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Oracle Drops One of Its Patent Claims Against Google

The US Patent and Trademark Office had already rejected the claim

18 Feb 2012 2 mins

Book Publishers Shut Down EBook-Sharing Operation

Two file-sharing sites that allegedly made hundreds of thousands of copyrighted ebooks available as free downloads have been forced to close, after a coalition of book publishers obtained an injunction against them.

18 Feb 2012 3 mins

Internet Legal Security

Goldman Sachs IT Analyst ‘Caught Up in Major Investigation’

Henry King, a high profile IT analyst at Goldman Sachs, is reportedly under investigation for leaking insider trading information.

18 Feb 2012 2 mins

Legal Security

Senators Unveil Cybersecurity Bill to Empower Homeland Security

After years of deliberations and several false starts, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduce cybersecurity overhaul that would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to oversee security at critical infrastructure providers, improve system

16 Feb 2012 8 mins

Cybercrime Government Regulation

Malware Network Threats Rising, How to Defend Yourself

Last year saw the rise of malware networks, distributed network infrastructures that exploit popular places on the Internet to repeatedly launch a variety of dynamic malware attacks. Blue Coat Labs has issued six best practices that can help organiza

16 Feb 2012 5 mins

CIO Malware Viruses

Privacy: A CIO’s Next Competitive Weapon

Google says that in-context privacy tools should supplement traditional privacy policies to give users more insight and control

11 Feb 2012 3 mins

Data Center Legal Privacy

Tech Leaders Call for Global Harmony on Privacy, Security

In the borderless digital world, tech and finance companies can get tangled up in a web of laws and regulations on privacy and data security.

28 Jan 2012 6 mins

Compliance Cybercrime Government

How Open Source Licenses Affect Your Business and Your Developers

Copyleft licenses have been the most popular choice for new open source projects. Recently, however, developers and companies seem to be moving from the GPL in favor of less restrictive permissive licenses for open source projects. What's behind

25 Jan 2012 6 mins

Compliance Developer IT Strategy

The Patriot Act and Your Data: Should You Ask Cloud Providers About Protection?

Does the USA Patriot Act give the U.S. government too much access to data stored on the cloud servers of American providers regardless of where those servers are located? That's the concern among European IT leaders.

21 Jan 2012 6 mins

Government Legal Regulation

Foreign Cloud Privacy Issues Dismissed by U.S. Officials

Amid rising concerns over foreign 'digital protectionism,' leaders at Justice and State Departments look to quell controversy about U.S. jurisdiction over cloud data U.S. companies store overseas.

20 Jan 2012 5 mins

Data Breach Government Regulation

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