AVG Technologies, which has carved out a name for itself as one of the most popular free anti-virus software vendors, has linked up with virtual desktop management vendor MokaFive. The move will allow AVG to move into the virtual desktop marketplace.

Analysts debate whether spending nearly $7.7bn makes sense.

Analysts question whether spending nearly $7.7bn makes sense.

While Facebook seems to have more security holes than Swiss cheese, mainly down to the extensible code that the social networking service uses, Sophos has issued an alert about an especially nasty clickjacking worm.

Reports are coming in that blackhat SEO techniques are being used by cybercriminals to position malicious links among the top results in internet search engines.

An SQL injection hack has affected more than 500 000 websites according to recent reports, including two sites maintained by Apple to promote iTunes podcasts.

The electronic health record (EHR) certification program is no longer temporary, as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has removed the ‘pending’ label from its EHR approved testing procedures, developed by th…

A digital TV software specialist, whose Sunrise digital video broadcast (DVB) firmware is found in a number of TV set top boxes, has taken the wraps off a ‘deep hibernation’ system for TV digiboxes that slashes standby power consumption.

The government should consider offshoring IT work to India to achieve spending cuts, according to analyst firm Ovum.

A malicious application that conceals spyware and GPS tracking behind a mobile phone game has been discovered in the Android app store.