Apple sued over iPods damaging hearing

A Louisiana man has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that his iPod damaged his hearing. John Kiel Patterson claims that iPods are 'inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss'. He is seeking damages and wants the court to force Apple to make changes to make iPods 'safer'. ...more

London tops chart for kit left in taxis

UK capital tops the charts for leaving mobiles and laptops in the backs of taxis London is the top city for leaving laptops and mobile phones in the backs of cabs, according to a new survey. A survey of 2,000 taxi drivers worldwide found that Londoners have forgotten 54,874 mobile phones, 4,718 handhelds or Pocket PCs, 3,179 laptops and 923 USB memory sticks at the back of licensed taxi cabs in the last six months. London tops the charts with the amount of missing mobiles with only Mumbai coming near this total (32,970). ...more

AMD squeezes Intel on cheaper chips

While the chip giants know they should avoid a price war in a slow PC market, AMD has followed Intel's price cutting move within days. Intel's drive is to push out the PIII and encourage the take up of the P4. Top deals go to 1Ghz and 800Mhz PIIIs and 800Mhz Celerons, dropping ten, 11 and 19 per cent to $241, $163 and $112 respectively (prices are based on purchases of a thousand). ...more

Google adds KML search to Google Earth

Google has added a new search tool to its Google Earth satellite imagery and mapping application. Users can now search the Internet for all the Google Earth layers stored as Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files. KML files are customised sets of data that provide additional information about specific locations - they may include place markers with text descriptions (see image), images, polygons, 3D models and more. ...more

Phishing vulnerability identified in Mozilla

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the Windows versions of the Mozilla and Firefox Web browsers. A Secunia Advisory 11856 says, 'A weakness has been reported in Mozilla, allowing malicious people to conduct phishing attacks. The weakness is caused due to an error within the handling of URLs. ...more