Nex II for you

Here's a dinky little MP3 player that will turn heads and make you the envy of all your music-stealing chums. The Nex II from Frontier Labs is a tiny little device measuring 90 x 60 x 20mm and weighing 65g, but the thing that separates this from all the other players on the market is that it is infinitely expandable. The Nex II is compatible with CompactFlash memory cards, IBM's 1Gb microdrives and Iomega's PocketZip drives. ...more

Bragg blasts MySpace terms

UK singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has withdrawn his music from MySpace after discovering that the website's terms and conditions allow it to reuse content without his permission. Bragg has called on other MySpace contributors, of which there are many thousands, to start a 'small revolution' and force the site to remove the clause. 'The real problem is the fact that they can sub-license it to any company they want and keep the royalities themselves without paying the artist a penny,' he said on his now content-free MySpace page. ...more

Auric and NoFear virus alert

MessageLabs is warning us to beware the new mass-mailing viruses Auric.E-mm and NoFear.B-mm. ...more

CeBIT lets itself down over wireless security

CeBIT 2006. It may be the biggest tech show in the world. But it's a poor show when it comes to wireless security, according to security companies that conducted tests during the week long trade fair. ...more

Fujifilm announces first 4G CCD digicams

With the PMAI (Photo Marketing Association International) show coming up in March, the camera manufacturers are rolling out new devices in preparation. Fujifilm will be showing off cameras based on its fourth-generation Super CCDs and has announced details of the F410 Zoom and F700 - the first to incorporate the new CCDs. With its 3. ...more