16-03-2002 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. Annus horribilis for Psion Nokia handsets in Hannover AMD moves to 0.13 Notebook sales hit record high mmO2's xda pda is aok . ...more

W3C outlines style sheets to rely on

The W3C has issued three Candidate Recommendations for the use of cascading style sheets: CSS 2.1, CSS Print Profile and CSS3 Paged Media. Building on CSS2 (and thus CSS1), CSS 2. ...more

Sun breathes on Java logo and creates new Java portals

Sun has used the JavaOne conference in San Francisco to launch a new design for its Java logo and also launched two new Web sites to promote Java: Java.net and Java.com. ...more

Eyemodule 2 arrives for Handspring

The new upgraded Eyemodule 2 digital camera has been announced. The new device has improved resolution - double that of the original unit - and is compatible with all Handspring Visors, including the Visor Prism and Visor Platinum. The camera can take full colour, VGA resolution still images or mini-movies and doesn't require any extra batteries; it clips into the Springboard slot and takes its power from the Handspring. ...more

Cracked copies of Vista carrying malware

People searching the Net for pirated copies of Microsoft's Windows Vista should avoid downloading illegal versions of the software, a security expert warned. Around half of all downloads claiming to be copies of Microsoft's new operating system Vista are actually malware, according to John Safa, security expert and chief architect at firewall security company DriveSentry. The new operating system sees its consumer launch next week but already chat forums, discussion boards and peer-to-peer networks have been bombarded with messages advertising free 'cracked' copies of the software. ...more