When the Communications Decency Act (CDA) was enshrined into law with the passage of the historic Telecommunications Act of 1996, it contained a number of controversial provisions that covered "obscene or indecent" online content.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has accused RealNetworks of destroying evidence relevant to a lawsuit over the company's DVD-copying software.

In our recent review of iPhoto '09, we noted that its new ability to sync albums to Flick

Part of Apple's Tuesday surprise, in which the firm refreshed its entire desktop computing line, was about a lack of things: how much less the products weighed than pr

IDC updated its PC shipment forecast on Thursday, saying it would worsen in 2009 before showing a gradual recovery in 2010.

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Don't get Patrik Runald wrong: the Downadup worm (also called Conficker) has been a big deal. It's just that F-Secure's chief security advisor doesn't want people overlooking the other 29,999 malware files his company sees every day, or ignoring the prospects of smart phone malware or even threats that exploit the TinyURLs made so popular through social network sites.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is telling thousands of police officers that their personal information may be compromised due to a suspected data theft done by an insider in the police pension fund, according to reports in New York's daily newspapers Thursday.

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For the most part, advocates of free markets contend that competition and innovation go hand-in-hand, as individuals and companies compete to find optimal solutions that will bring them financial success.

One-time security consultant and significant black hat John Schiefer has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple

counts of fraud last April.

Over 50 years after its last major overhaul, there's a widespread sense that the US patent system has gone off the rails.