Three London hospitals have had to shut down most of their computer systems after being struck by a virus.
Search giant Google has quietly begun releasing a hastily prepared update to its Chrome browser to fix some security problems.
The European Commission may have decided against imposing new rules on radio frequency identification tags for now, but a top official warned on Monday that regulations are likely if future uses of the technology don't protect fundamental privacy rights.
The Northern Territory government has put its hand up as being among the victims of the Sasser worm, which began spreading across global computer networks Saturday.
Flash memory storage devices and media cards could be a serious security risk, experts said last week.
Are Australia's privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information?
Without diversity in security software for Windows, computers running the Microsoft operating system will be sitting ducks, Symantec CEO John Thompson warns.
The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.
IT decision makers need to understand the differences between intrusion detection and prevention so that they can determine which type of product will provide the best safeguards for their systems.
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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.
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A little more than one year after its release, Windows Vista will receive its first service pack update in March. Microsoft says the pack will offer better compatibility with third-party hardware, increased reliability, tighter security, and better performance. Our tests disagree.
Intel has released software that lets computers read lips, a step forward that could lead to better voice recognition applications.
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