Researchers schedule January as 'month of Apple bugs'

Two security researchers intend to kick off the new year by detailing a range of Mac exploits. Kevin Finisterre, an independent security researcher, and a hacker known only as LMH, will begin publishing information on vulnerabilities in Apple products on 1 January 2007. Each day they plan to disclose one flaw involving Apple's operating system Mac OS X or applications that run on the OS. ...more

Acer announces Turion-tuned laptops

Acer is leading the way in the use of AMD's new 64-bit laptop processors. The Acer Aspire 5000 (pictured) and 5020 series are based on the Turion, which clocks up to 2GHz, and ATI X600 and X700 graphics, mid-range chips that support PCI Express. According to Acer, the laptops are designed for 'sophisticated users', to offer a perfect balance between performance, weight, extended battery life, enhanced security, and compatibility with the latest graphics and wireless solutions. ...more

Microsoft swallows Whale

Microsoft has bought the enterprise security specialist Whale Communications. Redmond says that the acquisition will give its customers a broader range of choices for providing secure access from more locations and devices. Whale Communications has expertise in SSL, VPNs and corporate firewalls which Microsoft will be keen to build into its next generation of back office software products. ...more

Texting positively

The sky is leaden, the rain is pouring and you're slumped at your desk back at work after the Jubilee holiday. What you need is an inspiring text message.. ...more

Olympus launches world's smallest D-SLR

Olympus today annouced a new edition to its E-System range and what it claims to be the world's smallest and lightest D-SLR camera. The new Olympus E-400 boasts a 10.0 million pixel CCD, 2. ...more