Friday, February 18, 2005

Microsoft fixes antipiracy hole

Microsoft said that Japanese hackers had discovered a potential weakness in its copy protection technology but that the software company <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5579720.html?tag=zdnn.alert">fixed the flaw</A> before it was widely used. The Redmond giant introduced an update to its Windows Media Player, which included changes aimed at blocking the Japanese hackers' work, as well as a security update.

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