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Time Warner tries again, fails to justify caps and charges
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| Time Warner Cable has increased all of its Internet data caps, added some new
| ones, and generously offered to limit overage charges to $75/month. Perhaps
| that's because the company's broadband operations are actually earning more
| cash and have lower expenses than they did in 2007, making TWC's stated
| rationale for the caps less tenable.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/time-warner-cable-to-press-stop-questioning-our-caps.ars
Why Cable ISP Capping is the New DRM, and Suck
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| I, like many people, have been subscribing to Internet connection services
| since the days of 300 baud modems. Then I upgraded to 14.4k, 36.6k, 56k, DSL,
| and now cable. Unfortunately, due to where I am living today, I'm stuck on 3
| Mbit Verizon DSL service, which is often running at less than 1 Mbit.
| Thankfully, my service doesn't have a download cap on it--at least not yet
| anyway.
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/time-warner-cable-internet-drm,7530.html
Probably to combat torrent.
"Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people
don't pay for the software, [...] Someday they will, though. As long as they
are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of
addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the
next decade."
--Bill Gates
Related:
Microsoft blacks out pirated desktops; Chinese bloggers fume
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4135
Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft black-outs
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE49L11C20081023
Chinese Hackers Angered By Microsoft's Epic Fail
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600312
Chinese blast Microsoft over 'black screen' piracy notice
http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/23/23idg-Chinese-blast-M.html
Microsoft faces boycott in China over 'virus' which shames pirated software
users
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3253904/Microsoft-faces-boycott-in-China-over-virus-which-shames-pirated-software-users.html
Microsoft goes black, making Chinese see red
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/microsoft-goes-black-making-chinese-see-red-20081026-58vf.html
Microsoft anti-piracy tactic turns computer screens black
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-10-26-microsoft_N.htm
Microsoft Tactic Raises Hackles in China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122470069570359159.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Microsoft sued over anti-piracy activity
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228878/microsoft-sued-anti-piracy
Microsoft accused of hacking in piracy clampdown
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| Across China thousands of computer screens are turning dark. The reason is a
| piece of software from a US firm.
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| Software giant Microsoft is deactivating unauthorised copies of its Windows
| operating system, in a nation where 82% of all software is pirated – even if
| many end users do not know it.
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http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/electronic-threats/dn15009-microsoft-accused-of-hacking-in-piracy-clampdown.html
Chinese fume at Microsoft anti-piracy
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| China's vocal bloggers seemed stunned that their computers seemed to have
| phoned Microsoft for the anti-piracy tool without asking.
|
| "The computer is mine", one angry blogger penned, "Microsoft has no right to
| control my hardware without my agreement", the poor fool thought.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/22/chinese-fume-microsoft-anti
Microsoft sued in China for black screen of death
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| A Chinese lawyer has filed a legal complaint against Microsoft for installing
| Windows Genuine Advantage on his computer. He has asked the Ministry of
| Public Security to file criminal charges against Microsoft.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/10/22/china_fury_microsoft_wga/
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