Skype 2.5 adds usability and better payment options

VoIP pioneer Skype has released a new beta version of its popular Internet telephony software. Although not a major step forward for the software, Skype has worked on making the sometimes clunky user interface a little more intuitive. Skype claims that Version 2. ...more

Bobax-A follows same route as Sasser to infect PCS

Yet another worm exploiting the same vulnerability as Sasser has been spotted. Bobax-A exploits the LSASS vulnerability fixed Microsoft's April Security Bulletin with the intention of installing software on the infected machine to send out spam for the attacker. 'Worms like Bobax are gold dust to spam gangs - giving them an easy way to build up a network of innocent computers to send their spam from,' said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. ...more

Cookies crumble and affect IE security

The security company Secunia has highlighted a warning about Internet Explorer: it reports on a 'cross-domain cookie injection' vulnerability, which was discovered by Westpoint. While it may sound dramatic, the threat is not rated as critical. Effectively, a cookie attribute for domain information can be maliciously manipulated. ...more

Quark licenses cross-platform installations

Quark has continued the liberalisation of its licensing terms for QuarkXPress by permitting a single licence to be used on both Mac OS X and Windows machines. Until now, a licence could be used to install the application on two machines - nominally a desktop and portable - but they had to be running on the same platform. Last month Quark introduced a License Transfer feature that lets users deactivate and activate the software themselves, so that licences can be moved from one machine to another without the need to call Quark Technical Support. ...more

Windows XP Media Center heads to the UK

Microsoft has announced that the Media Center edition of its flagship XP operating system is to make its first foray into Europe and Asia. It will appear in the UK, France, Germany, China and Japan 'later this year'. From a UK perspective, Microsoft is talking to system builders that include Elonex, Evesham, Hi-Grade, Mesh, Packard Bell, Time and Toshiba. ...more