Microsoft tackles IE javaproxy flaw

Microsoft has responded to the discovery of a flaw in its browser Internet Explorer. The flaw was first announced 1 July by Secunia, having been notified by SEC Consult who discovered the hole. The company says that code which would enable an attacker to exploit the hole is already publicly available. ...more

First successful BitTorrent prosecution

A 23-year-old man from Virginia is the first person to be successfully convicted of helping to run a BitTorrent P2P node. Grant Stanley has been sentenced to five months in jail and five months home detention for his part in managing the BitTorrent node known as Elite Torrents. Stanley was also fined $3,000 and given three years probation. ...more

Internet2 connects at 100 gigabit speeds

The Internet2 advanced networking consortium is preparing to open the world's fastest Internet backbone which will connect Chicago, New York and Washington at speeds up to 100Gbits per second. The 20,920km network will initially be open to research and healthcare organisations and operate at a speed that could rise to 400Gbps if the higher-capacity circuits are implemented. But even at 100Gbps it is 10 times faster than the current Internet2 network, which opened in 1998. ...more

iPod nano set to give shuffle the shove

Apple may be about to phase out or replace its cheapest iPod at next week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The 1GB version of the player is no longer available through the UK version of the online Apple Store and has been out of stock in the US since mid-December. The iPod shuffle was Apple's first flash-based portable music player and immediately became the number one seller. ...more

Microsoft promises biometrically authentic Christmas with new keyboards

Microsoft has announced its line up of mice, keyboards and home software for the Christmas season, including new biometric, comfort and Bluetooth devices. Redmond's biometric range includes a separate fingerprint reader that connects via USB for ?59.99, the Optical Desktop, which includes a wireless mouse, and the reader integrated on to one side of the keyboard for ?99. ...more