Stories by Gregg Keizer

The company wants to know the results of the FBI's tests on the San Bernardino shooter's phone before it moves forward.

Other El Capitan modifications fixed compatibility problems between the operating system and Cisco's AnyConnect VPN client, and improved the reliability of connecting a Mac to the Internet using the iPhone's Personal Hotspot tool.

Apple and its supporters have contended that the creation of the tool requested by the FBI would dampen enthusiasm for software updates, reduce the country's overall cyber security and unleash a flood of similar demands from authoritarian governments worldwide.

Creating a specialized version of iOS that would run only in the target iPhone's RAM would be an "undue burden," Apple says.

Apple said that the government should create an expert panel to discuss the implications of the FBI's demand that the company help it access an iPhone used by one of the suspects accused of killing 14 in California nearly three months ago

The government today filed a motion asking a judge to immediately compel Apple to help the FBI in accessing the iPhone 5C used by one of the people accused of killing 14 in San Bernardino, Calif.

Early reports from Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 owners today said that a firmware update issued Wednesday fixed their devices' sleep problems.

On the latest models of the iPhone, however, Secure Enclave (SE) -- a co-processor fabricated as part of the A7 -- makes it difficult if not impossible to help law enforcement. Apple does not know or have a record of the key embedded in the SE.

Google is expanding its Safe Browsing technology to take into account online ads that try to scam users into divulging personal information or downloading malware.

Tech support scammers can get cheeky -- making unfounded claims that PCs are infected to scare consumers into parting with their money -- but a Symantec partner took nerve to a new level.

Google paid Apple $US1 billion in 2014 for the right to be the default search provider on iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads.

Apple this week took the unusual step of simultaneously providing developers and the general public with previews of two different editions of both iOS and OS X.

Microsoft says it, too, will alert users when they are beset by state-sponsored cyber attacks, following the lead of Google, Facebook and Yahoo.

Yahoo has followed rivals Facebook and Google in telling users it will warn them when it believes they face state-backed cyber attackers.

The FTC said that anti-identity-theft company LifeLock will pay a record $100 million to settle a contempt complaint that originated with a court order five years ago.