Microsoft pulls plug on potty-mouth Santa (Network World)

Turns out Santa himself is naughty and nice. An artificial-intelligence Santa bot operated by Microsoft to talk to children wavered off topic - and Microsoft Tuesday confirmed the bot's potty mouth and snipped Santa's Web connection.

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Windows Vista SP1 to Disable Activation Exploits (eWeek)

Users with counterfeit or nonvalidated software will no longer only get reduced access to features and functionality.

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