HP and Nokia team up for Bluetooth printing

Wireless printing project will make phone to printer connection Nokia and HP have announced that they are working on a printing application for Nokia's Symbian-based Series 60 mobile platform that will allow users to print files on Series 60 phones directly to a compatible printer via Bluetooth. 'The convenience, speed and reliability with local wireless connections will simplify consumers' mobile experience,' said Juha Putkiranta, Senior VP of the Imaging Business Unit at Nokia. 'Printing from Nokia's Series 60 phones is a natural extension of what people want to do with digital information. ...more

Apple becomes fourth biggest supplier of PCs

Apple is now the fourth biggest supplier of PCs in the US with a market share of almost five per cent, according to research firm IDC. The company, whose share has grown from 3.7 per cent in IDC's last quarterly report, is now within striking distance of third placed Gateway's declining, 6. ...more

Motorola fends off network attacks

With denial of service attacks on servers an ever-increasing threat, Motorola has stepped up to provide a software system that can analyse network data and provide a visual representation of possible attacks. The Motorola Intrusion Vision provides a single visual representation of network data and correlates "attack data" to let network operators know of a serious attack. The data is presented in near real time, so the user can react quickly, and the system uses a graphical representation of a bull's eye that operators can easily interpret. ...more

Ganda-A virus first of spate of war worms

Ganda-A worm may be just the first of viruses to target Net users hungry for news of the Iraq war. The worm is so far the first to specifically target people interested in the ongoing war, but Iraq has quickly become the most searched-for term on the Net, so Ganda-A may well be the first of many. Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos, told us: 'I think it's quite likely that we are going to see more viruses which exploit interest in the war in Iraq in the coming days. ...more

Hacker site winds down

One of the oldest Web sites on the net dedicated to hacked Web pages is to stop updating part of its site due to a rapid increase in defaced sites. Volunteers at Attrition.org started it as a hobby site but in recent years the group has seen the number of attacks on Web sites spiral upward. ...more