Martyn Williams

The Sobig.F worm, which is estimated to have infected more than 100,000 computers and generated tens of millions of e-mails, could have begun life disguised as a pornographic picture in a posting to a handful of Usenet newsgroups.

Microsoft Co. Ltd., the Japanese unit of Microsoft Corp., will begin distributing 200,000 compact discs this weekend as part of its efforts to stop the Blaster worm.

Japan has moved into the number one position in Asia in terms of the total number of broadband subscriptions, according to the latest official statistics from several countries.

IBM Corp. has a challenger in the race to deliver the world's fastest Linux-based supercomputer. A day after the U.S. company said it had received an order for what stands to be the fastest such machine, Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. has announced an order for a faster machine that it expects to put into service at about the same time.

North Korea may be about to open its first domestically hosted Web site accessible from the Internet.

Iomega Corp. has developed a new magnetic storage disk for use in portable multimedia devices that is the size of a large coin and can store 1.5GB of data.

North Korea may be about to open its first domestically hosted Web site accessible from the Internet.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has built a TV reception function into its latest handset for its domestic market. The handset allows users to watch TV for no charge, unlike the subscription-based video-on-demand services being launched or in trial by several cellular carriers.