Down all the way for chip market

The processor market is experiencing a steep decline, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported yesterday. According to figures from the Association, the European market has seen a 7.8 per cent decrease in sales from last month and a 16. ...more

Yahoo! email acquisition aims to keep Google in view

Internet portal Yahoo! has bought out the privately held email enhancement company Stata Labs. Stata Labs previously sold two products Bloomba and SAproxy Pro which have now been withdrawn from sale. Saproxy was an anti-spam product whilst Bloomba was an email management system which allows users to search and organise mail and save searches as views. ...more

IE patch leaves a hole

Infoworld reports that the recent patch issued by Microsoft to defend against attackers exploiting the Download.Ject vulnerability does not fix a similar attack that simply targets a different component. Dutch security expert Jelmer Kuperus has published code barely hours following the release of the patch that shows how a patched PC can still be vulnerable. ...more

Ofcom to find BT guilty of broadband margin squeeze

Ofcom is putting further pressure on BT over broadband pricing. The regulatory body has announced that it is to find BT guilty of uncompetitive behaviour in regard to recent residential broadband pricing. The short statement from Ofcom reads: 'Ofcom proposes to make a decision that BT Group plc has infringed Section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 and Article 82 of the EC Treaty in relation to the company's residential broadband pricing. ...more

BT car theft system put to early test

BT's new vehicle security system was prematurely put to the test when the project's product manager had his car stolen. David Thomas's Audi was fitted with BT Trackit which uses GPS technology to locate missing vehicles. The car was stolen overnight from outside his Birmingham house and discovered abandoned just 50 minutes later by using the system. ...more