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Google has tried to dismiss fears it is becoming the "Big Brother of the internet" by storing details of people's personal searches. The founders of the world's largest search engine said that those who were...

Ian Goldberg, leading security researcher, professor at the University of Waterloo, and co-creator of the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) protocol recently gave a talk on protecting your IM conversations. He discusses OTR and its importance in...

Big Brother maker Endemol is to launch a virtual world where people can take part in familiar games and shows. Three dimensional worlds such as Second Life, which allow people to create online...

What more could Microsoft ask for? It has market share, cash reserves and brand recognition that most competitors could only dream of. But one prize still eludes the Redmond software giant: better customer-satisfaction ratings. To...

On Sunday, July 6, three Boulder residents discovered sophisticated Global Positioning System (GPS) devices attached to the bottom of their cars, apparently used by someone to track the whereabouts of their vehicles. ...

The U.S. government is again turning to technology to monitor suspicious activity in the name of fighting terrorism. The government has unveiled more details of its Terrorist Information and Prevention System (TIPS),...

Thanks to Bob D for the heads up ;) The European Parliament has [as was expected] voted in favour of controversial data retention regulations. The vote reverses the Parliament's...

Thanks Nick Day for this great piece. On Friday 24 May, Big Brother 3 was launched. In previous years Channel 4 have provided free access to live streams from the house on...