This will undoubtedly descend into a war of semantics when it comes to what technically constitutes a kill switch. But, developers have tried "kill switches" in their code for as long as I can ...

The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin swear there’s no secret “kill switch” that they can flip to remotely disable the F-35 fighter jet. But the logistical supply chains and software requirements ...

Software approval on the world's many app stores is becoming a significant issue for developers, but Microsoft's new Windows Marketplace could involve the user in the issues before long. Apparently, ...

Every store worth a damn has a kill switch. That's the point of a store, to be a safe walled garden for the consumer. Now that MS has a software distribution service it is responsible for ...

Ed Bott is wondering about this and so am I. It looks like Microsoft might go a step further with their Windows Genuine Advantage program and bascially shut down Windows if it isn’t recognized ...

Suppose that the most sophisticated combat aircraft in Europe’s inventory could be made less deadly not by a secret “kill ...

The controversial "kill switch" function of Windows Vista will be disabled by Microsoft after customer complaints that legitimate copies of the OS were recognised as pirate copies.

Lu's havoc on his former employer included malicious code that sparked system crashes, blocked logins, deleted files, and ...

Android, Windows Phone to add kill switch to thwart theft Both Google and Microsoft say that they will add kill switches to the next versions of their mobile software.

A software developer sabotaged his employer after being demoted Davis Lu created a "kill switch" that would lock out all ...