Davey Winder scoops security journalism award

Well done to our very own Davey Winder who has just scooped the award of 'IT security journalist of the year'. The inaugural BT IT Security Journalism Awards 2006 were held yesterday, and Davey Winder was cited with impressing the judges with 'the breadth and consistency of his coverage and his clear, well written articles'. Journalists Bill Goodwin and Pete Warren were runners-up. ...more

Intel launches three new processors for PDAs

Chip giant Intel has introduced three new processors for PDAs. The new chips are said to offer better performance and longer battery life in a smaller package. The announcement includes two new versions of the PXA26x series and a replacement for the PXA250 The PXA263 processor is Intel's first 'stacked' processor for PDAs and brings memory and processor chips together in a smaller package. ...more

Hollywood seeks digital standard

Whereas on the Internet video can come in any number of formats - such as QuickTime, Windows Media and RealPlayer - major Hollywood studios have decided that it will be in their best interests to agree a common standard for digital movie formats, projection and distribution. Movie studios are keen to switch much of their output to digital, replacing expensive film prints with digital copies that can be delivered on disk or via satellite or the Internet. They are keen to establish a common standard that will mean cinemas will not have to install multiple systems to deal with multiple formats. ...more

Shocking flaw in ShockWave installer

A highly critical vulnerability, which could be exploited to compromise a user's system, has been discovered in the installer for the Macromedia ShockWave Player. The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error in the Installer ActiveX control. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via overly long values passed in two specific parameters to the control. ...more

Microsoft takes Advantage

Microsoft has taken its Windows Genuine Advantage programme out of beta and launched it as version 1.0. The programme, which 'offers' updates and other free software to those customers who register their operating system is now rolled out worldwide. ...more