By Microsoft found that cases of piracy in information technology over the past two years has doubled. It threatens the security of computers, since most counterfeit programs infected with viruses.

Moreover, argues David Finn, who heads the department at Microsoft to fight piracy, pirates often use the original software code and packaging simulating software software giant.

Finn, as reported by Interfax, adding that "software piracy is becoming more sophisticated, unlike that someone just otkopiroval installation files to disk.

But while, as reported Ruformator, recently one of the top managers, John Bess during the presentation of Windows 7 in the Philippines said that piracy is no longer pose a serious threat to the company. According to him, the presence in the market many unlicensed copies of products is a problem for users rather than for the manufacturer.

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Microsoft has revised the procedure for selecting the default browser in Windows operating systems and provided to the European antitrust authorities the final procedure, as well as its technical description, the Cybersecurity.ru.

Microsoft went to the one that peredyvlyayetsya supplied software with Windows 7 under pressure from competitors and European antitrust authorities. Opponents of the corporation demanded to and supplied with the new OS and a set of several browsers, not just his decision.

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By 2011 Microsoft will add support in Windows 7 ten African languages, reports PC World, recalling the declaration of the company. Thus, Microsoft expects to increase sales volumes of licensed copies in Africa.

The latest version of the operating system from Microsoft was released October 22, 2009. Now officially distributed in English and French Windows 7. Many Africans prefer to swing free of the Internet.

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