IP-PRO copyright bill passes House
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would create a "copyright czar" in the White House and that, in an earlier incarnation, threatened to up fines on certain copyright infringements by 10 times or more. Read more...

TorrentSpy told to pay $111M in damages to movie studios

Google puts open-source project back up

ISPs, Web sites must tackle piracy, says Viacom chief

Google takes down open-source project after DMCA complaint

Microsoft hit with patent suit over RoundTable

Windows XP SP3 still officially AWOL, but can be found on BitTorrent, Microsoft servers

Conn. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

Travel group warns: Corporate data at risk from laptop searches at border

Psystar office exists, but not yet open to the public

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Campus Whispers
Universities need to be more proactive — and vocal — in dealing with their students' use of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks for illegal downloads.

Opinion: A spring cleaning for security
The column undertakes spring cleaning as the writer checks in on issues raised by "In Security" over the past year. He's got good news and bad news...

Torvalds: Microsoft is bluffing on patents
Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds expressed doubt that interoperability advocates at Microsoft can triumph and ambivalence about Sun's recent overtures to the open-source movement in a recent interview with the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin.

The 7 most annoying developments in software
From product keys to click behavior, application developers need to stop annoying their users.

Opinion: Mixing open- and closed-source, managing risk
Talk about the worst of both worlds: When Jon Espenschied tried to untangle a malware attack on his dual-boot system, he found out just how vulnerable combining open- and closed-source software can leave a machine.

Opinion: I'm so bo-o-o-red with the RIAA (but what can I do?)
The music industry's trying to use the current legal system to get around decisions made by legal systems past, says InfoWorld's Robert X. Cringeley. The upshot? We're all thieves -- yes, you too.

Professor uses Youtube, Facebook in copyright fight
As Canada squares off to tackle an impending copyright-reform bill, one of the nation's most diligent observers of the situation is taking his case to the Net's newest streets.

Q&A: Eleven questions for a warez site owner
What goes on in the mind of the folks who run software sites that operate along the lines of the notorious Casbah? PC World's Steve Bass interviewed the owner of a "warez" site in hopes of understanding how the ethics work -- not to mention the finances.

Privacy and piracy: What are we telling the kids?
What are the security consequences of letting the MPAA and RIAA frame the terms of intellectual-property law? Columnist Jon Espenschied has five reasons the madness needs to end.

Indian Audit Comes With a Silver Lining
A security assessment of a partner in India turns up some problems, but they're small, and the auditor's a keeper.

Mistakes such as putting down co-workers or burning bridges when you resign are surefire ways to darken your career prospects. Here's how to avoid them Hype and promises abound in the IT world, but these six breakthroughs really will change your life, says author and former IT manager John Brandon. Baby boomers are retiring and taking their knowledge with them. Why do so few in IT seem to care? Computerworld editors share stories of their first PCs, including some classics and some real clunkers -- then we ask readers to share their early-PC tales.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

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