eMusic quashes Amazon sales talk

eMusic has denied that is up for sale. Recent reports suggested that Amazon was interested in buying the DRM-free music service. In an interview with US business magazine Forbes, eMusic's president and chief executive David Pakman acknowledged that he had been approached 'by everyone' but insisted that the company can maintain its position as the number two digital music retailer while remaining independent. ...more

Trade in your old PC and save the world for ?299

If you're still waiting for the right time to upgrade your old machine, this could be it. Bell Science will give you a new box boasting some pretty meaty components: a 700Mhz PIII, 256Mb of SDRAM memory, a 20Gb drive, CD-ROM, 32Mb AGP graphics card, sound card and speakers. You'll have to keep hold of your monitor though, and Bell will install whichever OS you have on your old machine on the new one. ...more

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Trojan changes Windows code to leave PCs vulnerable

A new active Trojan has been identified by the security company Sophos, dubbed PatchLS because of its manipulation of the LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service). So far, Sophos has received one report from the wild of multiple machines being infected by the Trojan. An LSASS vulnerability was exploited by the Sasser worm - one of the most widespread threats of the last six months. ...more

Crucial details memory

If you're thinking about upgrading your memory but are daunted by the thought of prying open the beige beast, let alone finding out what type you need, Crucial may be able to help. The Micron subsidiary has made available for download the Belarc Advisor utility that profiles your system, generating a report with details of your computer's make, model and motherboard along with bus speed, BIOS and memory modules currently in place. The results are displayed along with a link that takes you to Crucial's Memory Calculator, which will guide you straight to the right type of memory you can use to upgrade. ...more