
widgets and support for
BitTorrent...
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