Looking to drive demand for a wave of forthcoming products, Microsoft will fill the pockets of developers this week with early versions of several programs, including the latest "build" of Windows Vista.
Microsoft will share information about security problems with government agencies as part of its efforts to slow the spread of open source software.
When Microsoft needed help in taming the large number of flaws that had crept into its Windows operating system, it looked to technology known as "static source code checkers" and a company called Intrinsa.
Microsoft is investigating the possibility that a file posted to several underground sites and chat rooms contains some protected source code to Windows 2000.
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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But security firm also finds that Microsoft's IE is the only browser widely exploited by hackers today.
Next week customers can begin testing software that links Microsoft's e-mail and calendar programs with SAP's back-office business applications, the companies said.
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A computing project has abandoned its effort to crack the main security code for Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
The new version of Microsoft's Windows CE code-sharing agreement must be popular because vendors have signed up to it, says the software giant.
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