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The development team of Mozilla Firefox has mulled over stopping the Java extension on the browser to prevent a susceptibility that runs on the identical source policy (SOP) bypass.

In a surprising move, today Google announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge, in which they promised not to sue any user, distributor or developer of one of their open patents, "unless first attacked".

"Researchers from computer firm IBM say they have invented a new non-toxic gel that can kill deadly drug-resistant bacteria by cutting through the sludge that shelters them and attacking the germ's cell membrane."

Recent promotion with a campaign by Microsoft says "Don't get scroogled by Gmail" tempts users of Gmail to leave it for Microsoft's Outlook. The software giant is attacking Google's free email service with this campaign requesting that they should no longer be with Gmail due to privacy concerns.

"According to Symantec, 13 apps from three developers-many in the official Android Market-have been carrying malicious chunks of code called Android.Counterclank, and are suspected of running on as many as five million phones, stealing info and running ads against the will of the device's owner."

A new document unearthed from the massive Snowden leak shows the National Security Agency and Government Communications Headquarters attacked Kaspersky security software in an attempt to counter anti-virus efforts.