You have to be stupid to commit a crime, video it and put the result on YouTube. One man has done it more than 80 times, and is now appealing the sentence he's been given.
After failed promises from Apple to have a fix by May 19, Core Security has published three vulnerabilities in the iCal program that can cause crashes or allow a hacker control of a machine.
The European Commission says it's aware of Microsoft's promise for ODF support in Office 2007, but it — and others - are waiting to see if it really improves interoperability.
A new report examines the state of digital Britain and finds, among other things, that there are more rural than urban broadband connections and that Sunderland is the UK's most-connected city.
There have been angry words between Senator Joe Lieberman and YouTube over the video-sharing site hosting content by Al-Queda and other terrorist groups.
Britain is rolling out age ratings on downloaded video content and games. At the moment it's voluntary, and it may preclude the need for age legislation on downloadable video content.
After PayPal, eBay and the banks, now phishers are trying to fool people with a fake iTunes store. It might be a good idea, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
In the wake of damage done by a flashmob event organized on Facebook, British police have cracked down on other proposed events, including the world's biggest custard pie fight.
British Prime minister has gone digital via the Downing St. YouTube site, and is pledging to give online answer to questions submitted there by the public.
In the UK ministers are considering the possibility of a database of all phone calls made and e-mails sent as part of a plan drawn up by the Home Office. Needless to say, privacy advocates are outraged.
Google has added 10 new languages to its Google Translate tool for a total of 23, and now has a detect language feature so users can discover the identity of the language being translated.
Facebook is planning big changes to profile pages, making them "simpler, cleaner and more relevant," and is consulting users about them before they begin the facelift next month.
On Friday Mozilla issued new browser Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1, and all being well, after some public testing, that will become the official release of Firefox 3 next month.
UW scientists have come up with a video game that could help in the cure for some of the world's illnesses, and are opening it up to everyone online, looking for prodigies to aid them.
Microsoft is reported to have offered Yahoo an unnamed alternative to a full acquisition, believed to be a mutual venture for search-related advertising.
A U.S. Air Force colonel has proposed the creation of a military botnet to unleash against the hackers, especially the computer networks of foreign powers.
Dell will use more efficient fans, improved power management systems and circuit design to cut power consumption in its desktop and laptop computers by 2010.
A 49 year-old Missouri woman is indicted after allegedly using a fake MySpace profile to befriend then bully a 13-year-old girl who later hanged herself after the relationship ended.
77 out of a total of 177 Currys.digital stores will close over the next five years as part of a cost-cutting move by parent company, DSG International, which saw shares fall on the news.
As Wikipedia moves from online into print, the venerable French encyclopedia Larousse heads in the other direction, setting up its own online encyclopedia - with contributors credited.
Passwords and usernames from Voice over Internet Protocol accounts are now selling for more than stolen credit cards numbers, a VoIP equipment maker says.
Grand Theft Auto IV has already qualified for Guinness World Records as Highest Grossing Video Game in 24 Hours and Highest Revenue Generated by an Entertainment Product in 24 Hours.
Microsoft has just issued the first service pack for Office 2008 for Mac, and is gloating over the sales figures, which are higher than any Office for Mac product for 19 years.
The FBI has given a few details of an investigation launched after it was revealed that US government departments spent $3.5 million on over 3, 500 pieces of pirated Cisco hardware.
The "reckless" loss of personal data, so prevalent lately in the UK, has become a civil offence, marking a victory of data privacy campaigners; those found guilty could face large fines.