Nokia damns iPhone with faint praise

Apple's iPhone is an interesting product, but its sales goal is not very high, the head of the multimedia unit at Nokia, Anssi Vanjoki, was quoted as saying on Thursday. Apple unveiled its much-anticipated version of a smart phone on Tuesday, presenting a sleek device with a large screen that combines a phone, an iPod and instant messaging. 'It is quite an interesting product but it is lacking a few essential features, such as 3G, which would enable fast data connections,' Vanjoki, whose multimedia unit is a direct rival to Apple, was quoted as saying by Finnish business daily Taloussanomat. ...more

Alert: Chancellor extends tax relief on IT investment another year

In his budget speech this afternoon, Chancellor Gordon Brown has extended tax relief on IT investment. In his speech Brown said `A total of more than 3 million businesses will now also qualify for 100 per cent allowances for investment in I.T. ...more

Klez usurped by new viruses

Microsoft email virus accounted for one in five virus reports, according to Sophos. Sophos' latest figures for virus activity in May puts two new viruses above Klez, that had previously topped the chart for more than a year. Palyh-A, the email worm that also spreads through network shares and purports to be an email from Microsoft technical support, came in at number one, taking 19. ...more

Symantec advises to buy a Mac

The CEO of security firm Symantec has advised computer buyers to pick up a Mac. 'We think more people ought to buy them,' John Thompson told the Future in Review conference yesterday. He described Windows as a 'target-rich' environment for malware writers and hackers, but warned that those same people might change their tack if Macs become more widespread. ...more

iConcertCal adds concert dates to iTunes

iTunes users can now get instant information about local concerts by artists in their music collections with a new visualiser plug-in. iConcertCal scans the music collection and then searches the Web for matching concerts within a pre-defined area. The resulting information is then presented in an calendar-style interface within a custom iTunes' visualiser. ...more