When gadget and web companies want to make sure people can figure out how to use their stuff, they turn to experts like Jakob Nielsen, who's most widely known for his free Alertbox column.

View the original article here

A professor whose research focuses on Internet censorship and the use of children in advertising has been charged with having child pornography on his Central Michigan University computer, the school announced Thursday.

View the original article here

BOSTON (Reuters) - The powerful Flame computer virus is not only capable of espionage but it can also sabotage computer systems and likely was used to attack Iran in April, according to a leading security company, Symantec Corp. Iran had previously blamed Flame for causing data loss on computers in the country's main oil export terminal and Oil Ministry. But prior to Symantec's discovery, cyber experts had only unearthed evidence that proved Flame could spy on conversations on the computers it infects and steal data. ...

View the original article here