Microsoft fills holes in big April security fix

Microsoft has released five patches covering multiple security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer in addition to flaws in Windows Explorer, Outlook Express, FrontPage Server Extensions and Data Access Components. The patches includes a cumulative fix IE which addresses the high profile 'CreateTextRange' flaw. This particular fix will be welcome to many businesses worried about tales of exploits circulating ever since the bug was publicly disclosed in March. ...more

Software analyst breaches Internet bank security

Consumer confidence is again tested as another security breach comes to light. A 28-year-old software analyst claims that bank details of more than 200 million account holders were freely accessible from the Internet. Ralph Dressel claimed he came across the information via the Fiserv Web site. ...more

Qualcomm takes Eudora open source

Qualcomm has announced that its veteran email client, Eudora, is going open source. The company will work with the Mozilla Foundation to develop new software based on Mozilla's Thunderbird client. As a result future versions of Eudora will be free and the final commercial versions of the current Eudora products for Windows and Mac have been released today at a reduced price of $19. ...more

Acer's unveils new Ferrari and own-brand notebooks

Based on surging demand, Acer has launched the second version of its Ferrari-branded notebooks, alongside other mobile products. David White, Acer's notebook manager said demand had outstripped supply three to one in some periods for the company's first laptop featuring the prancing horse badge. And it's amazing how many people are prepared to pay that bit extra to demonstrate their devotion or at least stand out from crowd of silver and black sandwiches. ...more

Motorola aims to topple Blackberry

The world's second biggest mobile phone manufacturer Motorola is taking a tilt at the Blackberry market with a new mobile phone plus keyboard. Running on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone software, Motorola claims that the product is the thinnest and lightest keyboard plus phone combo around. ...more