First Palm virus found

Experts have discovered what they claim to be the first example of a virus written specifically for the Palm platform. The new virus was sent to antivirus company Network Associates and although the company said the virus is not a high risk to Palm users, it warned that the popularity of handheld devices means that the devices are now viable targets for malicious programmers. The PalmOS/Phage wireless virus infects any . ...more

PS2-compatible webcam

Creative Labs has launched its WebCam PRO camera. The ?39.99, including VAT, Webcam offers VGA (640x480) video capture and stills up to 1,024x768 (interpolated). ...more

Security expert warns of repeat DNS server attacks

The same kind of denial of service attacks that hit the Internet's root servers in February could be played out on an organisation's infrastructure with devastating effects, warns a security expert. In February, hackers took aim at the root servers of the Internet in a distributed denial of service attack that lasted hours. The offensive was thought to be one of the biggest seen in four years. ...more

UK online retail set to boom

Forrester's latest research expects online sales to fatten to ?10.4bn by the end of the year - a girth-widening increase of 46 per cent increase year on year. Forrester Senior Analyst Rebecca Jennings: 'Today, 65 percent of online adults have bought and paid for a product or service online, and UK Net shoppers spent an average of ?237 online in the past three months. ...more

Linux community offers free drivers to hardware makers

The Linux community has stepped up to address one of the bigger barriers to mainstream Linux adoption: device drivers. Greg Kroah-Hartman posted in his blog earlier this week that the community will take on all comers to develop Linux drivers for products free of charge. 'You will receive a complete and working Linux driver that is added to the main Linux kernel source tree. ...more