The British government has revealed plans to create a universal service commitment for broadband that would see every last one of the UK's broadband blackspots filled in.
UK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications in the country.
Britain is set to crack down on people who illegally download films and music from the internet, with a plan to cut them off if they break the law.
Companies that produce security software may soon be ignoring certain spyware, and potentially even infecting their customers through auto updates, under orders from US government agencies.
The British government's schools computer agency has warned that deploying Vista carries too much risk and that its benefits are unclear.
As England's historic Bletchley Park raises funds to restore buildings used by code-breaking legends such as Alan Turing during World War II, ZDNet.com.au 's sister site CNET News.com is taking a look back at the cryptographic machines that kept vital specialists of the German, American, British, Polish, and Japanese military forces awake at night.
Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."
The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.
Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author
A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VoIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
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