Bonn, Germany  - A security hole has been discovered in the VLC Media Player, the German Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI) in Bonn reported.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability using rigged Real Media files (file ending with "rm") to install malicious software onto the user's computer. The victim has just to open the manipulated multimedia file.

Hamburg  - If your browser's list of bookmarks has become so long that you can only see the bottom entries by scrolling down, it may be time for some housekeeping. Still, once dozens or even hundreds of links have piled up, getting them back in order can be an arduous task. It may be time for a different approach such as ongoing maintenance of your favourites. Several tools can help with this task.

TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, made announcement about the launching of its first-to-market 7” Wireless Internet Camera and Photo Monitor, model TV-M7.

The world’s first 7” Wireless Internet Camera and Photo Monitor links to your wireless network, discovers wired and wireless TRENDnet Internet Security Cameras and streams camera video wirelessly in real-time. It also acts like a photo frame—it displays photo slideshows and plays personal videos and music.

Portable media player maker Cowon has made announcement about the launching of their latest model Cowon S9, in the Indian market.

Initially, Cowon S9 was seen at the IFA in Berlin.

Coming with a stylish 3.3 inch AMOLED display, Cowon S9 comes with music, video, and photo playback plus lots of other exciting features that include 500Mhz Dual Core CPU, T-DMB TV, Bluetooth, FM tuner, voice/radio/line recording, a Flash player, and a text reader.

A research has revealed an astonishing and alarming fact that cyber criminals are buying Facebook profiles for just 89p as online crime rises around the Christmas period.

It has been informed by the internet security company, Trend Micro that during the shopping period between September and December 2007, there was a rise in cyber attacks and a similar trend can be expected for 2008.

During Christmas, online shopping activity is higher than normal, and the company fears that criminals are more likely to strike around this time.

Digital technology major Samsung has made entry into the portable personal computer (PC) segment with the launching of an array of notebooks and a sleek netbook.

The company rolled out notebook PCs in various categories including Premium, Thin and Light X Series, Mobile Optimum — Q Series and the mainstream R Series.

The newly launched notebooks are priced between Rs 34,000 and Rs 115,014, while the Samsung NC10 netbook is priced at Rs 28,000.