Mac malware is becoming more common and many Mac users are looking for antivirus protection. Austrian lab AV-Comparatives reports on the effectiveness of a number of popular antivirus utilities.

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Internet voting for American citizens is exceedingly dangerous.

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Today Microsoft will have the official coming out party for its maybe-too-different Surface tablet and the baffling Windows 8 operating system that goes along with it. Since its first over-hyped Surface related event in June, we've learned all the things about the gadget Microsoft didn't tell us the first time around. Like: the $500 price tag for the 32 GB model, the availability: tomorrow, and the not-as-good-as-the-iPad 7-hour battery life. At this point, reviewers and some customers have played with both tablets, giving us the impressions we'd need to make a purchase. ...

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