Seven online-security blunders to avoidmore similar news »
Computer users are getting savvier, but many people still make mistakes that compromise their online security or invite identity thieves. "You can't be too safe," says Jeff Fox, technology editor at Consumer Reports. "You need to be street-smart, the way you are in the real world."
Gulf 'dead zone' killing fish, livelihoodsmore similar news »
Fisherman Terry Pizani turns his captain's wheel with a mournful expression on his face. Far below, the fishing grounds off the Louisiana coast where the 63-year-old has made a living for five decades have become an aquatic graveyard known as a "dead zone."
Police use GPS as crime-fighting toolmore similar news »
It's the stuff crime movies are made of: Determined police officers shadowing their suspect as he drives around town, watching and waiting for his next move, always careful not to lose him.
U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts saymore similar news »
The next military or terrorist attack on the United States may be carried out in cyberspace by shadowy hackers half a world a way. Experts say last week's computer attacks on the former Soviet republic of Georgia signal a new kind of cyberwar for which the U.S. is not fully prepared.
