Bank domain names overdrawn - F-Secure

Computer security firm F-Secure has done an survey into the number of bank names that have been registered as Internet domains, but not by the banks themselves. A simple search across the .com, . ...more

Eizo looks to graphics pros with new LCD display

Eizo has introduced a 19in LCD display designed specifically for DTP, pre-press, digital photography and graphics professionals. The ColorEdge CG19 has a 1208 x 1024 native resolution with a 170 viewing angle, 250cd/m brightness and a 450:1 contrast ratio. The height can be adjusted by up to 100mm, it tilts 40 and swivels 70 and can be mounted on VESA-complaint stands. ...more

Toshiba to debut first HD DVD Recorder

Toshiba, the company that has pushed the HD DVD standard has announced that it is to launch the world's first HD DVD Recorder in Japan next month. The new RD-A1 player combines a recordable HD DVD along with a 1Tbyte hard disk. Toshiba says it can record and store up to 130 hours of high-definition broadcasts on its hard disk and record up to 115 minutes of high-definition content to a 15Gb single-layer HD DVD-R disc, and up to 230 minutes to a 30Gb dual-layer HD DVD-R disc. ...more

Microsoft poaches Ask CEO

Microsoft has hired away Steve Berkowitz, the CEO of Ask.com, to head up its Online Business Group. As a Senior Vice President at the Online Business Group, which includes MSN. ...more

Telewest email blocked by spam filters

Cable operator Telewest has had the email addresses of its one million or so Internet customers blacklisted by the anti-spam organisation the Spam Prevention Early Warning System. The organisation says that it has taken the decision to blacklist all of Telewest's Blueyonder customers because so many of them have been hijacked and used as spam servers. As spam filters have become more sophisticated and their own email servers have been blocked by spam filters, the spammers have turned to other methods to get their messages across. ...more