Would John Kerry defang the DMCA?

John Kerry finally has hinted at a position that would mark one of the first real differences from his Republican...

The empires strike back

BACK WHEN the Internet was young — oh, say, eight years ago — there was a school of thought that...

Hackers attack Cal database

State and federal authorities are investigating a hacker attack at University of California, Berkeley, after someone broke into a computer...

FBI supplier puts finishing touches on secure Linux

Trusted Computer Solutions, which supplies secure applications to organisations such as the FBI, has built a secure version of Linux...

Out of the box and into the ether

Hurley is a wardriver — a tech geek who, as a hobby, loads a laptop, a network detector and a...

Threats against privacy

The e-mails, ostensibly from banking giant SunTrust, spilled into people’s in-boxes all last week. I received several myself, urging me...

FBI Gives Back Seized Servers

Linux News: Legal: FBI Gives Back Seized Servers The UK-based servers of media company Indymedia have been returned to the...

Google Desktop Search: Security Threat?

Today @ PC World – Google Desktop Search: Security Threat? Google Desktop Search might just be too good. Using the...

Hackers can launch attacks over IM

Hackers can launch attacks over IM – ZDNet UK News Security experts have discovered an instant messaging tool that could...

The Web: ‘Bots’ pushing poll results

A new form of spam is emerging this fall, called debate-spin spam, experts told UPI’s The Web. The veracity of...