Features

• SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts

  By Jared Newman | 19 January, 2012 01:31

  The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act are getting more negative attention, as major websites such as Wikipedia plan to protest the bills with blackouts on Wednesday. Even Google will join the action, with a link on its homepage explaining why the company opposes the legislation.

• Apple and Samsung: What's behind the patent fight

  By Jonny Evans | 06 October, 2011 05:45

  Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.

• The RSA Hack FAQ

  By Tim Greene | 19 March, 2011 05:45

  In the aftermath of RSA saying that its SecureID two-factor authentication tokens may have been compromised in a data breach of the company's network, here are some key questions and answers about the situation.

• How DRM could ensure cloud security

  By Keir Thomas | 04 February, 2011 05:53

  Yet another survey is indicating that security is a big issue for those intending to take up cloud computing.