In this book, author John Viega, formerly Chief Security Architect at McAfee, reports on the state of the industry and offers concrete suggestions for those confronting the issue. He offers tips on what, if anything, you can do about identity theft, gives some easy steps for fixing application security, and more.

The pirates of Pirate Bay have lost their sabers and will become copyright law abiding citizens thanks to the sale to Global Gaming Factory X AB.

Firefox 3.5 is now available for download. The new version includes new privacy features, improved search tools, and new capabilities for video and audio as well as faster rendering engines.

The problem with self-toasting iPhones may be a faulty battery, much like the self-igniting laptops of a couple of years ago. If so, with sales of over a million phones, it could result in the recall of thousands of batteries.

For Palm’s Pre users, version 1.0.4 of webOS is now available to patch the “homebrew application install method” of adding third party apps via e-mail links.

Dell’s as yet unnamed gadget will use Android to play music, video, and connect to the web. It isn’t expected to include cell phone capabilities.

A new, faster, more stable version of Firefox will become available tomorrow.

In addition to overheating and turning a toasty brown, there are reports of problems with the 3.0 iPhone operating system.

Motorola’s Karma QA1 lightweight slider phone allows users to move from Facebook to MySpace to Twitter and back with just a few keystrokes.

This article includes a chart listing costs and other specs on the Apple iPhone 3Gs, Google’s G1, Palm’s Pre, and the BlackBerry Storm.