Theft of game code fuels hacking fears
News Digital thieves have compromised Valve Software's Internet security to steal the complete source code for Half Life 2, raising the spectre that online players of the coming game may be vulnerable to attack.
[October 7, 2003, 12:00]
What to look for in graphics for 2004 review
Reviews So if Half-Life 2 is on your wish-list, your best option is an ATI card (on the basis of preliminary benchmarks released by Valve Software). However, unfortunately for Nvidia, id Software guru John Carmack had this to say about the GeForce FX and...
[January 6, 2004, 13:05]
Arrests made over 'Half-Life 2' code theft
News Game developer Valve Software announced on Thursday that law enforcement authorities have arrested several suspects for allegedly stealing source code for the highly anticipated game "Half-Life 2. Valve chief executive Gabe Newell said in a...
[June 11, 2004, 8:35]
The GPL keeps the bastards honest
Talkback This is the 'safety-valve' that the GPL guarantees. The reason is that they _do not_ own 99.99% of the software they offer as products and services. Most of their technology belongs to the copyright owners of that software, who have chosen to...
[January 18, 2009, 16:24]
Key Linux group faces split
News It can act as a safety valve to prevent a misguided group from gaining too much control, and it can be used to provide competition to assess which of two approaches is best. One drawback of this freedom, however, is that people with different ideas...
[March 21, 2003, 7:58]
Patent fears haunt developers down under
News Using the examples of the diaphragm valve of a washing machine, Kemp added the issue of patent used to control a market is not unique to the software industry. "Patents are being used as an offensive measure," John MacPhail, a partner at Baker...
[November 4, 2004, 10:43]
US software 'blew up Russian gas pipeline'
News In order to disrupt the Soviet gas supply, its hard currency earnings from the West, and the internal Russian economy, the pipeline software that was to run the pumps, turbines, and valves was programmed to go haywire, after a decent interval, to...
[March 1, 2004, 14:10]
Linux not for everyone
Talkback although there are alternatives to mainstream software, such as The Gimp (which is, incidentally, available for Windows), it's not necessarily as good (the Gimp is slow and clunky compared to Photoshop, which is fair enough as it's free) if you're...
[July 2, 2009, 10:07]
not for everyone in the same way as windows is not for everyone
Talkback Photoshop can be installed on Linux within a few clicks (not guaranteed I agree).if you're in to gaming, then it's got to be Windows: can I install Valve's Steam client in Linux (not yet, despite rumours)?
[July 2, 2009, 10:07]
