Michael Jackson suicide spam links to malware

Security experts at UK firm Sophos are warning of a spam email that claims to have news of a suicide attempt by pop star Michael Jackson. They say that the email directs recipients to a website for more information. If a victim visits the site, they are told that the site is busy. ...more

Coke cans Microsoft

Coca Cola has again edged Microsoft for the title of the world's top brand in Business Week's annual survey. Coca Cola tops the table with a value of $68.95 billion with Microsoft just behind at $65. ...more

Web fraud exposed

More than 90 per cent of online credit card frauds don't lead to prosecution, according to a recent survey by credit rating agency Experian. The survey of 800 internet retailers found that only 57 per cent bothered to report instances of fraud. Of those that did, the police followed up less than half of the cases. ...more

ATI ships 256MB Radeon 9800 PRO cards

ATI Technologies on May 12 announced that it has started shipping two updated Radeon 9800 PRO graphics cards, respectively equipped with 256MB DDR and DDRII memory, for the high-end, $499-level market. The graphics chip designer's new addition is seen as a move to brace itself for competition from Nvidia's latest GeForce FX 5900 series (NV35) chips, introduced the same day. Unlike their predecessor GeForce FX 5800 series (NV30), which adopts a 128-bit memory interface and DDRII memory, Nvidia's GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and GeForce FX 5900 chips are designed with 256-bit and DDR memory standards and reportedly deliver much improved performance. ...more

New worm exploits ancient IE flaw

Sophos yesterday alerted users to the presence of a new worm, under the name of Gibe-F or Swen.A@mm. The worm exploits a vulnerability in MIME components of Internet Explorer, for which a patch was first issued in March 2001. ...more