Half-Life 2 source leaked

Since late yesterday, reports have spread that the source code for Half-Life 2 was leaked and was illicitly posted on the Web. Valve's Gabe Newell has today confirmed in a post on the Half-Life2.net forum that the file that is circulating is indeed the Half-Life 2 source code and said that it was stolen from Valve's network two weeks ago.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/ha...s_6076314.html

Microsoft patches Exchange glitch

Microsoft released a patch Thursday for a newly discovered incompatibility between the new version of the company's Outlook e-mail client and an older version of the Exchange mail server program.
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5085...l?tag=nefd_top

ATI pays Cirrus Logic $9m for graphics patents

ATI and Cirrus Logic have settled their legal dispute with a patent cross-licensing agreement - the standard outcome in such cases.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/33164.html

Yahoo!, Microsoft Join On Games

Faster than you can say Zap! Pow! Biff! Bang!, the big boys got bigger as Yahoo! Games Thursday announced a new partnership with Microsoft Game Studios.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news...le.php/3086721

ESR: After Sun Goes Out

Sun Microsystems crossed the line from "troubled " to "doomed " yesterday. This is sad news for the open-source community, and we need to think about how we're going to deal with it. The most pressing questions are "What becomes of Java?" and "What becomes of OpenOffice.org?" These are questions that matter.
http://linuxtoday.com/it_management/2003100201426OPBZSW

Lawsuits dampen Kazaa use

Online music piracy appears to be waning in the wake of the music industry's latest legal offensive involving hundreds of lawsuits against internet users suspected of unauthorised file-swapping.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...E15306,00.html

Internet Explorer Vulnerability Exploited Again

Security experts say a Trojan horse directed traffic from popular Web sites to an IP address designated by the attacker.
http://www.informationweek.com/story...cleID=15201154

Napster ready for test launch

Pioneering song-swapping internet service Napster is to make a legal return to business, two years after it was shut down.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3157628.stm

Report: IM Viruses on the Rise

Instant messaging might be one of the hottest new channels of communications to hit the enterprise, but it's also widely known to bring with it a myriad of security holes, if the IM used is of the public, consumer-grade variety.
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/ne...le.php/3086291