Security

Microsoft to patch app that strips DRM technology

FairUse4WM could allow users to access files on without paying

Update: Lenovo, Apple rank low on eco-friendly policies

Greenpeace ranks Nokia, Dell, and HP highly but gives low marks to Lenovo, Motorola, and Apple

Hackers still important, Red Hat exec says

Interview: Red Hat VP discusses the role of volunteer hackers in open-source software development

TSMC claims SMIC broke terms of 2005 settlement

Claims threaten to revive the long-dormant patent-infringement battle between the two contract chip makers

Juniper crams security tools into appliances

The company has integrated antispam capability, as well as an antivirus toolset that also fights spyware, adware and phishing

Cell phone attacks loom

Busted botnet operator gets 3 years

21 year old Christopher Maxwell was sentenced on Friday to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to operating an botnet that was responsible, among other things, for knocking a Seattle hospital offline, accor

Hack, snoop, and snitch vigilantes

Paris Hilton accused of voice-mail hacking

The accusation once again illustrates how inexpensive telephony software can be misused

NSA takes the blame, Google protects its name

Dell gives chest-beating journalist his 15 minutes of flame