Social Issues

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

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PC Magazine April 18, 2007	10 Most Common Passwords If you recognize yours, you may as well hand over your wallet or purse to the first person you see on the street.
InternetNews April 18, 2007 Roy Mark	WARNING: This Label Is Worthless Ignoring a string of legal defeats, Congress turns again to the idea of labels for Web sites containing obscene material.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Tech Eases Tragedy at Virginia Tech Internet technology reminds us of what's important about being human, even when inhuman events unfold.
InternetNews April 17, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Community Grief And Traces Left Behind Online In the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, the Web is a place to grieve in a social environment.
Fast Company May 1, 2007 Adam L. Penenberg	Search and Co-Opt PodZinger has a way out of the Web-video conundrum: Make piracy pay.
InternetNews April 13, 2007 Andy Patrizio	IDC: Spam To Rocket Past Legit E-Mail This Year A new report by IDC says that spam could surpass legitimate e-mail in terms of volume this year as unsolicited e-mail continues to explode and e-mail falls out of favor as a means of communication.
BusinessWeek April 23, 2007 Paula Lehman	The Marshal Of MySpace How Hemanshu Nigam is trying to keep the MySpace.com's 'friends' safe from predators and bullies.
InternetNews April 11, 2007 Roy Mark	DoJ Loses Bid to Block Prisoner's Testimony Judge clears way for notorious I.D. theft con man's appearance before Senate Finance Committee.
PC Magazine April 4, 2007	Four Ways to Surf Safely at Starbucks There's lots of buzz about wireless security these days, and dizzying lists of dos and don'ts for public wireless usage.
PC World March 20, 2007 Steve Bass	How to Free Your PC From Spyware Use these cheap and no-cost tools to boot even really stubborn malware.
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