QuickTime 6.3 adds 3GPP support

Apple has announced QuickTime 6.3, the 'first mainstream solution to support the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard', designed to deliver a foundation for the creation, delivery and playback of rich multimedia content over wireless networks. QuickTime 6. ...more

Press fooled by dummy iPod phone

Media reports that pictures of the rumoured iPod phone have been leaked are causing red faces as the purported pictures are nothing more than a mock up. Reports in PDA France about a front cover picture of French title 20 Minutes magazine in, and some UK publications, are claiming that the pictures represent the final version of an iPod phone that will be launched by Apple at the forthcoming Apple Expo in Paris. But the pictures are nothing more than a mock up designed for the cover of the UK's leading Apple title, MacUser, published in May this year. ...more

Trojan changes Windows code to leave PCs vulnerable

A new active Trojan has been identified by the security company Sophos, dubbed PatchLS because of its manipulation of the LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service). So far, Sophos has received one report from the wild of multiple machines being infected by the Trojan. An LSASS vulnerability was exploited by the Sasser worm - one of the most widespread threats of the last six months. ...more

EMI starts European-wide music download service

In this post-Napster era, EMI is bidding to generate sales from music downloads. More than 140,000 tracks from 3,000 performers will feature in a new programme for selling music online. EMI describes it as the biggest ever European music download initiative to be carried out by a record company. ...more

PDA heaven and PocketPC 2002

They all house Intel StrongARM processors running at 206Mhz, between 32 and 64Mb RAM, offer CF and SD expansion slots, with a 65,000 colour TFT screen and weigh in at between 180 and 190g. What are we talking about? The raft of new PDAs launching in the wake of the good ship PocketPC 2002, unveiled yesterday. The new OS certainly has the promised XP look and feel, along with what Microsoft is calling skinning. ...more