Report lists 600 new vulnerabilities in Q1

More than 600 new Internet security vulnerabilities were discovered during the first quarter of 2005, according to the highly respected SANS Institute Quarterly Security bulletin. It may come as a surprise that many of these security issues are found in software judged 'safe' including Windows XP Service Pack 2 and some well known security packages from Symantec, Trend Micro and McAfee. 'These critical vulnerabilities are widespread and many of them are being exploited, right now, in our homes and in our offices,' said Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute. ...more

ASA approves T-Mobile complaint over streetmap ad

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has sided with T-Mobile against a recent O2 television advert promoting the use of streetmap.co.uk with a mobile. ...more

Painter 8 makes your screen a canvas

Corel has announced Painter 8, a new version of its digital sketching and painting tool. To try and ensure that Painter 8 replicates the experience and output of traditional media tools, Corel worked closely with professional artists during the development of the product. This has resulted in a redesigned interface, over 400 new brushes and many other new features designed to reproduce on a computer screen everything that artists can create on paper. ...more

Ten Tiny points

Tiny Computers has introduced a 10-point Customer Service Charter as it rolls out 140 Powerhouse concessions across the UK. The idea is to build customer satisfaction from the ground up by offering the same sort of service you'd expect from any high street purchase. James Sanders, Services Director, said: 'We've got 1. ...more

Text handling flaw found in Internet Explorer

Another bug has been found in IE's dirty linen, and once again it's being washed in public. On Microsoft's Security Response Center blog, lead security program manager Lennart Wistrand said that the company was aware of information that had been made public about a possible flaw that would allow code to be run if the user visited a specially built page. The bug comes just days after a similarly public flaw was discovered that could cause the browser to crash. ...more