The extent of malicious hacking on the internet, in pursuit of political or economic advantage, crime or just plain mischief, threatens to escalate the cost of even basic IT infrastructure. In the emerging economies, organised hacking is now beginning to impede... Read more...

Alamzeb Khan, our Simple-Talk correspondent in Pakistan, goes undercover to discover the true scale of software piracy in his native country. Shocked by his findings, he interviews everyone from professional software engineers to government ministers in his hunt... Read more...

It is unsurprising that Pakistan is a source of concern for people who are worried about terrorism and political stability in the world at large, or who have a humanitarian bent. As a significant player in the global skills-outsourcing market, Pakistan's IT sector... Read more...