Double Density CD-Rs are go!

Sony has launched its range of Double Density CD-R/RW products across the US, allowing users to store up to 1.3Gb of data on a single disc. The CRX200E-A1 ATAPI internal drive is backwards compatible with standard 650Mb CD-R/RWs and supports 12-speed write, eight-speed rewrite and 32-speed read performance. ...more

Media Player exploit found on the Internet

Barely two days after Microsoft's release of its February security patches, code has been found on the Internet that could be used to exploit one of the critical vulnerabilities patched. On Tuesday, Microsoft released code to patch a flaw in the way its Media Player and Windows and MSN Messenger services handled the PNG image format. An attacker could take advantage of the flaw in Media Player by persuading a victim to click on a link in a specially-built web page or email. ...more

Vodafone plugs in '3G broadband' data cards

Vodafone will launch its Mobile Connect 3G broadband data cards tomorrow, for wireless Internet access from laptops. Dubbed by Vodafone as '3G broadband', the PCMCIA cards are based on HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. This extends 3G network performance and could provide more direct competition to fixed line and wireless broadband. ...more

Open Source Initiative ratifies Sun's CDDL Licence

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has formally ratified Sun's Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) as an open source-compliant licence. It is widely expected that Sun will use the licence to distribute an open-source version of its Solaris 10 operating system, although the company has not yet confirmed it will use the CDDL for this. Sun first submitted its draft for the CDDL in December, following the launch of Solaris 10. ...more

Court rules Apple bloggers must reveal sources

Apple has won the first leg of its legal tussle with three websites over the disclosure of confidential company information. Judge James Kleinberg of the state court in San Jose, California ruled that PowerPage, AppleInsider and Think Secret must disclose where they got information concerning future Apple product releases. 'We're disappointed that the tentative ruling was a denial,'said Kurt Opsahl, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is backing the websites. ...more