Safari AutoFill risks user details disclosure

A security vulnerability has been discovered in Safari's AutoFill feature that could be exploited to steal usernames and passwords. The vulnerability is caused by to the AutoFill feature not properly checking the URL before automatically filling saved user credentials into forms. This may be exploited in a phishing attack to steal user credentials via malicious forms in the same domain. ...more

HP views data warehouse platform

By launching an all-encompassing data warehousing (DW) system, Hewlett Packard has thrown its hat into an already crowded ring of business intelligence (BI) vendors Announced at a press conference in Berlin and in development for over two years, the Neoview platform is intended to help businesses mine their data, perform trend analysis and get better overall view of the state of the business. The PC-to-printer giant will offer Neoview as part of a total package of hardware, software and services as it attempts to tap into a market worth upwards of ?25 billion. Neoview data warehousing combines hardware and software, offering high availability and scalable storage support. ...more

Sony announces new flat panels

Sony has announced a new range of flat-panel, LCD displays. The X series comprises the 15-inch SDM-X52 (1,024x768 native resolution) and the 18-inch SDM-X82 [pictured] (1,280x1,024 native resolution) with a 17-inch SDM-X72 tipped to make a UK appearance at a future date. Sony's first 20-inch flat panel, the SDM-X202, will be released in the US, although it is unclear when or even if it will make it to the UK. ...more

Report: Beyond the Backlash - Part 2

Yesterday saw a meeting of representatives from industry, NGOs and government bodies to discuss the state of technology, the Internet and society, and how to innovate it in what is something of a hiatus following dot-com collapse and all those broken promises of the Internet's potential. In a series of plenary sessions and workshops, a range of issues came up for hot debate, from the perennial thorn of broadband, to how should the Web be governed and crime dealt with, and how best we can assimilate this new space into our culture. What became clear throughout all the sessions is that technology and the Internet is all things to all people. ...more

Gigabyte plans to introduce nForce2 boards, sources say

Gigabyte Technology is said to have tied up with Nvidia again with plans to launch motherboards based on the chip designer's nForce2 chipsets, according to sources. A former member of the Nvidia camp for graphics card production, Gigabyte switched sides to join ATI Technologies group in 2002. According to sources, Gigabyte's product adoption is limited to Nvidia's core logic chipsets only. ...more