A REPORT on German website Tec Channel claimed that pirated software was used to create some audio files in the Windows Media Player tour in XP. Tec Channel said that if a hex editor is used to open an audio file there"s a signature showing a signature, allegedly created by a cracker. Tec Channel told the INQ it had contacted both Microsoft and Sony - which owns the tool used to make the file, Soundforge - for clarification. But by the end of play yesterday neither Sony nor Microsoft had contacted the magazine.