Sober virus resurfaces

Security companies are warning of a new variant of the bi-lingual Sober email worm. F-Secure says Sober-M was being spammed out last night in a bid to seed an epidemic. Sophos too reports small numbers of infections early this morning. ...more

Psion Revo goes the WAP way

If you haven't been tempted to purchase an Internet-enabled mobile phone then keep your eyes peeled for the updated Psion Revo, with WAP capability. The unit does not come with a modem but can access the Internet either with the Psion 56k Travel Modem, or you can link it to an infrared mobile phone. The standard Revo can currently be picked up as part of a package with the Nokia 8210 mobile phone. ...more

Kazaa adds free phone calls to p2p software

Kazaa, the world's best known peer to peer file sharing software now enables 'free' internet calls. Using technology from the Luxembourg based Skype Technologies version 3.0 of Kazaa extends the p2p principle to allow users to make voice calls to anywhere in the world. ...more

New Mexico settles with Microsoft

The ranks are splitting - one of the 19 US states originally ranged against Microsoft in the anti-trust suit has decided to settle with the company. In what will be good news for Microsoft, the attorney general of New Mexico, Patricia Madrid, has agreed to stop pursuing the case in return for Microsoft reimbursing the state's legal costs. New Mexico was never one of the most ardent participants and other states have been more vocal in their determination to pursue the case. ...more

Novell and Microsoft 'agree to disagree'

The collaboration between Microsoft and Novell already appears to be crumbling to dust just weeks following the announcement. Novell has issued an open letter in which it asserts that signing a patent covenant with Microsoft not to sue each others' customers is not an admission of infringement. Barely hours later, Microsoft released a statement claiming the companies have 'agreed to disagree' over the issue. ...more