Microsoft is changing the way its flagship Internet Explorer web browser prompts users during the installation process, in a move that could be a response to increasing pressure from the European Union over antitrust claims.

Over half a million credit card holders may have had their account details captured by hackers, after web hosting firm Network Solutionsrevealed that more than 4,000 of the e-commerce sites it hosts could have been breached..

Customisable version of popular scheduling tool also available for SMEs.

A new SQL injection attack has already snared over 50,000 legitimate web sites, and threatens to cause havoc for innocent internet users, according to new research from ScanSafe.

Facebook users who allow third-party applications onto their desktop have been warned that a rogue Facebook app is luring users to a site set up to harvest their credentials.

Surfers are being warned not to click on shortened URLs on sites such as Twitter, after it emerged that a major URL shortening service was hacked at the weekend..

Infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has been bought by Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X.

Senior executives at Mozilla have argued that recent proposals by Microsoft to appease European Commission (EC) anti-trust regulators over the unfair bundling of Internet Explorer (IE) in Windows products do not go far enough..

Ask Jeeves has unveiled a database of 300 million pairs of questions and answers, designed to give users more accurate search results.

Google has launched a new translation feature in Gmail which could allow colleagues in global organisations to communicate with each other in their native language..

Computational knowledge engine gets tentative thumbs-up, but problems persist.

Microsoft has dropped plans to ship a version of Windows 7 without Internet Explorer, after the European Commission voiced its objections to the proposals.

Scores, video highlights and Twitter feeds delivered to the handset, and something special if you have an Android phone

Trademark holders at risk, warns World Intellectual Property Organisation.

A new Sophos report is warning users of social networks such as Facebook and MySpace not to be complacent and stay vigilent against hackers and criminal networks keen on using the data found on the sites.

Sleepless nights, headaches as a result of IT problems at work, physical abuse - are IT workers unfairly copping it?.

Web giant Google has admitted it thought the sudden spike in searches for Michael Jackson on Thursday was a massive, coordinated internet attack, leading it to post an error page on Google News.

Software automatically shuts down PCs when not in use.

The author of the first iPhone worm has been given a job with Australian iPhone app developer Mogeneration, much to the disgust of security experts

Software Assurance customers are eligible for upgrade as part of a special promotion, according to reports overseas.