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- Do you pay attention to software EULAs?
- The EULA End User License Agreement is one of those necessary evils when it comes to installing new software. You either accept the terms, along with all of the potentially odious bits that go along with it, or you don't, which means you don't get to install the software at...
- Tags: Software, EULA, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- VoIP over Windows Mobile: Don't touch those minutes
- Remember when most of us had to pay for our Internet service by the minute or hour -- or by the megabyte? Those who are old enough to have used CompuServe, Prodigy, or AOL in the late '80s and early '90s racked up some big bills for that metered service....
- Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Call, EULA, Cell Phone, Microsoft Windows, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Deb Shinder
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- How do I… Play World of Warcraft on a Linux box?
- With a little ingenuity and some alternative OS magic, it is possible to play World of Warcraft in a Linux environment. This document shows you how. by James M. Garvin
- Tags: Linux, screenshots, world of warcraft, geekend, off topic, Game, Video Card, Administrator, Password, Disk, CD, EULA, Operating System, NVidia Corp., Blog, CD-ROM, Patch Management, GNOME, Microsoft Windows, ATI Technologies Inc., Kernel, Graphics, News, Games, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Unix, Open Source, Software, Personal Technology, Marketing, TechRepublic Inc., Linux Server, Environment, James M. Garvin
- Image galleries 2007-09-11
- Microsoft insults our intelligence on Virtualization security
- With the announcement that Microsoft will not ease up on its EULA End User License Agreement terms for virtualizing lower-tiered versions of Windows Vista, Microsoft has once again pulled out the security argument for its decision again and I must say that I find it rather insulting. It's not that...
- Tags: Vista, Virtualization, Security, News, Microsoft, Intel, Hardware, Desktop, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- (Take control of any PC on the Internet with CrossLoop)
- You’ve got to be kidding!!!“Free” software with a EULA that demands the right to charge you fees of unknown amounts anytime they wish without notice??? It takes guts to put something like that in writing. Forget it!Join our discussion on CrossLoopTechRepublic is talking about CrossLoop. Read members' first...
- Tags: PC, Internet, DotJock, CrossLoop, EULA
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- Windows Network Diagnostics (Windows Vista RC 2)
- Really Like the New Look !It's seems to me just from this brief look at the screens to be more user friendly, and that is a good thing.Most of my Co-workers are in the dark about their PC's and even the most basic steps to keep their PC's safe...
- Tags: Aero Glass, Aero Glass Theme, computer, educating pc owners, feedback, general public, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, pc ignorance, software, TSEG72351@..., user friendly, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-21
- Greedy Bastards
- I understand wanting to protect their investment but one move is ridiculous. The real question will be how secure Vista will be and how many times users will have to reinstall it from Malware or viruses. MS should make a killing there. And what about Techno Geeks that like to...
- Tags: EULA, feedback, Lordpaul, M$ Whinedoze, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, software, virus, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Licensing Changes to Windows Vista
- Every version of Windows is accompanied by a End-User License Agreement EULA. This document is a contract that specifies ones rights with regards to the copy of Windows one just obtained. The thing is, most people - over 90 percent - get Windows with a new PC, according to Microsoft....
- Tags: EULA, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-10-14
- Vista's updated EULA.... Ugggg
- Sounds like M$ is looking to make some more waves... http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=116p://I may have to pass... unless/until they sort this out. :(The Vista license terms are very bad X-(The Vista license terms are very bad
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), fungus-among-us, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-10-13
- AMD dominates 4 and 8 socket at Linux World
- Does move to quad core change the pricing structure for databse software?Since the pricing is often tied to the number of sockets and the multi-core structure reduces the number of sockets while significantly increasing performance, will this prompt new pricing structure?No reason to believe it won'tIn 30+ years in the...
- Tags: socket, CPU, dual-core, george ou, Peter Spande - TechRepublic, off-topic, Peter Spande, pricing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., hardware, Linux, server, software, HTT, multi-core
- Discussion threads 2006-08-18
- Can I use one copy of XP Pro to test multiple systems?
- I'm about to need to test multiple different motherboards and benchmark them. I need to know how to set up a CD or HD so that with minimal set-up it can run the operating system on different configurations. How do I get the activation problem fixed? Talk to Microsoft, if...
- Tags: Volume, Volume License, EULA, patandchrisandpw@..., windows, volume-license, CD, image, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, motherboard, operating system
- Q&A 2006-05-20
- Image: Xandros desktop OS 3.0 installation
- Xandros EULAVery lengthy as with all OS's.
- Tags: kb8amz@..., eula, hardware, Xandros
- Discussion threads 2006-03-21
- Software: No longer business as usual
- article root[Edited by: admin on Nov 18, 2005 12:39 PM]We never bought software anywayWhy should this be surprise? The market has finally realized that we never "bought" software anyway. It was just rented - through the vendors' constantly varying licensing schemes. Since the software is not really owned, as other...
- Tags: software
- Discussion threads 2005-11-18
- Pot calling kettle....come in kettle.....
- Pot calling kettle....come in kettle.....Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! See this item I just read.....http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4434852.stmSo, M$ is calling Sony for inserting "stealth software" onto personal PCs. Erm...hello? wasn't that what M$ did when Real Player was upgraded? It also contained "stealth software" which...
- Tags: EULA, freeware, gadgetgirl, microsoft, off-topic, rootkit, security, software, sony, stealth software
- Discussion threads 2005-11-14
- 'Bots' for Sony CD software spotted online
- 'Bots' for Sony CD software spotted onlinearticle root'Bots' for Sony CD software spotted onlineThe first pieces of malicious software designed to hide in Sony BMG Music Entertainment's copy protection tool for CDs have been spotted. These "bot" variants are intended to give the attacker remote control of any computer they...
- Tags: bot, bots, CD, copy protection, digital-rights management, EULA, security, software, Sonja Thompson, sony, Sony CD, Sony Corp., trojans
- Discussion threads 2005-11-11
- WIN XP PRO EULA
- I have been trying to reload win xp pro on my laptop hp xt118 p4. But it keeps prompiting me for the EULA even after I have copied the i386 folder onto the Hard Drive still can't the program loaded. What's wrong?Install is looking for the EULA to be in...
- Tags: EULA, iqtek, Microsoft Windows XP, philtronix, software
- Q&A 2005-10-26
- Here's a surefire way to stifle innovation
- Here's a surefire way to stifle innovationarticle rootARE YOU INSANE? DRM does not create more choice...You have missed the point. Why? Because you think you understand both sides of the debate and you don't. DRM will be broken by those who mass copy digital media. ...
- Tags: digital-rights management, drm, EULA, Gnunzo, HR-1201, it management, software
- Discussion threads 2005-10-06
- Office 2002 Business Edition Eula Problem
- I have several PCs that are asking to have the Eula accepted/declined everytime one of the Office 2002 Business Edition products are started such as Word or Excel, looked thru Microsoft with no luck, after you answer the question I Accept, the product works fine?TerryThe person/company who setup these computers...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, EULA
- Q&A 2005-09-14
- Piracy-check mandatory for Windows add-ons
- What if your XP was installed by local legal dealer?My winXP pro OS was installed by a local legal computer company. What will I be able to prove to MS about the supposed legality of my installed OS? I do not have an installation cd, nor do I have the...
- Tags: computer, EULA, hardware, haywoodwhy@..., manufacturer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, pirated v/s legal?, sticker, This PC, upgrades, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-07-27
- Microsoft puts a little money where its mouth is
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., EULA
- Technical articles 2005-02-25
