A newly discovered threat might be used for 'drive-by' downloads

reporter's notebook Visiting a friend's house during a recent business trip to New York, I had an unexpected and quite shocking run-in with a rabbit.

Open-source encyclopedia's founder asks users: What do you want for free?

Attackers have found a way to use a genuine MySpace account to trick users into disclosing passwords.

Legacy hardware difficulties caused multiple outages this week, affecting many bloggers

The Spanish start-up FON wants you to help it unwire San Francisco and other cities around the globe by providing ubiquitous Wi-Fi access.

Security firm finds a bug that could allow hackers to spoof Web sites; Microsoft says there's an issue.

GNER's trains are all Wi-Fi-enabled ahead of schedule, but one rival operator claim there's little demand for wireless on the railways

Two reported security flaws are 'just noise' and don't present any real risk to Firefox users, according to Mozilla

The bug appears to be the first genuine, publicly disclosed flaw in Microsoft's new browser

Mobile Field Service and Siebel Wireless are now certified and available for the E61 and E62

Foundry is the latest vendor to build firewall and denial-of-service protection into the network

The company is making the anti-spam Framework available under its Open Specification Promise programme

Google Custom Search Engine is aimed at Web site and blog publishers

New mapping overlay serves up details about 2006 elections.

Anti-spam service has shaken off an attempt to have its domain name suspended

Juniper and Silver Peak both beefed up their WAN appliances this week

Latest browser proves popular, although some people are reporting minor problems

Certification should help Visto get its push email service onto more smartphones

With Firefox 2.0 waiting in the wings, Mozilla wants to hear which browser features you'd like to see in the future

Hackers and network problems plague blogging tool.

New tool aims to link diseases with treatments.

Problems with Microsoft Update platform delay 26 fixes to many users.

Docs & Spreadsheets spices up the Web productivity space, but Google insists it's not gunning for the desktop

Commercial tie-up will let Skype users access VoIP whenever they're in range of a Cloud hot spot

YouTube buy lends more weight to media deals, puts it in a strong position to negotiate future agreements.

When it comes to surveying the terrain, Hakon Wium Lie must feel a special kinship with the "Band of Brothers" soliloquy Shakespeare reserves for Henry V.

The Good Hotel Guide 2007 has named and shamed hotels that charge the earth for Wi-Fi access, but analysts suggest they may still be good value compared with mobile data roaming charges

Eric Schmidt popped into the Tory party conference to insist that the Internet can help combat repressive societies

Mozilla is investigating claims that its Firefox browser is vulnerable to a zero-day attack