Jukebox goes multimedia

Archos has released a new portable Jukebox, capable not only of playing MP3s but also of viewing pictures, capturing and viewing video or storing up to 20Gb of data. The basic Jukebox Multimedia unit comprises a 1.5 inch colour LCD display, a 20Gb hard drive, MP3 player and photo and video viewing software. ...more

US spammer fined $2m

A marketing firm in the consumer-rights led state of California has been ordered to pay $2m in civil penalties for sending unsolicited emails, marking the state's first anti-spam judgement. The LA-based company was found to have violated state laws that forbid the sending of unsolicited commercial mail, false advertising and unfair business practices by sending emails that advertised 'how to' guides on spamming and lists of email addresses, disguised the 'from' field and offered no genuine opt-out option. The judgement was the first under the state's 1998 anti-spam law, which was further enforced last month, and Attorney General Bill Lockyer said this be the model for future spam cases. ...more

Oracle issues 'high' alert over E-Business Suite vulnerability

Oracle has alerted users of its Oracle E-Business Suite to vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to execute unauthorised procedures or SQL inside the database. The flaws were discovered by Integrigy, an enterprise application security company. They are termed 'SQL injection' vulnerabilities and can be remotely exploited, via a browser, by sending specially crafted URLs to the web server hosting the Suite. ...more

Online profiles damage careers - survey

Whether it is drunken party pics posted on Flickr or expletive-filled MySpace pages, your previous online postings may come back to haunt you and your career, a YouGov survey has found. A fifth of employers have looked up prospective recruits online, with over half of them saying it affected their decision to hire the person, said respondents to the survey of 2,447 internet users and 600 companies, commissioned by business networking firm Viadeo. 'People need to understand that putting a profile in the public domain may have repercussions for their career later on in life,' said Peter Cunningham, Viadeo's UK country manager. ...more

Apple joins forces with peach, plum and nectarine to sell iTunes

Californian fruit growers are hoping to encourage Americans to eat more fruit by giving away iTunes Music Store vouchers with every piece purchased. The growers' marketing arm, the California Tree Fruit Agreement, will start the promotion next summer. 'It's a little difficult to sell a message about health and this is something just a little more fun,' CFTA spokeswoman Marilyn Dolan told Forbes. ...more