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Microsoft cracks down on source code traders
February 18, 2004
Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies.
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Linux--source of success?
October 22, 2003
As Red Hat releases a new version of Linux, RealNetworks and Motorola rally around the open-source OS. Also: New Openexchange Server from SuSE, and more source code from Microsoft.
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Microsoft offers up source code in EC dispute
January 25, 2006
To avoid EU regulatory fines of up to $2.45 million per day, Microsoft offers to license some of its Windows source code to rivals.
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Search on for source of leaked Windows code
February 13, 2004
Investigators are looking for clues as to how source code for Microsoft's Windows OS made its way onto the Net. An error report found in the code includes information related to a Microsoft partner.
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Microsoft gets deeper into gizmos
October 24, 2003
The software giant talks up plans for embedded devices ranging from factory robots to slot machines.
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Microsoft probes Windows code leak
February 13, 2004
The software giant is investigating how a file containing some protected source code to Windows 2000 was posted to several underground sites and chat rooms.
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India to get a look at Windows code?
January 26, 2004
The software giant is in talks with the country's government to share the source code underlying its Windows operating system.
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Microsoft to release more source code?
February 7, 2005
Firm's developer unit may make available source code from popular tool for building user interfaces for Windows applications.
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Windows code up for grabs
February 13, 2004
Net users are downloading pirated versions of Microsoft's source code, fueling concerns that hackers could crack open vital pieces of software that run millions of computers.
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This week in Microsoft
September 2, 2005
Company to launch online resource to help authorities with cybercrime probes and build into Vista new safeguards against video piracy.
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Microsoft airs tools' source code online
April 6, 2004
In what may be the first time Microsoft has adopted a pure open-source approach for a product, the company reveals the code for its Windows Installer XML software.
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Security research suggests Linux has fewer flaws
December 14, 2004
Four years of research by a code-analysis firm finds that the latest open-source OS beats commercial software for quality.
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Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?
May 20, 2004
It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its schedule...
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