Weekly News Roundup

• Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE [CNET]
  “But security firm also finds that Microsoft’s IE is the only browser widely exploited by hackers today.”
• Verizon, Dell team on wireless broadband [CNET]
  “Verizon Wireless signs deal to include its EV-DO wireless broadband technology in Dell laptops.”
• Google’s digital library tests law [CNN]
  “With Google’s book-scanning program set to resume in earnest in the northern autumn, copyright laws that long preceded the Internet look to be headed for a digital-age test.”
• Apple increases .Mac storage to 1GB, adds Groups [Macworld]
  “Apple Computer on Tuesday made several changes to its .Mac service providing members with increased storage and adding a new feature called Groups. The increased storage and Groups feature are available immediately in your user account.”
• Fighting to Get in on the Next Little Thing [NYT]
  “After several years of caution and hesitation, if not outright fear, venture capitalists are again opening their wallets to the start-ups.”
• Peerflix DVD exchange gives old discs new life [Reuters]
  “With DVD sales expected to reach $21 billion next year, it may be comforting for consumers to know used discs now have a second life as tradable currency on a year-old Web site called Peerflix.”

Die Dulci Fruere