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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

Jan 24, 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.

Jan 20, 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.

Jan 19, 2012 5 mins

Data Breach Government Regulation

Backers of SOPA and PIPA Hopeful Revised Bills Can Move

With controversial DNS blocking provisions gone and an equivocal statement from the Obama administration, content industry lobbies press for passage of anti-piracy legislation. However, thousands of destinations websites such as still Wikipedia plan

Jan 17, 2012 5 mins

Government Intellectual Property Regulation

SOPA, PIPA Opponents Prepare for Capitol Hill Piracy Showdown

Competing visions for how to address overseas copyright infringement will take center stage in Washington.

Jan 16, 2012 7 mins

Cybercrime Government Legal

4 Google Social Search Tips for Control and Privacy

Google's controversial search update brings content from Google+ to the forefront of your search results. Here's what you need to know about what you can control, and how to personalize the new features.

Jan 12, 2012 5 mins

Internet Legal Privacy

Steve Jobs in A Doll’s House

Apple lawyers say no to creepy Steve Jobs doll. Check out other Jobs-like products.

Jan 5, 2012 1 min

IT Leadership Legal iPhone

RIM’s Big BBX Blunder and Why “BlackBerry 10” is a Lame Name

RIM's brand new BlackBerry mobile OS, due in early 2012, was expected to be called "BBX." But due to a recently court ruling against it, RIM has dropped BBX and opted simply for "BlackBerry 10." CIO.com's Al Sacco thinks

Dec 7, 2011 4 mins

Legal Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Analytics Help Police Stop Crime Before it Happens

Two California cities are pioneers in "predictive policing." Analysis of historical crime data produces digital maps that show officers where to patrol to prevent burglaries and vehicle thefts.

Nov 15, 2011 8 mins

Enterprise Applications Legal

Why Law Enforcement Can’t Stop Hackers

The threat that criminal hackers pose to corporate and government information systems has spiked in the past five years, according to the FBI, and shows no signs of abating. The worst part: Law enforcement is virtually powerless in cracking down on c

Nov 15, 2011 13 mins

Cybercrime Data Breach Legal

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