31st May 2008 Archive

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Microsoft urges Windows users to shun 'carpet bombing' Safari

Rare security warning from Redmond

Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files. Windows users who visit a booby-trapped site with Safari could be forced to download and execute malicious files with no prompting …

Applications 31 May 01:01
EU project scans air passengers for terrorist tendencies

Plane crazy?

An EU aviation safety project is testing a camera-based passenger surveillance system intended to spot terrorists poised to rush the cockpit. According to a report in the New Scientist, the European Union’s Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment (SAFEE) project relies on video cameras being built into every …

Reg Hardware 31 May 07:02
Chinese telco jumps starting gun in 3G race

We don't need no stinkin' licences

China's deployment of TD-SCDMA, its own incarnation of 3G, is well underway despite the fact that the government isn't expected to issue any 3G licences until after it completely overhauls the industry later this year. China claimed it would have a 3G network in time for the Beijing Olympics, but with only a couple of months …

Mobile 31 May 08:02
Discovery relief mission is go

En route to ISS, toilet spares aboard

Cross-legged ISS crew members will, hopefully, soon be able to relieve themselves fully into a Russian ASU toilet following the successful launch this evening of Space Shuttle Discovery which, as well as performing the useful task of delivering the second part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory to the …

Space 31 May 21:57