Nokia gives in to downturn

The worldwide recession has finally hit mobile-phone manufacturer Nokia, the last of the telecom companies to succumb to the slowdown. The Finnish company said that although sales are still growing the estimate for the second quarter is now growth of ten per cent, down from a previous estimate of 20 per cent. "We believe that this slowdown is a result of general market deterioration - driven by economic uncertainty, the ongoing technology transition and less aggressive marketing by the operators," said Jorma Olila, Nokia's chief executive officer. ...more

Firefox javascript vulnerability discovered

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the javascript engine in several Mozilla browsers, including Firefox. The moderately critical flaw could be exploited to access potentially sensitive information and is caused by an error in the JavaScript engine, as a 'lambda' replace exposes arbitrary amounts of heap memory after the end of a JavaScript string. The vulnerability exists in all versions of Firefox, Mozilla and Camino. ...more

Boot Camp update puts Vista on the Mac

Apple has updated Boot Camp to support Windows Vista, quashing once and for all rumours that incompatibility with Microsoft's latest operating system would delay the shipping of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The new release - version 1. ...more

.xxx approval delayed by ICANN

The introduction of the controversial .xxx domain has been delayed again. The new top-level domain (tld) name that is supposed to be a home for 'adult' content on the Internet was finally expected to be approved at the latest meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ...more

Open-source software makes the invisible man

A University of Liverpool mathematician claims 30-year-old open-source software has cracked the equation that will allow scientists to make objects - such as humans, tanks or even entire islands - invisible. The mathematical theory builds on earlier research into cloaking technology by Imperial College's Professor John Pendry. He developed artificial materials (or meta-materials) that can make light sweep around an object, theoretically rendering it invisible. ...more