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100m Facebook users' data published

100m Facebook users' data published
   

Details of more than 100 million Facebook users have been harvested and published on the net by a security researcher.
   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10796584
   

Amazon offers new look UK Kindle

Amazon offers new look UK Kindle
   

Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.
   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10786882
   

Nintendo game copiers 'illegal'

Nintendo game copiers 'illegal'
   

A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK.
   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10790835
   

Legal action on 'zombie cookies'

Legal action on 'zombie cookies'
   

Lawsuit filed in San Francisco district court after firms resurrected deleted browser cookies.
   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10787882
   

IE 8 SmartScreen Filter Reaches Important Milestone

IE 8 SmartScreen Filter Reaches Important Milestone

Socially engineering attacks like malware are a growing threat on the internet and are one of the most common risks to people’s safety online. We introduced malware protection in Internet Exp…

Cyber security specialists sought

Cyber security specialists sought
   

A national competition is kicked off to find people who will help defend the UK against the rising tide of cyber crime.
   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10742588
   

BlackBerrys pose 'security risk'

BlackBerrys pose 'security risk'
   

The United Arab Emirates says that it is considering restrictions on BlackBerry phones, as they pose a "national security risk".
   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10761210
   

US hits out at Afghan war leaks

US hits out at Afghan war leaks
   

Washington condemns as "irresponsible" the release by Wikileaks website of 90,000 secret US military records about the conflict in Afghanistan.
   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10758578
   

GM, BMW choose MeeGo for 'in-vehicle infotainment'

GM, BMW choose MeeGo for 'in-vehicle infotainment'
   

The GENIVI Alliance, a non-profit industry alliance whose founding members include BMW Group, Delphi, GM, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA, Visteon and Wind River, have announced that they have cho…

Dell drops support for Ubuntu on its website

Dell drops support for Ubuntu on its website
   

The Linux users of the world who want to take the platform mainstream have been dealt a serious blow by Dell.  Dell has pulled Ubuntu offerings from its website but will still allow systems with Ubu…