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Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing
Insight newsmaker Bassem Al Rousan talks about his plan to transform a resource-poor Middle Eastern country into a home for software, hardware, and Internet companies.
Tags: Open source, Piracy, Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, Tax, telecommunications, Lebanon, Outsourcing
ISP snooping plans take backseat
News Republican committee chair says he won't go ahead with proposal to require Net providers to store data on customers.
Backer of .xxx domain tries again
News Entrepreneur hoping to create virtual red light district says pressure from conservative groups derailed .xxx last month.
US White House pulls e-mail for 'fishy' reports
News Say good-bye to "flag@whitehouse.gov"--it's been deactivated and messages bounce back, a win for critics comparing it to an "enemies list" and surveillance program.
Tags: Data security, E-mail servers, Security Management, E-mail Address, Republican, e-mail, aide, White House, health care, Sen.
Bill would give US president emergency control of Internet
News Critics question revised proposal from U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller to let the White House do what it deems necessary to respond to a "cybersecurity emergency".
Tags: Web sites, Cybersecurity, U.S. Senate, computer, aide, White House, Electronic Frontier Foundation, network, Internet, president
Linux cryptography attacks seen in the wild
News Secure Shell keys are being compromised and stolen from Linux-based systems, U.S.-CERT has warned.
Tags: Security, Linux, Open source, Key, SSH, Rootkit, IT Professional, Attack, Cryptography, aide
Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
News RIM's BlackBerry may not be certified by the National Security Agency to handle top-secret material, but a PDA-phone called the Sectera Edge has been. Its operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile.
Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile/Wireless, Wireless e-mail devices, Politics, RIM BlackBerry, Security, Sectera, Flexispy.com, e-mail, aide
Samsung chairman steps down
News Lee Kun-Hee, who led Samsung for 20 years, is giving up his position at the company amid tax fraud accusations, according to Reuters.
Tags: Organizational structure, Audits, Business ethics, Security, Stock, aide, chairman, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., News.com, top executive
Ex-Samsung chairman convicted of tax evasion
News Although a three-year prison sentence is suspended, South Korean court rules that Lee Kun-hee must pay a hefty fine, according to an Associated Press report.
Tags: Legal, Corporate law, Taxes, prosecutor, Stock, Associated Press, Korea, bond, aide, chairman
House panel subpoenas two HP execs
News Energy and Commerce committee to compel testimony of two high-level execs in its probe into a Hewlett-Packard investigation.
Tags: Legal
Drudge freed from 1997 libel suit
News Former White House aide Sidney Blumenthal has dropped a US$30 million libel suit against Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge and agreed to pay Drudge's side US$2,500 for travel costs.
The blogging conundrum
Insight commentary In recent times, Web logs, better known as blogs, have gained in popularity (and notoriety), especially in the United States.
Infamous porn and phishing ISP rolls Bank of India
News An infamous Russian ISP, whose servers only host illegal material, is thought to be behind the hacking of the Bank of India Web site, according to virus watchers.
Tags: Security, Data security, Network security, Spam and phishing
ACLU ads warn Of "massive" government cyber-snooping
News Ratcheting up its attack on government cyber-surveillance efforts, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching a print and Internet advertising campaign that warns of "massive" government monitoring efforts.
Bloggers bold in US election-night coverage
Insight With the last US election controversy in mind, jittery media shied away from offering early predictions Tuesday evening about which states would select John Kerry or George W. Bush. But bloggers had no such qualms.
Tags: Web logs, Government
