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Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study shows.

Researchers have discovered and neutralized a serious vulnerability present in all versions of Android, the popular operating system developed by Google specifically for smartphones and tablet computers. The vulnerability could have been easily exploited by malicious software applications, with the effect of making devices based on Google's operating system currently on the market completely unusable.

Why should you pay for your porn instead of downloading it illegally? Because the consequences of doing so could be costly.

This is what consumerization in the enterprise looks like: communications company Polycom unveils a new, softer corporate identity.

Scientists are awaiting the announcement of a decision on where the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescope will be built.

The government is considering introducing filters to block adult material as a default for internet customers to help parents stop their children seeing inappropriate material.

The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards. - Gene Spafford

I think it’s a new feature. Don’t tell anyone it was an accident. - Larry Wall