Mobile devices turn up the heat

Shipments more than double, with the Nokia 7650 putting Symbian at the top of the OS charts Figures for EMEA (Europe, Middle-East and Africa) shipments of mobile devices in Q3 showed a 104 per cent growth over the corresponding quarter in 2001, figures from research group Canalys show. This puts an end to four consecutive quarters of decline. The market is led by the introduction of a single phone, Nokia's 7650, which has been in such demand by retailers that Nokia temporarily ran out of stock in September. ...more

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

A camera for your phone

I guess it had to happen eventually. With the "c" word being bandied about at every opportunity (I mean "convergence" and not the other one), I guess it's no real surprise that Ericsson has announced it's new digital camera add-on for mobile phones. The snappily titled CommuniCam is the first imaging product that Ericsson has produced and brings digital imaging to the mobile phone arena. ...more

Wireless electricity spells end for power cables

Laptop users may soon be able to abandon their power cables for good after researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered wireless electricity. Scientists have known that electric power can be transferred wirelessly since 1831, when Michael Faraday discovered that current flowing through one wire induces a current in a neighbouring wire. Electric motors and power transformers both employ this principle, but only because the two wires are in close proximity. ...more

How to be safe online

A new Web site bids to make the Internet a place safe for kids. The website BeSafeOnline.org offers advice for safe surfing, reports the BBC. ...more