HP 'gambling' on battery recall

Industry experts have accused HP of risking its reputation by refusing to recall its Sony-made laptop batteries - despite Sony itself issuing a global recall. Dell, Apple, Lenovo and Toshiba are among the companies that have collectively recalled millions of laptop batteries potentially affected by a manufacturing flaw that can result in them exploding. Sony last week finally issued a global recall of its own, although its own VAIO subsidiary was still 'considering whether to participate in this voluntary replacement program,' several days later. ...more

Security experts puzzled by lack of OS X malware

Security experts at McAfee have expressed a degree of bewilderment at the complete lack of malware for OS X. While malware - viruses, spyware and the like - is widespread on Windows machines, not one pervasive infection has been witnessed in the six years since OS X 10.0 was released. ...more

Comment: Punishment to fit the crime?

Security breaches barely make headlines these days. Is it time for lawmakers to get tough? 'Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me.' Kenneth Williams wasn't talking about hackers, but he could have been. ...more

Blu-ray DRM cracked

The hacker who cracked the AACS copy protection on HD DVD discs has now circumvented the similar system on the rival Blu-ray technology. Known only as muslix64, the hacker successfully read the unique key that is used to encrypt a Blu-ray disc's movie content. Strictly speaking he has not cracked AACS as such, as each disc has its own key and decryption requires a separate key for each movie. ...more

Corega to sell 802.11g products in March

One more company has announced that it will launch 802.11g-draft standard wireless networking products, joining the likes of Buffalo Technology, D-Link, Linksys and Netgear. Corega said it would begin selling Corega-branded wireless network interface cards (NICs) for 13,800 yen (about $116) and sets of NICs and access points for around $320, all supporting the new WLAN technology, in March in Japan. ...more