Controversial internet security bill CISPA will most likely be scrapped, a U.S. committee representative has stated. Whilst it may be dead for now, will a new compromised version see the light of day? More...

Chinese state media have returned to their previous position in favour of Apple, praising Tim Cook for apologising over allegations of unfair treatment towards Chinese customers. More...

Intuit is having issues filing state tax returns with Minnesota and the state is calling into question the accuracy of the software company's tax software. More...

WikiLeaks tweeted yesterday that recently deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz assisted them, was in contact with Julian Assange and may have been a source for the organisation. More...

The United States government is warning PC users to disable Java on their machines, as a recently discovered flaw in the latest unpatched version is being exploited in the wild by hackers. More...

Kim Dotcom's extradition to the United States hearing could be pushed all the way back to July 2013, with the family's case reaching box-office proportions in terms of plot twists and turns. More...

A Dutch national who demanded rewards for ceasing attacks on an MMO's servers could be "levelled up" to five years in the slammer after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. More...

The Ministry of Social Development in New Zealand has suffered a massive breach of security after a blogger found theirentire network was open to be browsed by users. More...

YouTube and ABC News have partnered to bring live Presidential debates to YouTube with analysis and commentary from its partners such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. More...

Japan's government has agreed to new legislation against criminals caught downloading illegally, bringing in a maximum fine of two million yen or a potential two year stay in a prison cell. More...

The Iranian government has removed the block on Gmail again after only a week, with ministers in parliament showing their dissent against the sudden loss of one of the most popular email services. More...

Twitter, who has been fighting to protect an Occupy Wall Street protester's details from the government has surrendered the details after being forced into a metaphorical corner. More...

The FCC is considering a tax on broadband Internet services that would fund expansion of high-speed Internet access in the country for the 19 million Americans without access. More...

Google's Takedown requests have increased by over 1,000% compared to last year. The search giant now handles more than a million takedown requests weekly, from various groups and reporters. More...

Notorious hacker 'AnonymouSabu' has gained an additional six months of freedom before his sentencing trial begins, due to his willingness to cooperate with the government he previously fought against. More...

The first Windows 8 app made for the 'government' category is now available to download for Windows 8 RTM members. The app was made for the Bay County, Florida tax office. More...

After the Republican party managed to reject the Cybersecurity Bill in Congress, indications have suggested Obama could issue an executive order for the bill, completely cutting Congress out. More...

Reuters was hacked on Friday, with an account being hacked and used to spread misinformation about the situation in Syria, and specifically about the Free Syrian Army's movements. More...

The UK is working to pass a new bill that would require ISPs to store all internet data for 12 months, with metadata open for warrantless examination by everyone from law enforcement to tax inspectors More...

The Motion Picture Association of America has denied the claims of MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom that US Vice President Joe Biden ordered the raid on the file sharing website. More...

In the wake of the capture of one of the terrorists responsible for the Tokyo sarin gas attacks of 1995, Japan's government has quietly amended one of their laws which could theoretically ban YouTube. More...

Microsoft has announced a new version of its Office 365 cloud-based software service specifically for use by US government employees that will share government data in Microsoft's cloud servers. More...

Indian internet providers have taken steps to reduce the amount of piracy ongoing in the country, blocking sites such as The Pirate Bay, as well as Vimeo, for seemingly no discernible reason. More...

Google spent a company-record $5.03 million on lobbying last quarter (Q1 2012), a drastic increase over the $3.76 million it spent in government lobbying the previous quarter. More...

Months after plans emerged to force internet service providers to block 'inappropriate' content and force users to opt in to viewing that content if desired, ISPs continue to resist the proposals. More...

Research in Motion could be sold in the near future; with the Canadian government having approved it, could an investor simply swoop in and buy them out? More...

An analysis of 9,910 software applications from 2010 and 2011 shows that software developed by the U.S. government is far more likely to be vulnerable to security attacks than private sector products. More...

Alan Turing, widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, won't be receiving a posthumous pardon for his 1952 conviction of "gross indecency." More...

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that police must obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS tracker on a suspect's vehicle as it is now considered a "search," and covered by the 4th amendment. More...

As its national dependence upon digital technology develops, India has outlined plans to establish a high-security domestic voice and data network, exclusively for Government communications. More...

An Indian government minister has requested that Google and Facebook allow the government to screen content before it goes live on either service. More...

Due to ongoing demonstrations and protests within the country, the Syrian government has officially banned Apple's iPhone. Will this end up helping or hurting their cause? More...

Facebook Europe's vice-president, Joanna Shields, has stated that regardless of ongoing events in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron will never temporarily suspend the network. More...

The Ministry of Culture in China has ordered the removal of specific songs from Chinese download sites. Among these are Lady Gaga's "Judas", and bizarrely, "I Want it That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. More...

Google has set aside $500 million in anticipation of a settlement over illegal ads by online pharmacies. The settlement comes as a result of a United States Department of Justice investigation into Google. More...

The British government will officially announce tomorrow a proposed change of law that is claimed to have hindered innovation. More...

Randy Vickers, director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (or US-CERT, as it is also known), has chosen to resign, effective immediately. Vickers made the decision to leave on Friday although confirmations have... More...

Ever wondered how regularly Google is requested to remove or show content? In another move intended to highlight the company's transparency, the search giant released statistics on Monday, June 27th. The statistics displayed are broken... More...

At the beginning of this year in February, there were reports of an attack on three Canadian federal government departments by unknown perpetrators originating from China. The initial report described a breach of the internal... More...

A new bill proposed Tuesday calls for a major overhaul to a digital privacy law that is now 25 years old. It would allow for more restricted access by requiring government officials receive a probable... More...

Lately it seems that we can't go a day without learning that some device is tracking our location or that some organization is selling our private data to others. Privacy rights are decreasing, but we... More...

If only they could get along. Today, a top Microsoft lawyer lashed out at Google over newly unsealed documents from a court case between the two companies. The court case was filed by Google against... More...

As part of an initiative by the American Department of Homeland Security’s ICE project, multiple web domains were taken down this week that are accused of hosting child pornography and counterfeit goods or linking to... More...

A civil servant in Australia was fired last week when he took to Google and searched for "knockers" while using his work laptop at home. "Knockers" is vernacular for women's breasts in different parts of... More...

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has decided to exercise their powers and seize the domains to both ATDHE.net and ChannelSurfing.net earlier today. If you go to ATDHE.net, you'll be shown a statement... More...

After becoming the victim of an effective Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Sunday, the controversial and influential Wikileaks has decided to move their operation to Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing platform. A DDoS attack... More...

Microsoft is dipping its toes into education once again, in the United States. The software giant launched an informational website on Tuesday, aimed at those who wish to volunteer, donate or work in education. Like a... More...

The current Labor run Australian Government has announced that it is expanding the proposed NBN (National Broadband Network) by a further 300,000 homes and businesses, in hope of winning next months August 21st election. The opposition,... More...

Each year the US publishes a report called Special 301. The report is an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement. "This Report reflects the Administration’s resolve to encourage... More...

In a case heard by a federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday, the U.S. government argued for the right to access cell phone records of suspected criminals without a warrant according to Reuters. Lower... More...