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CNET - On the eve of the dueling demo-fests, Demo impresario Chris Shipley confesses that she has had it with the shoddy reporting, invective and arrogance that has attended most of the commentary on the phony faceoff between her conference and TechCrunch.

Feldkirchen, Germany - Intel has announced plans to start selling solid state drives (SSD) for laptops and desktop computers. Plans are afoot to have 1.8 inch and 2.5 inch versions of the SSDs available to computer manufacturers by late September, ac...

Washington - Tired of having to enter your logon name every time you start Vista? With a simple hack, you can banish the logon screen for good. Open Vista's Start menu and type netplwiz into the Start menu's search box. The Advanced User Accounts Con...

Bonn, Germany - It's fairly normal nowadays to install virus scanners on a computer and use a firewall when surfing the web to block possible attacks. So why is e-mail encryption still so uncommon?Only about 5 per cent of users take steps to protect ...

The CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency are reportedly testing a social-networking site designed for use by analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.

The Association of National Advertisers announces it has sent a letter to the top antitrust chief for the U.S. Department of Justice, issuing its objections to the controversial Yahoo-Google search ad partnership.

TELECOM New Zealand is preparing to kick-start a new $300 million third-generation mobile phone network.

AP - A group representing big-spending national advertisers said Sunday it sent a letter to the Justice Department asserting an online ad partnership between Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. will stifle competition and likely raise prices.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal, the group said on Sunday.

THE mobile telephone records of Queensland motorists involved in serious crashes are being scrutinised, police have confirmed.