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New Blog -- Security FixNew Opera Browser Adds Security Features: Brian Krebs reports that Opera 8 sports several new security features, including improvements designed to thwart phishing scams.
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2004 Year in Review
• Online Dangers Likely to Continue Growing in 2005 Internet users witnessed yet another wave of spam, worms, viruses and other online attacks in 2004, and experts predict the online world will grow even more dangerous in 2005.
• Commentary: Going Online? Wear Your Galoshes
• Uncertain Landscape Ahead for Copyright Protection
• States Hope to Revive Push for Online Sales Tax
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• Cybersecurity Chief: Former White House critical infrastructure protection chief Paul Kurtz now runs the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, a group of security software, hardware and service vendors that addresses key online security issues.
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The War on Spam
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Merger Critics Seek Telecom Regulation
The proposed acquisitions of AT&T Corp. by SBC Communications Inc. and MCI Inc. by Verizon Communications Inc. raise questions about how smaller players will be able to compete, critics told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights.-The Washington Post
Security Concerns Boosted Dot-Net Bid
In its quest to maintain its hold on the dot-net registry, VeriSign played up already heightened concerns about the stability and security of the Internet. -washingtonpost.com
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Pressure Is Building on NIH to Reconsider Conflict Rules (Post, April 17, 2005)

Congress Moving to Tackle Spyware Problem (TechNews.com, April 15, 2005; 7:33 AM)

Consumers Not Told Of Security Breaches, Data Brokers Admit: Senators Push for Notification Law (Post, April 14, 2005)

Silicone Implants Backed by FDA Panel: A Split Decision for Two Manufacturers (Post, April 14, 2005)

FDA Panel Opposes Silicone Gel Implants (Post, April 13, 2005)

LexisNexis Data Breach Bigger Than Estimated: 310,000 Consumers May Be Affected, Firm Says (Post, April 13, 2005)

Music Industry Targets Piracy Over Internet2 Network (Post, April 12, 2005; 3:14 PM)

The Battle Between Tinseltown and Techville (Post, April 10, 2005)

Tech Policy: Security
Va. Lawmakers Aim to Hook Cyberscammers: Starting July 1, Those Who 'Phish' for Personal Data Online Can Be Prosecuted (Post, April 10, 2005)

Net Aids Access to Sensitive ID Data: Social Security Numbers Are Widely Available (Post, April 4, 2005)

Microsoft Seeks to Identify Phishing Scam Authors (TechNews.com, March 31, 2005; 3:51 PM)

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Tech Policy: FCC
Cap Could Stop Adelphia Deal: Under 1992 Law, Comcast Would Be Too Big (Post, April 9, 2005)

FCC Head Downplays Regulation: Cable Industry Urged to Handle Decency Issue (Post, April 6, 2005)

FCC Ruling Limits Competition, ISP Tells Justices: Rival Companies' Access To Cable Lines Is at Issue (Post, March 30, 2005)

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Tech Policy: Cybercrime
Online Child-Sex Sting Results in 9 Arrests: Four From the Region Among Suspects Named By Police Task Force (Post, April 2, 2005)

Broker to Limit Sale of Personal Data (Post, March 18, 2005)

New Industry Helping Banks Fight Back: Sleuths Hit Online Identity Thieves With 'Takedowns,' 'Poisoning' (TechNews.com, March 4, 2005; 6:34 AM)

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Internet Governance
Fla. Man Secured BenedictXVI.com Weeks Ago (TechNews.com, April 19, 2005; 5:30 PM)

Florida Man Registers BenedictXVI.com Name (Post, April 20, 2005)

VeriSign Maintains Hold on .net Domain (TechNews.com, March 28, 2005; 11:23 PM)

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Digital Rights Management
Music Industry Sues Hundreds Of File Sharers At Colleges (Post, April 13, 2005)

Court Weighs File Sharing: Technology Advances vs. Copyrights in Grokster Case (Post, March 30, 2005)

Hatch to Head Senate Panel on Copyright (TechNews.com, March 17, 2005; 5:15 PM)

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Tech Policy
DNA Key to Decoding Human Factor: Secret Service's Distributed Computing Project Aimed at Decoding Encrypted Evidence (TechNews.com, March 28, 2005; 6:48 AM)

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