63% users fail to spot fake pop-ups
Internet users are unable to distinguish between genuine pop-up warnings messages and false ones, a study at North Carolina State University has found. The study examined the responses of undergraduates to messages which popped up while they did other tasks on a PC. Seeing the pop-ups as a mere annoyance... Read on »
Gary McKinnon Appeals to Home Secretary
Lawyers for a Briton accused of hacking into secret military and Nasa computers are asking the home secretary to ensure he is not jailed in the US. Glasgow-born Gary McKinnon, 42, who last month lost his appeal against extradition, could face life in jail if convicted of accessing 97 computers.... Read on »
iPhone Ad Criticized as 'Misleading'
A television advert for the iPhone misled consumers, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled. Two complaints to the watchdog noted that the advert said "all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone". But the ASA said because the iPhone did not support Flash or Java - two programs... Read on »
Microsoft sees end of Windows era
Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows. Called Midori, the cut-down... Read on »
Gary McKinnon vows to fight extradition
A Briton accused of hacking into top-secret military computers has vowed to fight extradition to stand trial in the US after losing... Read on »
Gary McKinnon faces life sentence for hacking into Pentagon
When he wakes up on Sunday morning, Gary McKinnon will be 72 hours from learning whether he is on the fast track to a 60-year prison sentence, thanks to his obsession with aliens. McKinnon (42) from Enfield in north London, is accused by American prosecutors of illegally accessing top-secret computer... Read on »
Firefox download record official
Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries. "The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key... Read on »
Competition inquiry delays broadcasters' online service
Ambitious plans for an online video on demand service offering more than 10,000 hours of classic TV shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 were hit yesterday by a decision to refer them to the Competition Commission. ITV's chairman, Michael Grade, criticised the decision on the project, known as... Read on »
Digital switchover is 'a mystery'
Many people are still buying analogue TV sets unaware that they will soon need extra equipment to make them work, according to a report from MPs. A parliamentary report claims that many viewers do not understand the implications of the digital switchover, despite a £200m campaign. It says the digital... Read on »
The secret of Bill Gates' success
As Bill Gates prepares to end his full-time work at Microsoft, he tells the BBC in an interview that it wasn't just what Microsoft did, but what his rivals didn't do that let Microsoft get ahead. "Most of our competitors were very poorly run," he tells Fiona Bruce, for The... Read on »
BBC and ISPs clash over iPlayer
A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC. ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope. Ashley Highfield, head of future media... Read on »
'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray
Microsoft has no plans to release a Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360 and is instead backing digital delivery, the head of Xbox in the UK has said. Microsoft stopped production of its HD-DVD player following the decision by Toshiba, the format's creator, to concede victory to rival Blu-ray. Microsoft's... Read on »
Web Creator Rejects Net Tracking
The creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has said consumers need to be protected against systems which can track their activity on the internet. Sir Tim told BBC News he would change his internet provider if it introduced such a system. Plans by leading internet providers to use Phorm,... Read on »
Memory trick breaks PC encryption
Encrypted information held on a laptop is more vulnerable than previously thought, US research has shown. Scientists have shown that it is possible to recover the key that unscrambles data from a PC's memory. It was previously thought that data held in so-called "volatile memory" was only retained for a... Read on »
Brain control headset for gamers
A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year. "It picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer," said Tan Le, president of US/Australian firm Emotiv. "It allows the user to manipulate a game or... Read on »
Last.fm debuts free music service
Social music site Last.fm has launched what it describes as the world's biggest free music service. It is promising to pay unsigned artists royalties every time a user streams a track to their computer. The website has done deals with the four major record companies as well as more than... Read on »
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