Next-gen Memory Sticks push 32GB

Sony has announced improved versions of its Memory Stick Flash memory cards at CES. A new Memory Stick PRO format is optimised for recording video, with capacities specified up to 32GB. It boasts a minimum write speed of 15Mbits/sec and a theoretical maximum of 160Mbits/sec. ...more

IT staff confess to perusing confidential data

According to a new survey, a third of IT staff take advantage of their position to look through private files, wage data, personal emails, and HR details. Access to special administrative passwords means that IT department workers can rifle through confidential information with privileged and anonymous access to virtually any system within an organisation, the survey said. One respondent to the survey of 200 IT professionals said that if people had the kind of access to files they had they would do the same. ...more

Apple and EMI to agree to ditch DRM

Apple and EMI Group will reveal a ground-breaking deal on Monday for Apple to sell some of the music publisher's songs without copy protection limits, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The report said music giant EMI plans to sell 'significant amounts' of its catalogue without anti-piracy software, citing people familiar with the matter, and that the music label is considering not only Apple's iTunes stores but other outlets. However, a separate source familiar with the situation told Reuters a Beatles deal was not the focus of Monday's event. ...more

Tiger widget vulnerability highlighted

Apple's Dashboard technology - one of the high profile new features in Tiger - could leave users vulnerable to hacker attacks by allowing the installation of a malicious widget. The vulnerability was discovered by a widget developer, going by the name stephan.com. ...more

Mobile phones to challenge desktops for Internet access

Mobile phones and other portable devices may soon rival the desktop computer as the principle method of accessing the Internet according to a new study. The survey from Ipsos Insight finds that Internet browsing via a wireless device is growing strongly with the trend particularly noticeable in the UK and France. Japan is even further ahead with 40 per cent of adults there browsing the Internet on their wireless handset which is double the rate found in 2003. ...more