Dutch teenagers arrested over DoS attack

Dutch police have collared two teenagers, accusing them of launching denial of service attacks on government websites. The two boys from the southern Dutch town of Breda were arrested last week after police raided their homes and seized compute equipment. The attacks are said to be in protest against proposed changes in the Netherlands social security provision which drew a quarter of a million people onto the streets of Amsterdam recently. ...more

Preloaded iPods walk on legal thin ice

A US company has begun offering iPods for sale with preloaded content ripped from DVDs. TVMyPod converts the DVD content to the iPod format but insists that the customer buys the DVDs as well as the player. 'The tedious and time-consuming process of converting and loading their own DVDs will discourage many people from getting the most out of the new iPod video functionality, thereby not allowing the consumer to utilize this marvel of engineering to its fullest potential,' said Vijay Raghavan, TVMyPod co- founder. ...more

21st century jury to be selected by computer

Over the next three months an automated jury selection system is to be implemented in courts throughout England and Wales. Yesterday six courts applied to a Central Summoning Bureau for its jurors electronically. The computer system randomly selects jurors from electoral rolls and issues summonses. ...more

SCO keeps the litigious hat with Novell

In a teleconference on Friday, SCO refuted Novell's claimed ownership of Unix copyrights and patents, with CEO Darl McBride saying: 'We'll be settling these issues in court'. Novell's assertion that the 1995 sale of Unix to SCO did not include the transfer of copyrights and patents is wrong, claimed McBride - a former executive at Novell. He described Novell's actions as 'a desperate measure to curry favour with the Linux fraternity', and that its statement was deliberately timed to tarnish SCO's quarterly results announcements. ...more

Symantec rolls out Vista-prepped security

Symantec has released its Vista-ready security suite in time for the business release of Microsoft's flagship launch today. Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 includes includes Symantec Client Security 3. ...more