Did you spend Christmas mildly annoyed because you bought a new console, only to find that Xbox Live/ PlayStation Network had been downed by a "nefarious" group known as Lizard Squad? Yes, I know it sounds like a bad episode of 24, but at least now you can revel in a bit of Schadenfreude: Two alleged members have been arrested this week.
Hayden Dingman | 03 Jan | Read more
The wireless Matias Secure Pro keyboard's number-one claim to fame is its 128-bit AES encryption. I'll get into that later. My favorite feature is that it's quiet. You'd hardly know this was a mechanical keyboard from the sound it makes. It's close to the volume level of a typical membrane keyboard, if a little sharper or clickier at times. You could use this board in any office or in a bedroom without disturbing a soul.
Hayden Dingman | 06 Aug | Read more
Valve managing director Gabe Newell does not, it turns out, want to know what weird, horrifying things you do on the Internet when you're not playing games through the company's Steam service.
Hayden Dingman | 19 Feb | Read more
What's your worst nightmare about your own cybersecurity? How about being contacted by a stranger who proves he has nude photos of you taken on your own PC without your knowledge or consent?
Hayden Dingman | 11 Oct | Read more
April 22, 2013: the day the Internet at large took a look at the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) and yawned.
Hayden Dingman | 23 Apr | Read more