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Will the New Owners of FaceBook Be Responsible?

PHILADELPHIA, PA: The word on the street is FaceBook may be going public (in an IPO) as soon as this coming week. Will the new owners of FaceBook, those people who buy shares, be responsible for my privacy and security? Is it possible for individual shareholders to be accountable for what their company does? At [...]
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Google and Wikipedia Blackout Protest Over U.S. Internet Legislation

#SOPA #PIPA If you go to Wikipedia.org today, you get a black page asking you to protest. If you to Google today, you will find their logo blacked-out and a plea to protest. WordPress.org, The Membrane.com and KingArthur.com have also *blacked-out* in support of the protest. What has Internet intellectuals all in an up-roar? Millions [...]
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Google Buzz Class Action Settlement

Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we’ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year. Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about [...]
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Secret Treaties Gag Free Speech

Operating in secrecy, the USA and other countries conspire to remove free speech protections. Orwell was right. How long before we see “Newspeak” and “Thoughtcrime” ? Global DMCA
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How To Choose An ISP

National Cyber Alert System Understanding ISPs ISPs offer services like email and internet access. Compare factors like security, services, and cost so that you find an ISP that supports all of your needs. What is an ISP? An ISP, or internet service provider, is a company that provides its customers access to the internet and [...]
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Fraudulent Web Sites

We are aware of public reports indicating that attackers are using legitimate web pages to run malicious code on victims’ machines. Reports, including a posting by Sophos, indicate that these messages * Include keywords and names related to a current event (such as, the 9/11/2001 terrorist attack) * Prompt users with a fake virus scan [...]
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Apple Safari And Firefox

Apple has released Safari 4.0.3 for Windows and Mac OS X to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain sensitive information, or spoof a website. The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.0.13 and Firefox 3.5.2 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an [...]
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GFIRST National Security Conference

Announcing the 5th Annual GFIRST National Conference at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia – August 23-28, 2009 GFIRST5: The Five Pillars of Cyber Security: Threat, Vulnerability, Attack & Detection, Mitigation and Reflection. These foundations support the cyber security and incident response community by identifying the core components of incident management. Regardless [...]
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7 Practices for Computer Security

1. Protect your personal information. It’s valuable. 2. Know who you’re dealing with. 3. Use security software that updates automatically. 4. Keep your operating system and Web browser up-to-date, and learn about their security features. 5. Protect your passwords. 6. Back up important files. 7. Learn what to do in an e-mergency. Access to information [...]
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Android: Open Source Opperating System

Android is an open source operating system that was originally developed by Google for use on cell phones and mobile devices. Acer has announced that Android will be used on their new netbooks. The good news is that Android is distributed for free and is improved upon by the open source community. This will give [...]
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