Intel regroups its communications businesses

Intel is regrouping its communications-related businesses into a single organisation - the Intel Communications Group (ICG). Previously its work in networking and handheld-focused areas had been divided between ICG and the Wireless Communications and Computing Group (WCCG). 'We continue to drive the convergence of computing and communications through our product lineup, and with this we see wireless local area networking and wide area cellular technologies coming together,' said Intel CEO Craig Barrett. ...more

Phishers turn malicious

Phishers are becoming more sophisticated in their attacks. The new techniques no longer require users to enter their own information but instead use keyboard loggers to acquire personal data. The latest report from the AntiPhishing Working Group says that there have been in the past few months a steep rise in incidents where code is designed to log keystrokes when a connection is made to a target website. ...more

Internet radio hits new high for BBC

The BBC has announced record demand for its Internet radio streams, with 12.5 million requests logged in September 2006. Radio 4's rural soap The Archers was the most popular on-demand, 'Listen Again' programme with 682,304 post-broadcast requests over the month, followed by Chris Moyles' Radio 1 breakfast show with 503,088. ...more

Zafi.b virus is the most virulent in August

Antivirus vendors have released their figures for virus activity last month showing new viruses but a quiet month for outbreaks. Kaspersky Labs said that the normally danger-fraught August - which last year saw PC users running the perils of SoBig, Blaster and Mimail - turned out to be an unusually quiet month. Sophos put the Zafi. ...more

MS defends its right to patent XML word processing technologies

Microsoft has defended its right to patent XML-based word processing technologies. This follows the news, which we reported yesterday, that the company had already successfully filed, in New Zealand, for such patent protection. Specifically patent number 525484 relates to A 'Word processing document stored in a single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand XML'. ...more