Todd R. Weiss

The FBI

A U.S. government computer security agency recommends that Windows XP users consider turning off XP

As expected in the weeks before Christmas, online retail sales are up.

In an eSpending study released Dec. 17, consumer spending online increased by 91 per cent, to US$2.6 billion in the first week of December, compared to an average week in November, when sales were about US$1.4 billion.

A two-year U.S. investigation into international software piracy over the Internet culminated yesterday in the serving of more than 100 search warrants against suspects allegedly involved in piracy syndicates.

A 20-year-old computer hacker who last weekend alerted telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. about security holes he uncovered inside the company's network said he enters corporate Web sites without permission to satisfy his curiosity.

A 20-year-old computer hacker who last weekend alerted telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. about security holes he uncovered inside the company's network said he enters corporate Web sites without permission to satisfy his curiosity.

Lucent Technologies Inc. said this month that it plans to sell its 1,400-worker enterprise professional services division by the end of the year, as it continues to restructure its business in a tough market.