Bin Laden e-mail attack

Users are being warned not to open junk e-mail messages claiming Osama Bin Laden has been captured, reports the BBC.

The message claims to have pictures of the al-Qaeda leader`s arrest but anyone opening the attachment will fall victim to a Windows virus.

Security firms fear that interest in Bin Laden`s whereabouts could spark a big outbreak of the virus.

McAfee has bought start-up Wireless Security for an undisclosed fee, reports Techworld.

Wireless Security offers subscription-based services that let customers connect computers securely to wireless networks at home or in offices through a remotely managed authentication service.

"We believe there`s a tremendous market opportunity in the WiFi space," says McAfee senior VP Bill Kerrigan, noting that many home wireless LAN users, as well as SMBs, find it hard to configure authentication and encryption security in their WLAN access points.

McAfee envisions a managed service that would handle this for them remotely.

In a sure sign that the era of mobile computing has arrived, notebooks have for the first time outsold desktops in the US in a calendar month, says research firm Current Analysis.

After tracking sales from a sampling of electronic retailers, Current Analysis says notebook sales accounted for 53% of the total PC market last month, up from 46% during the same period last year, reports AP.

Sam Bhavnani, senior analyst for Current Analysis, says spurring the demand for notebooks is the overall drop in price as their quality improves.

Sharp will begin selling high-definition TVs with 65-inch LCD screens internationally before year-end, reports PCWorld.

The LC-65GE1 Aquos TV measures 65 inches across the diagonal and has a resolution of 1 920 pixels by 1 080 pixels. The screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio, 630 candela per square meter of brightness and a viewing angle of 170 degrees.

Takashi Okuda, corporate director of Sharp`s audio-visual systems group, says the TVs will not be easy to come by as Sharp will make about 300 units per month for the Japanese market and between 1 000 and 2 000 per month for the international market.

The TV will go on sale in Japan from 1 August.