Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

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InternetNews June 29, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Gates on Spam Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates offered a "fireside chat" to beleaguered e-mail users Monday, bucking them up and promising them eventual relief. Redmond is on it, okay, guys?
InternetNews June 29, 2004 Roy Mark	Supreme Court Upholds COPA Ban Justices suggest filtering software superior alternative to content-based restrictions on free speech.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2004 Dayana Yochim	Stupid Credit Tricks Avoid identity theft by being very careful about responding to emails saying your account information needs to be updated. Also, be disciplined about your credit card use to avoid hefty fees.
InternetNews June 28, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Malware Attack Thwarted but Danger Lurks Critical IE vulnerability remains unpatched.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Seth Jayson	Congress Fires at Music Pirates The Recording Industry Association of America may benefit from Justice Department muscle in its fight against illegal music downloads.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Alyce Lomax	No Summer Break for Virus Writers A new development in virus evolution reared its ugly head last week with hackers planting malicious code into the Web servers for several reportedly popular sites.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Tim Beyers	Yahoo!'s Local Notion Yahoo!'s Overture advertising unit has decided to serve ads from businesses within a half-mile of where you live. Called Local Match, the service appears akin to dialing 411 on your phone to get ads.
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Jim Wagner	A Spec to Spike Spam? The latest anti-spam effort by the four largest U.S. ISPs is a joint specification to eliminate spoofed e-mail addresses.
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Malware Hacker Attack Linked to Spammers Experts warn that a highly sophisticated malicious hacker attack could turn millions of PCs into spam zombies. Infected IIS web servers are spreading the malicious software to Internet Explorer users.
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	IP Versus IP When intellectual property makes its way onto the Internet, things can get really messy.
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