Computing

Spending a week at animation academy got kids looking at one of their favorite hobbies from a brand new perspective

Internet hosting company DreamHost is battling the U.S. Justice Department over requests for information about people visiting a Web site for organizing protests. Larry Greenemeier reports.

Webmail is convenient for advertisers but carries with it unnecessary–and serious–danger

Early intervention is crucial to close the gender gap in computer science

Rising computerization opens doors for increasingly aggressive adversaries, but defenses are better than many might think 

Computer-security methods could help scientists identify disease-causing genes—while preserving patient privacy

Former Congressman Rick Boucher talks about how Congress and electric power lines could break the federal government’s net neutrality deadlock

Some of the most talented and dangerous cybercrooks and cyberwarriors come from Russia, a longtime meddler in other countries’ affairs

Why you should think twice before you give an app access to your phone’s address book.  

Even if they can exchange their ransom, the criminals will have a hard time accessing their money anonymously

We real people should work on improving security where we are most vulnerable—on our own devices

A new device promises to tell police when a driver has been sending messages while behind the wheel, but is it legal? Larry Greenemeier reports.