How Wine Cops Detect Counterfeits
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In light of the recent FBI investigation into counterfeit wine sales, the president of one of the top wine houses explains how experts spot the fakes.
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New authentication software could help news agencies -- stung by doctored images -- detect digital darkroom trickery. By Randy Dotinga.
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LOS ANGELES -- Four Southern California residents pleaded innocent to conspiring to distribute more than $30 million in counterfeit computer software and products, authorities said.
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Big pharmaceutical companies are testing new tracking technology they hope will help them spot counterfeit drugs before they reach consumers' medicine cabinets. By putting tags that transmit radio waves on medicine bottles sent to drug stores, company officials think they will be able to detect fake drugs.
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Syndicate controlled '90 per cent' of all fakes A counterfeiting operation that Microsoft claims was responsible for 90 per cent of faked Microsoft software has been sent up the river in Taiwan.â¦
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China's food safety monitor promised Tuesday to investigate a report that more than half of the water coolers in Beijing use counterfeit branded water.
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By Hannah Baker  INTERNET shoppers were today warned to beware web auction sellers in the West Midlands making a killing on selling fake goods.   Trading Standards officers in the area have discovered counterfeit clothing, handbags and DVDs sold in large quantities on the ebay site.
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Crime-fighting "tinkerers" are figuring out how to get all the inside dope about you from your supposedly trusted gadget
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Microsoft last week quietly launched a pilot program to tackle the increasing problem of software piracy. Windows Genuine Advantage is the first trial of a validation scheme operating on Microsoftâs Download Center.
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Two black Labrador retrievers trained to sniff out chemicals in optical discs assist Queens County and movie industry officials in catching suspected counterfeiters in New York.
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Federal prosecutors looking into allegations of counterfeit wine sales have sent subpoenas to rare-wine collectors and to some of the world's leading auction houses, including Christie's in London and Zachys in New York, according to a published report.
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Software pirates' increasing skill at creating counterfeit versions of Windows XP has prompted MicrosoftÂ  to introduce a pilot program that offers to verify whether consumers' software is legitimate and replace fake versions with authentic goods.
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The forensic science of processing and identifying the dead
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New service helps companies thwart online scams.
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The ability to discern good wine from bad, name the specific brand from a tiny sip and recommend a complementary cheese would seem to be about as human a skill as there is. In Japan, robots are doing it.
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By Ben Goldby; James Green  Internet shoppers in the West Midlands have been warned to be on their guard after an investigation into eBay found the popular auction site is a prime target for counterfeiters.
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Microsoft has come up with a strategy it thinks will encourage users to help it in the fight against piracy: the Windows XP Counterfeit Project.