IT PRO – Cyber baddies using the web to hire
The bad guys responsible for creating software that steals financial and personal details are using the web to look for recruits to join them in their illegal activity.

The Register – iPhone vulnerable to remote attack on SSL

Apple’s iPhone is vulnerable to exploits that allow an attacker to spoof web pages even when they’re protected by the SSL, or secure sockets layer, protocol, a security researcher said.

Computerworld UK – China hacking laws to get tougher

Chinese police and judicial officials are formulating new measures that govern how hacking crimes are handled by courts, the country’s latest step to strengthen its cyber laws, state media reported.

Computerworld UK – NASA brings in commercial spaceflight companies

NASA moved quickly to advance its role as commercial space entrepreneur by awarding $50 million (£30m) to five companies who could help design and build future spacecraft that could take astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

Computerworld UK – Mozilla releases Firefox for Mobile

The first production version of Firefox for Mobile has been released, for Nokia’s Maemo operating system. But Mozilla already seems to be scaling back its deployment plans, and unexpectedly the mobile browser will not support Adobe Flash.

BBC – ‘Internet addiction’ linked to depression, says study

The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2 per cent of people surveyed were “internet addicts”, and many of these were depressed.

Computing – Social networking to replace email by 2014

The business benefits of social software platforms will lead to email being replaced as the primary means of communication by 2014, according to analyst Gartner. Increasing business use of tools such as Twitter and Facebook has resulted in more demand for such systems, says the firm, which predicts that 20 per cent of organisations will use them as their key communication medium by 2014.

The Daily Telegraph – Mobiles to replace wallets and tickets

The device is already tipped to start replacing credit cards, supermarket loyalty cards and bus passes by as early as 2011, when they will begin to be incorporated into mobiles.

The Daily Telegraph – Internet Explorer 8 becomes the most popular browser in the world

The latest version of Microsoft’s browser has finally overtaken Internet Explorer 6, now accounting for 22.3 per cent of the global browser market in January 2010, according to market share measurements carried out by NetApplications.