EDITOR'S NOTE

Morning everyone,

Welcome to the first edition of iTnews for the New Year. We hope you had a great break - and if you're still on it, lucky you!

Our top story today has to be Steve Jobs ending months of speculation over his apparent ill health.

Word is that it's a hormone imbalance - a 'nutritional problem' he's already started treatment for. It means he's staying on as Apple chief, too - perhaps the rumour mill around his pullout from Macworld is then unfounded...

In any event, like most geeks we just want to see what new kit his company comes up with in the next few days!

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Rosalie Marshall | January 06, 2009

Steve Jobs has announced that his weight loss is due to a hormone imbalance, rather than the resurgence of pancreatic cancer, and has insisted that he has no plans to step down as Apple chief executive.

By Phil Muncaster | January 06, 2009

VeriSign has moved to address a flaw in its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certification technology, which could have allowed hackers to create false certificates.

By Rosalie Marshall | January 06, 2009

Microsoft is likely to employ cost-cutting measures in the upcoming months to help it maintain a strong position during the economic downturn, according to a fresh wave of reports.

By Rosalie Marshall | January 06, 2009

A large number of Twitter users have been temporarily locked out of their accounts as a phishing scam continues to attack the social messaging site.

By Rosalie Marshall | January 06, 2009

Identity management company CA has announced plans to acquire Orchestria Corporation, a provider of data loss prevention technology, for an undisclosed sum.

By Iain Thomson | January 05, 2009

The latest data on browser market share indicates that Mozilla has broken the 20 per cent barrier in worldwide adoption.

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