How To Protect And Survive The Internet Wild West

Introduction If you didn't know much about Cloud storage, then the media storm surrounding the launch of Google Drive would suggest you are now well aware of the concept. What you may not realise is that Google Drive arrives late...

According to Andrew Miller MP, chair of the Commons Science and Technology Committee, the government should stop scaring web users over cyber crime and should instead concentrate on spreading awareness of how to stay safe...

Are you a 'celebrity'? How would you know? Would the general public flock to a porn site with your name on it? What if you're Coke? Would the existence of a website called donkeycoke.xxx harm your brand? What about...

Google’s Chrome web browser is now being used by one in every eight internet users as it continues to inch towards web browser dominance.According to new data released by Net Applications, Chrome’s user base increased...

Search engine giant Google has released a pair of TV ads promoting its Google Chrome web browser. The two 90-second ads tell Americans who use Internet Explorer or another default browser about the options that they have and what...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation alongside digital human rights campaign group Access, has announced a new project promoting privacy on the Internet.The EFF's HTTPS Now project aims to help ensure that the personal information...

Microsoft has issued an online advisory to Australian users of Internet Explorer 6, asking them to upgrade to the latest version of the browser.The online advisory released by Microsoft compares the Internet Explorer 6 web...

The end of the Safer Internet Day worldwide comes as a number of territories including India, Australia and the European Union marked the day with events and campaigns aimed at bringing home the issue of self-protection...

Advertisers and agencies in the US have promised to create a code of practice to allay fears about increasingly intrusive forms of online advertising. Four major advertising trade associations said that they will work together on...

A US Internet Service Provider (ISP), McColo was knocked offline on Tuesday after a research report alleged that the company aided cybercriminals in promoting spams, child pornography, and other online frauds.  Several...

AOL today announced that Camille de Stempel, its Director of Consumer Advocacy and Privacy for AOL Europe, has been appointed to the UK Council for Child Internet Safety, chaired by government ministers.De Stempel has been...

Researchers at the Swiss Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, IBM and Google carried out an 18-month study and found out that most Internet Explorer users are not using fully patched (and safer) browsers. Firefox came...

Comparing Broadband offers for businesses is one of the most time-consuming and complicated things to do; get it wrong and you could be offline for weeks, losing precious revenue.Unlike, say a laptop, you cannot test your...

Cloudmark Inc announced new research into mobile messaging abuse trends in Asia, North America and Europe that point to a precipitous rise in mobile spam, phishing and virus attacks in 2008. Cloudmark solutions currently protect...

Opera Software filed a complaint with the European Commission yesterday which is aimed at giving consumers a genuine choice of Web browsers.The complaint describes how Microsoft is abusing its dominant position by tying its...