Intuit to Require Computer Registration for TurboTax

in order to reduce piracy of its popular tax preparation software next tax season according to this SiliconValley.com article. Registering your computer to activate the application sounds like Microsoft's scheme for Windows XP. Maybe this scheme will push more users to TaxCut or other tax prep applications. [Dana Baggett]

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