FBI lured to Birmingham for crime conference

The FBI is to attend a conference on cybercrime in Birmingham next week. The two-day conference has been arranged by the National Crime Squad (NCS) and will bring together representatives from 20 countries. The aim is to thrash out problems to do with electronic extortion with security forces and industry experts. ...more

No consolation for Sega's console

The rumours are not exaggerated. The Dreamcast is dead. Sega has officially announced it will can the console in March and is warning of record year-end losses of as much as $689m. ...more

Smartphone with Weeble-like screen

MyOrigo, a subsidiary of handset maker Microcell, will release its flagship MyDevice in high street stores as well as through network operators. MyOrigo reorients mobile devices MyDevice has a number of unique, and of course patented, features geared around making the device as physically ergonomic as possible. For example, the colour display is self-righting, so no matter what orientation you hold the device, the display remains upright. ...more

Opera snips out phishing flaw in a fortnight

A potential phishing flaw has been addressed by Opera, the standards-compliant alternative browser. A new 7.51 release addresses issue reported by GreyMagic in its GM#007-OP security advisory. ...more

Real Player 10 for Mac unveiled

RealNetworks has announce Real Player 10 for Mac OS X and a beta version will be released on Wednesday, 30 June. The new software will support playback of content in both the RealAudio and RealVideo formats as well as full-screen QuickTime and MPEG. It also has an integrated Web browser, Rendezvous support and a graphic equaliser. ...more