From DailyTech: China is a hot bed for pirates and other nefarious activities that plague the software and technology sectors. Many coordinated attacks against computer networks at a myriad of different companies are suspected to originate from China.

Reuters reports that a recent...

From CNET News.com: Shortly after Google announced the partially successful cyberattack on Gmail, the company said it will activate by default a secure network technology for its e-mail service.

Google has long offered the option to access its Web-based Gmail service by using HTTPS-...

From CNET News.com: Mozilla hopes to release the final version of Firefox 3.6 later this month and a stability-improving update code-named Lorentz by March as part of a revised updating strategy.

Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director of Firefox, said Tuesday that he's pleased so far...

From X-bit Labs: Even though there are no shipping mobile phones with Intel Corp.’s chips inside and no personal computers featuring ARM processors on the market, it is widely believed that the competition between the two companies is ongoing. Many believe that going forward Intel...

From X-bit Labs: Despite of relatively strong season, spot price of DDR3 memory is approaching $3 per 1Gb equivalent, according to DRAMeXchange market research firm. While usually first quarter sales are not high, it is likely that China-based makers of PCs are gearing up for Chinese...

From InfoWorld: Via Technologies on Tuesday announced a compact server that will be powered by low-power processors, which are traditionally designed to run in laptops and netbooks.

The company's Mserv S2100 device will run on the Nano processor in a desktop-size box that is 10.2...

From PC World: Facebook and McAfee have formed a partnership aimed at improving security for Facebook's 350 million users, the two companies announced.

Social networking hacks: Top 10 Facebook and Twitter security stories of 2009The new relationship begins with McAfee offering...

From CNET News.com: Yahoo has finally offloaded its open-source enterprise e-mail division, Zimbra, to VMware.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the sales price is believed to be far less than the $350 million Yahoo paid for the company in September 2007. Kara...

From CNET News.com: Verizon Communications is reportedly jacking up its early termination fee for its Fios TV service.

The company plans to double the fee to $360 from the $179 it currently charges customers for canceling their service early, according to reports. The new fee would...

From DailyTech: With a few scant exceptions like unauthorized tethering apps, Google has been rather permissive in what it allows on its Android Market -- its counter to the iTunes App Store. Whereas approval through Apple can be filled with months of rejections and delays for some...