Source Code Club closes down days after opening

An outfit calling itself the Source Code Club which offered the source code to various bits of proprietory software including Napster and a version of the Dragon IDS from Enterasys Networks Inc has shut up shop. The closure happened only days after it emerged with the mission to offer 'corporate intel to our customers'. On Monday someone going by the name of Larry Hobbles announced that Source Code Club `is now open for business`. ...more

USB 2.0 for laptops

Orange Micro has announced a March shipping date for its new USB 2.0 Hi-Speed CardBus PC card, which provides CardBus compatible laptops with four USB 2.0 ports. ...more

Microsoft makes bid for eBay access

Microsoft and eBay are inviting third-party developers to pick up and run with new tools that give access to eBay listings management features. By using Excel 2003 or FrontPage 2003 it will be possible to devise new ways of interfacing with eBay. For example, using Excel, it should be possible to dynamically update particular prices and bids within a spreadsheet. ...more

IE 7 vulnerability revealed

Within hours of the final release of Internet Explorer 7, the first vulnerability has emerged. Even more embarrassing for Microsoft is that the flaw is one that has been known about for months. The vulnerability is due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs with the 'mhtml:' URI handler. ...more

Intel faces ban on Itanium

The final judgement of a US District Court has found against Intel and its use of two patents owned by Intergraph. These relate to parallel instruction computing (PIC). The injunction on making the processors has been suspended until 29 November, however. ...more