More details emerge on Blaster worm suspect

Further details have emerged about the suspected author of a Blaster worm variant, who was arrested at the end of last week. The eighteen year old involved is one Jeffrey Lee Parson from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apparently working under an online identity of 'Teekid', the teenager is charged with intentionally causing damage to a computer. ...more

IBM suspends Transmeta project

IBM has turned its back on a deal that would have given chip manufacturer Transmeta its highest-profile deal yet. In June, IBM unveiled a ThinkPad 240 notebook using Transmeta's revolutionary Crusoe processor. The plan was to release the notebook in the fourth-quarter of this year. ...more

Apple patent spawns tablet speculation

News that Apple has applied for a European design trademark for a handheld computer has spawned much speculation over the weekend. The application pictures what looks like an iBook with the keyboard removed and is the first sign that Apple may be about to re-enter a market it has steered well clear of since the demise of the Newton. Releasing a tablet or even a PDA would fly in the face of everything that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said recently. ...more

Kaspersky gets Suse backing for Linux antivirus drive

Kaspersky is acting on the new shoots of Linux growth by optimising its antivirus products to work with key distributions. The latest announcement from the Moscow-based outfit is that it has been awarded Technology Partner status for Novell's SUSE version of Linux. Last week the company said its antivirus products had been certified for Red Hat as well - joining the Red Hat Ready application program. ...more

DRM blamed for music's seven-year slump

With global music sales down for a seventh straight year, the talk at an annual industry meeting in Cannes, France, has become heated over how to develop digital sales against competition from the dreaded F word - free. Global sales are expected to be down again for 2006 despite digital sales almost doubling to $2 billion and the popularity of music being as strong as ever. Critics of the major players in the industry argue that they have been distracted by the fight against piracy and in doing so, hindered the growth of the legal business. ...more