Google sets date for global Developer Day

Open-source luminary Chris DiBona will be taking the stage in London for Google's Developer Day on the last day of May. DiBona is Google's open source programs manager - an important role in the world's biggest search company whose services run on Linux systems. However, the theme for the Developer Day will be Building Blocks for Better Web Applications, with sessions on AJAX, Google Gadgets and Google APIs as well as the latest developments on Google acquisitions, such as Google Earth and SketchUp. ...more

BBC used as lure for unpatched IE exploit

Snippets of BBC news stories are being used to lure Internet users into installing a damaging Trojan on their computer it has emerged. Emails containing the 'news' stories end with an invitation to 'read more', which takes the reader to a malicious website and installs software to monitor their visits to banking websites and other financial institutions. The keylogger Trojan exploits the unpatched 'Create TextRange' flaw in Internet Explorer which has been rated as 'highly critical' by security firm Secunia. ...more

UK games chart: Need for Speed is still the most wanted

The rise of The Sims 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 5 can not dislodge the long-time reigning champ from the top of the ELSPA UK games chart. EA's street racing game Need For Speed: Most Wanted still holds the number one position. King Kong: Official Game of The Movie slips from two down to four, with The Sims and Pro Evolution Soccer doing their best to take advantage, but this weeks chart is still static, in the wake of the Christmas spending bonanza. ...more

Vodafone launches Live! Shopping! On Your Mobile!

Vodafone UK has introduced a new service 'Vodafone live! Shopping', a virtual shopping mall where you can buy CDs, chocolates or wines over your phone with a credit card. For the launch, Vodafone has teamed up with HMV, Thorntons, Oddbins, gadgetshop and Firebox and has promised more retailers will be onboard soon. An icon on the live! menu takes customers through to a virtual shopping centre. ...more

Marconi to shed 4,000 jobs

UK communications equipment firm Marconi has said it will make 4,000 redundant worldwide after reporting disastrous financial results. The firm suspended trading in its shares for a whole day before announcing that operating profits had halved. The results are much, much worse than expected. ...more