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Intuit Apologizes for Product Activation Controversial anti-piracy technology caused trouble for many TurboTax users. Peter Sayer, IDG News Service Thursday, October 09, 2003 Intuit apologized to TurboTax users for the trouble caused when anti-piracy technology stopped them from installing the same copy of the personal finance software on multiple computers. Some users, for instance, prepared their tax filings at home, and then could not install the same software on an office computer in order to print the filings at work. A new version of the software, due later this year, will work on multiple computers, Tom Allanson, senior vice president...

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Shares of Intuit Inc. (INTU.O) plunged 24 percent on Friday after the maker of personal finance and small business software warned it won't meet 2003 growth targets because of weaker tax season sales. The stock was the second biggest percentage decliner on the Nasdaq market, shaving more than $12 on the day and breaking a rise in the shares that began in early February.On Thursday, Intuit cut its 2003 revenue forecast to a range of $1.65 billion to $1.69 billion. Just last month it had raised its revenue forecast to between $1.71 billion and $1.77...

Microsoft latest add-on for Windows XP, Plus! Digital Media Edition, has fallen foul of Windows Product Activation. Numerous purchasers are finding it impossible to install, and are being confronted by the comforting message "Plus! Digital Media Edition uses Microsoft Product Activation to help prevent software piracy. Please have an administrator run Plus! Digital Media Edition on this machine and go through the Microsoft Plus! Product Activation Wizard. Once that is complete, you will be able to run Plus! Digital Media Edition normally." Except, er, no you won't. Other users report an installation failure with "Error 2700." Numerous problems with DME...