Switzerland is going to host the first court hearing against a Wikileaks whistleblower. The opening of court proceedings will attract a lot of international attention for sure. What are the charges brought against this hero of free speech?

Find out if you should be worried about the safety of your payment services in the wake of the bubbling online data war. The aftermath of the WikiLeaks US Embassy Cables leak may be a cause for concern.

Wikileaks is releasing 251,287 documents of U.S. diplomatic dispatches (as of November 30th, 272 are released). They reveal a lot about American views of the situation in different countries, about world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Silvio Berlusconi, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and Angela Merkel. Interesting reads provide also U.S. strategies concerning North Korea and Pakistan. This latest release brings up many questions related to national security, to the right for information, and how much the governed should know about their government.