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Congress asks Yahoo to explain alleged false statements it made about jailed pro-democracy advocate Shi Tao and examine steps it has taken to protect privacy rights of users in China
Facebook settles a N.Y. investigation by promising to step up the policing of pornography, harassment, and inappropriate behavior on its social networking site
Oracle's latest critical patch fixes 51 vulnerabilities, including 27 found in Oracle Database Server
New Trojan horse that appears as an installer with Skype's logo has spread through spam and IM conversations with a link to the malware
Promisec's InnerSpace compliance monitoring tool can provide 24/7 automated scanning of a wide-area network
Core Security and Qualys say their entrance into the Web apps vulnerability testing market is a natural evolution of their products, expertise
Microsoft will no longer fight the Korea Fair Trade Commission ruling that ordered it to pay a fine of $36 million and offer two versions of Windows XP
Google's Video Identification will help copyright holders identify their works on YouTube and choose what they want done with their videos
A researcher who goes by the online name Hackbunny has posted a patch for the URI bug that has dogged Windows XP and Server 2003
Members of the Business Software Alliance want the federal government to address new types of cybercrime and to ramp up enforcement