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Prepare for Yer Doom, Ye XP-Snarfing Blowfish

in News on October 21, 2008 at 7:47 am PT

Like consumer OS adoption rates, piracy rates for Windows XP are much higher than for Windows Vista. And with XP scheduled to be discontinued once and for all next year, Microsoft is stepping up efforts to stem its spread through piracy. To that end, the company has declared Tuesday Oct. 21 Global Anti-Piracy Day.