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Mainz, Germany - Spam is losing none of its annoyance and is becoming even more dangerous, according to analysts at Sophos - a German security software firm. During the third quarter, one out of every 416 e-mails contained a potentially dangerous att...

Dortmund, Germany - Twenty-first century office workers are so preoccupied with their e-mail accounts that do not have enough time for their actual job, according to Germany's Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA). It recommende...

Darmstadt - Hackers are always refining their methods of sniffing out other people's passwords. That's why experts advise that you always select tough-to-crack passwords. That means using different passwords for different web sites. Luckily, special ...

AFP - Get ready for White House 2.0. That's what many are expecting when President-Elect Barack Obama becomes President Obama in January and puts the power of his unprecedented internet operation to work in the Oval Office.

AFP - Barack Obama's internet-savvy campaign team will revolutionize White House communications like late president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) did with the radio, according to NDN think tank president Simon Rosenberg.

CNET - During a trip Down Under, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has had a lot to say. This week in Sydney, Australia, he has stated that he isn't interested in wooing Yahoo anymore, he doesn't understand how Google plans to profit from Android, and he has confidence in President-elect Barack Obama's leadership.

Though fewer servers were sold, the research firm points to the trend in virtualization and consolidation.

Consumers say Apple must lower the phone's $500 price for them to make the move.

HP still rules, Sun is making money again and mainframe sales keep on chugging.

Google's CEO takes himself out of the running to be the United States' first chief technology officer.