Anti-phishing technologies have no effect on spam

A security company has warned that technology touted to combat phishing attack and emails with spoofed addresses will have little effect on the war against spam. Technologies such as Sender ID and Sender Policy Framework are indeed an effective way of weeding out email that appears to be from one address but is in fact sent from elsewhere, says CipherTrust, but they have no mechanism to identify what messages are and are not spam. Indeed the company's latest finding reveal that spammers have taken to authentication technologies with gusto - registering their details to meet Sender Policy Framework requirements - and to such an extent that 34 per cent more spam email is getting past these authentication checks than legitimate email. ...more

New Centrino models take centre stage in Intel's chip troupe

A whole new range of Centrino parts have made their way onto the updated Intel processor price list. They feature the 802.11 a/b/g tri-band wireless module, which was unveiled by Intel back in August - Intel brings tri-mode wireless networking to Centrino. ...more

Connectix wins battle over PlayStation emulator

Connectix has won a significant victory in its legal battle against Sony concerning its PlayStation emulator, Virtual Game Station (VGS). The US Supreme Court has decided that it will not hear Sony's case claiming that Connectix violated its copyright and trademarks. The ruling means that Connectix can continue selling VGS, at least until the next stage of Sony's legal action against it comes to court. ...more

Toshiba announces power-efficient Bluetooth card

Toshiba has announced a smaller and more power efficient Bluetooth card that adds the wireless networking standard to devices with an SD slot. Toshiba claims its Bluetooth 2 card offers a 50 per cent reduction in power consumption, a flat profile and is 9mm smaller in size. It supports the latest Bluetooth standard and will be available in May for ?67 ex VAT (about ?78 inc VAT). ...more

Infamous Norwegian hacker claims Apple wireless encryption crack

The infamous Norwegian hacker known as DVD Jon has apparently hacked the encryption software that Apple uses to broadcast music around a house via its AirPort Express wireless hub. Jon Lech Johansen makes the claim in his So Sue Me blog, and criticises Apple for restricting access to the music capabilities of AirPort Express to its own iTunes software. He has previously praised Real Networks for cracking the digital rights management software that prevents songs from online music stores other than Apple's from playing on an iPod. ...more