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

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InternetNews May 20, 2009 Alex Goldman	U.S. Defense Dept. Aiming for E-Mail Lockdown As high-profile security breaches mount, the DoD is looking for vendors to help secure one of its key networks.
InternetNews May 19, 2009 Alex Goldman	Spammers Find 'Healthy' New Tactics With Acai Zombie networks and botnets are ramping up spam and using sophisticated filter penetration tactics -- to sell Acai drinks?
InternetNews May 19, 2009	Gumblar: Biggest Threat on the Web Today? A new trojan has grown quickly, and experts aren't mincing words in describing the danger.
InternetNews May 18, 2009 Alex Goldman	Legit Sites Riskier Than Web's Back Alleys New reports say that while users may fear fly-by-night Web sites, they're more likely to be infected by the sites they trust.
Scientific American June 2009 Michael Moyer	What Conficker Reveals About Internet Crime The worm exposes the sophisticated international criminal networks behind modern computer viruses
D-Lib June 2009 Bonita Wilson	Social Networking Gets Serious Social networking is not a new phenomenon, but the various social networking applications are increasingly being used for collaboration well beyond that of people selectively sharing aspects of their personal lives with others who have similar interests.
InternetNews May 15, 2009 David Needle	Consumers Left in the Dark on Net Privacy Experts may debate whether there's more than meets the eye in online data collection, but they agree that Internet users need education.
InternetNews May 15, 2009 Alex Goldman	Facebook Attacks Threaten All Web Sites Why would users want your user name and password? Perhaps because it could give them access to your money and your e-mail.
AskMen.com	Craigslist Drops "Erotic Services" Pressure to remove the category increased this spring after a Boston medical student was charged with killing a masseuse who authorities say he met through Craigslist.
InternetNews May 11, 2009 Alex Goldman	UC Berkeley Says Hackers Breached Database Officials at the University of California at Berkeley on Friday began notifying students and the public that hackers had breached a healthcare database at the school, potentially gaining access to the personal information of up to 160,000 students dating back to 1999.
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