Live from IDF: Entertainment, WiMax and a sense of security.

When you're talking tech, it never hurts to have a convertible BMW on stage with you. The afternoon keynote speeches at the Intel Developer Forum covered a lot of ground and some eye candy to keep us focused on what a couple of hours of geek speak can morph into,...

MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order

Great way to end a Tuesday! Federal Judge George O'Toole ungagged the three MIT students who had planned to speak at Defcon on weaknesses in the Boston T's CharlieCard system. The T's operator, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, had sought a five-month extension on the ban -- until their vendors...

Android security team appeals to hackers

Already burned by the discovery of serious security vulnerabilities in its SDK, the Android Security Team emerged from the shadows this week with an appeal to the security community for help fixing flaws in the Linux-based mobile platform. In a note posted to several public mailing lists,...

Android security team appeals to bug hunters

The security team for Google's nascent open-source mobile platform, Android, has attempted to raise its profile with the security community The security team behind Google's mobile platform, Android, has tried to raise its profile among security researchers by appealing for their vigilance in monitoring the platform. ...

Fortune 500 companies use of email spoofing countermeasures declining

Here's a paradox - a technology originally meant to verify the sender of an email message for the sake of preventing spoofed messages from reaching the network, still hasn't been embraced by the world's biggest companies despite being around for years, but is actively used by adaptive spammers increasingly abusing...