A LIGHT has been shone on one of the great mysteries of the internet. What is the point of the two slashes infront of the "www"?

THE government will rewrite the 21-year-old privacy Act for the technology age, ending the fragmentation of state laws.

The chipmaker's third-quarter earnings and revenue topped Wall Street estimates, and the company expects fourth-quarter revenue to come in ahead of projections

In its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, Microsoft issued fixes for two Windows 7 vulnerabilities plus a number of zero-day flaws elsewhere

(Telecompaper) Nokia has launched the Nokia Booklet 3G in the US with AT&T, Best Buy and Microsoft. The Intel Atom-powered Nokia Booklet 3G mini-laptop will deliver up to 12 hours of battery life, weighs less than 2.76 pounds, and offers embedded 3G/ HSPA as well as Wi-Fi. The mini-laptop also comes with an HDMI port for HD video out, a front facing camera for video calling, integrated Bluetooth and SD card reader. Other features include the glass 10.1 inch HD-ready display, integrated A-GPS with Ovi Maps, and the latest version of Ovi Suite for synching with a Nokia mobile device. The Nokia Booklet 3G will be sold at all Best Buy locations nationwide as well as at the more than 50 Best Buy Mobile standalone stores across the country. The Nokia Booklet 3G will be offered at an introductory price of USD 299.99 with an AT&T Data Connect two-year plan. The Nokia Booklet 3G should arrive in stores by mid-November, and Best Buy expects to begin taking orders online and in stores on 22 Octob

GE and others invest in photovoltaic booster technology that the start-up says could increase a solar power system's output by 25 percent.

Reference architecture is designed for utilities that need to integrate their IT systems and collect more customer usage data in smart-grid programs.

A factor-of-two advantage, even if it's an inherent, persistent advantage, isn't enough to unseat an incumbent solution in the face of even the mildest competitive disadvantage. Part three of three.

Software is said to support language translation for different asset classes and locales as well as let users source multiple golden copies.

Hackers target Adobe Reader zero-day flaw in PDF attackAdobe issued a security update today that patched 29 vulnerabilities in its popular PDF viewing and editing applications, most of them bugs that attackers can use to grab control of personal computers.