British government Web site warns of the dangers of terrorist threat

With an attack on Iraq imminent and following Saddam Hussain's threat to carry the war throught the world, the government has chosen today to issue guidelines to the British people about any possible terrorist attack. The Home Office Web site states flatly, 'We are.. ...more

Online Tiny support

PC vendor Tiny is hoping a new support section on its Website will reduce the number of enquiries and service calls it receives by up to 90 per cent. The support element of the site features five sections for Tiny customers: 'Contact Tiny', which is self-explanatory, 'Services', which has customer-service-related FAQs, 'Downloads', for drivers and software updates, 'Technical Assistance', which has a how-to section and various user guides, and 'System Details', which itemises the contents of Tiny PCs. The quality of after-sales support is important for PC consumers and Tiny will be hoping that the easy availability of online information will reduce overall support costs. ...more

Samaritan support online @samaritans.org

Samaritans launches email support service. Emotional support charity Samaritans has launched an email service where people can contact the organisation without having to talk directly or worry about their conversations being overheard. People in emotional distress can contact the suitably genderless jo@samaritans. ...more

Bagel.B virus starts to spread

Bagel.B is new worm on an international circuit The worm has already been detected in France, Germany, USA and Chile, according to Trend Micro. Sophos, too, says it has already received numerous reports in the public domain of Bagel. ...more

Security experts puzzled by lack of OS X malware

Security experts at McAfee have expressed a degree of bewilderment at the complete lack of malware for OS X. While malware - viruses, spyware and the like - is widespread on Windows machines, not one pervasive infection has been witnessed in the six years since OS X 10.0 was released. ...more