BSkyB halts film downloads over software cracks
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UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB   has temporarily shut down its fledgling broadband film service  after software provided by Microsoft  was cracked,  enabling the digital protection to be stripped.
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Some 40,000 computers in the U.K. Department for Work and Pensions were cut off from their network last month when an IT technician erroneously installed a software upgrade, according to EDS.
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Media & professional: The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are developing a video downloads service that will 'do for broadband what Freeview did for digital TV'.
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Gets content from last-two-to-licence 'big four' recording firms
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An announcement that Beatles tracks will be available for download is denied by the band's record label.
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Inside the P2P talks Exclusive The record industry is pressing the UK's ISPs for a deal that would see persistent illegal file sharers automatically booted off the net.â¦
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Shorts by Sir Ridley Scott and Stephen Frears can now be downloaded from the British Film Institute website.
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At least some MS products are hot A UK computer distributor has warned the channel to keep an eye out for a shipment of software stolen from a lorry bound for Warrington last month.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Users are being advised to disable a certain type of file in Microsoft's Windows Media Player software following the discovery of a new security hole in the software. The flaw, which affects Windows Media Player versions 9 and 10, could allow a malicious hacker to run unauthorized software on a victim's PC or cause a denial of service attack, according to security company FrSIRT, which rated the problem critical in an advisory Thursday. The flaw is due to a buffer overflow error that can occur when Windows Media Player is used to run ".asx" media files, according to a warning from eEye Digital Security . Such files open automatically in a Web browser, meaning a hacker would need only to post an infected .asx file in a Web page and then try to lure users to visit the page, eEye Digital said. An infected file could also be sent via email, in which case users would need to be persuaded to open it. Microsoft said an initial investigation revealed that the "proof of concept" code could allow an attacker to execute code on a user's machine. It said it was unaware of any attempts to exploit the vulnerability, and it was unclear Friday morning if the proof of concept code it referred to was in the hands of hackers. Users can protect against the vulnerability in Internet Explorer by preventing it from opening .asx files automatically. Turning off Active Scripting would also greatly reduce, but not eliminate, the risk, Microsoft said. FrSIRT also recommended that users upgrade to Windows Media Player 11 , which it said is not affected. Microsoft was still determining Friday whether it needed to issue an "out of cycle" security fix for the problem or patch it with its next monthly software update. The flaw was originally reported on Nov. 22, when it was identified only as a denial-of-service issue. Some discussion boards described the problem as a "zero-day exploit," although it was unclear if that was the case. Zero-day exploits occur when exploit code is released on the same day that a flaw is uncovered, giving users no time to protect themselves. It's been another busy week for Microsoft's security teams. On TuesdayÂ the company warnedÂ of an unpatched vulnerability in Word that had been the subject of what it called "limited attacks." And on Thursday it said it was readying several patches for Visual Studio and Windows that it plans to release next week. The patches currently due for next weekÂ do not address the problemsÂ with Word and Windows Media Player.
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Lycos UK has withdrawn its anti-spam screensaver download from its portal following criticism that the vigilante-style programme had been too successful against spammersâ websites, shutting down a range of sites.
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Flaws in media players could automatically download malicious code, let hackers in.
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German police have broken up an Internet piracy operation they say had peddled millions of dollars worth of bootleg films, computer games, music and software through a Web site.
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Blockbuster gears up for an ill-fated digital download service.
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YouTube viewers hoping to get a free look at Michael Moore's newest film, "Sicko," were out of luck Monday after the site pulled links to pirated versions of the health care documentary that surfaced on the video-sharing Web site over the weekend.
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The latest service pack has made a range of older files inaccessible, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations.
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A licensing row is forcing net radio service Pandora to stop streaming music to fans based in the UK.
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British record companies trade association the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has announced it is to begin a rolling programme of legal action against &#39;major filesharers&#39; who illegally make copyright music available to millions of people across the