PocketPC platform hit by new remote-control virus threat

PocketPC viruses are now a clear and present danger following the discovery of a Trojan that opens a back door on such devices. Barely two weeks ago, antivirus experts Kaspersky Labs announced it had been sent a proof of concept virus that showed Microsoft's Windows Mobile PDA platform was open to attack in the form of Duts-A. The Moscow-based company now says it has uncovered another virus being hawked around the virus underground to the highest bidder that opens a backdoor on PocketPC devices and gives remote access for attackers to upload and download data and run code. ...more

Sendmail suffers security hole

A flaw has been discovered in the open source Sendmail Server software, the most commonly used mail transfer agent (MTA) on the Internet, commonly employed by large organisations to route and deliver email. Sendmail.org has already issued an update, in the form of Sendmail 8. ...more

Apple extends its iTunes Affiliates Program to Europe

Apple has announced the extension of its iTunes Affiliates Program to its European online music stores. The programme lets other websites link directly to songs and audiobooks sold on the iTunes Music Store and take a four per cent share of the revenues from any songs sold. There are some 15,000 affiliates in the US, where the scheme has been running since September. ...more

UPDATED: Microsoft to allow Windows XP SP2 to run on pirated copies

Microsoft is determined that the forthcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will make the operating system more secure - even if it costs the company money. Therefore Microsoft has decided that SP2 will run on pirated copies of Windows XP. The earlier SP1 didn't work with bootleg copies of the operating system. ...more

Intel announces new China 300mm wafer fab

Intel is strengthening its ties with China with the announcement of a new 300mm wafer fab in the city of Dalian, in the north-east province of Liaoning. While Intel has a number of such chip factories around the world - in Israel and Ireland, as well as the US - this is its first in Asia. In what is described as a $2. ...more