Move to Mac

New software has been released that makes it easier to switch from a Windows PC to a Mac. Though only scant details are available at present, it would appear that Move2Mac comprises two software wizards. The first wizard is launched on PC and creates a profile of all the user's settings, preferences and files. ...more

An alien's view of Earth

If there are aliens monitoring us from out in space, what they might be listening to is the noise of the earth's atmosphere: the hiss and buzz of escaping radio waves. Now you can share a similar experience via the Web. The New York Times reports that NASA has installed a very low frequency (VLF) radio receiver on a tower at its Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, and this is connected to a computer that converts the signals to sound waves. ...more

Microsoft May bulletin clear of critical patches

Microsoft got off lightly in May's security bulletin with just one patch, rated 'important'. The bug is in the Web View of Windows Explorer, which fails to handle certain HTML characters properly in previews. A specially built page could exploit this hole, allowing the attacker to feed in code remotely and access data with all the privileges of the user looking at the HTML page. ...more

BT puts broadband in Toys 'r' Us

BT Openworld is offering 'broadband-in-a-box' for just ?50. The box contains everything necessary to get the 'Home 500 Plug & Go' broadband service up-and-running. Line activation is currently free, but Home 500 Plug & Go has a relatively high monthly fee of ?29. ...more

IDF Fall 2003: Bulverde showcased as next-gen XScale processor

The successor to Intel?s XScale processor, 'Bulverde', was showcased today at the Mobile Technology keynote at IDF. And multimedia muscle is Intel's pitch for this future element of its Personal Client Architecture. In his keynote presentation of Bulverde, Ron Smith, general manager of Intel's Wireless Communications and Computing group, highlighted the multimedia possibilities of a Bulverde-based device compared to current offerings, for example running games. ...more