INTERNET security company Symantec Friday warned that a virus was aggressively making its rounds this week.

This Trojan.Brisv.A virus, as it is called, searches out and infects multimedia files, such as MP3 music files or WMV video files.

TAIPEI - CORAL reefs off the southeast coast of Taiwan have turned black with disease possibly due to sewage discharge, threatening fragile undersea ecosystems and tourism, a study released on Friday said.

SAN FRANCISCO - MANY people have sent an email while angry, exhausted, inebriated or just by mistake that they later regretted. Now, Google has a way to help protect you (and others) from such a faux pas.

As part of its quest to attract users to its Gmail service, the Internet search company has introduced dozens of features, including one that, after a certain time, makes a user solve a math problem before sending an email, giving them time to rethink it.