WSJ – Internet Becoming Competing “Internets” as New Nations, Cultures Rise

Talk of the Internet splitting into competing “Internets” just hit the Wall Street Journal’s front page. Fast-rising networks of emerging nations, regions and non-Latin-character communities build barriers around major global online markets for security, localized support or profits, an ominous trend for extant Net giants largely in the US.
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Yahoo Gave Search Data To Bush Administration Lawyers

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday acknowledged handing over search data requested in a subpoena from the Bush administration, which is hoping to use the information to revive an anti-porn law
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Google will fight Bush Administration demand for search records

The US Government is taking legal action to gain access to Google’s vast database of internet searches in an historic clash over privacy. The Bush Administration has asked a federal judge to order the world’s most popular internet search engine to hand over the records of all Google searches.
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History of Computer Security

“This list of papers was initially distributed on CD-ROM at NISSC ‘98. These papers are unpublished, seminal works in computer security. They are papers every serious student of computer security should read. They are not easy to find. The goal of this collection is to make them widely available.”
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MIT Reports: The Worst Spyware Bundles

When we first started crawling the Web looking for bad downloads last year, we weren’t sure what we’d find. I can say with equal confidence that there’s also plenty of train wrecks waiting to happen to your PC.
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