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Article | 2/02/2011 Competition aims to make cybergeeks cool
A new cybersecurity competition for high school students aims to make cybergeeks as cool as sports stars, in addition to identifying a new generation ...
Article | 2/02/2011 EU struggles with online consumer rights
European legislators are struggling to create a law that will protect consumers when they buy online services or content.
Article | 1/02/2011 Google offers voice-tweeting service for Egyptians
SayNow may be better known for helping the Jonas Brothers and the NBA leave short voicemail messages for their fans, but on Monday it found another pu...
Article | 1/02/2011 Ham radio not a viable option for Egypt
Despite the best efforts of Internet activists who are trying to help Egyptians communicate with the outside world, ham radio isn't a viable option in...
Article | 1/02/2011 Egypt goes dark as last Internet company pulls the plug
Egypt is now off the grid.
Article | 1/02/2011 Oracle to pay $46 million to settle kickbacks complaint
Oracle has agreed to pay the U.S. government US$46 million to settle complaints that Sun Microsystems, which merged with Oracle in 2010, engaged with ...
Article | 1/02/2011 Vodafone says it had to cut mobile service in Egypt
Vodafone, with 28 million cellular customers in Egypt, and France Telecom restored mobile voice services there on Saturday, one day after service stop...
Article | 1/02/2011 Intel, IBM invest in White House innovation effort
Intel Capital and IBM are investing a combined US$350 million in a new effort by President Barack Obama's administration to encourage entrepreneurs an...
Article | 1/02/2011 Court shuts down online immigration document 'scam'
A U.S. court has shut down an online operation that allegedly posed as the U.S. government and charged customers fees between US$200 and $2,500 for im...
Article | 1/02/2011 Alleged EU talks could lead to strict punishment for piracy
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has lashed out at the European Commission over allegations that the Commission has been ho...
Article | 1/02/2011 Mobile phone service restored in Egypt -- for now
Vodafone and France Telecom say mobile phone service was restored in Egypt on Saturday as demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak's government ...
Article | 28/01/2011 Half of federal Web sites fail DNS security test
Half of U.S. government Web sites are vulnerable to commonplace DNS attacks because they haven't deployed a new authentication mechanism that was mand...
Article | 30/01/2011 PayPal faces new restrictions in India
PayPal has introduced new rules for its customers in India, including a limit on the value of each export-related receipt to US$500.
Article | 28/01/2011 With protests growing, Egypt cuts links to Internet
As protesters continue to clash with police in anti-government demonstrations, Egypt has pulled the plug on the Internet.
Article | 28/01/2011 Alleged 'scareware' vendors to pay $8.2 million to FTC
The operator of an alleged "scareware" scheme, using deceptive advertising to trick Internet users into buying software to fix their supposedly infect...