Symantec Embraces Product Activation

Software giant Symantec is adding product activation technology to all of its upcoming consumer products, starting with Norton Antivirus 2004. Customers who fail to activate the software by contacting Symantec within 15 days of installing it will be left with a non-functioning application. Despite such good intentions, product activation remains a tricky business, and that Symantec runs the risk of alienating loyal, legitimate customers by imposing the technology