Four hours of video could net three years in prison.

Spammer Eddie Davidson (now on the run from prison) is just the latest in a history of IT identities in trouble with the law. Here are five of the most publicised IT criminals.

Three month prison term stands.

A 21 year old student faces twenty years in prison for accessing Sarah Palin’s email account and publishing what he found..

Student faces 69 felony counts for altering transcripts.

Two brothers sent down in major sting.

A Swedish court has decided to send four blokes running the Pirate Bay P2P service to prison.

$1m junk mail ring smashed.

A North Carolina man was sentenced this week to a nine year jail term for spamming millions of America Online users, America's first felony conviction for spewing junk mail.

We've seen the new Wolverine film and we're pretty sure it's going to divide audiences. How does it compare to the rest of the series? The quality of the effects? The acting? The story? We've got the quick answers.

Online hacks the fastest growing segment of imprisoned press.

Every industry has its share of villains, and the computing world is no different.

The use of LimeWire as a tool for identity theft has been highlighted by a court case in Seattle.

More than $1m nabbed using fake credit cards.

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Four men have been jailed in China for creating and distributing a version of Windows XP with authentication and certification systems disabled..

A member of the California assembly has tabled a bill that would force mapping companies to blur out millions of images in case they aid terrorists..

Six years in prision for viewing 'immoral content'.

And surprisingly, the site operators vow the site will stay online.