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Music industry puts the squeeze on file-sharing
LimeWire may begin to regret its regular boast that its 50 million users shared and downloaded more than three billion songs a month.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Stuxnet mystery Israel, bluff, or double bluff?
Sophisticated computer worm has to be the work of a government - but which one, and why?

'World's hottest hacker' in New York court
A beautiful Russian woman has appeared in court in the US on hacking charges.

Are we pushing 'delete' on our digital legacy?
Digital media means that there are archives of just about anything you can think of - but how long will these actually last?

<i>Chris Barton</i>: Roll over Telecom, the Jetsons' revolution has finally arrived
Vision becomes reality as more people turn to the internet for phone calls.

Land a robot on the moon and win $27m
A $27m prize, backed by Google, will be given to the first company that builds a robot rover craft and lands it safely on the moon.

Review: Internet Explorer 9 beta
Is Microsoft's new browser good enough to see Windows users dumping Firefox and Chrome?

'Success story' Right Hemisphere may shed jobs
A 3D software company that has so far received more than $14m from taxpayers says it cannot guarantee it will keep jobs in NZ.

Virgin Blue backlog chaos
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Australian airports for a second night last night as Virgin Blue struggled to clear a backlog caused by a computer crash on Sunday.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Small town software has fans in high places
International flagbearer for open-source movement began with a librarian's quest to save money.

Review: Alienware M11x
Before the folks from planet Zarg unleashed the Alienware M11x on us unsuspecting earthlings, notebooks were all about engineering compromises.