Privacy & Security

  • EU agrees on new Internet user rights
    AP (November 05, 2009)
    BRUSSELS (AP) - EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.
     
  • Univ. of Ill. to host new US Army computer center
    AP (November 03, 2009)
    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Army is financing a new research center at the University of Illinois to develop technology for computer networks used on battlefields and in other similarly difficult environments.
     
  • Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea
    AP (October 30, 2009)
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.
     
  • Judge tosses lawsuits against Blackwater, now Xe
    AP (October 22, 2009)
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a series of lawsuits filed by alleged Iraqi victims of the contractor once known as Blackwater USA, but is allowing the plaintiffs to refile their claims.
     
  • Alabama-built warship tops out at more than 50 mph
    AP (October 22, 2009)
    MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The second of the Navy's new generation of speedy warships designed to operate close to shore topped 50 mph in builder trials completed this month.
     
  • Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn of infections
    AP (October 13, 2009)
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers - the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating cybercrime.
     
  • Data and contacts vanish from Sidekick phones
    AP (October 13, 2009)
    NEW YORK (AP) - Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal information they put on the device, including contact numbers, because of a failure of servers that remotely stored the data.