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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is the complete text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, as prepared for delivery on Tuesday: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for …

On Tuesday evening President Obama delivered the State of the Union address, focusing on the economy — particularly job creation, by way of manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, and housing — and a broader theme of citizenship that echoed but perhaps centered his rhetoric at the end of the campaign trail. He also proposed …

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — No, zombies aren't attacking northern Michigan.

Keeping software up-to-date is one of the easiest and most effective ways to prevent computer infections from wreaking havoc on your system.

(Reuters) - You survived December's much-heralded Mayan apocalypse, but now fear the "zombie apocalypse" and its deadly attacks? Don't worry. It was a fake, the artwork of hackers in Montana. Hackers infiltrated the emergency broadcast system of local station KRTV in Great Falls, Montana, a CBS affiliate, and issued the …

"'It is my task to report the State of the Union — to improve it is the task of us all."

Another big, bad Anonymous hack is knocking on cyber doorsteps — and freaking out Washington: The do-gooder hacking collective plans to target cord cutters and anyone using the Internet to watch the State of the Union address online, blacking out President Obama's speech for the causes of Aaron Swartz, the Cyber Intelligence …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order aimed at improving the nation's defenses against cyber attacks as early as Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the matter. The order, drawn up after Congress failed to pass cyber defense legislation last year, is …

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana television station's regular programming was interrupted by news of a zombie apocalypse.

Minecraft, the popular sandbox construction game that has taken the world by storm, is now available for the similarly popular Raspberry Pi computer. Mojang, the company behind the hit game, announced on Monday that Minecraft: Pi Edition is available for free on the credit card-sized device. The game supports the same creative …

Some jokester hacked into the Emergency Alert System in Montana and warned that "dead bodies are rising from their graves" on Monday. Everybody seems to think this is hilarious — or at least most people do. Not to be the Debbie Downer or anything, but this is exactly the sort of thing that makes hackers dangerous.

A new program from American Express lets Twitter users post special hashtags to buy gift cards and things like Xbox 360 gaming consoles or a Kindle Fire HD from Amazon.The credit card issuer said Monday ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order aimed at improving the nation's defenses against cyberattacks as early as Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the matter. The order, drawn up after Congress failed to pass legislation on the issue last year, is meant …

With a month to go before the delayed trial of the so-called "rape crew" begins in Steubenville, Ohio, the state attorney general now says he doesn't have enough evidence to charge any of the other members of the "crew" already tried in the court of social media. Despite leaks from hackers associated with Anonymous that …

President Obama will unveil a set of concrete proposals in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, and as in his inaugural address last month, he's expected to sound pretty liberal. Instead of emphasizing bipartisan cooperation, as he has in speeches past, this one will be more aggressive, with a source close to the speech …

Thank goodness no serious observer of electronic warfare considers a cyber-9/11 possible, let alone imminent

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is vulnerable to cyberattacks that could shut down financial services or destroy information that companies need for daily operations, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

The critics weigh in

HOUSTON (AP) — Turns out even former presidents can fall prey to hackers.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Security software maker Bit9 on Friday said that computer hackers have breached its network, then launched a second round of attacks against some of its customers. The hackers accessed a system that Bit9 said it uses to digitally sign its software to let customers know it is safe to run on their computers. …

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Feb 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Thursday it was still working to determine the extent its computer systems had been breached by hackers, adding that the incident was the subject of a criminal probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. "We are in the process of a comprehensive assessment to determine …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 12-year-old boy accused of making a prank call that sent police racing to Ashton Kutcher's home was charged Thursday with making that call and another that falsely reported an emergency at a bank.