News: Standards & Legal

• What Facebook vote?
  Ian Lamont, The Industry Standard
  Apr 24 2009

  An early morning blog post by Facebook's Ted Ullyot has noted the preliminary results of the site governance vote. About 3/4 chose the new Facebook Principles and Statement of Rights and ...

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• UK mobile operator offers free mobile Skype calls 'forever'
  Mikael Ricknäs
  Apr 24 2009

  Mobile operator 3 UK will allow users to enjoy unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and messages without ever having to pay, as long as they have a compatible handset and a SIM card from the operator, it ...

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• Conficker hype a 'problem,' says FBI cyber-chief
  Robert McMillan
  Apr 23 2009

  Mainstream media hype leading up to the Conficker worm's April 1 software update may have distracted people from legitimate cyber threats, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's head of cyber ...

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• Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying
  Paul Elias, Associated Press Writer
  Apr 23 2009

  Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market — software that allows you to ...

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• Getting a grip on key rotation
  Brian Tokuyoshi
  Apr 23 2009

  One of the ways to turn a pleasant dinner conversation among CISOs and risk managers into a philosophical battleground is to introduce the topic of key rotation, which is defined as the process of ...

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• US lawmakers target deep packet inspection in privacy bill
  Grant Gross
  Apr 23 2009

  U.S. lawmakers plan to introduce privacy legislation that would limit how Internet service providers can track their users, despite reports that no U.S. ISPs are using such technologies except for ...

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• Forget computers, phone crime is worrying banks
  Robert McMillan
  Apr 23 2009

  Computer fraud may be a big problem for banks today, but the telephone is becoming a critical tool for fraudsters, bank executives say. In addition to calling customers about suspicious ...

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• Zambia minister's resignation delays fixes for Zamtel
  Michael Malakata
  Apr 23 2009

  Legal issues and controversy surrounding Zambian national carrier Zamtel, which led to the resignation of Minister of Communications and Transport Dora Siliya earlier this week, mean that the ...

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• Microsoft adds health care to global e-government platform
  Elizabeth Montalbano
  Apr 23 2009

  Microsoft's efforts to improve health-care IT networks haven't been limited to recent activities in the U.S. The company this week extended a comprehensive e-services framework it is developing for ...

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• LogLogic to acquire security management vendor
  Denise Dubie
  Apr 22 2009

  LogLogic Wednesday entered into an agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum Exaprotect, a security event management company. Log and compliance management vendor LogLogic, founded in 2002, will ...

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