Google patches new hole

Google says it has patched a hole in its search engine that could have allowed hackers to modify the content of the Google search results page, reports PC World.

The vulnerability concerns the Google Custom WebSearch service, which allows third-party Web portals and other Web sites to use Google`s servers to search content on their Web site. A flaw in Google`s Web servers allowed hackers to insert JavaScript instead of links to image files, permitting them to alter the appearance of the Google search results page or to steal search data.

Yahoo has quietly purchased e-mail software company Stata Labs, in what could be an investment in a coming PC search tool to rival Google and Microsoft, reports CNET.

Stata Labs sells an e-mail application called Bloomba that enables users to search message text and attachments. The report says Yahoo has bought the underlying technology of Bloomba, but does not intend to continue selling the product.

The acquisition comes only a week after rival, Google, unveiled new technology to search data in e-mail, Word documents and Web pages. Microsoft also plans to integrate desktop, e-mail and Web search from the operating system.

Epson has launched a new Multimedia Storage Viewer with a 40GB hard drive for storing images from memory cards, which PC World says means never having to worry about running out of card space.

The P‑2000 supports most memory cards and has a 3.8-inch display for viewing JPEG images. Seiko Epson says the P‑2000`s 40GB capacity is enough to store about 10 000 5‑megapixel JPEG images.

The P-2000 displays images up to 8.9-megapixels and supports JPEG, RAW, MPEG-4, Motion-JPEG, MP3 and AAC file formats.