software licensing

Microsoft says that starting July 13, 2026, some Office and Microsoft 365 apps on macOS, iPhone, and iPad will fall into reduced functionality mode if they cannot be updated to versions that meet Microsoft’s newer certificate and operating-system requirements. That is not the same as Microsoft...

Microsoft says some Office and Microsoft 365 apps on macOS and iOS will enter reduced functionality mode after July 13, 2026, unless they are updated to builds carrying a renewed licensing certificate, with Office 2019 for Mac users left without an update path. That is not merely an obscure...

European open-source office software has entered a fresh and unusually combustible phase. Nextcloud and IONOS have launched Euro-Office, a fork of OnlyOffice pitched as a sovereign alternative for organizations that want browser-based productivity without American platform dependence or Russian...

Britain’s competition watchdog is preparing to put Microsoft at the center of its newest digital markets test, and the implications could reach far beyond licensing footnotes and procurement paperwork. The Competition and Markets Authority has signaled that it will open a Strategic Market Status...

A federal jury’s conviction and a subsequent prison sentence have put a spotlight on an under‑reported corner of the software licensing ecosystem: the market for genuine Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels and the ease with which those labels — when separated from the hardware or...

A federal jury’s conviction and a subsequent 22‑month prison sentence for a Florida reseller have ripped the lid off a quiet, lucrative gray market: genuine Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels stripped from their intended hardware and transformed into bulk‑sold activation keys...

A federal jury’s conviction and a 22‑month prison sentence for a Brandon, Florida reseller has exposed a surprisingly lucrative — and legally perilous — corner of the software grey market: the trafficking of genuine Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels and the extraction of the...

A federal jury conviction that led to a 22‑month prison sentence has put a harsh spotlight on a lucrative and under‑reported corner of the software grey market: the trafficking of genuine Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels and the conversion of those labels into usable Windows...

A federal jury’s conviction and a subsequent 22‑month prison sentence for a Florida software reseller has thrown a spotlight on a long‑running and under‑reported weakness in the Windows and Office supply chain: genuine Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels, when separated from their...

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I recently bought a Microsoft license key from Digitlogs and, honestly, my experience was better than I expected. I was cautious at first because there are many unreliable sellers online, but the checkout was smooth and the license key was delivered instantly by email. I paid around €12–€15...