Skype's legal storm clears
Skype's cofounders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have agreed to transfer ownership of the remaining Skype technology that eBay didn't own, paving the way for eBay to complete its sale of a majority stake in Skype to an investor consortium. Read more...

Norwegian ISP doesn't have to block Pirate Bay, says court

Gumblar malware's home domain is active again

Developer finds major coding errors in Facebook, MySpace

TSMC court win a major blow to China's biggest chip maker

EU breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access

TSMC court win a major blow to China's biggest chip maker

Trade talks hone in on Internet abuse, ISP liability

Software shields online banking on infected PCs

Psystar begs judge to rule it's legit

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Q&A: isoHunt founder says P2P can help create post-piracy world
isoHunt's Gary Fung talks about how isoHunt has evaded legal trouble so far, why he holds out hope of working together with Hollywood and the music industry, and how he's launched a new P2P site for just that purpose.

TSMC court win a major blow to China's biggest chip maker
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has won a major victory over China's biggest chip maker in a court case that could have wide ranging implications for the loser.

The Struggle With DLP
Few security technologies have received as much attention over the past few years as Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) solutions have. The concept behind them is exciting, offering the ability to scan traffic on your network and in your systems, and assign rules-based protections to the data that you want to protect. Someone e-mailing out a copy of customer records with SSNs? The DLP system will block it or encrypt it on the fly. Someone trying to copy IP to a USB drive? Alert management and block the action. It can be a great way to protect your most critical information assets, but as many have found, it is not an end-all, be-all solution to your data leakage problems.

EFF launches 'Takedown Hall of Shame'
The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week aimed a historically potent weapon -- the spotlight of public shame -- at those corporations and individuals who abuse copyright claims to stifle free speech.

4 dangerous myths about data disposal, debunked
How often and how thoroughly do you take out the data garbage? Many "gotchas" surround data disposal. Here's advice from two experts on how to avoid some big traps.

Protect Your Legal Rights When Sharing IT Services
In a cross-organization IT shared services arrangement, two or more companies partner to provide the shared technology infrastructure or services. While there are several benefits to such agreements, there are risks that need to be understood and addressed. One of the most significant risks relates to the ownership and protection of intellectual property (IP).

Block data leaks at the endpoint
It almost goes without saying that the greatest threat to the security of an enterprise network often comes from within. Security professionals can shore up their borders, lock down their devices, and search bags on the way out, but there might never be a way to be 100% certain that an employee is not abusing access to sensitive data.

Online piracy: Torrents and takedowns
The Business Software Alliance monitors Web sites for illegal software files and torrents. Egregious cases, and those involving organized crime, may be prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Piracy's global economic impact debated
Critics say a study by the Business Software Alliance and IDC on the economic impact of global software piracy has flaws.

Blowing the Whistle
Many whistle-blowers say they're more concerned about professional ethics than financial reward when they call the BSA antipiracy hot line.

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