VIRUS: password-pocketing Trojan in the wild

Eyeveg-A is a network worm with a Trojan component and an eye for your cached passwords. The new virus is already in the wild, according to antivirus experts Sophos. It attempts to gather any cached passwords and other system information and send them off to a remote location. ...more

Google fortifies Desktop Search against IE flaw

Google has altered its Desktop Search so that it can no longer be used in digital attacks in conjunction with a flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. On Friday, an Israeli hacker reported having discovered a means of remotely using Google desktop search to remotely search the computers logged on to a specially built website using Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Problems in the way the browser handles CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) led to a short cut round the restrictions the browser places on interaction between different domains. ...more

A camera for your phone

I guess it had to happen eventually. With the "c" word being bandied about at every opportunity (I mean "convergence" and not the other one), I guess it's no real surprise that Ericsson has announced it's new digital camera add-on for mobile phones. The snappily titled CommuniCam is the first imaging product that Ericsson has produced and brings digital imaging to the mobile phone arena. ...more

Reading and writing - UPDATE

Two combo CD/DVD drives on the Toshiba and HP launchpads have caught our eye. Toshiba has announced the production of its new super-slim ATAPI combo drives for notebooks. The two models, both only 12. ...more

Indian software development boosted by Ferrari backing

Indian software firm Tata Consultancy Services has won a 'multi-year, multimillion' dollar deal to help design engines for Ferrari's Formula 1 cars. The company's expertise is likely to appear on the track as early as next season. Tata says that its engineers will also be contributing to the development of Ferrari's world famous sports car range. ...more