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U.S. piracy crackdown nets 50th conviction

Ongoing DOJ investigation nabs member of Apocalypse Crew, provider of pre-release copyrighted music to the Internet

U.S., EU officials hopeful on airline data privacy pact

U.S. secretary of homeland security tries to persuade Europeans of need to share data

Microsoft demands royalties for open source software

Microsoft general counsel claims open source software, including Linux, violates 235 of the company's patents

Social Security, spyware bills go to House vote

The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved modified versions of a pair of bills aimed at curbing abuse of social security numbers and computer spyware, respectively

Should vendors close all security holes?

Fix it or forget it? A reader presents an intriguing counterpoint

Building trust in downloads no simple feat

Truste hopes to become a virtual clearinghouse for trustworthy software distribution

Microsoft buys into CareerBuilder

Microsoft buys minority stake, extends MSN's strategic alliance with job classifieds Web site

Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat

Conference gives the security community a chance to show the software giant where it's gone wrong

Symantec pitches rootkit tech as Veritas validation

Symantec's Raw Disk Scan rootkit search-and-remove app is an example of what kind of technology the Symantec-Veritas merger will bring forth

Slimed by a venture capitalist