Days after Microsoft Corp. launched a new anti-piracy program, hackers have found a way to get around it. The software company’s new program, called Windows Genuine Advantage, requires computer users to go through a process validating that they’re running a legitimate copy of the Windows operating system before downloading any software updates except for...
Monthly Archives: July 2005
Ex-Microsoft Exec Barred From Google Job
A judge has temporarily barred barred a former Microsoft executive from performing his job at Google, saying Microsoft has a well-grounded fear that leaked trade secrets could hurt its business. Kai-Fu Lee had confidentiality and non-compete agreement when he joined Microsoft. He supposedly took up an offer to head the research unit of Google...
HP stops selling Ipod
HP has announced it will discontinue selling IPods (Apple’s popular digital music player) once supplies are sold. HP has sold over 500,000 units ever since the partnership was announced under the previous CEO, Carly Fiorina. While the sales have been tremendous, HP, under its new CEO Mark Hurd feels that it did not make...
Philippine SMEs still spend more on Hardware
The latest reports from IDC Philippines, after surveying 191 companies, noted that SMEs ( small and medium enterprises) was heavy on computer equipment purchase, with desktop computers, being allocated the biggest budget. Hardware expenditure averaged 38.3 percent of total IT expenses among the SMBs surveyed. Software was next with 26.5 percent, followed by IT...
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