IE 7 vulnerability revealed

Within hours of the final release of Internet Explorer 7, the first vulnerability has emerged. Even more embarrassing for Microsoft is that the flaw is one that has been known about for months. The vulnerability is due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs with the 'mhtml:' URI handler. ...more

Compaq make cuts in Scotland

Scotland has been hit with news of job cuts by one of the major PC builders. Seven hundred jobs will be lost from the Compaq assembly plant in Erskine, the company announced yesterday. Another plant, in Ayr, will remain in operation, however. ...more

UK public gives support to e-voting - survey

Almost half of British voters would be more likely to participate if offered electronic voting methods, according to survey by YouGov. According to the poll, which was commissioned by telco ntl:Telewest Business, 46 per cent of the 2,287 adults surveyed said they would give their support to electronic voting and would be more likely to vote because of it. Younger voters are even more supportive of such voting technology, with 57 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds saying it would make them more likely to vote. ...more

Tesco makes British biggest online shoppers

While e-commerce businesses crumble all around, one shopping site has become a huge success: Tesco.com. According to figures from Datamonitor, UK shoppers buy their groceries online more than any other country and Tesco accounts for half of those transactions. ...more

Knock-off Nokias - connecting people

Nearly one in three handsets are Nokia, as is every other seized counterfeit electrical item. Figures for customs interceptions of counterfeit and pirated articles in the EU for 2001 show that 52 per cent of electrical items seized were Nokia mobile phones. The 530,000 phones dwarfed handsets from rival manufacturers such as Ericsson, Siemens and Motorola. ...more