With the release of Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe will add a new software activation feature to stop customers from violating their software license. To hear the hue and cry over the news, you’d think ...

About a week ago, I purchased Adobe's tempting little web bundle (CS2 Premium + Macromedia Studio 8) using my academic status to get a hefty discount.<BR><BR>It came quickly (got the order ...

Adobe has begun testing online activation of its Photoshop 7.0 application in Australia as a way of stemming the illegal use of its software. If the pilot is successful, and so far it is, the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Software makers are getting smarter, but no less insistent, about product activation in the face of noisy customer protests, according to software executives gathered here. Product ...