Unencrypted data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales has gone missing after a Home Office contractor lost a USB stick on which it had been stored.
A recent court case demonstrates, once again, the dangers of assembling massive police databases and trusting that law enforcement officers with access are paragons of virtue.
The HMRC data debacle and other breaches have weakened public confidence in government data security capabilities, says a new survey.
While sci-fi concentrates on apocalyptic visions of intelligent machines, us humans are busy putting machines under our skin
Tough new laws aimed at clamping down on identity fraud are being drafted by the NSW government.
Companies are under pressure to keep more data for longer periods of time due to regulatory requirements. How should IT departments cope with electronic communications archiving?
Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Top executives should face prison if their organisations are found to be responsible for losing customer data.
Despite its clear benefits in stock tracking and the success of early, isolated pilot tests in tracking high-value assets, RFID technology is still spinning its wheels as ongoing high costs and unclear return on investment continue to keep once-enthusiastic customers away in droves.
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Viruses may be on the decline this year, but other threats--like Trojan horses and spyware--are on the rise. We tell you how these pests work--and how to protect your system from harm.
The Sony Ericsson T300 is a blocky looking phone, but comes with a colour screen and detachable camera which lifts it into the realm of cool.
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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