Gareth Halfacree

Security flaw in Vista discovered

Another security flaw has been discovered in Windows Vista, this time allowing for a buffer overflow in the networking subsystem to overwrite kernel memory.

November 24, 2008 | 13:02

2m PoV "Display from Hell"

Engineers at AMIV in Zurich have created a massive 2m persistence of vision display for a party at the high-voltage lab, with blade tips travelling at 140MPH.

November 24, 2008 | 09:14

Google launches Life mag archive

Google has teamed up with Life to offer a searchable archive of every cover and many photographs from its magazines stretching right throughout its history.

November 21, 2008 | 10:19

PC Mag goes online, ditches mag

Ziff Davis has announced that PC Magazine is to cease distribution of its printed edition and instead concentrate solely on its on-line endeavours.

November 21, 2008 | 09:06

Apple releases Safari 3.2

Apple has released the latest build of its Safari browser, version 3.2, with anti-phishing protection from Google included alongside numerous security fixes.

November 20, 2008 | 09:45

Kanguru announces eSATA pendrive

Kanguru has announced the availability of a rather novel pendrive featuring both USB 2.0 and eSATA 3Gb/s connectivity, with a surprising difference in performance between the two.

November 20, 2008 | 09:40

New MacBooks enforce HD DRM

The latest range of MacBook hardware, featuring a Mini DisplayPort as its only video output option, enforces DPCP DRM on certain iTunes video files - preventing playback via VGA.

November 19, 2008 | 13:54

Adobe previews 64-bit Flash

Adobe has released a preview version of a native 64-bit Flash Player binary for Linux, allowing users on 64-bit systems to use completely native binaries when browsing the web.

November 19, 2008 | 10:37

Fujitsu launches SAS-II SFF drives

Fujitsu has joined Seagate in the relatively new market for small form factor 2.5" drives designed for enterprise customers looking to build big RAID systems.

November 18, 2008 | 11:23

USB 3.0 specification finalised

The USB Promoter Group has finalised the specification for USB 3.0 "SuperSpeed", and is due to announce official details at a conference on Monday.

November 18, 2008 | 09:43

Canonical working on Ubuntu ARM

Canonical has announced that it is to create a special version of its Ubuntu Linux distribution aimed at netbooks using ARM's new Cortex A8 and A9 chips.

November 17, 2008 | 12:28

Sun to lay off 6,000 workers

Sun Microsystems is to lay off around 6,000 workers - or 18 percent of its total staff - in an attempt to return to profitability following a poor financial year.

November 17, 2008 | 09:45

Huge drop in spam as McColo closes

Hosting company McColo was forcibly removed from the Internet by its upstream providers early this week, and up to 75 percent of spam world-wide went with it.

November 14, 2008 | 13:23

Intel predicts poor quarter

Intel has restated its Q4 predictions for the second time in two months, warning investors to prepare for a fourteen percent drop in revenue.

November 14, 2008 | 08:59

Dell CTO to retire

Kevin Kettler, chief technology officer at Dell, is to retire in the next few months to concentrate on local ventures around his Austin, Texas home.

November 13, 2008 | 13:38

Classmates.com sued over fraud

Classmates.com finds itself at the centre of a class action lawsuit accusing the company of misrepresenting the facts to encourage paid membership.

November 13, 2008 | 08:58

AVG bug leaves Windows unbootable

A bug in a signature update for AVG 7.5 and 8 has caused the anti-virus software to mistakenly classify a critical Windows system file as a Trojan horse.

November 12, 2008 | 12:53

VBS/Loveletter film due 2009

Director Francis dela Torre is currently finishing a new film based - loosely - around the VBS/Loveletter e-mail worm that caused havoc around the world in 2000.

November 12, 2008 | 08:57

Hacker installs Debian onto G1

If you're a G1 owner hoping to get a little more power out of your Android-based device, take a leaf out of Jay Freeman's book and install Debian on it.

November 11, 2008 | 14:07

Circuit City files for bankruptcy protection

US computer and electronics retail giant Circuit City has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amidst poor consumer spending and a tumbling share price.

November 11, 2008 | 09:00

Android flaw executed typed text

A bug in the Android smartphone platform from Google causes text entered on the device's keyboard to be executed by the underlying OS as a root user.

November 10, 2008 | 13:24

BitTorrent replaces CEO, loses staff

As the credit crunch bites, file sharing giant BitTorrent has made some cost-cutting measures including laying off half of its staff and replacing its CEO.

November 10, 2008 | 09:03

G1 Android handset jailbroken

The first commercial Android implementation, the T-Mobile G1, has been officially 'jailbroken' with a backdoor discovered that allows users full system access.

November 7, 2008 | 13:48