Saudi gives BlackBerry reprieve
Saudi Arabia's telecommunications regulator has said it will allow BlackBerry services to continue in the kingdom for now, says The BBC.
The country was due to enforce a ban on the devices on 6 August, but this did not come into effect.
The Communications and Information Technology Commission said there had been "positive developments" in its talks with the device's manufacturer, Research in Motion.
Google offices raided by Korean police
Police in South Korea have raided Google's headquarters in Seoul, reveals The BBC.
A police statement said they suspected Google has been collecting and storing data on "unspecified Internet users from WiFi networks".
The firm recently admitted that its Street View cars had been collecting information over unencrypted WiFi networks, calling it "a mistake".
Memory shortage could spike PC prices
PCs could cost more in the months ahead, because memory will be in short supply, writes The Register.
The iSuppli trackers reckon DRAM supply could undershoot demand, because some manufacturers won't be able to get the semiconductor lithography tools they need.
They note that ASML Holdings NV, the main supplier, should be able to supply 33 immersion scanners, which may not be enough. Exacerbating this is the point that DRAM manufacturing is moving to process sizes of 50nm or less and not all manufacturers have made the transition.
Zeus Trojan steals $1m
Consumers and businesses in Great Britain have lost more than $1 million so far this summer from a Trojan that is infecting their computers, prompting them to log into their bank accounts, and then is surreptitiously transferring money to scammers in other countries, reports News.com.com.
About 3 000 bank accounts were found to be compromised at one financial institution, which was not identified, according to a white paper released by M86 Security.
The multilevel scheme uses a combination of a new version of the Zeus keylogger and password stealer Trojan, which targets Windows-based computers and runs on major browsers, and exploits toolkits to get around anti-fraud systems used at bank Web sites, the report found.
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