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There's been an interesting academic argument going around in certain legal and open source circles about how to make sure that our software licenses are enforceable. Most open source licenses you'll find at https://opensource.org/ and all proprietary software licenses you'll . . .
You can take all the steps you want to protect yourself against identity theft: Guard your wallet, shred your personal financial papers before throwing them in the trash, monitor your credit reports. But no matter how careful you are, you may not be able to avoid having your identity assumed by someone who wants to go on a buying spree, using your credit card, bank account, Social Security number or other personal data. . . .
The first legal test of a controversial law designed to prevent digital piracy is starting in the US. After more than a year of courtroom skirmishes, jury selection is scheduled to begin in San Jose, California, in the trial of the Moscow-based software company ElcomSoft. . .
The Initiative for Software Choice, a software industry trade group whose members include Microsoft, Intel and Cisco, has advised the U.S. Department of Defense not to adhere to a policy that promotes open source software at the expense of proprietary software. . . .
Perhaps one of the most common unethical requests IT professionals face is to install, maintain, or at least overlook, unlicensed software. In a report released in June 2002, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) reported that 40 percent of software worldwide . . .
The growth of the spam problem in 2002 has been exponential. Companies that sell spam filtering software say currently the percentage of email that is spam could be 20%, 33%, or even up to 50%, compared to less than 10% a year ago. While the rise in spam is easy to notice, it is hard to quantify. Spam is by definition "unsolicited commercial email", and often. . .
A Defense Department agency recently considered--and rejected--a far-reaching plan that would sharply curtail online anonymity by tagging e-mail and Web browsing with unique markers for each Internet user. . .
E-mail security company CipherTrust wants your spam. The company is calling on surfers of all stripes to help it wage a fight against spam by sending their unsolicited mass e-mail to its new Web site, Spamarchive.org. The idea is to . . .
Internet providers such as America Online could give the government more information about subscribers and police would gain new Internet wiretap powers under legislation creating the new Department of Homeland Security. . .
SpamArchive.org has just been launched. SpamArchive.org is a community resource that provides a database of known spam to be used for testing, developing, and benchmarking anti-spam tools. The goal of this project is to provide a large repository of spam that can be used by researchers and tool developers. . .
Companies usually exploit consumers' information for free, but Britain's Chris Downs is devising a way for people to cash in As shoppers rev up for the holiday season, many are turning to online auctioneer eBay for unconventional gifts -- a . . .
A secretive federal court on Monday granted police broad authority to monitor Internet usage, record keystrokes and employ other surveillance methods against terror and espionage suspects. In an unexpected and near-complete victory for law enforcement. . .
One-third of the 30 billion e-mails sent worldwide each day are spam. That's 10 billion daily pitches for herbal Viagra, Nigerian scams, and genital-enlarging creams piling up in our inboxes. Neither legislation nor litigation against spammers has stemmed the tide, and they're not going to have much of an effect in the future. . .
Intelligence agencies worldwide must create a global database to share information with each other about threats and attacks by terrorist organizations and "rogue despots like Saddam Hussein. . .
A federal judge has ruled that law enforcement officials went too far when they tried to use evidence gathered by a known hacker to convict someone of possessing child pornography. The decision, handed down earlier this month, is believed to be the first to say that hacking into an Internet-connected home PC without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. . .
Encryption and access management software and hardware vendor RSA Security Inc has teamed up with identity management software vendor Courion Corp with a strategic partnership to enable the management of user identities and access privileges across heterogeneous e-business environments. . .
An FTC-led investigation led to warnings being sent 100 alleged spammers, telling them to stop immedidately. Plus, it identifies the most likely targets. Altogether, the regulators announced they had filed more than 30 enforcement actions and had sent letters to about 100 alleged spammers warning them to cease sending the unwanted and often fraudulent commercial e-mail messages. . .
The sun was setting on Laura Betterly's six-bedroom house as she reviewed a pair of outgoing e-mail messages one last time. Satisfied, she moved her cursor to the "send" icon and clicked. . .
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is launching a counterattack against Hollywood's efforts to crack down on student file-swapping. The privacy advocacy group is sending letters to presidents of colleges across the country, asking them to think before they install monitoring . . .
What if your refrigerator knew too much? More specifically, what if the company that made your refrigerator knew too much, automatically sucking in data about food purchases you. . .
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