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Sony: Credit Data Risked in PlayStation Outage

LOS ANGELES -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million user accounts. Some players brushed off the breach as a common hazard of operating in a...

Domain '.xxx' Approved for Web Porn Sites

SAN FRANCISCO -- You've heard of ".com" and ".org." Joining them soon will be their bawdy cousin: ".xxx." On Friday, the board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the Internet's naming system, approved the creation of a red-light district online for pornographic...

Internet Running Out of IP Addresses

The Internet is running out of IP addresses. But don't worry, a new kind of numerical address is on the way. The five last blocks of IP addresses, each with 16.8 million addresses, are to be distributed on Thursday by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority to regional registries around the world, The Associated Press...

Left and Right Despise FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

In a contentious vote, the Federal Communications Commission passed new rules on Internet service providers Tuesday. The regulations will prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Web traffic and discourage them from giving some Web destinations preferential treatment over others. Noticeably, wireless Internet...

Will 'Porn Lock' in UK and France Lead to Internet Censorship?

Just days after France passed legislation requiring Internet service providers to block child-pornography websites, British officials said they want to block all porn on the Web. Critics of both "porn lock" initiatives say they may be the first steps in controlling the Internet in those countries. Ed Vaizey, Britain's...