Java bug makes IE, Firefox vulnerable A flaw in Sun's Java Virtual Machine can open up the two most popular browsers, Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, to attack, security researchers said. More...
Open-source pioneers take on EU patent issue A group of open-source software pioneers, led by Linux developer Linus Torvalds, has issued an appeal to the EU Council to block the legalisation of software patents.
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Ad banner attack involved comedy central More details came to light this week about the weekend attack that compromised a German web advertising company's server and infected users who visited websites run by the firm's clients with the MyDoom/Bofra worm More...
AMD, ATI unveil notebook chips Advanced Micro Devices and graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies this week unveiled processors for thin and light notebooks. More...
WiFi hardware sales jump Revenue for WiFi hardware has grown nine percent in the past year, with WiFi switches up 80 percent according to a report by Infonetics Research. More...
Firefox gains, IE slides Microsoft's stranglehold on the browser market continues to loosen, a Dutch web monitoring company said this week as it released new numbers that show the open-source Firefox making inroads. More...
Ethernet use is booming in China: report China is one of the fastest growing carrier Ethernet markets in the world, with the number of Chinese Ethernet service connections doubling in the first half of 2004 alone to 30 million subscribers, according to a new report from Heavy Reading. More...
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