Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Lorraine Woellert	Out, Out, Damned Spam Junk e-mail accounts for roughly half of all network traffic. Here are five ways to beat it back
PC Magazine August 19, 2003 Craig Ellison	Wired and Wireless Security For Small Offices The new SonicWall SOHO TZW ($900 street) is a complete security appliance for small networks, be they wired, wireless, or both.
PC Magazine August 19, 2003 Sheryl Canter	Effective Immunity Viruses keep spreading, and PCs keep getting infected. What can you do to stay secure?
PC Magazine August 19, 2003 Dennis Fisher	The Lookout: New Breed of Trojan Security researchers believe they have identified a new breed of Trojan horse that is infecting machines on the Internet, possibly in preparation for a larger coordinated attack.
PC Magazine July 29, 2003 Michael J. Miller	Weeding Out Spam With the summer upon us, I can't help but see the parallels between the weed problem that plagues those of us with lawns and the spam problem.
PC Magazine July 1, 2003 Cade Metz	E-Mail Spring Cleaning The market for software designed to help manage the flood is getting bigger by the month.
PC Magazine July 1, 2003 Dennis Fisher	The Lookout: Windows Media Player Flaw There is a new vulnerability in the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows Media Player that could enable an attacker to execute code on the machine of a user who downloads new skins for the player.
PC Magazine July 1, 2003 Jay Munro	Parental Guidance Suggested Whether kids are looking for trouble or it's looking for them, the latest parental-control software can help monitor them online.
PC Magazine May 2, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking	Solutions Special Report: Inside a "PayPal" Scam Beware of any e-mail that asks for personal information. Here's why.
Fast Company August 2003 Scott Kirsner	Catch Me If You Can The hunt for an eBay scammer. Jay Nelson ripped off buyers on eBay and Yahoo until the Feds put him behind bars. We catch up with him in prison, where he'll be until 2007.
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