Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek February 26, 2009 Stephen Baker	Mapping a New, Mobile Internet A nascent industry involving the likes of Google and Nokia is pinpointing the movements and behaviors of millions of cell-phone users.
BusinessWeek February 26, 2009	San Francisco's New Cartography Sense Networks studies the movement of people by tracking the data generated by their mobile phones.
BusinessWeek February 26, 2009 Stephen Baker	What I Got Right About the Wireless Web In 1999, I was right about the transformative power of the mobile Net. It just took longer, and help from the iPhone, for the scenario to play out.
InternetNews March 4, 2009 Alex Goldman	FTC Warns of Stimulus Scams Online Fraudsters take to the Web, enticing victims with a share of the U.S.'s massive stimulus package.
InternetNews March 4, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Experts Warn Koobface Eying More Social Sites Malicious hackers are continuing their attacks on social networking sites, with a new variant of the Koobface worm now spreading its assault on a new crop of the popular sites.
InternetNews March 3, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Digg Hackers Strike Next at YouTube Attacks are on the rise, with malware authors dabbling in spreading worms and scareware via comments.
Popular Mechanics March 2, 2009 Glenn Derene	Does America Need Universal Broadband? Much of the impetus behind broadband expansion has come from alarming reports that the U.S. is "falling behind" other industrialized nations in broadband adoption.
Searcher March 2009 Barbara Quint	Searcher's Voice - Life Lessons In these difficult days, safety -- such as it is -- must lie in info pros remaining open to change but dedicated to the welfare of our clients.
InternetNews February 27, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Spammers Return to 'Spim' to Lure Victims Once again, instant messaging is being used by malware authors and fraudulent marketers to ply their trades.
InternetNews February 27, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Net Neutrality, Copyright Spoiling for a Fight It may be time to choose sides in the battle lines drawing over Net neutrality and online copyright.
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