JavaScript flaw returns to threaten Internet Explorer

Microsoft is warning customers that it knows of malicious software being used to exploit a security hole in Internet Explorer, which is as yet unpatched. Stephen Toulouse from Microsoft's Security Response Center posted on the company blog that 'I wanted to go ahead and let you know some breaking information. We've been made aware that there has been some malicious software exploiting the recently publicly disclosed Internet Explorer vulnerability . ...more

p2p sharers plead guilty to leaking content to networks ahead of launch

Three men who obtained copies of music tracks and circulated them on p2p file sharing networks before they had even been officially released have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement. A fourth man had previously pled guilty to a charge of criminal copyright infringement. The charges followed an investigation by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) as part of Operation FastLink, an ongoing federal campaign against the organised piracy groups which the DoJ says are responsible for most of the initial unauthorised distribution of copyrighted movies, software, games and music on the Internet. ...more

Microsoft to unveil new Internet communications kit

Microsoft will introduce new hardware later today designed to connect the workplace phone to email, instant messaging, real-time presence information, conferencing, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and mobile communications. Together with nine leading manufacturers - Asustek, GN, LG-Nortel, NEC, Plantronics, Polycom, Samsung, Tatung and Vitelix - the company will unveil 15 new devices at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007. These are designed to work with the recently released Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 public betas. ...more

Nokia primes Python for Series 60 devices

Python programmers can now start developing for Nokia phones - the mobile phone giant has released Python for Series 60. The open source object-oriented language, which is more structured than the likes of Tcl and Perl, has been adapted to create commands, scripts and applications for Series 60-based devices (including the N-Gage QD and the Nokia 6630, 6600 and 7610). 'Python will make mobile application development easy and accessible to programmers seeking a fast and developer-friendly avenue to writing mobile applications,' promised Lee Epting, VP of Forum Nokia. ...more

UK Net refuseniks stiffen in their resistance

More than half of UK households that currently do not have Internet access are unlikely to go online in future, according to a survey by Point Topic. The broadband research firm found that 53.7 per cent said they were 'not likely at all' to get access in the foreseeable future. ...more