China Delays Censorship Software Rule
Communist China on June 30 postponed its requirement that the controversial Green Dam Youth Escort censorship software be included with all computers sold...
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Competing for Best Censorship
Technology firms in countries with little government repression are currently competing to be the best at helping repressive regimes like China and Iran...
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President Obama’s Cybersecurity Plan
On May 29 President Barack Obama introduced his administration's new report on cybersecurity in the United States entitled Cyberspace Policy Review: Assuring a...
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Tracking Your Digital Trail
Innocent-seeming questionnaires, tests, and surveys are increasingly being disseminated by government officials so that they have complete histories on every citizen. ...
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Specialist Claims China Waging Cyberwarfare
“China is playing chess while we're playing checkers,” says Kevin G. Coleman, a cybersecurity adviser to the U.S. government, according to a May...
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New Cybersecurity Regime Proposed
Introduced just last week in the Senate, rather quietly, was the new Cybersecurity Act of 2009. Proposed by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV...
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Google Beware of Antitrust Nominee
Google, the internationally popular Internet search engine, is under fire. Christine A. Varney, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next antitrust chief...
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NSA Analyst: All Americans Were Spied On
According to former National Security Agency (NSA) analyst Russell Tice, millions of Americans are being spied on. Tice, who worked for the NSA...
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Google’s Flu Tracking System
Just in time for the flu season, Google has created a new health tracking and reporting website focused on the flu called "Google...
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iTunes Blocked by “Great Firewall of China”
Chinese users of Apple Computer's popular iTunes music store found themselves unable to access the service during the Olympic Games in Beijing. It...
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