Microsoft security suit seeks class-action

Microsoft is at the wrong end of a suit alleging its software is vulnerable to viruses and seeking unspecified damages plus legal costs. The suit may attain class-action status. The complaint, filed on Tuesday on behalf of Californian film editor Marcy Levitas Hamilton, alleges unfair competition and infringement of two of the state's consumer laws, adding that Microsoft's security alerts are too technical for the end-user to understand and are released too early, giving virus writers time to exploit them. ...more

BT Totals broadband

BT has launched its BT Total Broadband package, which includes a number of products and services built around theoretical download speeds of up to 8Mbps. The range of offerings reflects BT's increasing move towards being a Web-friendly service provider rather than simply a physical line data carrier. The Yahoo!-partnered package, built around the BT Home Hub (pictured), includes Internet voice calls, video calls, 'hi-definition sound' handsets and anti-virus and anti-spyware protection, and the BT Fusion package is also included, for cheaply routing mobile calls through home lines when within range. ...more

Latest Google dance leave vendors crying foul

The latest re-indexing of the Google databases - known as the Google dance - has left a number of e-commerce sites crying foul. Many companies are claiming that they have been knocked off their top slots in the Google listings for certain keywords and are claiming that the search engine has been tweaking its results to boost sales of Adwords. Google, for its part has flatly denied the charge. ...more

Mobiles are must-have toys for Xmas

Mobile phones will be given as presents by 10 per cent of the population this Christmas, says a report from NOP Research Group. This translates into a further 4.7 million phones being added to the UK total, but the most interesting news is that 16 per cent of those intending to buy a mobile will buy one with WAP. ...more

Microsoft puts $250,000 on the head of MyDoom.B author

Microsoft has added $250,000 to the MyDoom bounty pot, this time for the B version. The lastest version of MyDoom is primed to launch a DDOS attack on www.microsoft. ...more