Software blocks car phone users

A safety device which prevents drivers using mobile phones by automatically intercepting calls and text messages when they are moving has been unveiled, says The BBC.

The software tells callers the person they are trying to reach is driving and asks them to leave a message. The DriveAssist system can also tell callers where the person they are trying to reach is located by using satellite navigation technology.

Canadian firm Aegis Mobility hopes its system will become available via a monthly subscription fee.

Intel has revealed record third quarter results and said that, while it is confident about the forthcoming quarter, it is nevertheless preparing for a wide range of possible scenarios, says Computing.co.uk.

The company had another record quarter, pulling in revenue of $10.2 billion, with an operating income of $3.1 billion. However, the company made its widest range of revenue forecasts for the fourth quarter, between $10.1 billion and 10.9 billion, reflecting the uncertainty about global markets.

“The range of revenues is broader than we've ever given you before,” says chief executive Paul Otellini.

US regulators have struck a body blow at two men accused of masterminding the world's largest spam enterprise by obtaining a court order that shuts down a half-dozen companies they operated and freezing assets earned in the operation, reports The Register.

Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen living in Australia, and Jody Smith, a businessman from McKinney, Texas, stand accused of overseeing an operation that raked in millions of dollars, sending billions of spam messages.

According to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission, the men recruited spammers from around the world to send unsolicited junk mail related to male-enhancement pills, prescription drugs, and other items.

John McCain's presidential campaign is protesting YouTube's video-removal policy, which has resulted in the deletion of some political advertisements the campaign believes are perfectly legal and protected by fair use, reports CNet.

In a letter sent to YouTube CEO Chad Hurley and company attorneys on Monday, the campaign charges that "our advertisements or Web videos have been the subject of DMCA takedown notices regarding uses that are clearly privileged under the fair use doctrine". The DMCA is the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act that allows copyright holders to submit takedown notices.

The letter cited "numerous" examples, without listing them.