Nintendo boasts 600,000 consoles sales in 8 days

Nintendo says it has sold 600,000 units of its Wii game console in the first eight days since its release in the Americas, as the company vies with rivals Sony and Microsoft for gamers' hearts and wallets. Including sales of accessories and games, Nintendo's Wii-related revenue had hit $190 million since the machine's November 19 release, the company said. At $250, the Wii costs half as much as the cheapest version of Sony's PlayStation 3 console, which went on sale in the United States two days before the Wii hit the market. ...more

It's free to code it with the RSA

One of the most famous and respected modern methods encryption is now free. RSA yesterday released its grip on the patent to its commercial data encryption technique. The RSA encryption algorithm can be found in a number of popular security applications, including Netscape's Communicator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. ...more

iPod: 'A memory stick with bad software'

The president of Lenovo Europe, Milko van Duijl, delivered his scathing verdict on the iPod to a roomful of European IT journalists, as part of a larger speech on the importance of design. 'The iPod - it's a memory stick with bad software,' he said. 'You can't even delete a song on it without linking it up to a computer. ...more

Treo gets a contract

mmO2 has been named as the carrier for Handspring's Treo range of communicators when it is launched this spring. Handspring's Treo 180 and 180g (the latter using the Graffiti input method) PDA-cum-GSM phones will be offered with an mmO2 tariff for around ?350 including VAT. Further details of the tariff are unclear at the time of writing, although mmO2 is the exclusive carrier within its territories (UK, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands), so whatever those details turn out to be, if you want a Treo, you'll have to sign up to them. ...more

Doomjuice infects more than 100,000

And a new variant has been discovered Doomjuice has infected more than 100,000 MyDoom-infected computers while a new variant has been discovered. Kaspersky Labs says more than 100,000 MyDoom-infected computers have been hit with the Doomjuice virus that slips in through the back door left open by the original infection. The Russian company says that it is likely the MyDoom and Doomjuice viruses were authored by the same hand, with the latter intended to cover the tracks of MyDoom - the most widespread virus ever and one perhaps drawing a lot more attention than the author would wish. ...more