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

Jack Thompson claims game puts him at 'risk of death'.

Microsoft lacks credibility in securing its own operating system, security vendor alleges.

PayPal is planning to open up its online payment service to outside developers..

Script-kiddie virus authoring tool starts churning out custom exploit code.

One of the outfits behind the MP3 format, Thompson, has developed a backward-compatible, lossless, high definition MP3 format for the next generation of music.

A 43-year-old man has been charged with DVD piracy following a police and industry investigator raid that unearthed a massive counterfeiting operation in a Coffs Harbour house in February.

Police have raided a Coffs Harbour premises and uncovered a DVD pirating operation alleged to be worth $750,000.

We've spotted what appears to be the first sales of Intel's new wonder-chip, and no it's not in an Eee PC.

But new report suggests this is a big mistake.

Company cuts deal with California Attorney General.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.