Smartphones sales lead market

Smartphones continue in their ascendency, claims analysts Canalys in their quarterly report for the sector. Figures for the second quarter of this year saw shipments more than double, with Palm making a smooth transition from handheld to smartphone maker. Prospects continue to blacken for the PDA sector, which was down 14 per cent. ...more

Nokia beefs up security for new Series 60 smartphone software

Nokia has announced the 3rd Edition of its Series 60 smartphone software. The new version promises improved multimedia functions and better security. In keeping with the trend towards adding ever more functions for the consumer, the 3rd Edition offers a new music player, USB mass memory storage and high-quality multimedia rendering. ...more

Storm worm variant blows against blogs and forums

The Storm worm has returned in a new guise. The worm, which managed to cause a global virus outbreak earlier in the year is now targeting users who blog or post to forums. The new variant is propagating itself via links from blogs and forum posts directing users to a malicious website that downloads code onto a user's machine which compromises the computer and turns it into part of a botnet. ...more

Sun bundles Java ES development tools with Solaris

Sun Microsystems has announced it will be bundling the Java Enterprise Systems (Java ES) and its suite of developer tools with the Solaris Operating System. The move, which has been expected for some time, is part of the company's open-source strategy for Solaris and provide programmers with a complete development environment. At the beginning of the year Sun announced that it would release an open-source Solaris 10 under its CDDL licence. ...more

Yahoo sued over 'defamatory' statements on its messageboards

A lawyer has sued US internet portal Yahoo for not revealing the identity of messageboard users that left abusive messages. Californian insurance specialist Stephen Galton said he was subjected to a 'barrage of harassing, defamatory and abusive messages' after posting a message defending one of his clients on a Yahoo-run forum. According to Reuters, he registered his own name on the messageboards and following his posting defending his client - who wasn't identified in the suit - was the target of messages such as being described as 'overly robust geezer that makes a living walking behind the elephant with a shovel'. ...more