Flash ads on legitimate sites are pasting malicious links into peoples' clipboards and spreading as people unwittingly paste them into e-mails, blogs, and IMs.

Security researcher digs into Google and Baidu to find evidence of Chinese gymnasts' ages and finds evidence disappearing as he works, like sand shifting under his feet.

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Bigfoot Web site stuns the world: It was a hoax--Outside observers discover that the alleged cadaver was merely a gorilla costume. The rubber foot was a dead giveaway.

Free-to-play, ad-supported games the winners?--Getting gamers addicted is the key to monetization, according to PC Gaming Alliance's chief technology officer. But the business model hasn't proven popular outside Asia.

Why can't Firefox print as well as IE?--Printing seems to be at the bottom of Mozilla's priority list. It's time to make Firefox the equal of Internet Explorer in terms of printing Web pages.

New Byrne/Eno album streams free--David Byrne and Brian Eno have made their entire album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, available as a free online stream and are encouraging fans to embed it.

States seek workarounds for e-voting systems

Irish officials say scammers replaced credit card readers and snagged data from 10,000 or so cards.

Security team for Google's nascent open-source mobile platform has attempted to raise its profile with the security community.

In an abrupt reversal, federal judge rejects the Massachusetts transit agency's attempts to bar three students from discussing subway card vulnerabilities--until sometime next year.

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Snake-arm robot works in tight quarters--Joystick guides robo-snake in orifice surgery.

Sci-fi pros focus on e-books at Denvention 3-- Peter Glaskowsky attends Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, and hears a lot about electronic publishing from writers, agents, editors publishers, and fellow fans.

Calling Ralph Lauren--Luxury retailer becomes the first of its kind to try on mobile-shopping capabilities in its quest to satisfy the impulses of every Silicon Valley CEO.

Change the default folder view in Vista--With a few minutes of folder clicking, you can stop Vista's content sniffing and get the view you prefer in all your folders.

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At the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, writers, agents, editors, publishers, and fans have a lot to say about electronic publishing.

The purchase of the PC utilities software maker will allow Symantec to expand its reach in emerging regional markets, the company said.

MySpace works to close hole that lets strangers read what friends write on members' private pages, while Facebook looks into security issues with new apps.