Social Issues

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

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The Motley Fool January 12, 2004 Rex Moore	Martha Stewart's Web Spin With her trial just days away, Martha talks on MarthaTalks.com.
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004 Roger O. Crockett	For Now, Wi-Fi Is A Hacker's Delight Keeping wireless networks secure has become one of the technology industry's biggest problems. The players who make wireless equipment are racing to limit the potential for damage.
InternetNews January 9, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Microsoft's Narrowband Security Hurdle Can the software giant squeeze down patch sizes enough to reach the elusive dial-up customer?
InternetNews January 9, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Fake Microsoft Service Pack is Xombe Trojan Another day, another virus. Unsuspecting Internet users were greeted Friday with an e-mail message purportedly from windowsupdate@microsoft.com to update their computers. Problem is, the message isn't from Microsoft and the patch is actually a back door Trojan.
InternetNews January 9, 2004 Roy Mark	FTC Wins Judgment Against Net Auction Scammers Court bars two Chicago area residents from participating in Web auctions and orders more than $90,000 in consumer redress.
InternetNews January 8, 2004 Roy Mark	From Anti-Spam to Anti-Spyware The nation's largest ISPs jockey for position with the latest round of home safety and security tools.
InternetNews January 7, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Blaster Worm Still Active; Removal Tool Released Tardy home users with unpatched systems are the main culprits.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Why the Decline in Downloading? The Pew Internet Project's report on online file swapping doesn't tell the whole story.
InternetNews January 6, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, December 2003 High growth rates and record-breakers are usually celebrated, but not when it comes to spam and viruses. The spam volume rose from 42 percent of e-mail to 58 percent during 2003, and the year fell just short of being the worst on record for malware variants.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2004 Rex Moore	Judge Bars Pop-Ups When last we left WhenU.com, it had won a court victory allowing it to serve whatever pop-up ads it wanted on top of U-Haul's website, even those of a competitor. A few more legal victories followed, but now a judge in New York has reversed course.
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