An obscure hacker group broke into and tampered with the Web site of the GermanVerfassungsschutz, the federal agencyresponsible for protecting the constitution.
As of last weekend, it has become a crime in Germany to build, sell, obtain or distribute so-called "hacking tools", which experts say will damage overall computer security by severely curtailing legitimate research and analysis, and prevent "good" hackers from discovering and plugging system security holes.
VoIP provider Skype's encryption creates serious problems for the German Federal Police Office(BKA) according to Jörg Ziercke, BKA president.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in internet history, a French web official said.
Australia's second level domain name system for government may have an air of legitimacy, but bureaucratic bungling is confusing Web administration between levels of government, according to one German researcher.
Ben Ling, director of product marketing for the Facebook platform, gave a brief peek of the upcoming profile page update and outlined Facebook's vision at Graphing Social Patterns conference.
A Sydney Web-based business has been stripped of its registered domain name with only 24 hours notice by an administrative body, after it was found to have "wrongly lapsed" from its original owner early last year.
Security firm F-Secure has discovered a password stealing trojan targeting Commonwealth Bank users -- and the malware isn't being detected by the free antivirus software the bank is offering its online users.
Google has expanded its ever growing kit of online tools with a new language translation service.
While YouTube claims that its new filter system is the best they can do to stop piracy, another company wants to step in with what they describe as better coverage.
A Sydney Web-based business has been stripped of its registered domain name with only 24 hours notice by an administrative body, after it was found to have "wrongly lapsed" from its original owner early last year.
In a test of over a thousand Web sites in Europe, Linux-based servers were found to be faster and more reliable than sites based on Microsoft's IIS Web server software.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.
Teams from around the world were on the move across Australia this past week to show what a homemade car and some solar panels can do.
Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?
Necessity truly was the mother of invention at AGR Upstream Petroleum, a natural resource exploration firm that last year found itself needing a way to co-ordinate a AU$100 million ship refit involving nearly 40 subcontractors in three countries.
Search giant's HR director talks about what it means to be "Google-y" and the perks designed to keep Googlers happy.
A team of researchers at software maker SAP is studying how to make the company's line of business applications easier to use and modify, an effort within the company known by the code name Project Vienna.
Fourteen minutes into Argentina's first World Cup match on June 10, a header bounced off the goalpost and into the Ivory Coast keeper's hands -- and maybe all the way across the goal line.
En route to Melbourne this weekend, Formula 1 team AT&T Williams' lead driver Nico Rosberg hopes to power ahead thanks to a new sponsorship deal with Lenovo.
BitDefender Antivirus 10 is a solid antivirus and antispyware solution, offering two-year subscriptions for the price of one elsewhere; however, it could be faster, offer built-in help, and uninstall better.
Nokia's N73 is one of the best camera phones we've seen this year, with a wide range of multimedia and business features tucked under its belt. Responsiveness, however, is not a strong point.
This much-anticipated update to Live Meeting faces stiff competition from WebEx and GoToMeeting.
Microsoft on Friday quietly released a new Macintosh version of its Windows Media Player software.
Microsoft on Monday released an update to its Tablet PC operating system that lets a device habla espanol and at the same time parle francais.
Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.
The company updates the test version of its new Web browser as part of its efforts to distance its software environment from Microsoft's.
A major upgrade to the Linux graphical user environment includes faster-running applications and a Web browser improved with help from Apple's Safari.
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing says it's just a year away from launching a commercial broadband service for passengers on its planes.
This week I learned about a "trick" that you can do in Windows which, as far as I am concerned, is a serious security risk.
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