Security

Ex-Ford engineer charged with trade secret theft

Suspect allegedly stole trade secrets after accepting job with a competing Chinese company

PayChoice breached for the second time this month

Weakness in password reset function may have been problem

Microsoft, Sidekick, and other high-tech disasters

We're dependent on tech. When it screws up, more important things than data can be lost

How to protect a database from the inside out

Online libel case stirs up free speech debate

Illinois politician seeking identity of individual she claims defamed her son in online post

Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk

Patches critical bug, exploitable because of add-on silently slipped into Firefox last February

IBM, Intel executives face insider trading charges

IBM and Intel executive allegedly provided insider information to cause security trades

NASA network security torched

GAO says NASA has been successfully targeted by cyber attacks 1,120 times in the past two years and significant holes still remain

Exchange Server 2010 tools: Do not forget these tools in your Beta Tests

Two Exchange tools to help make sure your server can carry the load

12-million-digit prime number sets record, nets $100,000 prize

Electronic Frontier Foundation funds search for impossible math problems