Google Street View may get a bad rap from some overzealous privacy watchdogs and conspiracy theorists, but it just helped police save a young girl who had been kidnapped over the weekend.In the case, read more » DiscussBury
Scareyourself.comAll 43 police forces across England and Wales are now offering online crime maps showing offences broken down by area.… read more » DiscussBury
"The U.S. government urged Internet standard-setters to move slowly on a proposal to relax rules on domain names such as .com or .edu, over concerns about economic costs and security." read more » DiscussBury
Dan Goodin of THe Register writes "The Recording Industry Association of America has signaled a major strategy shift in its war against the downloading of copyrighted music, saying it would largely read more » DiscussBury
Robert McMillan reports on how criminals are switching from phishing - which security professionals have worked hard to make ineffective - to malware. read more » DiscussBury
"To help struggling libraries get on their 21st century feet, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a grant program of $6.9 million that will go toward launching a pilot broadband init read more » DiscussBury
"Google and Microsoft said Monday that they have not backed away from their support for net neutrality principles, despite a report to the contrary. Both companies denied much of the information..." read more » DiscussBury