Symantec has reported glitches in its antivirus software that could allow hackers to launch denial-of-service attacks on computers running the applications. In a notice posted on its Web site this week, Symantec detailed two similar vulnerabilities found in its Norton AntiVirus software, which is sold on its own or bundled in Norton Internet Security and Norton System Works. The flaws, which could lead to computers crashing or slowing severely if attacked, are limited to versions of the software released for 2004 and 2005.

Rhinotek’s chairman has sharply criticized Hewlett-Packard over a lawsuit asserting that the inkjet cartridge refiller falsely advertises its products as new. “I think HP is utilizing a bullying tactic,” Gerald Chamales, who also is founder of the 150-employee company in Carson, Calif., said late Tuesday. “I think consumers are tired of being gouged by what I call the cartel, which is the major printer manufacturers, led by HP, Lexmark and Canon, (and which is) forcing people to not have a choice when it comes to ink and toner cartridges.”

The U.S. Department of Energy will spend millions of dollars to help develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and raise public awareness about the technology that drives them. The agency on Wednesday announced two separate five-year fuel cell agreements: an $88 million pact with General Motors and a $70 million deal with DaimlerChysler. The Energy Department said it wants the programs to foster technology development and raise awareness about the vehicles, whose fuel cells use hydrogen to generate electricity that propels them.

You Software has released an update to You Subscribe: RSS, an RSS aggregator that brings up-to-the-minute news and content from Web sites, blogs and Podcasts directly into Microsoft Outlook. You Subscribe: RSS version 0.95 is the first RSS news aggregator for Outlook that lets you use a toolbar in your browser of choice, Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer, to easily add and manage RSS news feeds and subscriptions from Web sites and blogs. The new version is also the only Outlook RSS aggregator that will automatically load audio Podcast files into iTunes and Windows Media Player playlists.

Electric Pocket announced a first-of-its-kind feature for any portable MP3 player: the ability to automatically connect to the Internet to find and download Album Art for MP3 tunes. The Album Art will be displayed anytime its corresponding tracks are played on the device. This new feature is included in the latest version of Electric Pocket’s Busker MP3 player for Palm OS PDAs and smartphones.

Research In Motion (RIM) and T-Mobile have expanded the reach of BlackBerry with the introduction of the BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld and BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0 in Hungary and The Czech Republic. BlackBerry is a wireless platform that keeps mobile customers connected to the people, data, and resources that drive their day. BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds combine phone, email, text messaging, organizer, Web and corporate data applications in a single device. The Java-based BlackBerry 7290 builds upon the proven BlackBerry experience with new features including a quad-band phone, Bluetooth support, a brighter color screen and increased memory–all while maintaining excellent battery life.

Organizers of the Comdex trade show, once the high point of the year for the technology industry, confirmed on Tuesday that the event will skip its main Las Vegas incarnation again this year. MediaLive International, which acquired the rights to Comdex several years ago, canceled the 2004 event after several years of declining attendance, inconsistent marketing and growing competition from programs such as the Consumer Electronics Show. At that time, company executives vowed the show would return revamped and revitalized in 2005. But MediaLive spokesman Ben Stricker confirmed Tuesday that Comdex will need at least another year to get its act together. “Comdex will not be returning to Las Vegas in 2005,” he said. “We hope to produce another Comdex in 2006.”

Answers (dot-com) are coming to your cell phone. The company behind Answers.com, the fast-rising Internet reference guide, has started testing a version for mobile devices. GuruNet, based in Wesley Hills, N.Y., on Tuesday introduced Mobile.answers.com, a fact-based search engine for use on browser-enabled phones, Treos, BlackBerrys and Windows-CE devices.

America Online has announced a new blogging service for teenagers. Red Blogs, which AOL unveiled Tuesday, allows teenagers and parents to select the level of privacy they want for their online diaries; a private blog can be kept locked. A semiprivate blog is locked to all but those who are invited to read it. And a public blog allows access to anybody on the Net. However, blogs of younger teenagers, those between 13 and 15, will be locked from general public viewing. Similarly, with semiprivate blogs, parents must approve the list of people invited to read the journals of younger teenagers.

It’s a good time to be a worker in the wireless-communications field. That’s the conclusion of a report released Monday showing that more than 74 percent of 619 wireless-industry professionals rated the current job market as “strong” or “growing.” TelecomCareers.net, the job site that conducted the survey, said its job postings echo the upbeat sentiment. The site has nearly doubled the number of job openings posted in the wireless arena during the same period last year, and it has 40 percent more telecommunications jobs–now 5,000–offered overall than a year ago.