FBI 'confirms theft of Cisco code'

According to Infoworld, the FBI has confirmed that it is working with Cisco Systems to track down the person who has stolen source code for the company's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) The theft was reported on the Russian site securitylab.ru and was said to involve some 800Mb of code taken by hacking into Cisco's internal network. A portion, of 2. ...more

Microsoft appeals must-carry Java ruling

Agreeing to disagree. As expected, no sooner had Microsoft agreed the terms of an injunction to add Sun's Java environment to Windows, but it has now filed an appeal. The emergency motion seeks to stay the order entered into court by Judge J Frederick Motz that Microsoft must carry Sun's Java within 120 days, which is described as 'extreme and unprecedented'. ...more

Open-source mobile server adds push email to challenge BlackBerry et al

The makers of an open-source implementation of push email are hoping to leap-frog the patent-embroiled likes of RIM, Good Technology and Microsoft with this latest version of its product. Version 3 of Funambol's eponymous mobile application server product can now boast push email capabilities, putting it up against the likes of RIM, Good Technology and Microsoft. The application server uses the standards-compliant SyncML at the heart of its synchronisation technologies. ...more

EFF warns against plans to strengthen mobile security

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has spoken out against a proposal by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) to beef up mobile phone security. The civil liberties body argues the proposals offer little to end users and only serve to support commercial companies' desires to lock down phones, software and content. Seth Schoen, staff technologist at the EFF said: 'We should be working to make cell phones more like PCs rather than making PCs more like restricted cell phones. ...more

Organise your remote controller

If you are a bit of a tech-head, then you've probably got a widescreen TV, a video and DVD player and the multitude of remote controls that come with such goodies. So you spend more of your time hunting for a specific remote control than actually doing any decent channel surfing? If this is a sad fact of your life, then a new add-on for Palm and Handspring owners might just tickle your fancy. Pacific Neo-Tek's OmniRemote software-based Springboard and Palm modules certainly take the challenge out of the nightly remote control hunt. ...more