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IEEE Spectrum June 2011 Erico Guizzo	Send a Tweet to Your Office Door And let your coworkers know what you're up to
Searcher Nancy K. Herther	All the News That's Fit to Post. Or Is It? Quality Information and the Social Web Libraries, schools, journalism, legal systems, and other institutions concerned with the public knowledge continue to focus on validity: verifying facts, corroborating testimony, finding unbiased information and making neutral assessments.
BusinessWeek May 12, 2011 Sara Forden	Online Privacy: Can the U.S. Get Its Act Together? A spate of high-profile data security breaches may finally compel Washington to draft a comprehensive privacy policy.
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson	When it Comes to Cybersecurity, the 'Who is Responsible for What?' Debate Continues Most experts seem to agree that the U.S. government's collective efforts to secure the Internet from large-scale attacks and other nefarious activities are lacking.
National Defense June 2011 Eric Beidel	B-52 Bombers Being Outfitted With Texting Capability Texting is all the rage, in high school classrooms and now from inside B-52 bombers.
Information Today May 9, 2011 Nancy Herther	Mobile Privacy Issues Come to Capitol Hill -- Apple's iOS4 to be Examined in Senate Hearing Apple's iOS4 operating system for the iPhone and 3G iPad included software that is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file.
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2011 Avril Korman	Security and Responsibility on the Virtual Frontier Are we expecting too much of Linden Lab in regards to security and protection from fraud and IP theft, as well as other types of criminal activity.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2011 Kurt Bakke	Sony's Apology Is Not Enough Free stuff doesn't make up for the damage done.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2011 Kurt Bakke	Sony Says It Was Hacked Through a Known Vulnerability As many as 10 million credit cards may have been compromised.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2011 Dayana Yochim	Aaack! My PlayStation's Been Hacked! Sony's massive leak of customers' private information from the PlayStation Network is a reminder that you should watch for signs that you've been the victim of identity theft. If you are a victim, what should you do?
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