SCO puts $250,000 bounty on head of MyDoom virus writer

SCO is following in Microsoft's footsteps, putting a price on the head of the MyDoom author to the tune of $250,000. It can be no accident that SCO's bounty for 'information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for creating the MyDoom virus,' matches that offered by Microsoft for the similar information regarding the author of the Blaster worm. But SCO has a more personal reason for wanting the author's head above that of being seen to take security seriously - the MyDoom worm is set to launch a denial of service attack on the company's website beginning 1 February. ...more

Votes trickle in on BT's broadband-ometer

Encouragement for BT to broadband-enable exchanges - in the form of its online registration scheme - has yet to be reflected in the publicly-displayed totals. BT says full ISP data has yet to filter through.. ...more

Senate turns down Net neutrality provision

Attempts to glue on terms to ensure Net neutrality to upcoming legislation were dealt another blow after it failed under debate in the US Senate. The issue rests on allowing network companies to charge extra for high-priority access to their networks. Opponents of the notion object that it would change the open nature of the Internet, allowing those with the most money to ensure their services get a preferred status. ...more

Your kids' Nativity play: the movie

Forget sitting in a musty old school hall watching Mary, Joseph et al stumbling over their lines. Intel is to launch a digital video camera aimed at kids this Christmas, which will enable to create their own Yuletide film. Make that a short film though, as the Intel Play Digital Movie Creator will only create four minute episodes with audio. ...more

Corel spurs development of SVG with Smart Graphics Studio

Corel has released its Smart Graphics Studio software. It is a development environment for building SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) applications, supporting the combination of graphics with Web Services and XML data sources. Smart Graphics is Corel's terms for applications that use SVG, an open standard for rich graphics and dynamic, interactive documents. ...more