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FCC plans to formalize Internet rules on net neutrality draw fire - USATODAY.comThe Internet has long adhered to one basic principle: Nobody's in charge. That hallmark owes to the Internet's grand design. It's basically a global confederation of unrelated computers, making it impervious to hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters. Hackers regularly attack, but can't ...
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Narc on Your Boss, Get Cool Cash | Threat Level | Wired.comIt’s that time of year again, when bankers can expect those five- and six-figure bonuses. But if you didn’t become rich off the financial bailout, here’s another way to take advantage of The Man — this man being your boss, of course. Just rat him/her out to the Business Software Alliance for ...
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UPS's Legal Department Brainstorms a Package Deal to Save a Parcel of $$$E-discovery is a huge expense, even for big companies with lots of resources. United Parcel Service, Inc. is no exception, and its legal department had enough. So the Atlanta-based shipping company managed to save millions of dollars by outsourcing document reviews to companies both here in the ...
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Tagged.com settles with states in invite fight - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.comThe social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of some 60 million Internet users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. Cuomo charged in July that the San Francisco-based ...
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Secret IP Treaty Proposal Rubs Tech WrongThe negotiations over the International Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that concluded another round this week in Seoul, South Korea, prompts watchdog groups to complain to President Obama about Hollywood's influence over the talks and the lack of transparency surrounding the entire negotiations....
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The new ground zero in Internet warfareWhen it comes to critical national infrastructure, the highly distributed and ultra-interconnected U.S. power grid is, hands down, the most vulnerable to cyberattack. On this one point, many cybersecurity experts seem to agree. Up until about a decade ago, things were a lot simpler. The ...
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Al-Qaida used Hotmail, simple codes in planningIn the days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, alleged al-Qaida operations mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed intended to use his free Hotmail account to direct a U.S.-based operative to carry out an attack, according to a guilty plea agreement filed by Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri in federal court....
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Control of Cybersecurity Becomes Divisive Issue - NYTimes.comThe National Security Agency has been campaigning to lead the government’s rapidly growing cybersecurity programs, raising privacy and civil liberties concerns among some officials who fear that the move could give the spy agency too much control over government computer networks. The security ...
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Bill would give Obama power to shut down Internet, networks during cyber attacks - Network WorldThe proposed legislation, introduced April 1, also would give the President the power to “order the disconnection of any Federal government or United States critical infrastructure information systems or networks in the interest of national security.” The bill aims at uniting both public and ...
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RealNetworks: 'We Didn't Think' MPAA Would Sue Over DVD Copying Software | Threat Level from Wired.comRealNetworks told a federal judge on Monday it didn't think it would be sued by the Motion Picture Association of America for marketing DVD copying software. Seattle-based RealNetworks made the argument in federal court here as part its defense against allegations it purposely trashed evidence ...
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