Borland builds up Java with JBuilder 4

A new version of Borland's Java development tool, JBuilder 4, focuses on the building of e-business applications and their deployment to Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications servers. JBuilder 4 is a pure Java environment. As well as integration with the Inprise Application Server, it supports BEA's WebLogic server for providing scaleable e-business systems. ...more

Spamhaus names and shames world's most prolific spammers

Just ten people account for 80 per cent of the world's spam according to anti-spam organisation Spamhaus. Half of the perpetrators hail from Eastern Europe. Top of the pile, according to Spamhaus, is Ukrainian Alex Polyakov (aka Alex Blood/Alexander Mosh/AlekseyB). ...more

Gluacoma risk linked to heavy computer usage

Researchers at a Japanese university have produced the first reliable evidence of a link between heavy computer usage and the onset of the eye disease, glaucoma, in shortsighted people. The Toho University School of Medicine found that 'intensive' computer users who are already shortsighted are 87 per cent more likely to develop the disease, which ultimately can lead to blindness. The researchers suggested that the optic nerve in myopic people may be more susceptible to damage and that this is exacerbated by computer usage. ...more

'Proof of concept' virus infects Macs

Symantec is reporting that it has discovered a 'proof of concept' virus that could affect files in the Intel-based Mac OS X. As a proof of concept, this does not represent an actual virus in circulation, but code which shows how a virus could, in theory, work. Dubbed OSX. ...more

Microsoft snaps up VoIP firm

In another sign that VoIP has become a hot area, Microsoft has announced it has bought Voice over IP firm media-streams.com AG. The company says that it hopes to integrate the Swiss firm's technology with future releases of Office. ...more