EToys goes under

EToys, the Web toy seller that at one point challenged Toys R Us, has filed for bankruptcy. The firm failed to find a buyer and is left with debts of ?190m. At the moment, with shares at eight cents apiece, the firm is only worth ?14m. ...more

phpBB team locked out from servers after political hack

Netcraft is reporting that the phpBB development team - the people behind the widely used (including by this site) bulletin board software - have been locked out of their primary server following a security attack. According to www.phpbb. ...more

Dell wins latest round of Alcatel patent spat

A Californian court has ruled that personal-organiser products from Dell did not infringe a patent held by Alcatel-Lucent. This is according to a court document filed online on Thursday. The court also ruled in the summary judgement that Microsoft would not be liable for indirect infringement of the patent, according to a filing at the US District Court for the Southern District of California. ...more

The Opera browser changes its appearance

Those of the Opera persuasion, when it comes to browsers, may be interested in a new release. It's only a beta 1 release, but it relates to the next major version of the browser, Opera 6.0. ...more

Evaman virus threat harvests email addresses from Yahoo

A new virus known as evaman is poised to start its mass-mailing life-cycle. However, antivirus companies are reluctant to announce a major threat yet as it hasn't yet made a public appearance. Evaman, like countless other mass-mailing viruses, arrives as an email sporting an attachment and short texts in the header and body that make the mail appear as if it is an undeliverable mail. ...more