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MS source code seller gets two years
Monday 30 January 2006 – 04:40
A Connecticut man convicted of selling stolen portions of Microsoft's source code for its Windows operating system was sentenced to two years in prison by a federal Judge on Friday.
Google Code Search peers into programs' flaws
Tuesday 10 October 2006 – 08:39
Security professionals warned developers on Thursday that they need to be aware that their open-source repositories can now be easily mined, allowing attackers to target programs that are likely to be flawed.
Da Vinci Code success may boost PS3's launch
Monday 22 May 2006 – 06:18
The success of The Da Vinci Code, the Columbia Pictures movie based on Dan Brown's best-selling novel, could be a key weapon for Sony when it comes to launching the PlayStation 3 this November.
DVD code-cracker arrested
Wednesday 26 January 2000 – 11:14
Police in Norway have arrested a 16-year-old student in connection with a software program that breaks the encryption code on DVDs.
Samsung Telecom accused of hosting malicious code
Friday 8 September 2006 – 09:41
Samsung Telecommunications America has malicious code on its website that disables antivirus programs, modifies registry keys and logs keystrokes when users attempt to download information from the site.

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UPDATE: EC indicates Microsoft's source code licensing may not be enough*
Wednesday 25 January 2006 – 05:02
A brief statement issued this evening, European time, on behalf of the European Commission, indicates that it is leaving its options open with regard to whether Microsoft's creation of new "reference licenses" for certain elements of Windows source code, qualifies as an adequate response to its call for documentation of those elements.
Image preview: The Da Vinci Code, Dead Rising and A400M Airlifter*
Thursday 18 May 2006 – 09:41
Today in the image preview we look the upcoming Da Vinci Code movie tie-in (we had to sacrifice several freelancers to get that), Dead Rising (Zombies, Capcom, Xbox 360...) and A400M Airlifter (because we like lifting things. Into the air. So we do.)
Lukewarm response to Microsoft's offer to share Windows code*
Thursday 26 January 2006 – 06:51
In public statements yesterday, EC Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes rendered an unofficial, preliminary rejection of Microsoft's offer to create a new licensing program for releasing its Windows source code, claiming that code is not self-explanatory as to the nature of how Windows works. Microsoft also didn't get the response it had hoped for from the rest of the world. Did the "barriers to entry" finally come tumbling down, not with a bang, but a whimper?