A Chinese authors' group is considering legal action against Google over its book scanning project, adding to the list of countries where it has faced opposition.

  Nearly 70% of voters do not support plans to force internet service providers to disconnect suspected illegal file sharers.

  Genetically modified food is an essential tool to help tackle the "perfect storm" of climate change and rising population, the Government's chief scientist has warned.

  A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer.

  The answer to the above question is: probably not, but it makes for good paranoia.

  Symantec has released a report (.PDF) on what it calls "rogue security software." According to the report, Symantec has detected over 250 distinct rogue security software programs, and during the timeframe of the report, July 2008 - June 2009, 43 million attempted downloads of such rogue programs. The company was unable to determine exactly how many installs completed.

  The U.K. Home Secretary will reconsider the extradition of Gary McKinnon, a hacker who was charged in the U.S. in 2002 for breaking into military and government computers.

  The food industry is one of the great silent polluters on the planet. Whilst oil, chemical and transport industries get blamed for destroying the planet, our ever-growing need for more food is destroying our planet at a far great rate than people think.

  Researchers at the University of Oxford have found a way rewrite the memories of fruit flies, causing them to respond to experiences they've never actually had.

  Cyber criminal kingpins can make profits of more than $850,000 by pushing fake antivirus software, according to research from Symantec .

  The founders of Skype are planning a new venture only days after the UK arm of their web TV venture, Joost, went into administration.

  Rather than clinging to the back of the bicycle as the child wobbles along, parents can simply stand back and watch them pedal off on their own.

  The research makes great strides in addressing a major practical challenge in the development of stem-cell-based medicine.

  A U.K. study shows what most of us already knew: that copper bracelets, aside from turning your skin green, aren't really any good for anything. Neither, said the study, are magnetic wrist straps.