Prepaid iTunes gift cards will no longer be on sale at several stores, including Coles, Myer, JB Hi-FI and Target as their payment provider to the iTunes gift cards Bill Express is now placed into administration.

Customers would have encountered problems as many checkouts were advising that vouchers were unavailable.

Bill Express had been the provider for iTunes gift cards since the introduction of the iTunes Store in Australia, but was placed into administration earlier this month.

However, other retailers like Big W, Dick Smith Electronics, Safeway and Woolworths are still selling the gift cards. This is because they use a different supplier - E-Pay.

O2 in the UK has plugged the security hole after it caused a storm of people angry with the service after it had been revealed that photos sent by MMS can be found with a simple Google search.

MMS messages are sent to its web server if the recipient does not have a compatible phone - like the iPhone 3G - and the recipient will receive a URL so that they can view the image themselves. But it had been discovered it could be accessed by a simple InURL search on Google.

It has taken down the server, with people attempting to view the site are now redirected to an Apache server error. The leak - many containing images of children - was embarrassing to the company, as it also runs a site that is dedicated to protecting children online.

The ABC has launched its rental and download service called ABC Shop Downloads, after an eight-month development period. However, there are just a few things wrong with it - and it has nothing to do with the content, which consists of current hits like the Chaser to vintage, archived programming like Aunty Jack.

For most programs, you can rent programs for unlimited viewing during a seven day period for $2.95. However, it will offer several programs as free downloads for testing purposes. You will, however, still need to register your credit card for the free downloads, but they say it won’t result in charges.

The service was developed by Hyro and uses Windows Media technologies and Microsoft’s Flash competitor Silverlight. And since it uses Windows Media and its DRM, you will not be able to play anything on a Mac or Linux computers except previews.

But, they are planning to move once Silverlight 2 is out for the Mac, and will be using PlayReady later in the year.

Yes, and it sucks - and I would not bother to try it; unless you want to see Chaser recaps and vintage ABC programs. This is not a review - I have not reviewed it, but based it with information made available from many sources.

Facebook is set to get a new look to reflect on how its members (like us) communicate with each other. The new design, which will be unveiled to the public on Monday, will see an expanded Wall - where everyone can leave comments and photos, which will include the user’s Mini-Feed.

This comes after MySpace revamped most of its site, but not its profile section. Both are, however, reducing their pages to make it load faster and reduce the clutter which has plague them so much.

However, the new design, which several members had a peak, has faced a lot of criticism over it was not really helped them.

Get ready for a change soon - and expect a review of it soon.

The Ministry of Defence in the UK has admitted that another laptop with "sensitive information" has been stolen while one of its officials checked out of Britannia Adelphi in Liverpool’s city centre on Thursday. This comes after the Ministry was forced to admit that it had lost 658 laptops between 2004 and 2007. This now brings the total to 659.

It had previously admitted that it had lost 347, but had to revise that number after "anomalies in the reporting process" were discovered. Merseyside police is reported to be investigating the situation.

Source: The Guardian

Paris-based security firm Intego has released the very first antivirus software for the iPhone. However, it does not run on the phone itself, but on a user’s Mac.

The software, Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3, would be able to scan the iPhone for viruses by copying the files to the Mac for a security check, once the user has plugged in the cable and is connected to the Mac itself. The company claims that since Apple has opened it its SDK, users would be at risk of installing apps that would harm the devices, or even take control of them.

There is, however, only one known malware that is publicly known. Antivirus vendors have predicted that since the iPhone is running a stripped down version of Mac OS X, it would lead to an increase of malware on all Mac OS X, but currently the threat is low; but other vendors are agreeing that the Apple App Store can be hijacked.