Updated: Agobot-AA worms round Instant Messaging

A new Internet worm is posing a computer security threat - Agobot-AA. The anti-virus specialist Sophos says it has already received several reports of the worm out in the wider world, in the wild. Using similar techniques to the Randex threat we covered at the start of the week - In the wake of Donk-D, comes the Randex worms - the worm tries to spread over remote IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels, which underpin instant messaging. ...more

Intel says no plans for NAND flash market

Intel's Taiwan office on Wednesday denied reports that the company has plans to move into the NAND flash memory market and could release new NAND flash products as early as the second half of this year. 'We have always been a NOR flash supplier. We do not have any plans for the NAND flash market,' a company official told DigiTimes. ...more

Palm gets a keyboard interface

The main problem with using a modern PDA is getting to grips with the data input system. Using the stylus and Graffiti handwriting recognition is passable for jotting down quick notes, but you wouldn't want to write a novel using it! There are a couple of keyboard attachments available for the Palm platform of PDAs, but most of them can't replace the responsive feedback of a good, old fashioned QWERTY keyboard. This is why Japanese company Diatec has developed its HATcker PS2 keyboard interface. ...more

IBM opens European RFID lab

IBM has opened its own RFID Testing & Solution Center based at La Gaude in France. This will be the third such centre in the world, the others being located in in Gaithersburg in the US and Tokyo, Japan. RFID or Radio Frequency Identification is being viewed as the likely successor to barcode inventory tracking. ...more

IDF Fall 2003: New Centrino chipset

Intel has announced a new Centrino chipset, the 855GME. As well as a new graphics core and support for DDR-333 memory, it features Display Power Saving Technology (DPST). Chipsets are one of the three parts of the Centrino technology package, along with built-in wireless networking support and the Pentium-M processor. ...more