Social Issues

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

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PC World March 2003 Anne Kandra	Net Tricks That Muddy Your Reputation Online bad guys can send spam under your name or steal your financial data.
PC World March 2003 Stuart J. Johnston	Bugs and Fixes: Bug or Feature? We've Got the Answers Here's how to handle snags with service packs, Outlook Express, and more.
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 David Dickson	Modern Technology Unplugged Providing knowledge-poor countries with access to information is only half the battle.
PC World February 10, 2003 Kyle Stock	Feds Look to Expand Electronic Surveillance Confidential proposal calls for increased monitoring of private e-mail messages, Web surfing, and other online activities.
PC World March 2003 Scott Spanbauer	20 Days Without a PC No e-mail, no word processor, no Google... no problem? Our reporter goes cold turkey and lives to tell the tale.
PC World February 5, 2003 Ashlee Vance	Microsoft Posts IE, XP Patches 'Critical' IE flaw allows intrusion; Win XP patch less vital but urged.
PC World February 4, 2003 Joris Evers	Security Patch Caused Windows Crashes Microsoft will replace security patch that wreaked havoc on Windows NT 4.0 systems.
PC World February 3, 2003 Paul Roberts	The Net Is Dangerous, Research Says Attack rates decline, but worms and software flaws keep cyberspace hazardous, Symantec reports.
Reason February 2003 Brian Doherty	Great Firewall of China Communist Party doctrine may be evolving, but the Chinese government recently renewed its commitment to a time-honored practice: censorship. Long famous for building firewalls to keep its citizens "protected" from foreign Web sites, the government now has begun to close down public cybercafes.
PC World January 28, 2003 Grant Gross	FAA: Slammer Didn't Hurt, But the Next One Might Agency says its air traffic control network wasn't compromised by worm's attack on the Internet, but admits it could happen in the future.
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