Social Issues

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

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The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Alex Planes	Our Frightening Future, Brought to You by Microsoft Technology wants to know you a little too well.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 William Looney	The Well of Engagement We sometimes forget that the business of healthcare is also the source of a huge opportunity: improving the human condition.
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 Robert W. Lucky	The Ubiquitous Webcam Do we really want to know what the dog does when it's home alone.
CIO December 12, 2011 Grant Gross	Labor Board Says Online Gripes Are Protected The NLRB rules that businesses can't fire employees who complain on Facebook and other social media about their working conditions.
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson	Looking for Cybersecurity Experts? Check the Jails and Art Schools Civilian agencies, the military, the intelligence community and corporations large and small are all after the same small pool of specialists who can face the nonstop hacking assaults on their enterprises.
National Defense January 2012 Eric Beidel	DARPA to Turn Humans Into Passwords The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working on a solution that would allow a computer to determine on its own if the person at the keyboard is an authorized user through the use of software biometrics.
Information Today November 28, 2011 George H. Pike	Controversy Surrounds Stop Online Piracy Act as Mark-Up Approaches The Stop Online Piracy Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. A companion bill to the previously introduced PROTECT-IP Act, SOPA would give both government officials and content owners new authority to go after "rogue websites."
Fast Company November 21, 2011 Margaret Rhodes	Rebecca MacKinnon On Internet Censorship And How To Resist It Online censorship expert Rebecca MacKinnon talks shop about her new book, Consent of the Networked, which hits shelves January 31.
PC Magazine November 15, 2011 Dan Costa	iTunes Match Ends Piracy As We Know It Apple iTunes Match and streaming music services are putting an end to the MP3 generation?and the piracy that came with it.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2011 Katie Spence	Cyber Attacks Capable of Crashing the U.S. Economy? With cyber attacks becoming more prevalent, these companies are stepping in to provide solutions.
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