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 ...

I have a Windows Vista key stickered to the bottom of my netbook which was purchased in Korea. It's for Windows Vista Home Premium K.<BR><BR>Are there key differences between the K versions of Windows ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just as Windows 95 ushered in the Internet era, Windows Vista, which was released to U.S. consumers at midnight on Tuesday, sets the stage for the multimedia hub the PC is set to become in the future, ...

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 ...

Just as Windows 95 ushered in the Internet era, Windows Vista sets the stage for the traditional PC to become a multimedia hub, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said yesterday in New York. Windows 95, ...