Amstrad's e-m@iler subscribers moved to Thus

Amstrad has announced that it has moved the entire user base of 201,000 e-m@iler and e-m@ilerplus users away from BT and on to Thus. The company says the move means that Amstrad 'will now receive an increased proportion of revenues generated.' As part of the deal, Thus and Amstrad have enabled e-m@ilers to receive SMS text messages from mobile phones. ...more

Asus strikes UK shores with LCD panels

Asus is entering the UK LCD monitor market with four new 17in models. To make its mark in what is already a crowded space, the company is offering a 1 year 'ZBD' (Zero Bright Dot) returns policy. What this means is that if a single defective pixel is found on the panel within one year, a replacement will be issued. ...more

'Spyware' company and NY State reach out of court deal

Internet market research company Intermix says it has reached an out of court settlement with the State of New York over a lawsuit that alleged that it had unlawfully delivered spyware onto resident's machines without their knowledge or agreement. In April, the Internet Bureau of the Office of the New York State Attorney General sued Intermix for alleged delivery of spyware under the guise of free software downloads, such as e-cards and screensavers, from its sites including FlowGo.com, GameRival. ...more

Academics crack wireless security within a minute

Cryptographic researchers claim that the security found in most wireless access points can now be cracked in under a minute. By refining an attack against Wired Equivalent Privacy (Wep) developed by Andreas Klein in 2005, enough packets could be collected to open up a Wep-protected network in around a minute. This is according to Erik Tews, Andrei Pychkine and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann at the cryptography and computer algebra group at the Technical University Darmstadt in Germany. ...more

Online car-dealing in a jam

Online car-dealer Jamjar.com has asked European Commissioners to lobby to abandon legislation that allows car manufacturers to make their own rules regarding the selling and repairing vehicles. Currently, the Car Block Exemption lets manufacturers demand that dealers sell only their products, restrict certain cars to be sold in a defined area. ...more