Linspire updates laptop-friendly Linux system

Linspire has announced version 5.0 of its Linux operating system. Like the latest batch of releases, 5. ...more

BBC to poll overseas visitors on site ads

The BBC is to conduct a poll among overseas visitors to its website to ask whether international versions of the site should carry advertising. The BBC says that approximately a third of the 3.5 million visitors to the bbc. ...more

YouTube moves to US mobile phones

Verizon Wireless, the US telco, has announced that it will deliver selected video clips from YouTube to mobile phones starting in December. It is a bid to increase subscriptions to the company's mobile media service. YouTube, the leading online video sharing site which was bought by Google earlier this month, said it hopes to expand beyond computers to phones. ...more

Cisco tackles worms with network gatekeeper

Networking giant Cisco Systems has come up with a solution which will enable system administrators to block off computers and other devices from attaching themselves to sensitive networks. The Cisco Network Admission Control program has been developed in collaboration with a number of security companies including Network Associates, Symantec, and Trend Micro. Cisco has identified a problem whereby administrators have managed to prevent attacks through firewalls and mail servers yet have fallen victim to viruses and worms which are spread when an infected PC via a mobile or guest user logs directly into the network. ...more