Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Roger O. Crockett	Spammers Have Your Number E-mail's scourge is coming to your cell phone, where it will be more than annoying - it'll cost you.
InternetNews November 15, 2007 David Needle	Ellison: 'Fusion Must Coexist' Oracle's CEO talks up Fusion, Linux and virtualization and clarifies why buying Microsoft software doesn't help the poor.
InternetNews November 14, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Virus Infections Reflect Sloppy Manufacturing Maxtor drive infection the latest example of what happens when manufacturing systems are connected to that virus haven known as the Internet.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Susan Karlin	Inuits in Arctic Canada Use Internet to Connect to Each Other Inuits in Arctic Canada use the Internet to pass along traditions and bridge a generation gap.
InternetNews November 9, 2007 Andy Patrizio	MySpace Page For Alicia Keyes Hacked Crafty hackers break the site for Alicia Keyes, add redirects to a site with a rootkit.
Reason November 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Dating Discord eHarmony, the dating site of choice for those looking to get hitched, has a longstanding "straight people only" policy. In May, Linda Carlson sued the site because of it. Carlson isn't the only one peeved at eHarmony.
InternetNews November 1, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Politics Turns Annoying, Threatening On The Web Political issues are finding their way to the Web in some ugly ways.
InternetNews November 1, 2007 Larry Barrett	SIIA Gunning For Online Software Pirates The trade association is serious about tracking down and prosecuting thieves selling pilfered or counterfeit software on eBay.
PC World October 25, 2007 Scott Spanbauer	Comparing Collaborative Web Services Use the latest low-cost collaboration tools to manage your group's projects online.
PC World October 24, 2007 Erik Larkin	The Internet's Public Enemy Number One The Storm Worm has infected so many machines that it's now one of the most powerful supercomputers.
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