An Australian IT security specialist has discovered a number of security flaws after hooking up his coffee percolator to the web. Craig Wright issued a warning to internet users about the dangers of so called 'web-enabled' appliances.

Tropical Storm Fay is a good reminder that living in Florida means there's a decent chance your computers, TVs and other gadgets could be ruined or damaged by bad weather. Here are some tips to help protect your stuff so you can keep using them the next

If you remember using chalkboards while you were in school, then the technology students are using today could make you seem like you may as well have rode a horse-and-buggy to class each day, too.

The deals are eye-catching. Like the ones which make a pitch for deal-hungry consumers to dole out a comparatively small amount of money for something really worthwhile -- like a new laptop computer or a high-definition TV.

Michael Shamos, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon, says concerns over voter-verifiable paper trails are overblown and electronic systems are safer than paper ones.