Skype plumps out admin tools for business appeal

Improved deployment and more administrator controls touted in business VoIP software. VoIP company Skype has added further functionality to its Skype for Business package with more tools for enterprises to use the VoIP software within their organisation. The software now includes improved IT administration and central management as well as a host of extras. ...more

Exploit revealed for MS vulnerability

Security firm Immunity says it has discovered a way to exploit a vulnerability exposed in last Tuesday's Microsoft security update. The 'proof of concept' exploit means that it is much more likely that a potential hacker will write malicious code that could wreak havoc with unpatched systems. The exploit relates to the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MDTC), which is mostly used in database transactions, and principally affects users of Windows 2000. ...more

China closes gaps in the Web

If you have been following China's stance on the World Wide Web, you will know that the powers that be aren't too keen on its citizens downloading any unsuitable material. According to report from Reuters, the Ministry for Public Security has upped the ante with the release of its new Internet Police 110 software. This new software package has been designed to keep all that unhealthy information from seeping into the Chinese consciousness via the Internet. ...more

Burn a national flag - online!

Chinese authorities are taking a dim view of a website that encourages surfers to burn the national flag - virtually! The website is in Chinese but attacks Beijing as a "bloody regime" and asks participants to "burn down the symbol of an evil power". A link then takes you to a picture of the Chinese flag desecrated with a Nazi symbol and a political message that invites the viewer to "overthrow the dictatorship." As you can imagine, it is an offence in China to burn or mutilate the national flag and the authorities are desperate to catch the culprits. ...more

Think Secret's 'Nick dePlume' unmasked

The editor of Mac 'rumour' website Think Secret, hitherto known only as Nick dePlume, has been unmasked. The Harvard Crimson, daily newspaper of the Cambridge, Massachusetts university, has revealed that dePlume is in fact 19-year-old undergraduate Nicholas M Ciarelli, who has been editing the site for six years. dePlume and Think Secret face legal action from Apple after revealing information - 'trade secrets' according to Apple, about forthcoming products. ...more