[by Yvette Wohn] Rising security problems are painting a very dark picture for the future of the Internet. The New York Times recently published an article noting the rise of malicious software. This software, known as malware, is installed in one’s computer– in many cases, without the user’s knowledge. It then uses that computer and […]

By Yvette Wohn Joel Tenenbaum was one of thousands, perhaps millions of teenagers. When he was 17, he allegedly downloaded seven songs from the Internet using a peer-to-peer file sharing program called Kazaa [Both parties appear to agree this is a downloading case, not (solely) an uploading case like many of the others]. Now, 10 […]

Readers of FOI may recall the introduction’s focus on the iPhone as the book’s first example of a tethered appliance.  The release of Android was viewed with some excitement as a challenge to Apple, in more ways than one. Google, and later the Open Handset Alliance, have touted Android as an open source alternative to […]