UK games chart: Need for Speed holds its line

The first games chart incorporating the Xbox 360 console sees EA's street racing game top of this week's ELSPA UK games chart. Need For Speed: Most Wanted stays at number one and Konami's multi-format, hard-core football game Pro Evolution Soccer 5 remains at two. EA's softcore soccer game FIFA 06 climbs one place to number three. ...more

Storm worm wreaks havoc over weekend

Security company F-Secure report says that the gang which launched a computer virus trading on people's interest in the storms that hit Europe last week has issued more malware over the weekend. First discovered on Friday, Storm Worm was spammed out over the weekend and hit Europe and the east coast of the US particularly hard. Since then, a new Trojan along with numerous variants have been spammed out in emails that make outrageous claims based on current news trends, such as missiles shooting down satellites, or that Saddam Hussein has been seen alive. ...more

Google serves up new music search

Google is looking to capitalise on the fast growing music downloads market with the introduction of a 'music search' function to its standard search interface. Having noticed that a lot of people search for information about music (its amazing what you can find out when you have 3,000 PhDs in Computer Science working for you), Google is now offering a single box at the top of a results page that it has decided is about music. Clicking on a link will give you a standard list of links to official pages and fan sites, and news and pictures for the News and Images indexes. ...more

Virtual Windows on your Mac

Connectix has released Virtual PC 4, the latest version of its PC emulation software for Macs. The new version features improved performance, an enhanced interface and the ability to run multiple operating systems. Virtual PC allows Mac users to run PC applications, access Windows networks and share files with Windows users. ...more

Yahoo! follows Google into the research labs

Yahoo! has announced the formation of research labs to develop new Web search technologies. The labs will look at ways in which Yahoo!'s position as the most visited site on the Internet can be exploited, both to increase its popularity and to commercially exploit it. The project, said Farzad Nazem, Yahoo!'s executive vice president and chief technology officer, is 'dedicated to inventive computer science solutions that will help make the Internet experience more efficient, productive, individualised, and even more entertaining. ...more