I've been reading the breathless reports from other websites this week about the "Vista upgrade loophole." Most of it is typical echo-chamber stuff, and most of the reports I've read so far have ...

Since Windows Vista has been released to the public, there has been a lot of confusion and hype surrounding some of the licensing decisions and restrictions with which Microsoft Corp. saddled the ...

Fighting Windows Vista's piracy protection? Perhaps trying to guess a product activation key will solve the problem. A "brute force" key generator that randomly tries a variety of 25-digit codes until ...

Microsoft on Wednesday gave developers access to a key piece of Windows Vista, months ahead of the operating system's release. The company posted near-final versions of two software development ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - After more than five years of development, over 50 million lines of software code, a $6 billion (3 billion pound) investment and a few headaches, Microsoft's Windows Vista finally ...

Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996. He is now CNET News' Boston-based executive editor and east coast bureau chief, serving as department editor for business technology and software covered by CNET ...