Microsoft's new anti-piracy rules cracked within 24 hours

On Wednesday, Microsoft revamped their Windows Update service to disallow non-critical Windows updates to users of pirated copies of the OS. Yeah, yeah, I know... Old news.

Well, it was really old news by Thursday, when, within 24 hours of its release, hackers had already found a way around the new protection scheme using Internet Explorer and javascript. Read more about it at TheInquirer.net and MSNBC.com.