The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Customs and Border Protection practice of searching laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders.

Bob Bragdon says legislative developments can help or hinder the security industry

A Japanese journalist freed over the weekend by captors in Afghanistan managed to send two Twitter messages before his release while teaching a captor how to access the Internet on a new cell phone, he said Tuesday.

Our privacy columnist takes a close look at the privacy policies of two leading online-survey vendors.

Police across Europe conducted raids against ISPs and private individuals to collect evidence against several Web sites suspected of offering content to file-sharing networks without permission of the copyright holder.

Microsoft is looking into a long-known vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that could be used to access users' data and Web-based accounts.

Microsoft is looking into a long-known vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that could be used to access users' data and Web-based accounts.

In just one month, Mark Hurd has gone from CEO of HP, which he helped turn into the world's largest technology company, to a president of Oracle, which wants to become as big as HP or IBM.

HP paid roughly 11 times what 3Par made in revenue in 2009, so perhaps Dell should be wiping sweat from its forehead after losing the bidding battle for the storage vendor. Still, HP could make hay with 3Par in a big way.

Google's Chrome 6 is 17% faster than the version it replaced, putting it in a virtual dead heat with the speed leaders, Opera and Safari, according to benchmark scores.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is delivering one of the strongest attacks yet on offshore outsourcing, calling it not only a threat to jobs but an IT security risk.

Samsung has announced a dual-core application processor for tablets PCs, netbooks and smartphones that will be able to handle 1080p video playback and recording, the company said on Tuesday.

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle, the software company announced Monday.

Former HP CEO Mark Hurd has a new job: Oracle announced Monday night that it has hired him to be one of its two co-presidents.

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle, the software company announced Monday.

Another round of negotiations, another leak: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) published what it says is the latest draft of the secret Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) over the weekend.

If you're both adults, can someone you're living with spy on your Internet habits? nikkiraz asked the Networking forum.

When Mark Hurd resigned unexpectedly from Hewlett-Packard last month he found an outspoken supporter in the form of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. It appears now that Hurd may end up working for Ellison, according to a report Saturday in the Wall Street Journal.