Seven lawsuits in California, Maryland, New York, Texas and Virginia filed against nine individuals claim they illegally acquired the software through Microsoft Action Pack Subscriptions (MAPS), a ...

David William Plummer began his career at Microsoft as an intern on the MS-DOS team and was later offered a full-time position. During his 10 years ...

Microsoft said Tuesday it had filed 26 lawsuits that allege computer dealers sold illegal software, the latest move in the software giant's effort to crack down on intellectual property piracy. The ...

SEATTLE -- Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more than a dozen countries were running illegal copies of ...

Microsoft’s Anti-Piracy Enforcement Team now has a Twitter feed. The feed, which began on Nov. 3 with a link to a Microsoft page describing how to tell whether a piece of software has been pirated, ...

I actually like Windows 11 for the most part. It's a refinement of Windows 10, and it's still pretty straightforward, at ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - In 20 years in China, Microsoft Corp hasn't had much luck. It is the world's largest market for PCs and yet with piracy rates as high as 77 percent, the software company is seeing ...