An Internet security analyst, was in charge of tracking illegal file sharing at the University of Georgia until he allegedly tried to shake down the student downloaders he caught. by Greg Sandoval CNET News  [ read more ]

Online payment service provider PayPal has put some of its services in India on hold, and is reversing funds requested through PayPal India, according to reports. by Liau Yun Qing ZDNet Asia  [ read more ]

Chinese authorities have broken a hacking-tool dissemination ring, according to state media. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK  [ read more ]

Oracle has released a patch for a server flaw that can be exploited over a network without the use of a username or password. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK  [ read more ]

Google has filed at least four patent applications for technology it is building into its Chrome browser to try to make the web a more powerful foundation for applications. by Stephen Shankland CNET News  [ read more ]

Energized by the debut of the Apple iPad, the global tablet market is poised to move some 50 million units in 2014, according to a new report. by Victoria Ho  [ read more ]

The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years. by Declan McCullagh CNET News  [ read more ]

Gizmodo is reporting several readers who've been given a 15 percent cash refund for having to return a broken 27-inch iMac. by Erica Ogg  [ read more ]

The Large Hadron Collider is about to enter its longest continuous operational period, in preparation for full-strength particle-smashing. by David Meyer ZDNet UK  [ read more ]

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a cybersecurity bill that calls for beefing up training, research, and coordination against cyberattacks. by Elinor Mills CNET News  [ read more ]

With a number of security breaches last year - plus new regulations and security requirements - the pressure is on healthcare organizations to better control the security of their records. by Brian Cleary, Aveksa, Special to ZDNet  [ read more ]

The Pirate Party Australia has welcomed an ISP's internet piracy victory over a coalition of film and TV studios, describing it as "a victory for common sense." by Renai LeMay ZDNet Australia  [ read more ]

The president of Chinese hardware manufacturer, Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial, told reporters that the iPad was a copy of their own tablet PC. by Kevin Kwang ZDNet Asia  [ read more ]

Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Linux kernel developer, has posted a blog explaining the decision to excise Google's Android code from the kernel. by David Meyer ZDNet UK  [ read more ]

Unless you speak lawyerese as a second language, a Web site's privacy policy can seem as incomprehensible as the loudspeakers on New York City subways. But Mozilla may do something about it. by Declan McCullagh CNET News  [ read more ]

In attempt to hide the location of its command-and-control server, the Pushdo botnet has been instructing its infected zombie computers to send fake SSL connections to major Web sites. by Elinor Mills CNET News  [ read more ]

Starting March 1, Internet Explorer users must be running at least version 7 of the browser in order to properly use Google Docs and Google Sites. by Tom Krazit CNET News  [ read more ]

Google and Neustar UltraDNS have proposed a extension to try to build some geographic awareness into the Domain Name System. by Stephen Shankland CNET News  [ read more ]

Unethical tactics employed by companies utilizing SEO tactics such as link farms and loading Web pages filled with irrelevant keywords, are not welcomed by search engine operators. by Kevin Kwang ZDNet Asia  [ read more ]

Apple's new iPad device looks like it will have some of the same security issues that affect the iPhone, such as weak encryption, said a mobile security expert. by Elinor Mills CNET News  [ read more ]