Gregg Keizer

A federal jury convicted 22-year-old David Kernell of two charges stemming from a 2008 break-in of an e-mail account used by Sarah Palin. He faces up to 20 years in prison on federal felony charge.

The Google browser grabbed almost all the share that Internet Explorer lost last month, according to NetApplications. The research firm said Chrome accounts for close to seven per cent of the online traffic it monitors

A simple viewer from Microsoft would protect users from some Adobe Reader exploits, according to a security advisor from V-Secure. Currently, Office and Windows 7 cannot open PDF documents without third-party software or add-ons

Last week, a routine update to security software from McAfee Inc. incorrectly identified a Windows XP service pack 3 executable file as malware. Companies that were affected can contact McAfee tech support for details of a free year of security review services

The bogus update dupes Windows users into downloading a backdoor Trojan. The attack does not put Mac owners at risk

Brisk Windows 7 sales show Microsoft has can almost forget about its Vista OS, according to an analyst with Technology Business Research. Plus, why Windows 7's rapid growth might not be sustainable

On Wednesday, McAfee Inc. pushed an update in its VirusScan to users which caused problems with some companies using Microsoft Corp.

McAfee Inc. said fewer than 0.5 per cent of its corporate customers were affected by an antivirus update designed to let the malware scanner check computer memory during startup. But a Winnipeg-based systems admin described it as