PC World backs Safe Surfing for kids

There's no substitute for parental guidance and advice, says a new campaign for child safety on the Net. PC World has launched a Safe Surfing campaign to raise awareness of child safety on the Internet. Aimed at parents, the goal is to remove the danger of the Net for kids. ...more

Fresh holes found in Mozilla browsers and email

A number of security vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla, Firefox 1.0 and Thunderbird. They are described as moderately critical, as one would need to be physically present at computer to expoloit them. ...more

US retains position as world's biggest spammer

The US continues to be the worst offender in generating spam according to Sophos. According to the security company's latest survey 42.53 per cent of the world's spam originates in the land of the free. ...more

Abit puts a Springdale in its step

Abit has launched its first Springdale board - featuring an 800Mhz FSB, which can be overclocked to 1Ghz. Abit's IS7 Series allows overclocking to 1Ghz on both the DDR400 memory and Front-Side Bus clocks. To aid this Fan EQ adjusts CPU fan speed according to the demands of the processor and TweakGuard will automatically restore BIOS settings to the default should you push things too far. ...more

Vodafone and Microsoft go mobile

Vodafone is on the verge of trialling mobile handsets running Microsoft Mobile Explorer. Vodafone and Microsoft have announced that they are collaborating on a project that will bring Microsoft's Outlook to businesses using mobile intranet services. Vodafone is to select which handsets will be used for the trial, and only WAP-enabled units will be supported. ...more