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Less than a week after telling the RSA Security conference that the government is having problems getting private industry to get behind the administration’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, White House cybersecurity advisor Howard Schmidt is reportedly planning on resigning his post by the end of the month. According to published reports, Schmidt has e-mailed […]

The Justice Department filed court documents Friday supporting the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) lawsuit against Verizon Internet Services, putting the Bush administration clearly on the side of the RIAA in its ongoing legal battles to stop illegal file sharing. Invoking the subpoena power of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the RIAA is […]

The Virginia legislature has approved Internet wine sales, becoming the 23rd state to allow for interstate, direct-to-consumer wine shipments from out-of-state wineries. The new law takes effect July 1 and will allow Virginians 21 years and older the ability to order and receive wine directly from out-of-state wineries who are licensed to make direct-to-consumer shipments. […]

Cyberstalking — stalking individuals via the Internet — is increasing across America according to a study released Thursday by Wired Safety, an online safety and help group. While women remain the most likely targets of cyberstalkers, the study found that female cyberstalkers are also increasing in number. In addition, growing numbers of children are cyberstalking […]

The adult Web site “Married But Lonely” may be getting lonelier. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked a U.S. District court judge to block an allegedly illegal spam operation that uses deceptively bland subject lines, false return addresses, and empty “reply-to” links to drive business to the site. The FTC has asked the court […]

Online music and movie piracy cost 85 U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen a series of sanctions including demerits, extra work assignments, and loss of privileges and leave. In a much publicized raid last November, academy officials seized almost 100 computers from students suspected of downloading unauthorized copies of songs and films. The Navy raid came in […]

Nuala O’Connor Kelly, currently the privacy officer and chief counsel for the Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration, has been named the nation’s first privacy czar at the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Prior to joining the government, she was the privacy officer for online ad firm DoubleClick. At DHS, O’Connor Kelly will be responsible […]

The U.S. Air Force has purchased an enterprise-wide license for the Bantu Instant Messaging (IM) and Presence Platform through Lockheed Martin’s Global Combat Support System. The Bantu IM platform is already used by the U.S. Army as part of the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) portal and the U.S. Navy’s Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) portal. With […]

Canadian wireless security firm Certicom is working with the National Security Agency (NSA) to research and develop advanced encryption technology and tools for protecting classified information. The NSA hopes the pilot program will result in new technology that will be integrated and used to secure top-secret government communications without compromising network speed and performance. The […]

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has issued a new Privacy Threat Index to track the threat to privacy resulting from the expansion of government surveillance. The San Francisco-based privacy rights group hopes the index will reflect how much the government is flexing its new surveillance powers through laws and regulations such as the Patriot […]

While Americans are increasingly embracing online government services, they are also concerned dealing with government over the Internet may compromise their privacy, according to a new study released by the Council for Excellence in Government and Accenture . The study, The New e-Government Equation: Ease, Engagement, Privacy and Protection, was conducted by Hart-Teeter Research and […]

While the U.S. Congress considers legislation to keep Americans from using online gambling sites, a U.K.-based nonprofit group backed by the largest licensor of Internet casinos is organizing to provide “online players with high levels of assurance of fair, honest, and responsible gaming.” E-Commerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) plans to issue “seals […]