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  • Ballmer: Xbox 'can take Sony'

    Microsoft CEO discusses Longhorn concerns, IBM comparisons and Sony gaming bets.

  • Securing Microsoft 2: hackers invited to Redmond

    In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.

  • Security: The next Web services battleground

    The Web services movement is intensifying its focus on security--and additional vendors are now vying for a spot in the network security space. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is positioned smack in the middle of the fray.

  • Hackers: Under the hood

    Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.

  • What if we could create a PC vaccine?

    A US company wants to inject computer networks with randomly generated malicious code in order to build the necessary defences before the next Nimda-like worm strikes.

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  • PC army tackles Xbox security code

    A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.

  • Group ditches bid to crack Xbox code

    A computing project has abandoned its effort to crack the main security code for Microsoft's Xbox video game console.

  • Xbox Linux group seeks Microsoft seal

    The group of programmers working to run Linux on Microsoft's Xbox video game console is seeking the software giant's seal of approval.

  • Xbox gets the penguin treatment

    A hacker group specializing in software for Microsoft's Xbox has announced the release of the first full version of Linux for the game console.

  • Lindows CEO funds Xbox hacking contest

    Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of US$200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.

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