HP sets new price point for All-in-One range

Hewlett-Packard has launched a new low cost all-in-one machine for ?149. The new Officejet 4110 is said to combine fax, scanning, colour copying and photo-quality printing in a unit small enough for the desktop. The Officejet 4110 has a built in a 33. ...more

F-Secure warns of bogus McAfee email

Finnish security company F-Secure said yesterday it had received numerous reports of an email in circulation that appeared to be from McAfee, which instructed recipients to download a bogus update which was in fact a virus. The email contained a link to a webpage that appeared to be associated with McAfee and requested the download of a file in order to protect against an invented virus called Kongo31.XRW. ...more

Hacking in despair

Crime may pay after all, in the case of a hacker who broke into the Bulgarian president's Web site. The result is an offer of a government job. The hacker didn't deface the President's site once he gained access, however, he simply left a statement bewailing the future for Bulgarian youth. ...more

This time next year we'll be venture capitalists, Rodney

Oracle has launched VentureNetwork, a portal for technology startups. The new portal (venturenetwork.oracle. ...more

RFID chips capable of transmitting viruses

A group of Dutch researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to insert malicious code into an RFID chip. Until now the prospect of viruses appearing on RFID units has been considered remote because of the tiny memory capacity in the devices and the possibility of transmitting remote code simply by scanning. RFID or Radio Frequency Identification chips are becoming increasingly common as a method of tracking or securing goods in transit. ...more