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    Chinese researchers will scrutinise the source code of Microsoft's operating system for security issues.

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    Microsoft has urged customers to apply its latest security patches, after several companies published "proof of concept" attacks that exploit the flaws that the updates fix.

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    A year after announcing Android, the open source phone operating system intended to jump-start the mobile Internet, Google has begun sharing the project's underlying source code.

  • Ubuntu creator wants to squash 'upstream' bugs

    The founder of the Ubuntu open-source operating system, Mark Shuttleworth, has called for Ubuntu developers to fix all software flaws found in the operating system, including, crucially, those in inherited source code.

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    Microsoft creates open source foundation

    Microsoft has created the non-profit CodePlex Foundation to target increased communication between open source communities and software companies.

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    YouTube demos HTML 5

    The choice and use of the new video tag in HTML 5 is one of the more explosive sticking points in the evolving standard. Which codecs should browsers use? Why even have a video tag at all when Flash works well currently? Will anyone use it even if it becomes a standard?

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    Firefox is still king for developers

    Firefox is still king when it comes to daily work on the tubes, despite the steady increase in the buzz surrounding the open-source Webkit project, on which Safari and Google Chrome are based.

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    Microsoft is considering making SQL Server source code available to customers under its shared source program. I emphasise "considering," as Microsoft hasn't committed to doing anything yet.

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    A federal judge has told Microsoft it must disclose portions of the Windows source code, including XP and XP Embedded, to nine litigating states and the District of Columbia.

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    Microsoft has killed off Windows NT, but it should now release its source code to the open-source community in order to fight off the challenge from Linux.

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    Developers are to get access to the handheld operating system, in a move that the company hopes will encourage the creation of more applications.

  • Microsoft tracks possible Windows code leak

    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 defends Windows CE code-share

    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.

  • Microsoft to reveal more Longhorn details

    Microsoft is expected next month to disclose more details on Longhorn, its planned upgrade to Windows, as the company looks to drive demand for the forthcoming operating system.

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