New Instant messaging virus reaching epidemic proportions

Kaspersky Labs has warned of a new virus that is already creating a global epidemic by exploiting the ICQ instant messaging application. The Bizex worm arrives as an instant message inviting the victim to visit the 'jokeworld' website where they are shown cartoons from a 'Joecartoon' series. However, in the background, the worm harvests the victim's ICQ contacts to which sends the invitation to visit the website as if it came from the victim. ...more

Apple unveils new Cinema Tools

Apple has released Cinema Tools, a set of 'advanced tools' for film and video', and has upgraded DVD Studio Pro, its professional DVD authoring application. Cinema Tools 1.0, 'provides functionality to Final Cut Pro to edit film digitally and work with the emerging 24P high-definition video standard. ...more

Demon seeks further Whois controls

Nominet has denied allegations by Thus, owner of Demon Internet, that the Whois register of domain name owners may be in breach of data privacy regulations. Under new UK and European legislation, the .uk domain registrar Nominet is obliged to compile the Whois register, containing certain details about the domain name holders. ...more

Kettle blows the whistle on troubled grannies

Japanese scientists have developed a Wi-Fi kettle designed to notifiy concerned family members when an elderly relative is ill or in trouble. The kettle - which can only have been called the i-pot, and indeed is - sends a signal to a server everytime it is used to make green tea or instant miso soup. Relatives can use the data to track any unusual changes in the boiling pattern, such as periods of inactivity that could suggest a problem. ...more

IDF, Fall 2004: Fully buffered DIMMs reach silicon

Intel has been showcasing what it describes as the world's first fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) in silicon (pictured). Capable of supporting 288 channels (DDR supports 72), FB-DIMMs buffer data lines as well as address and control lines in order to optimize communications over the bus and help achieve greater throughput. It is reported that they will offer throughput of 6. ...more