Computer security firm Heise criticizes Mac OS X Leopard for shipping without its firewall enabled by default like Windows Vista and advises users to turn it on. To do so, in System Preferences’ Security area either block all incoming connections or set explicit exceptions for services that can communicate through the firewall, like file […]

An internet social networking site, in the style of Facebook and MySpace, has been launched aimed at people over 50.The Saga Zone site was developed by the Saga Group, based in Folkestone, Kent, which specialises in products and services for the over-50s.Some 13,000 people signed up to the site, which includes forums on subjects from […]

An influential group of peers has accused the government of putting its “head in the sand” after it rejected their ideas for dealing with e-crime.The Lords Science and Technology Committee report found the internet was “the playground of criminals”.But the government did not agree with its suggestion that lawlessness “was rife” on the internet.Committee […]