Facebook has suspended the "Top Friends" application after a Canadian computer technician discovered it allowed anyone to peep through normally inaccessible parts of Facebook accounts.
Cybercrooks who rig Web sites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert said this week.
At what point does one achieve the status of cultural icon? Let's be honest: socialite Paris Hilton is an icon, Larry Ellison isn't -- although techies and geeks might disagree about the Oracle honcho.
Wise heads have already dismissed the idea of filtering pornography at the Internet service provider level, and rightly so.
The Sober attack expected later this week is unlikely to have much effect on company systems, antivirus experts predicted.
A new survey highlights a predictable problem: there could be lots of risky private information stored on USB sticks. That's about as surprising as Paris Hilton flaunting her lady garden in public.
When broadband providers offer packages that you think look to good to be true, you're rarely disappointed.
The government's Australia Connected program, it appears, is no longer an altruistic and long-overdue investment in Australia's infrastructure, but a political football whose primary purpose seems to be to send a massive "nyah-nyah" to the Labor party.
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Harvard president's comments reignite debate over women in computer science, with reformers trying to reverse guy-centric patterns.
While other tech honchos play hard to get, Microsoft's boss holds a first-of-a-kind chat with a blogger, writes News.com's Jeff Pelline.
Security is like an onion: getting to the heart of it makes people cry a lot. But in order to protect your systems, security vendors are now recommending an onion-like multilayered approach.
It works well as a GPS navigator but, as a phone, the slow responses and awful text messaging really let the A702 down.
Designed as a phone first, the slimline G600 is an excellent camera phone if you don't mind going without a slew of features available in its competition.
Far from being another update, the sequel to the V3 is a whole different kind of RAZR, with rounder edges, shiny surfaces and -- somehow -- a thinner silhouette.
Samsung's teeny tiny E590 packs a whole lot of features into a fuss-free candy bar model.
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