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Malicious insider attacks to rise

The world's biggest software maker has warned companies to expect an increase in "insider" security attacks by disgruntled, laid-off workers.

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Microsoft bounty for worm creator

A reward of $250,000 (£172,000) has been offered by Microsoft to find who is behind the Downadup/Conficker virus.

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Obama begins cybersecurity review

A review of how well the US thwarts spies and malicious hackers has been started by President Barack Obama.

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System 'to help winter crashes'

Inventors have claimed to have developed the world's first computer weather forecast system aimed at preventing road accidents in winter.

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Simulation targets early cosmos

Scientists have used a supercomputer to simulate what the Universe was like as the first galaxies were forming.The model maps how matter is thought to have been distributed a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

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NHS boss attacks e-records system

A new NHS computerised medical records system on trial at a London hospital has been criticised by a hospital boss for causing "heartache and hard work".

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Italy police warn of Skype threat

Criminals in Italy are increasingly making phone calls over the internet in order to avoid getting caught through mobile phone intercepts, police say.

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Privacy groups slam new rules

Privacy groups say widely-anticipated recommendations on how websites collect, save and share information about users don't protect the public.

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Teens targeted in net safety push

Half of Europe's teenagers browse the web with no parental oversight or supervision, a survey suggests.

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Fresh start for lost file formats

Long lost file formats could soon be resurrected by pan-European research. The 4.02m euro (£3.58m) project aims to create a universal emulator that can open and play obsolete file formats.

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Students to get laptop trackers

Students in NI will soon be able to have a tracker installed in their laptops free of charge by the police. If a computer is stolen, officers hope they will able to use the tracker to trace its movements remotely.

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Don't be bitter as Twitter gets fitter

Click reporter LJ Rich talks about Twitter and whether the surge of interest in it is improving or impairing the micro-blogging system.

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Time-saving tech for Derby police

Gone are the days of spending two hours writing a police statement. In Derbyshire, officers are swapping their notebooks and pens for a small memory card, so that hours of film can be gathered as evidence on something as small as a fingerprint.

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Big Brother cameras grow big ears

Security cameras have long been a fact of Scottish life, viewed with relief by many communities and with suspicion by civil libertarians. But what if they were listening to you as well? It has already happened in Glasgow.

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New service is all in a day's SMS

A new scheme that distributes simple tasks via text messages is being used to target a potential untapped work force in developing countries.

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Amazon launches new Kindle reader

Online retailer Amazon has launched the new version of its electronic book reader, Kindle.

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TalkTalk customers' ongoing woes

TalkTalk broadband customers from across the country have been experiencing difficulties with browsing and TalkTalk email since Friday.

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Queen launches new-look website

The Queen has relaunched her website at a Buckingham Palace reception in the company of the world wide web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

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Russian and US satellites collide

US and Russian communications satellites have collided in space in what is thought to be the biggest incident of its kind to date.

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EU backs video games for children

Video games should have a "red button" parents can press to disable inappropriate games, says a report.

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