Malicious code rise driven by web

The number of new pieces of malicious software has doubled in the last year with the web being used increasingly to distribute the code, a report says.

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Inside Industrial Light and Magic

Visual effects wizards Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) have helped redefine the film industry over the last 32 years.

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PS3 boosts protein research plan

Attempts to understand diseases such as Alzheimers have got a boost from Sony's PlayStation 3 console.

More than 250,000 PS3 owners have enrolled their console in the Folding@Home project which uses it to study the shapes proteins assume.

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China leader urges net crackdown

"Unhealthy" content should be purged from the net and replaced with Communist doctrine, China President Hu Jintao was reported as saying.

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Detective agency 'paid to spy'

A private detective firm earned tens of thousands of pounds by hacking into people's computers and bugging telephones, a court has heard.

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Lords offer new angle on e-crime

A website for people to report cyber-crime is one idea being considered by a government committee set up to look at internet security.

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Cutting edge security technology on show

An investigation into some of the interesting products and companies touting their wares in an effort to counter the bad guys.

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Mouse brain simulated on computer

US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer.

The scientists ran a "cortical simulator" that was as big and as complex as half of a mouse brain on the BlueGene L supercomputer.

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Game combats campus culture shock

A computer game has been devised to help overseas students deal with the culture shocks of university life in Britain, like seeing kissing in public.

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Wi-fi laptop fears for children

Computers with wireless internet should not be placed on children's laps, says the head of the government's committee on mobile phone safety research.

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Research opens way for bionic eye

US scientists have opened the way for the development of a "bionic eye".

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Motorists hit by card clone scam

Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to have lost millions of pounds in an international criminal operation.

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Global net use makes rapid rise

The net is helping to close the digital divide between industrialised nations, suggests a report.

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Doctor training 'security lapse'

The Department of Health has apologised for an apparent security lapse which allowed the personal details of junior doctors to be accessed online.

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Robot future poses hard questions

Scientists have expressed concern about the use of autonomous decision-making robots, particularly for military use.

As they become more common, these machines could also have negative impacts on areas such as surveillance and elderly care, the roboticists warn.

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Switch on for Square Mile wi-fi

The City of London has fired up its first mesh wi-fi network, promising net access from just about anywhere in the Square Mile.

The area in London is not just Europe's leading financial centre - it is said to be the continent's most advanced wireless network too.

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How to keep your wi-fi network safe

With growing numbers using wi-fi in their homes, Paul Rubens looks at how good security is on these networks.

In less than two minutes hackers can defeat the security measures protecting many home wireless internet connections.

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