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Firefox users gain location tool

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has released technology that helps websites detect the physical location of computers.

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Is anybody listening out there?

Messages are to be beamed to a planet 20 light years from Earth in the hope they will reach intelligent alien life. Some 501 photos, drawings and text messages are being transmitted by a giant radio-telescope in Ukraine normally used to track asteroids.

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'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled

Perfect secrecy has come a step closer with the launch of the world's first computer network protected by unbreakable quantum encryption at a scientific conference in Vienna.

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Oyster card hack details revealed

Details of how to hack one of the world's most popular smartcards have been published online. The research by Professor Bart Jacobs and colleagues at Radboud University in Holland reveals a weakness in the widely used Mifare Classic RFID chip

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Spam attack halts Virgin e-mail

Tens of thousands of Virgin customers have spent four days cut off from, or with little access to, their e-mail accounts after a suspected spam attack.

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Bank turmoil fuels phishing boom

Hi-tech fraudsters are taking advantage of the global financial turmoil, say governments and security experts.

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Italy pupils ditch books for PCs

Pupils at a school in Italy are replacing all their text books with computers for a year - in what is being described as a unique experiment.

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Oxbridge lectures paly on iTunes

Oxford and Cambridge University are to make lectures by leading academics available through iTunes.

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Europeans sought over hack attack

The FBI is seeking two Europeans alleged to have been involved in attacks on web retailers. Briton Lee Graham Walker and Axel Gembe of Germany are being sought in connection with attacks on two sellers of satellite TV equipment.

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Fraudsters 'target bank accounts'

The credit crunch is causing identity fraudsters to target bank account holders, a report says. The all-party parliamentary group on identity fraud says thieves are finding it more difficult to use fake identities to open new accounts because of restrictions on credit.

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DVD copying software gets pulled

Software which claimed to be a legal way of copying DVDs has been withdrawn following legal action.

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Norton Antivirus firm buys rival

US anti-virus software firm Symantec has agreed to buy web security firm MessageLabs for $695m (£401.2m).

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Mobile tracking reveals spending

UK company Path Intelligence has proved that the longer people spend in shops, the more they spend. Not a shock result perhaps but the technology behind it has a range of other uses.

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Channel 4 abandons digital radio

Channel 4 has abandoned plans to set up three digital radio stations, blaming a slump in advertising revenues.

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New media plan to combat Taleban

The European Commission has unveiled proposals to give more rights to consumers shopping online across the borders of the 27-nation EU.

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EU to expand e-shoppers' rights

The European Commission has unveiled proposals to give more rights to consumers shopping online across the borders of the 27-nation EU.

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Virtual worlds carve out new path

If you are walking with orcs in the World of Warcraft or setting up a business on planet Calypso, the real world is probably very far from your mind. But for attendees at the Virtual Worlds Forum in London this week, the question of how to bridge the gap with the real world is a very pertinent one.

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Man cleared in YouTube speed case

A young motorist has been cleared of a dangerous driving charge which was brought on the back of video footage posted on the internet site YouTube.

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Search engine Ask gets a facelift

Search engine Ask has had another makeover in an effort to gain boost the numbers of people using it.

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How to live and love online

A survey was carried for online matchmaking service eHarmony which launched in the UK this week. The site claims that it is responsible for 43,000 marriages per year in the US.

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