Chip firms have warned that counterfeit components such as integrated circuits can reduce systems' performance and reliability, and in some cases endanger lives.
Google, Yahoo, MSN along with other search and e-mail companies may no longer be acting illegally if they spy on their customers and then share that information with the National Security Agency.
The New Zealand government has signed an agreement with the country's biggest phone companies to introduce mobile blocking technology into Kiwi prisons.
Microsoft filed seven lawsuits against Microsoft Action Pack Subscriptions partners, marking the first time the company has taken legal action against its MAPS partners for alleged breach of contract.
A federal appeals court on Friday handed a major setback to the record industry's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file swappers, in a high-profile case pitting copyright law against the privacy rights of Internet users.
The weekend's Big Brother "sex scandal", during which the official site's live feed and forums were taken offline, highlights an issue that is provoking debate across the globe: to what extent are Web site administrators responsible for the conduct of their users?
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.
Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.
New coalition to name companies that sneak ads and spying programs onto computers of unsuspecting Web surfers.
A new report raises doubts that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without using an earlier operating system. Additional reading: Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft
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The federal government has formally asked the Australian Communications Authority to investigate the feasibility of allowing state governments to jam mobile phone signals in jails.
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