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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally named a leader for its cybersecurity efforts on Monday, fulfilling a promise made last July by an agency that has drawn poor marks for digital security.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) board members and journalists were under physical surveillance by investigators trying to find out who was providing information to reporters, and private investigators tried to put tracking software on a journalist's computer to keep tabs on e-mail, according to a New York Times report.

A court forced Google Inc. on Monday to remove all French and German language newspapers published in Belgium from its Google News search service.

Is it software sharing or piracy? The debate rages on, with some Canadian commentators taking a very different stance from the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST).

Two years ago U.S. President George Bush ordered the federal government to be ready by this Oct. 27 to issue a standards-based identity card that federal employees and government contractors would use for computer and building access.

Authorities have charged a 21 year-old Unisys Corp. subcontractor with stealing a desktop computer with billing information on as many as 38,000 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical patients.

Is it software sharing or piracy? The debate rages on, with some Canadian commentators taking a very different stance from the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST).