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Cable reveals US concerns over Chinese cyber-warfare

...hacker groups and the Chinese government body that controls local access to Microsoft source code, according to documents released by Wikileaks. Chinese information security companies... Read more

6 December, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Windows code leak 'not a security threat'

Security experts say Microsoft's embarrassing Windows 2000 source code leak is unlikely to have given hackers more ammunition Read more

13 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

News Roundup: Microsoft source code stolen

News that thieves have used a Trojan horse program to pilfer source code from Microsoft could have serious security implications Read more

27 October, 2000 by ZDNet UK

Hackers burgle Microsoft source code

Company reveals hackers have stolen source code to applications and operating system, but says code has not been altered Read more

27 October, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft source code to go on state display

Nine states will be shown controversial code... Read more

18 February, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

Novell aims SLES 11 at Sun and Red Hat

...Microsoft engineers, Steinman said — though emphasising that Novell coders do not see Microsoft source code. This and other factors will help Novell continue to gain... Read more

20 March, 2008 by Peter Judge

Open source community wooed by Microsoft

...programmes. Some of these licences allow developers to view, modify and redistribute Microsoft source code, but others are more restrictive. The Reference Licence, for example... Read more

29 June, 2006 by Miya Knight

Microsoft simplifies Shared Source programme

...such as other software companies and large customers, to see portions of Microsoft source code. Viewing the code enables other companies to create closer integration... Read more

19 October, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

Windows code seller pleads guilty

...Connecticut man has pleaded guilty in a US federal court to selling Microsoft source code over the Internet. William P Genovese Jr, 28, of Meriden... Read more

31 August, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

MySQL 4.1 uses Microsoft code

MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which... Read more

11 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft shows code to 'trusted users'

...and then distribute modified code. MVPs were already given access to some Microsoft source code, including components of Windows CE .Net and Visual Studio .Net... Read more

23 October, 2003 by Ina Fried

Aussie govt to see Windows source code

Australia's government has signed an agreement with Microsoft granting access to the code that underlies the Windows operating system Read more

14 August, 2003 by Iain Ferguson

MS security chief: We are not stopping development

In an exclusive interview with ZDNet UK, Microsoft UK's first chief security officer explains the reality behind the hype of the company's widely reported security initiative Read more

15 February, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Antitrust talks all above board, says Microsoft

...They asked a federal judge to give other companies broad access to Microsoft source code, including that for its Internet Explorer browser. The states also... Read more

11 December, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Lawyers for Microsoft, Apple face off

Apple argues that Microsoft's private antitrust settlement is anti-competitive, while Microsoft calls it 'generous' Read more

11 December, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

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