Thanksgiving design flaw in Windows exposes millions of computers
to hijacking by computer criminals.
Australians are impulsive email users and oblivious to online
etiquette, new research has found.
South Korea is leading the world with a new boot camp, set up to
tackle the growing internet addiction problem.

As consumers hold tight to their wallets, online retailers will
work harder this year for their share of the holiday gift list.
As consumers hold tight to their wallets, online retailers will work harder this year for their share of the holiday gift list.
Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance had written him to claim that his 10-person architectural firm in Galveston, Texas, was using unlicensed software.
In a surprising reversal of roles, nanotechnology scientists
outrival the general public in seeing a cause for concern in some
aspects of their work, according to a study published Sunday.
If the experience of the world's largest software vendor is any guide, the industry's best hope for reducing piracy rests with anti-copying technologies rather than in policing the legalistic user agreements that restrict how software can be used.
The Business Software Alliance collects tens of millions of US dollars in settlements from companies it accuses of software piracy, but it doesn't have to file lawsuits to do it. Instead the BSA usually gets companies to convict themselves through a "self audit."
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This is the tale of one man's nervous foray into social networking.
The Nintendo Wii is well on the road to becoming the most
successful games console ever after reaching 200,000 unit sales in
just 50 weeks.
Chinese internet users are more likely to depend on their online
experiences than their U.S. counterparts, according to a study.
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