Mozilla puts $500 bounty on 'most wanted' bug arrests

Users of Mozilla software who come across critical security bugs in the program are being encouraged to report the problems to Mozilla - and receive a $500 bounty per bug. The bounty programme has been introduced with backing from venture capitalist Mark Shuttleworth and from Linux distro Lindows. The announcement of the scheme comes at an important time for the Mozilla Foundation. ...more

Ofcom ready to give green light on iTrip

Slowly but surely we seem to be moving towards the legalisation of wireless MP3 transmitters, such as the iPod-friendly iTrip. Ofcom is now expecting to introduce the relevant legislation in December. Back in May, European telecoms regulators began reconsidering the current ban on such low-power FM transmitters. ...more

Belgian police make arrest over iPod killing

Belgian police have arrested a 16-year old Pole in connection with the murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck, who was killed after refusing to hand over his iPod to two men. The arrest was made after another Polish teenager supplied investigators with the name and mobile number of the suspect. A second Polish man, 17, who police believe carried out the fatal stabbing is thought to have fled to his home country. ...more

Poland pulls the plug on European software patent law

Backing for software patents in the EU has collapsed following the Polish Government's announcement that it cannot support the current draft directive. he decision means that the draft has lost a majority in favour, and now falls short by 16 votes. The Polish cabinet decided that it could not support the directive drawn up by the EU Council of Ministers as it did not rule out the possibility of patenting software or business methods. ...more

Leopard is the next OS X big cat

The next version of OS X will be codenamed Leopard and released either late 2006 or early 2007 to coincide with the debut of Microsoft's Longhorn. OS X 10.5 will be the first upgrade after the first Intel-based Macs start to become available, although a tweaked version of 10. ...more