Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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Because it says so:


This came out yesterday....surprised this has not been posted...could have very interesting and hopefully positive implications for Wave the way I read this....best, WLT
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07-30-07 1512ET

Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.- - 03 12 PM EDT 07-30-07


By Ben Charny

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES



SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is close to unveiling one of its most radical efforts yet to battle software piracy in China and the world's other piracy hot spots.

With Microsoft's permission, Chinese electronics manufacturers in October will begin selling laptops that have Microsoft's flagship Vista operating system on board but locked inside an encrypted hard disk drive made by Seagate Technology

(STX), a longtime Microsoft partner, people familiar with the matter told Dow

Jones Newswires.

In order to activate the Vista software, and thus turn on the computer, owners will have to contact Microsoft and prove the software isn't pirated. Once activated, the Seagate disk drive on board prevents the software from being copied and redistributed, the sources said.