Google bans Gmail account profiteering
Google has banned profiteers from making a buck off of its free Gmail email service. Last week, Google modified Gmail's policy by adding a new item to the prohibited list. Users may not "sell, trade, resell, or otherwise exploit for any unauthorised commercial purpose or transfer any Gmail account." More...

Russian hacker team behind web attack
The trojan downloaded to PCs from compromised IIS servers was almost certainly the work of HangUP, a security firm said last week, more proof that the infamous Russian hacker group was behind last week's web attack. More...

Semiconductor sales show healthy growth in 2004
Worldwide semiconductor sales in May rose to their highest level in four years, reflecting healthy growth in the industry and the general economy, a trade group said last week. More...

Short takes: Week of 5 July
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including Microsoft's solution for Download.Ject, the final release of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and EU vs Microsoft. More...