Microsoft’s announcement last week that it would require of customers the ability to reach into their personal PCs todisable, restrict, uninstall or repair software bought from the Windows Store made me realize how pervasive this sense of entitlement is among software vendors. Mobile app vendors and...

Google is rolling out over the next week default encryption using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) on searches for users signing in with their accounts, the company said Tuesday. The move comes over a year after Google made SSL the default setting for Gmail, and also introduced an encrypted search service. (See...

Wisegate tries to blend the firsthand knowledge of goods and services that Yelp.com provides with the personal vetting that goes on at Match.com and aims it all at IT executives looking for a little help as they plan projects and make purchasing decisions. That’s what Sara Gates had in mind when she...

A mammoth army of infected computers is being assembled, but it’s unclear yet what purpose they will be put to. Wave after wave of malicious e-mail attachments has been sent out since August, and with average success rates for such mailings, millions of machines could be compromised, says Internet...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries factories that build guided missiles and rocket engines; submarines; and nuclear-power equipment have had their computer networks hacked, according to a report. The Reuters news agency said Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported that information from Mitsubishi’s computer...