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A small but vocal group of tech enthusiasts is raising a fuss over Sony’s plans to disable the hardware virtualization required to run Microsoft’s Windows 7 XP virtualization technology. Answering reader questions on the official Windows Partner Blog, Sony exec Xavier Lauwaert says security issues are to blame (the explanation comes in the comments section [...]

Microsoft only just released final code for Windows 7 to manufacturers and the company is already facing a security risk. The Windows Genuine Advantage antipiracy system in the Windows 7 Ultimate release to manufacturers (RTM) has reportedly been compromised by some Chinese hackers, according to a variety of Chinese forums, and first reported by Neowin.com.This [...]

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