Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog People think the same about downloading files from peer-to-peer services as their parents did about taping songs from the radio — who loses? Kent highlighted some key factors — legal digital files with no viruses or spyware in a controlled client...
[September 1, 2006, 20:30]
Chat 'bots' May Be Hacker Tool
News If you're a malicious person and have pirated software held on your computer and people are downloading it, you'll be the target for prosecution," Slender said. According to ISS, the likelihood is that the Microsoft IIS exploit code will be...
[May 10, 2002, 10:55]
Firms Facing File-sharing Probes
News It was people scanning trying to find out who is downloading all the stuff illegally. Employers whose staff run peer-to-peer applications over their corporate networks could soon face investigation by legal authorities looking for illegal file...
[March 24, 2005, 17:10]
What's Hidden In Your Hard Drive?
News The public doesn't have time to investigate if it's negative software; they'll just stop downloading.I would hate to think we could reach a point that, whenever a dialogue box comes up and says, 'Do you want to do this,' bells go off and people...
[April 18, 2002, 15:48]
Band Sabotages Napster With Covert Capers
News Although you thought you were downloading our new single, what you actually were downloading is an advertisement for the new album," says singer Steven Page in one of the rogue MP3's. The creators of Napster, an MP3 peer-to-peer application that...
[September 19, 2000, 15:32]
Microsoft Sends Threatening Letters To Source-code Posters
News The letters explain to the individuals that downloading or using the source code is a violation of the law. In addition to the warning letters, the software giant has posted alerts on several peer-to-peer file-sharing networks where it believes...
[February 19, 2004, 7:40]
Employers Crack Down On MP3s
News The cause: someone in the Israeli office was downloading a copy of "The Lion King. According to Websense, about 35 out of 250 companies surveyed in a recent poll had disciplined or reprimanded employees for downloading songs.
[June 27, 2002, 14:23]
