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...many of digits of Pi do you know? 2? 10? 1,000,000? Challenge yourself and learn as many digits are Pi as you can... Read more

5 February, 2011

Hacker eyes Xbox reward

...Linux on an unmodified Xbox, apparently satisfying a $100,000 (about £63,000) challenge funded by Lindows founder Michael Robertson. A hacker using the name... Read more

1 April, 2003 by David Becker

VMware launches $200,000 challenge for virtual appliances

As if VMware did not already have enough companies lining up to catch the virtualisation wave, the company has launched a contest to spur development Read more

27 February, 2006 by Colin Barker

News Burst: SDMI tempts hackers to $10,000 challenge

Hackers are challenged to break SDMI's secure systems with a $10k carrot Read more

11 September, 2000 by Richard Barry

Comdex: Ellison ups the ante

Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison issued a second $1 million (£625,000) challenge designed to compare the performance of Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server... Read more

17 November, 1998 by Mary Jo Foley

Contestants unhappy with Avecho response

Disgruntled would-be contestants for antivirus firm Avecho's £10,000 challenge are saying that the company has failed to respond to emails... Read more

1 October, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Group ditches bid to crack Xbox code

...of PCs. The group's initial software release focused on a $10,000 challenge from computer security firm RSA Security to crack a 576-bit... Read more

8 January, 2003 by David Becker

Distributed computing project takes on Xbox security

...their own design. That would satisfy the second part of a $200,000 challenge to run the Linux operating system on the Xbox. Michael Robertson... Read more

7 January, 2003 by David Becker

Crack this service and win £30,000

London-based e-commerce company Global Market has issued a £30,000 challenge to anyone who can crack its new high-security email service... Read more

26 August, 1999 by Will Knight

Infosecurity successful for all but hacked Argus

...breaking at the event saw a false start for Argus Systems' $50,000 challenge to hackers. Argus invited hackers to try and break into a... Read more

26 April, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

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