Update: Microsoft to appeal $1.3B EU fine
Microsoft is appealing the most recent $1.3 billion fine imposed by the European Union for failing to honor a 2004 antitrust agreement. Read more...

IP-PRO copyright bill passes House

Amazon sues N.Y. state over collecting online taxes

Privacy watchdog ratchets up effort to get county court to block document access

California court posting SSNs and other personal data, privacy advocates charge

EBay reveals details of its lawsuit against Craigslist

Xerox touts erasable paper, smart documents

Spammers ramp up siege on Google's Blogger via bots

Two more indicted on E-Rate fraud charges

Report: Antitrust regulators eye Google-Yahoo ad-sharing test

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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: Security ahead of risk at the border
Computerworld and other publications have already discussed how to behave during a Customs search of your computer and gear, but Jon Espenschied has tips for securing your data (and privacy) before you reach the border.

Kenya works on training information security managers
Data-security efforts in Kenya have been hampered in the past by a lack of training institutions, but the situation's looking up as the business sense of having a plan becomes manifest.

Opinion: Knock, knock, it's the FBI
Could clicking a link — just clicking it — be a federal-level offense? Network World's Mark Gibbs analyzes why recent FBI "initiatives" could prove a network-administration nightmare.

Q&A: Schneier says cybercrime problem 'might not be fixable'
Bruce Schneier, CTO at managed security services vendor BT Counterpane, said in an interview that making things harder on cybercrooks may require actions that financial services firms won't like.

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...

Q&A: Head of PCI council sees security standard as solid, despite breaches
Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council, spoke with Computerworld about the organization's current thinking on the PCI standard, what's changed since he took the helm in 2007, and what he makes so far of the Hannaford and Okemo data breaches.

Shhh! Privacy, Please
Librarians have done battle with the government to protect patrons' privacy. Columnist Mark Hall asks: How far will you go to defend the privacy of your customers' and employees' personal data?

Assessing the risks and cost of encryption
That liquid-nitrogen hardware hack that allowed researchers to lift an encryption key from a switch-ed-off machine was cool stuff... but now it's making your CEO ask if any encryption's worth the bother. CIO's Charlie Martin does a back-of-envelope run of the relevant risk-management numbers.

Taiwan eschews e-voting machines for now
Taiwan -- a nation that after years of dodgy rule is perhaps justifiably wary of government funny business -- is avoiding the switch to electronic voting technology.

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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Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?

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The Spy Files For Congress to do anything that helps protect consumers and the critical Internet infrastructure as a whole, it must pass laws that require proactive processes to protect computers, not that tell people how to deal with the resulting mess, says Ira Winkler. Click here to read the latest column by Ira Winkler

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