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Microsoft announced that PCs running pirated Windows will find their machines “tattooed” the next time they update the operating system. A permanent message will appear on the screen with the message “This copy of Windows is not genuine …” will be “tattooed” on your login screen and will also randomly pops up whenever the machine is in use.

Hmmmm.. I’ve got to check my house PC and probably disable automatic update first

I say it won’t be long before someone comes up with a patch to remove the nag screen. If not, there’s always Ubuntu to fall back on hehe.

Read : The Star

*post update* workarounds has appeared on the net, read here for info.

Okay probably the title was a little extra but that’s the actual title this news used. Considering Windows Vista will overshadow XP when it’s out (whenever that is), so I think we can start to use that title.

I went through the tips and they aren’t your usual tips that has been published time and time again (except for #10 maybe). There are a few registry editing though so always be careful when doing that (BACKUP!).

Link : Top 10 Windows XP Tips Of All Time

Pheww. When I received the BE Form from the LHDN Malaysia back in February, I told myself that I will not wait for the last minute to send it in, well I’m glad that I broke that promise.

Because just last month LHDN had a briefing in the office on using the online submission called e-filing. If I’ve sent my forms earlier, I wouldn’t be able to use this online submission and being left-out of the nation’s IT development. That is a no-no for someone whose life depends on the I.T. industry of this country.

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