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14 December 2005
Putting a Name with a Facebook
Facebook is an online directory popular among high-school and college students. Users can post photos, commentary, personal information, and just about anything else. They can also designate whether to make their information public or keep it private among friends.Facebook recently attracted national media attention when a Fisher College student was expelled for posts to the [...]
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1 October 2004
National Cyber Security Chief Quits
The head of the National Cyber Security Division, Amit Yoran, resigned yesterday. The division was created in 2003 to implement the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, a program designed to implement better security on computer networks. Yoran gave no reason for his resignation except that he “felt the timing was right to pursue other [...]
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31 March 2004
Digital Vigilantes
One fascinating thing about the Internet is the level of empowerment granted to what I would call “digital vigilantes.” These people feel the legal system is failing in some respect, so they take it upon themselves to administer their own justice through the Net. If it sounds like it has all the trappings of The [...]
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22 March 2004
At least the P2P files aren’t forged . . .
The New York Times (free subscription required) reports that a draft letter is being circulated which calls file sharing software “a dangerous product” and is proposing that companies such as KaZaa inform their users of virus and other types of risks associated with the software. The letter continues that “a failure to prominently and adequately [...]
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4 April 2001
MIT Making Course Material Available on the Web — for Free
While most Internet content companies are looking for ways to implement subscription models, MIT is planning to give away its content for free. Through MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT will make teaching materials used in almost all of its undergraduate and graduate courses available to users of the Internet free of charge. Materials expected to be made [...]
