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Some Kinect For Windows sample code now open source

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:57:48 +0000

Microsoft has released some sample code for its Kinect for Windows SDK under an open source license via CodePlex. It has also expanded the reach of the device for educational purposes. Read more...

Google releases Android Jelly Bean source code to AOSP

Swagatam Mukherjee — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:40:46 +0100

The Android Jelly Bean source code has been released for developers along with proprietary binaries for Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus devices. Expect updates from developers soon. Read more...

Quake 3 source code analyzed

Christopher White — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:31:58 +0100

Fabien Sanglard rips apart Quake 3's source code and does an excellent job explaining it with both words and diagrams. It's a must-read for anyone interested in game development. Read more...

Anonymous leaks 2006 source code for Norton AntiVirus

Paul Ferson — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:54:00 +0000

Anonymous announces on Twitter that it has released the Norton AntiVirus 2006 source code with the world via The Pirate Bay, months after first claiming to have got their hands on it. Read more...

Study finds open source is slightly better than closed source software

Alfonso Maruccia — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:06:15 +0000

A new study finds that open source quality has increased and even become “slightly better” than closed source software when codebases are on par. Read more...

Symantec offered $50,000 to source code hacker

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:05:01 +0000

Symantec admits that as part of a sting operation it offered to pay $50,000 to the hacker who said he had the source code to the company's PCAnywhere and Norton Anti-Virus products. Read more...

Symantec admits to pcAnywhere threat from code leak

John Callaham — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:23:34 +0000

PC security software company Symantec has now admitted that the online theft of some of its source code could pose an "increased risk" for users of its pcAnywhere product. Read more...

Symantec now admits to cyber attack on code in 2006

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:00:09 +0000

Symantec has now admitted that the source code obtained by hackers for its line of anti-virus software was obtained in 2006 from its own servers, rather than from a third party. Read more...

Older Symantec anti-virus source code leaked

John Callaham — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:01:08 +0000

Anti-virus software maker Symantec has admitted that hackers have leaked the source code for one of its products onto the Internet but claim that the code that was leaked is several years old. Read more...

Fast Five tops list of most pirated movies in 2011

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:55:39 +0000

The action-driving sequel Fast Five was the most pirated movie on the Internet in 2011, according to a new list that uses download info from thousands of BitTorrent users, among other sources. Read more...

Amazon releases source code for Kindle Fire OS

Mike Brown — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:25:09 +0000

Just a few days after being released, the Kindle Fire OS gets its source code opened up for the world to download. The software is a fork of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, tweaked to suit the new tablet. Read more...

Sony Developer Network source code leaked

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:24:27 +0100

Things just do not seem to be going Sony's way these last few weeks. First their entire PlayStation Network was hacked with information stolen and quickly leaked onto the Internet, then when the service was... Read more...

Nokia publishes Symbian source code

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:01:06 +0100

The popular Nokia-maintained mobile operating system, Symbian, now finds itself open after Nokia decided to publish the most recent master source code. In a post on the Symbian website, Nokia says it is "making the... Read more...

Kasperskys anti-virus source code leaks to torrent sites

Colby Swandale — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:02:06 +0000

The popular Kaspersky Anti-Virus suite appears to have had its source code leaked online to torrent and file sharing sites. According to the description of the leak, the source code was stolen from the Kaspersky labs back in... Read more...

Gawker source code and database leaked

Alan Cone — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:44:19 +0000

Today, technology media giant Gawker, that runs sites including Gizmodo and Lifehacker, has had their source code and databases leaked to a popular torrent website. Gawker issued in a statement to anyone who has an account... Read more...

Android 2.2 (Froyo) source code released

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:54:05 +0100

In celebration of Verizon's Droid X launch, Google has announced the immediate availability of the Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) source code. Since a few days after Google's I/O developers conference back in May, Nexus One... Read more...

Eve Online Source Code Leaked

Marcel Klum — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:32:50 +0100

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Full source code for the client for popular MMORPG Eve Online was made available recently via BitTorrent on The Pirate Bay. Along with the torrent, the user posts a chat transcript with a representative... Read more...

SimCity Source Code Is Now Open

EL1TE — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:20 +0000

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Tolkien writes "Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3. For legal reasons the open source version was renamed Micropolis, which was apparently the original working title. The OLPC will also be getting... Read more...

Microsoft To Open Visual Studio Source Code To Top Partners

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:28:18 +0000

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Microsoft kicked off a series of technical conferences this week by pledging to release Visual Studio 2008 by the end of November, making the developer IDE the first of three major Windows platform updates scheduled... Read more...

Hellgate London Source code stolen?

Todd Tanner — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:11:02 +0100

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According to Gamers With Jobs, Hellgate London, Flagship Studios upcoming Sci-Fi themed FPS RPG has taken a page out of the Half-Life 2 book of bad network security. According to the report, the Flagship Studios... Read more...