EVE Online update kills Windows PCs
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| Subscribers to EVE Online are being warned not to touch the latest update to
| the massive online game because it can damage Windows XP machines.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/eve_online_update_danger/
WGA: Won’t Go Away anytime soon
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15680/1105/
Related:
Microsoft WGA validation servers down
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| It just goes to show that MS DRM infections and inbuilt malware are
| unacceptable. If you buy anything with activation, you are simply wasting
| money. Avoid Vista like the plague, it simply isn't worth it. If today is not
| a warning sign in big red letters, I don't know what is.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41924
Dvorak: 'Something To Avoid at All Costs'
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| Many in Health IT are moving to all over-the-web 'asp', software-as-service
| Electronic Medical Records services with total centralized control of data.
| John C. Dvorak sounds off a note of caution for such a trend with the recent
| Windows Genuine Advantage server outage...
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1188267152
Microsoft "learning" from WGA failures, but the lesson should be: kill it
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| The other problem with WGA is that its very name is oxymoronic: there is no
| advantage for users who pass WGA's tests. Microsoft attempted to add a carrot
| to go with its WGA stick by tying it to certain products (such as the first
| releases of Internet Explorer 7—subsequent versions have had their WGA
| requirement removed), but for all intents and purposes, passing a WGA check
| brought no additional benefits to the end user. Fixing WGA's flaws may not be
| enough here: Microsoft should really take a long, hard look at whether or not
| WGA is really necessary at all.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071126-microsoft-learning-from-wga-failures-but-the-lesson-should-be-kill-it.html
http://tinyurl.com/2vevrs
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