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  • 12 December 2005

  • News: Microsoft tightening security defaults in IE7

    Microsoft has detailed several changes in the way its upcoming Internet Explorer 7.0 browser will classify websites for security, aiming to reduce the likelihood that users will fall victim to malicious code.

  • News: 3Com's European HQ damaged in oil depot blast

    An explosion at an oil depot near Hemel Hempstead yesterday damaged the headquarters of 3Com's regional operations for EMEA, the company has reported. There were no injuries among its employees as a result of the blast.

  • Opinion: What's going on with the 360?

    So even Steve Ballmer can't get his hands on one. Imagine the sad expressions on all the little Ballmers' faces when he tells them that they can't have a 360 because of the Sarbanes-Oxley rules.

  • News: Microsoft expects Xbox 360 shortages to continue

    Shortages of Xbox 360 consoles in the US and Europe aren't expected to be resolved anytime soon, a Microsoft executive said on Saturday after the company launched the console in Japan.

  • News: Xbox 360 gets lukewarm reception in Japan

    Microsoft launched its Xbox 360 console in Japan on Saturday to a lukewarm reaction from local gamers. The company held a launch event at 7am at a store in the centre of Tokyo's Shibuya district that attracted about 200 fans, some of whom had been queuing for several hours for a chance to be one of the first to buy the console.

  • 11 December 2005

  • News: Opinion: top predictions for 2006

    Boldly going where we should know better than to go, we humbly offer our top predictions for IT in 2006…

  • 10 December 2005

  • News: Broadband mobile wireless standard approved

    The standard for the broadband wireless technology known as mobile WiMax has been approved this week. Mobile WiMax networks will allow customers to wirelessly access the internet anywhere in a city.

  • 09 December 2005

  • Opinion: Previously, on the internet…

    This column appears in the January 05 issue of PC Advisor. Available in all good newsagents.

  • News: Airport passcodes leaked from virus-infected PC

    Passcodes needed to enter secure areas at 16 Japanese airports and one in Guam have appeared on the internet after a virus infected a computer belonging to a Japan Airlines co-pilot, the airline said today.

  • News: Xbox 360 to hit Japan on Saturday

    Microsoft will launch its Xbox 360 game console in Japan on Saturday, completing a three-continent launch that began in North America on 22 November and continued in Europe on 2 December.

  • News: Microsoft plans one critical patch on Tuesday

    Microsoft is planning two software fixes – at least one of them rated as critical – as part of December's release of security updates.

  • News: Mozilla claims Firefox 1.5 hole poses minor risk

    The first Firefox 1.5 security vulnerability, made public yesterday, is not as critical as initially perceived, but a patch will be available to fix it early next year, a Mozilla executive said.

  • 08 December 2005

  • News: Creative announces Zen Vision:M

    Today Creative unveiled a prospective rival to the new, video-capable iPod that offers twice the battery life and higher-resolution support than Apple's latest baby.

  • News: Secret code lurks in Sober variant

    Security vendors have discovered a variant of the Sober worm which they say is programmed to download an unknown piece of code from various internet addresses early next month, launching a potential barrage of traffic on the internet.

  • News: Pioneer to refocus product line-up

    Pioneer, which has been hit hard by fast-falling prices for some of its key products, announced a wide-ranging restructuring plan today that will see it cut staff, consolidate divisions and refocus its product line-up.

  • News: Virgin Mobile spurns NTL advance

    Virgin Mobile has rejected a takeover offer from cable operator NTL on that grounds that the offer price was too low, the firm announced today.

  • News: NEC develops razor-thin battery

    Engineers at NEC have developed a flexible battery that is less than 1mm thick and can be charged in half a minute, the company said on Wednesday.

  • News: Gartner: place BlackBerry deployments on hold

    Enterprises should halt business-critical deployments of BlackBerry devices and investments until its maker, RIM, clarifies its legal position with regards to its patent tussle with NTP, Gartner is advising.

  • News: Next IE 7.0 pre-release bumped to 2006

    The next pre-release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows XP browser has been pushed into early next year, the company's IE team has said in a blog posting.

  • 07 December 2005

  • News: Latest IM bug chats with you

    A new breed of malicious instant-message bots is on the loose, according to IMlogic, the developer of enterprise instant-messaging security applications.

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