Anonymous browsing finds a new identity with Torpark

Forget Web 2.0, it's 0.0 that appears to be all the rage: surfing the net anonymously leaving no evidence. ...more

IDF, Fall 2005: AMD invites Intel to dual-core duel

As he enjoyed his breakfast coffee on the opening day of IDF, the last thing Intel's CEO wanted to see was the name of competitor AMD. But it was worse than that: AMD had cheekily bought a full-page advert in a San Francisco newspaper inviting its rival to a duel: a dual-core duel, pitting the Pentium D against the Athlon 64 X2 in a benchmark shoot-out. For some reason, Paul Otellini chose to ignore this fact during his keynote address to the thousands of IDF attendees, but in the following question-and-answer session the advert was inevitably brought up by one of the attending journalists. ...more

Kiko gives up in the face of Google

An online calendar company has put itself up for auction on eBay after deciding that it could no longer justify further investment. Kiko has stuck a reserve price of $49,999 on its own head. If it is sold the eventual buyer will own the domain name, Web hosting account and its intellectual property. ...more

Kernel flaw behind Debian compromise

A security flaw in the Linux kernel has enabled a recent attack on a number of servers of the Debian project. The attacker hijacked a developer's machine and 'sniffed' the password to get onto the servers with the limited access of the developer's account. But by then exploiting the bug in the kernel it was possible to gain full access. ...more

Police failing to prioritise cybercrime, peer warns

According to an independent peer, Lord Erroll, not enough is being done to prevent low-level cyber-crime as it is not a priority to the police or Home Office. Speaking at Microsoft's Architectural Insight Conference being held at the Celtic Manor resort in Wales, the peer said that cybercrime has been a contentious issue for some time and is not going away. 'E-Crime is climbing steadily, but it's not a Home Office or police priority,' said Erroll. ...more