Spammed BagleDl-U Trojan threatens virus protection

Millions of inboxes around the world may have been hit by a malicious Trojan horse that disables anti-virus software, SophosLabs has announced. The BagleDl-U Trojan has been spammed out across the globe and makes damaging changes to the registry in an attempt to shut-down anti-virus and other security software. Trojan horses are programs that pretend to be legitimate software, but actually carry out harmful functions. ...more

Intel Prescott processor 'to launch 2nd February'

The official launch date of Intel's next-generation desktop 'Prescott' processor is Monday, the 2nd of February according to X-bit labs. The Website quotes sources close to Intel and predicts the launch of seven desktop processors. These include a 3. ...more

Mac news sites reject Apple's legal demand for disclosure

Two of the Mac news websites facing legal action from Apple have asked a California court to reject subpoenas that demand the sites' editors disclose their sources of leaked information about forthcoming Apple products. Lawyers for PowerPage and Apple Insider argued on Monday that Internet journalists are entitled to the same protection under the First Amendment as their paper- and TV-based colleagues. The First Amendment to the US Constitution states that, 'Congress shall make no law . ...more

VIA puts security at the core of new processor

VIA technologies has announced its C5J 'Esther' processor core, aimed at mobile and embedded devices, with support for a range of industry standard security features. 'Our approach to processor design allows small, fanless devices to carry out the most demanding security operations while simultaneously processing today's increasingly sophisticated digital entertainment applications,' said Glenn Henry, President of Centaur Technology - the VIA division that designed the new core. 'The new architecture of the C5J Esther core will allow us to ramp up processor speeds to 2GHz and above within the same thermal design points as previous cores, opening up new markets for our processors and extending the reach of the x86 architecture into new device categories. ...more

China advised to mandate 'real name system' blogging

The Internet Society of China has recommended to the government that bloggers be required to use their real names when they register blogs, state media said on Monday, in the latest attempt to regulate free-wheeling Web content. The society, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Information Industry, said no decision had been made but that a 'real name system' was inevitable. 'A real name system will be an unavoidable choice if China wants to standardise and develop its blog industry,' the official Xinhua news agency quoted the Internet Society's secretary general, Huang Chengqing, as saying. ...more