American officials have been holding secret talks with Russia and the United Nations in an attempt to strengthen internet security and rein in the growing threat of cyberwarfare.

Many people I know are frightfully attached to their iPhones. They treat them as if they were a peculiar and exotic lover, one they can hardly believe they have managed to seduce. The finely calibrated minds at Strand Consult have taken this analysis to a particularly simple conclusion: iPhone users are, the consultants say, really quite nuts.

iPhone owners, are you jealous of all those Android toting mobile users and their MiKandi online shop for risque apps? You might want to check out the Sex App Shop, a new web app that's the closest thing we've seen to a rival adult App Store on non-jailbroken handsets. Dirty macs at the ready? Then we'll begin…

The next-generation Sun Fire X4640 Server has sett an eight-processor world record in the SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark for ERP tasks. It also posted the top x86 result on the SPECompL2001 test for scientific workloads, the company announced today.

For some people, a fancy new smartphone isn't enough; they want to get into the belly of the beast and customize to their heart's content. Hence, the popularity of jailbreaking iPhones to add unapproved apps and use an alternative network. That hacker's mentality has now extended to the Droid, with one smart modder announcing that he has gained root access to the device's firmware, permitting administrative rights and opening up a slew of possibilities.

Five major publishers -- Conde Nast Publications, Hearst Corp., Meredith Corp., News Corp. and Time Inc. -- announced Tuesday that they would join forces to develop an online storefront to rival Amazon.com Inc.

Some Apple fans aren't taking the "Droid Does" campaign very well, as they've created their own take/spoof of the commercial.

The recent rift between Rupert Murdoch and Google gives Microsoft an opportunity to earn the trust of Google-wary publishers.

A group of US students has created an entire orchestra out of separate iPhone applications. As part of their studies, the group from the University of Michigan built the applications themselves and composed music for them.

More than 1,200 illegal internet shopping websites that have made millions of pounds for criminals have been shut down by Scotland Yard in the biggest operation of its kind in Britain.