Ask Dave Taylor: What's important when buying a new computer? Ask Dave Taylor: What's important when buying a new computer? Q: My computer is tired, old and slow as molasses.

Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter. With hundreds of new pieces of malware being discovered every month, virus hunters are at the front line of the war on malicious software.

Email Scam Targets Microsoft Customers. Email scams are a common way to spread malware and/or steal personal information.

Students At Rice Learn How Vulnerable Electronic Voting Really Is. This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used in today's..

Palin E-Mail Hacker Indicted. Son of Democratic state representative indicted for hack of Republican vice presidential candidate's private e-mail FOXNews.com Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Photos David C. Kernell, 20, was indicted by a federal..

Fake YouTube Pages Used To Spread Viruses. Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online.

Symantec Strengthens Protection Against Data Loss at the Endpoint. Data Loss Prevention 9.0 to Address New Threats with Most Significant Product Release To-Date THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Symantec Vision. As part of its Information Risk Management Strategy, Symantec Corp.

Computer data breach at South Tahoe High School. A South Tahoe High School student has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into the school's computer system, school officials said.

Palin hacker indicted. A federal grand jury has indicted the man accused of hacking into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palina s e-mail account.

Symantec acquires MessageLabs to extend it presence in the SaaS segment. Symantec Corp. has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MessageLabs.

Quantum encryption at the verge of commercial use. A group of international researchers and Siemens Austria has demonstrated in Vienna the transmission of quantum-encrypted messages across commercial telecommunication links.

Computer hacker sentenced to prison. A Fairfield computer hacker once known as "'Silenz" and "sZ" has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Groups hack Al Arabiya website. Dubai: The website of Al Arabiya news channel was hacked on Friday by Shiite groups in an apparent tit-for-tat response to recent attacks on Shiite websites by Sunni hackers.

Self-destructing e-mail addresses. Lucky is the e-mail user who hasn't received solicitations for aphrodisiacs or online casinos - commonly known as spam.

There's No Debate: Palin, Obama Spam Beats Biden, McCain. No matter which party you're following this election season, I'm sure you've seen plenty of election-based spam, if you don't have a spam filter or use a webmail service such as Gmail.

Blog Scams: Blog Scams Are a Growing Business. While I can excuse those who overhype their Plugins, Themes, and contests on their blog, I have a hard time forgiving those who use their blogs as scams.

Robbery suspect sought. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Managing editor Video surveillance at the Sinclair station on Northdale Boulevard, Coon Rapids, the evening of Oct.

Symantec announces product upgrades. Security company Symantec has announced three security products that it claims organisations can use to secure and manage unstructured information, including email, instant messages and files.

Cyberscams Exploit Consumers' Fears. The rippling financial crisis has sent consumers scurrying to the Internet for answers and advice.

Re-enact the Final Battle of 19th Century North America in New PC Game Birth of America II. Birth of America II: Wars in America 1750-1815 is the sequel to the successful strategy PC game Birth of America.