But a sharp-eyed reader of Neowin.net has spotted what appears to be an escalation of the role of product activation. The privacy statement now says "To provide you with the appropriate list of updates, Windows Update must collect a certain amount of configuration information from your computer. This information includes: Operating-system version number and Product Identification number... The Product Identification number is collected to confirm that you are running a validly licensed copy of Windows. A validly licensed copy of Windows ensures that you will receive on-going updates from Windows Update."

Originally posted by entr0py

Haha, that's kinda funny. Neowin shows up in an artcle with a title like that...

Allready reported.



http://www.neowin.net/bboard/showth...&threadid=31124

Microsoft Corp faces an embarrassing problem with the roll-out of its handheld "home companion" computer Mira, after a company executive revealed that the device will not work with computers running the Windows XP Home Edition operating system.

To get round the problems, Microsoft is now considering either releasing a service pack for XP Home Edition which will include an RDP server, or alternatively forcing Mira Users to upgrade to XP Professional Edition, according to Eddie Wu, Microsoft's senior director for Microsoft's Asian Embedded Systems Group.