Vulnerability discovered in Mac OS X and Safari

A vulnerability has been discovered in Mac OS X and Safari, which can be exploited to severely compromise a user's system. Secunia has rated the vulnerability as extremely critical. The vulnerability is caused by an error in the processing of file association meta data (stored in the '__MACOSX' folder) in zip archives. ...more

Rapid MyDoom, Bagle and Netsky variants do battle to control your computer

New variants of MyDoom, Bagle and Netsky arrive in quick succession as the battle to control infected computers heats up. Sophos has issued alerts this morning for MyDoom-G and H, Bagle-J and K and Netsky F. The worms are fighting for the control of infected computers which the virus writers can use for their nefarious activities. ...more

Napster revamps its online music service

Napster has given its online music service a makeover in the wake of the success of its Napster To Go subscription service, launched last month. iTunes's noisiest rival in the music downloads market is looking to counter Apple's biggest asset, the iPod, by raising the profiles of rival, Napster-compatible players. To this end it has opened the Napster Store selling the 'latest in MP3 players', though at the moment that amounts to a choice of nine Creative models. ...more

Firefox's open source email partner makes it to version 0.9

Thunderbird, the open source email client from the makers of Firefox, is one step closer to completion with the release of version 0.9. This release incorporates two new ways of organising messages. ...more

Creative feels the pain of price cuts

Creative's efforts to compete with Apple in the portable music player market have hit the company where it hurts most. A $6.6mn profit a year ago became a $31. ...more