As free as a wireless PC device

Devices without the clutter of cables, that's what's on offer with Intel's family of wireless PC peripherals. Stand up and walk away, you can still be connected to your PC - and you won't trip over any cables. Called the Intel Wireless Series, it includes the Wireless Series Gamepad, the Wireless Series Mouse and the Wireless Series Keyboard (all pictured). ...more

Net archaeologists unearth world's oldest website address

Have you ever found yourself wondering which is the oldest registered Internet domain still in operation? That honour goes to symbolics.com which was registered in 15 March 1985 - long before anyone knew what a huge part in our lives the Internet was going to play some 20 years later. In fact at that time the Internet as we know it was yet to be invented. ...more

New virus stings Eyeball video chat network

Listens in for usernames and passwords and installs a backdoor so that the attacker can access the infected machine A Trojan that targets a video-conferencing system has been discovered. Once the virus, known as Baley-A, has infected a system, it connects to a server on the Eyeball video chat network, where it can listen in for usernames and passwords of others on the network. It also starts up an automated client on the infected machine, and then installs a backdoor so that the attacker can access not only the infected machine, but also use it to connect to Eyeball. ...more

Visual Basic worm spreads across the globe

It's the virus equivalent of a nerd, written in 'so last century' Visual Basic, and with the pedantry to keep a running count of infections through a website. But Nyxem.E is spreading and spreading fast according to Finnish security company F-Secure. ...more

IBM showcases its smallest ever desktop

A new S50 ThinkCentre will be the smallest full-featured desktop available, according to IBM, which has been previewing the machine ahead of its release later in the summer. 'It's the smallest desktop we've ever made', IBM's ThinkVantage Technologies Specialist, Adrian Horne, told us. He defined a full featured desktop as one with an internal power supply and a desktop hard disk drive. ...more