LifeHacker.com
Anti-malware testing group AV-Comparatives.org not only gave Microsoft Security Essentials a top rating for malware removal, but now they`ve given it their best ranking in their performance test as well.

By Robert McMillan, ComputerWorld.com
A former Massachusetts prison inmate has been given an 18-month prison sentence for hacking prison computers while he was incarcerated.

By Dan Goodin, TheRegister.co.uk
An Israeli hacker says he has broken copyright protections built in to Amazon`s Kindle for PC, a feat that allows ebooks stored on the application to work with other devices.

By Sumner Lemon, ComputerWorld.com
Microblogging site Twitter went offline for a while Friday after hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army apparently managed to change DNS records, redirecting traffic to another Web page.

H-Online.com

Google has announced that it can now shorten URLs with the goo.gl (http://goo.gl/)service. The new URL shortening service, unlike other services, is not directly accessible, but requires the use of Google Toolbar or FeedBurner to get a short version of a URL. Google say the new service offers stability, speed and security. The security claim comes from the automatic filtering of shortened URLs by using the same technology that Google uses in web search to warn of malicious sites.