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Dell Download Store Launches With Games, Music and Software at Great Prices

Dell has finally launched their new download store. Dell has partnered with French company Nexway to release the download store which offers music, games and software. The Dell download store allows all worldwide users to purchase games and software, but there currently is a restriction on music because of “publishing and licencing agreements with [Dell's] digital music partners.”

The music files will be available from major labels and will include leading artists, all without digital right managements solutions as MP3 files.

The store currently sells the Brit Awards 2009 for £9.99; both Play.com and Amazon did not have the album available for digital download.

Single tracks are available for 79 pence but the user interface lacks the intuitiveness of other available solutions like 7digital.

Microsoft Want You To License Your Pirated Software

This has to be the funniest thing i have heard in ages. Microsoft has launched a campaign which states, “they know you’ve got a pirated copy of our software, so register with us and pay a small fee for an official license”???

Basically Microsoft is trying to turn people who are using their software into consumers, which it pretty self explanatory. Microsoft estimates that 35% of the software installed on computers is stolen. Im just not entirely sure why a person who is using pirated software for free would even consider paying. Everyone wants something for free!