Intel plans WiMAX cameras by 2009

Intel says we can expect to see WiMAX built into devices such as digital cameras and handheld games consoles as soon as 2009. At a London briefing this morning, the company outlined its roadmap for the long-range wireless technology, which it claims will complement existing Wi-Fi and 3G services. Whereas Wi-Fi offers a maximum range of only a few hundred metres, WiMAX can be beamed from base stations several miles away, potentially reaching areas that are outside of 3G coverage. ...more

Santy.A sparks messageboard infection epidemic

A new virus exploiting popular messageboard software is creating an epidemic of infections according to security experts Kaspersky Labs. Santy.A infects vulnerable versions of the phpBB bulletin board software. ...more

Creative roll out more GeForce4 cards

Two new graphics cards from Creative hope to be a gamer's delight. The 3D Blaster 4 Titanium 4200 sits at the bottom of Creative's high-end graphics card range based on nVIDIA's Titanium GeForce4 GPU (there are 4400 and 4600 models too). Beyond the graphics processor, the card boasts 64Mb of DDR memory running at 500Mhz and a range of features that gives the card the appetite to munch through some 113 million vertices a second and perform 1. ...more

Microsoft jumps on Soapbox for YouTube rival

Microsoft has made its latest attempt to jump onto the Web 2.0 bandwagon with the unveiling of a user-driven video service. Like YouTube, the Web's most popular video site, Soapbox on MSN Video lets users upload personal videos where others can view, rate and comment on them. ...more

AMD support forum infected with .wmf attack

Finnish security company F-Secure says that AMD's online discussion forum appears to be infected a WMF exploit. It says that anyone visiting the site is sent such an exploit through an encoded IFRAME directive and warns against viewing. It says it has told AMD of the problem and that the company is working on fixing the problem. ...more