Opera suffers security vuln, offers fix

A highly critical security vulnerability has been discovered in the Opera Web browser. Secunia Advisory SA16907 warns that the Opera Command Line URL Shell Command Injection flaw could be exploited to compromise a user's system. For example it could be used to execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking a user into following a malicious link in an external application which uses Opera as the default browser. ...more

Microsoft's UltimateTV Service

Another release premiered at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show is Microsoft's UltimateTV. This is a service that integrates DirecTV programming, video recording, interactive television and Internet access into one package. In terms of the Internet and Interactive TV, the technology supports a number of features. ...more

Adobe buys in extra DRM

Adobe has announced the acquisition of new DRM technologies to increase the document security capabilities of its LiveCycle Policy Server. The FileLine Digital Rights Management division of Navisware has been bought for an undisclosed amount and its technologies will be deployed to persistantly protect documents in PDF, Microsoft Office and CAD formats, independent of how they are stored or delivered inside and outside the firewall. Organisations will be able to control how, when, and by whom the documents can be used while at the same time monitoring an audit log of who accessed the document, and indications of improper usage or disclosure. ...more

Pipex, Vispa are latest to cut broadband prices

Pipex and Vispa are the two latest ISPs to announce cuts in their broadband set-up charges. Pipex has cut the activation fee for its Xtreme Solo2Go service to ?23.44 and is including a free USB modem and microfilters. ...more

Sun opens Java app server code

Sun Microsystems is making more of its source code publicly available. Following the decision to publish Solaris code a fortnight ago - Sun opens its OpenSolaris operating system - Sun has now decided to open up the code that underpins its use of Web services and other enterprise-scale applications. Specifically, it will open up access to its Java System application server software Platform Edition 9, according to Reuters. ...more