Microsoft Gets Patent for Program Killer

The software giant from Redmond has received approval for a software patent, in this case a program that has the ability to restrict the use of a particular computer loaded with any of their programs or denying access to specific hardware. The specifics of the program and it’s use are still quite muddled or unavailable which may be something we will be seeing soon in a desktop near you. The patent was approved by the US Patent Office filed May 19, 2009, for what purpose the software would serve is stirring quite a lot of conspiracy theories and is expected to be rolled out with the new operating system they may be rolling out next year.
Microsoft has long been the victim of software piracy which led them tot he creation and much hated implementation of the WGA system which verifies the authenticity of operating system installed onto a computer system. The said WGA drew a lot of anger with the millions or so people who got the software installed without them knowing about it through automatic updates and with XP’s SP3, after which they made it optional through the autoupdate facility. This program goes a step further than bugging you with warnings that the system is pirated with the ability to shut off hardware access, it is quite alarming.