Computer
viruses to invade cellphones and broadband
The
Love Bug Virus did billions of dollars of damage on computer systems worldwide,
and the next stop for computer viruses are cellular phones. This was the
assessment made by Steve Chang, founder and CEO of Trend Micro Inc., the
largest anti-virus company in the world. "iMode of DoComo Japan has Java
applets, and when attached files become popular on these devices, all computer
viruses in the wire will go to the wireless world too," Chang said. Fortunately,
Trend Micro has projects for this that look at content security on wireless
devices.
Indian
wins $10 million jackpot on Internet lottery
Mohammed
Karim Basha is the first winner of FreeLotto's $10 million jackpot on the
Internet. Basha will be paid over the next 10 years in installments. PlasmaNet,
Inc. in New York City a year ago, says more than three million people around
the world have won cash and prizes by playing the free lottery on FreeLotto.com.
The company said there have been $5 million winners from the United States
and one from Malaysia.
UK: First
hand-transplant man begs to cut off his hand
The
recipient of the world's first transplanted hand is begging doctors to
cut it off, saying the limb has been rejected by his body and he feels
"mentally detached" from it. Clint Hallam, a 50-year-old New Zealander,
underwent a 13-hour operation in Lyon, France, in September 1998, to receive
the hand of a dead French motorcyclist to replace his own hand, lost in
an accident 14 years earlier. But, the hand has been rejected by his body,
despite increasing doses of anti-rejection drugs that have caused diabetes,
nausea and weight loss. In addition, the tendons have fused together on
the back of the hand, however, the French-led team, led by Jean-Michel
Dubernard of the Herriot Hospital in Lyon, are refusing to amputate the
hand.
Bug caught
in Netscape's Browser
A flaw
in Netscape Communications Corp.'s Internet browser software discovered
last August, could let malicious hackers retrieve and view any directory
or locally store file on a victim's computer. But corporations using basic
security measures such as filtering software and properly configured firewalls
should have at least some measure of protection against it, security analysts
said. |
