BBC: 'no hard evidence' for Wi-Fi scare

The BBC has admitted 'there is no hard evidence' on the long-term effects of Wi-Fi equipment, following its controversial Panorama investigation. The admission comes in a letter sent from the BBC in reaction to viewers' complaints, and it has subsequently been published on the Bad Science website. The letter begins with an apology for the lack of 'hard evidence' within the programme: 'Unfortunately, the truth is that as things stand, there is no hard evidence regarding the effects of long term exposure to Wi-Fi which is why we made the programme,' it says. ...more

Protection busting Bagle virus strikes

The latest version of the Bagle virus attempts to turn off nearly 300 antivirus processes it finds running on infected computers. Sophos alerted users yesterday to Bagle-AA, which is also known as Bagle-AB and Bagle-Z, advising it had already received many reports. Trend Micro had issued a yellow alert for its customers. ...more

W3C releases Amaya version 4.3

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) updates its testing tool, Amaya. It's a browser and authoring tool that helps check conformance with Web Standards. The Open Source project is also designed to help demonstrate new areas of Web protocols. ...more

Top candidates pick flexible work over pay

Nearly half of all workers are now working away from the office, and companies will likely be forced to change tack and embrace flexible working if they are to attract the top candidates. According to Microsoft Windows Mobile research, 46.8 per cent of all workers work away from the office, and 41 per cent of men who work out of the office do so for more than 10 hours each week. ...more

Time tips the best sites of 2006

The Time.com web site has published its annual list of rising stars on the Internet for the past four years and has tipped some established stars such as eBay, Hotmail, Paypal, Google along the way. The 2006 list includes a healthy slice of so-called Web 2. ...more