Social Issues

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

Old Articles: <Older 3321-3330 Newer>

InternetNews March 30, 2011	Google Apologies for Buzz, Settles with FCC Google reaches settlement with the FCC over Buzz and its privacy practices.
Search Engine Watch March 27, 2011 Peter van der Graaf	Old Black Hat SEO Tricks Still Work This article is all about unethical SEO. Hopefully you don't have any practical use for it. Search Engine Watch assumes no responsibility when you end up being banned from Google!
InternetNews March 25, 2011	Google Revs Chrome 12, Patches Chrome 10 From the blogs: New version of Google Chrome browser now in development as current version gets patched for 6 security flaws.
InternetNews March 24, 2011	Iran May Have Attacked the Web In an attack last week, valid security certificates that could have been used to mount attacks on users worldwide.
Search Engine Watch March 17, 2011 Kristine Schachinger	Your Company Sucks! The Online Reputation Management Wars Don't wait until you wake up one day and find that a slanderous site is suddenly ranking for searches on your company or personal name. Here's how to begin protecting yourself.
InternetNews March 11, 2011	Chrome, Firefox Weather Pwn2own, iPhone Falls Hackers succeeded in cracking the defenses of Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry, while Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have survived unscathed.
InternetNews March 10, 2011	Pwn2own Hackers Tear Through Safari, IE8 At annual browser hacking competition, participants make short work of a recent version of Apple's Safari browser, while others took on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8.
InternetNews March 7, 2011	How To Win Pwn2own Browser Hack Head of security research at HP's Tipping Point previews the annual hacking contest, which will take aim at all major Web browsers and mobile platforms.
InternetNews March 4, 2011 Kenneth Corbin	GOP Member to Press Self-Reg Web Privacy Bill Cliff Stearns of Florida, an old hand in the privacy debate, announced that he has developed a draft bill that would codify the self-regulatory approach to safeguarding consumers' information.
BusinessWeek March 3, 2011 Michael Rosenwald	Book Review: Alone Together Sherry Turkle's book examines how the growth of the Internet and other technology leads to less social interaction
<Older 3321-3330 Newer> Return to current articles.