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Fast Company October 2010 Austin Carr	Technology Changes The Face of Politicking Gowalla has come out with a campaign tool kit that's designed to draw potential voters to town halls and fund-raisers.
InternetNews September 13, 2010	Enterprises Recover From 'Here You Have' Virus One of the most potent email-based viruses in years had enterprise IT managers scrambling over the weekend to get their email servers back in top form.
InternetNews September 10, 2010	Weekly Tally of Malicious Sites Grows to 57,000 Researchers at Panda Security have produced an alarming study, finding that Internet scammers create 57,000 malicious websites each week in an effort to rook unsuspecting Web surfers.
National Defense October 2010 Stew Magnuson	Expert Warns of Nexus Between Cybercriminals and Terrorists Terrorists who want to stage a cyberattack against the United States may lean on criminal networks to assist them, a former Defense Department official said.
InternetNews September 8, 2010	Online Privacy: FTC Mulls New Ad Tracking Rules At the Gov 2.0 Summit, one official says consumers still aren't aware of how much they're being tracked online. That concern could have serious implications for both Internet users and the marketers who want to reach them.
Search Engine Watch September 8, 2010 Ralph Tegtmeier	The Daily Con Job: Rogue Spiders in the Wild If you thought that only humans were capable of pulling a fast one on you, think again: quite a few crawlers out there are not at all what they make out to be.
InternetNews September 7, 2010	Researcher Unearths Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw A security researcher who also happens to be a Google employee is warning of a new zero-day exploit affecting Internet Explorer 8 that could automatically send out unintended tweets.
InternetNews September 7, 2010	Google Faces Heat Over Privacy Tweaks A move to reduce legalese has one privacy advocacy group up in arms.
InternetNews September 7, 2010	Cybersecurity Czar: Privacy Won't Be a Casualty NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander reaffirmed his view that protecting U.S. government, military and civilian data networks doesn't mean sacrificing citizens' right to privacy.
IEEE Spectrum September 2010 Robert W. Lucky	Cyber Armageddon The author reflects on the latest fashion in end-of-the-world scenarios
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