Sendmail flaw makes email vulnerable to hackers

The security software company Internet Security Systems (ISS) has discovered a security flaw in the most popular program for managing the Internet email traffic. The buffer overflow vulnerability affects the well-established Sendmail program. ISS states that Sendmail handles between 50 per cent and 75 per cent of three-quarters of all Internet email traffic. ...more

CD-sized CD burners

Freecom claims its Traveller II PLUS is the world's smallest mobile CD-RW drive. Freecom has extended its range of external optical disk drives with the Traveller II Plus series, including what it describes as the world's smallest mobile CD-RW drive The range includes a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-RW, a CD-RW/DVD combo and a DVD-RW drive. The physical spec of the Freecom Traveller II+ CD-RW drive is 1. ...more

Time called on Time and Tiny

The company behind the Time and Tiny brands goes into administration, having notched up losses as great as ?2m a month since the start of the year. Amid much speculation, Granville Technology confirmed the news to the BBC, earlier today. The company chairman Bill Davies was quoted as saying that 'it could well be the case' that the company is close to collapse. ...more

URLs become a thing of the past

I don't know about you, but I am a lazy so-and-so at the best of times. There's nothing worse than having to type out a thirty character URL, only to click return to find that a misspelling gets you a 404-error message. But this could all be a thing of the past if CommonName has its way. ...more

Mobile SMS-shopping service launched

A new shopping service has launched for people with SMS capabilities on their mobile phones. 12snap offers shoppers the chance to buy and bid for goods via SMS messages. The service runs like a radio station, with different programs on a weekly schedule. ...more