We own your software, not you

Agents have to give laptops back under proposed legislation.

No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines.

To honour John Hughes, we've listed tech movies that give you all an excuse to sit down with a DVD or two and enjoy tech in the movies..

Software will store details of damage inflicted on Apple devices, including heat or water, into digital memory.

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

Strong on data security measures, this drive is a stand-out.

Australian consumer watchdog the ACCC have been given the web’s favourite whipping horse an almighty kick in the pants, telling the auction giant that mandatory PayPal is hardly fair-dinkum.

Grace period being exploited, claims registry.

Well, sort of. The search firm pledges 'a bit more' openness, though the search algorithms are still the crown jewels.

Can 'crimes' committed online, such as theft or murder, get you in trouble with the police? Davey Winder investigates.

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Software giant in legal trouble again, this time over sharing data info with competitors.

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Activity levels for Cutwail, one of the world's largest botnets, fell by 90 per cent after the recent shutdown of a Latvian ISP, but sprung back within just 48 hours, according to MessageLabs..

A rough, tough laptop with serious attitude, but its keyboard proves an Achilles heel.

Microsoft's announcement yesterday that it will unbundle Internet Exploder (IE) from Windows 7 in Europe has been met with widespread skepticism

NEC’s contribution to the ultraportable market is tougher than most, but it still struggles against the competition

The 13.3in addition to Dell’s recently redesigned Vostro range is an unmitigated success

We get our hands on Olympus’s newest additions to the mju range, including one with a 7x optical zoom and one waterproof to 10 metres.