Skulls variant threatens Nokia phones

A new variant of the Skulls virus for Nokia phones using the Symbian-based Series 60 platform has been discovered. Skulls-D is being touted around the Net as a Macromedia Flash Player with the filename Flash_1[1].1_Full_DotSiS. ...more

HMV CEO signals in-store download terminals

The HMV Group will reinvent its town centre stores to include new products and possibly music downloading terminals, said Chief Executive Simon Fox. He was speaking following an announcement of a first-half loss of around ?32 million for the music retailer. The group has promised a major overhaul to address falling profits due to tough competition from online retailers, and will unveil the result of a strategic review in March. ...more

Palm marks 10,000th app

Palm has marked the issue of the 10,000th application for the Palm OS by establishing a website with a complete index of all the software titles available for the platform. The Software Connection site list titles by category, making it that much easier to find the latest version of solitaire for playing on interminable train journeys. What was the 10,000th program? A Novell GroupWise 6 web clipping application. ...more

Sunrise on launch of 'world's first on demand supercomputer'

Sun is hoping to have its day in the, well, sun, later this week with the launch of the first physical iteration of its slogan: 'The Network is the Computer.' Call it what you will - version 1.0 of Web 2. ...more

Acer maps GPS to its PDA range

Acer has beefed up its PDA range with new GPS devices. The n35 'Enhanced Navigator' boasts a 12-channel GPS receiver and pre-activated software - meaning you don't have to hook it up to the Internet to get access to the maps of the country in which it is sold. The PDA runs Microsoft Windows Mobile Premium Edition, has 32MB of flash memory for the OS and embedded apps, a further 64MB of SDRAM for storage and other programs and a 256MB SD card on which is stored the navigation software and maps. ...more