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

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CIO February 1, 2003 Scott Berinato	Threats Won't Make the Sky Fall CIOs and other IT executives would be wise to remain focused on what a specific threat means to their organization so that they can address any vulnerabilities that may exist. You don't need to hear the words of a terror threat to sustain such a focus.
CIO February 1, 2003 Todd Datz	The Kindness of Strangers Africa today seems full of people eager to give our author millions. Isn't that nice?
Wired February 2003 Dan Baum	This Gun For Hire They're the State Department's private army, the Pentagon's smallpox task force, the IT squad for everyone from the FBI to the SEC. Welcome to the future of national security -- brought to you by Computer Sciences Corporation, a division of Homeland Security Inc.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Eric Smalley	Faster quantum crypto demoed Working out how to use only standard telecommunications gear to transmit cryptographic keys could dramatically improve quantum cryptography's paltry performance.
PC World January 28, 2003 Paul Roberts	Was the FBI's Response to Slammer Too Slow? The recent creation of the Department of Homeland Security likely hampered the government's handling of the worm, insiders say.
Wired February 2003 Frank Rose	The Civil War Inside Sony Sony Music wants to entertain you. Sony Electronics wants to equip you. The problem is that when it comes to digital media, their interests are diametrically opposed.
Wired February 2003 Todd Woody	The Race to Kill Kazaa The servers are in Denmark. The software is in Estonia. The domain is registered Down Under, the corporation on a tiny island in the Pacific. The 60 million users are everywhere around the world. The next Napster? Think bigger. And pity the poor copyright cops trying to pull the plug.
PC World January 27, 2003 Williams et al.	Spread of Slammer Worm Slows Investigators are searching for the source of the worm that caused major disruptions to Internet service over the weekend.
Wired February 2003 Matt Bai	Hating Hilary Napster slayer. Corporate thug. Industry shill. Hilary Rosen has heard it all as the reviled frontwoman for the music biz. Sure, she knows file-sharing is the future. She's just fighting to give the dinosaurs one last gasp.
PC World January 20, 2003 Paul Roberts	Critics Say Security Laws Sacrifice Civil Liberties Homeland Security Act's guidelines are too loose on the disclosure of online communications, some experts say.
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