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  • Microsoft sends AU$1.86 million message to counterfeiters

    Microsoft was awarded AU$1.86 million worth of damages and injunctions last week, concluding a long-going software piracy court battle with Sydney electronics wholesaler TYN Electronics.

  • Software pirate to pay US$1.1 million

    An admitted counterfeiter has agreed to pay Microsoft and Symantec US$1.1 million in restitution, a victory in the software industry's fight against software piracy.

  • UK joins Australia in Microsoft's piracy amnesty

    Microsoft is expanding its attack on piracy -- the Redmond-based giant has decided to give away free software to those who bought machines with fake copies pre-installed.

  • Beijing dumps Microsoft

    Beijing had received criticism for choosing Microsoft for the three-year, $3.6m deal instead of homegrown software providers, with an official from the Chinese Science and Technology Ministry calling the deal a threat to national security.

  • XP Starter Edition sales figures released

    Microsoft said it has sold 100,000 copies of its Windows XP Starter Edition, the first indication of the popularity of the low-cost operating system.

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