Copyright, IRS Computer Losses, Rewritable DVDs & Internet Security
The US government now claims that Congress has the power not only to extend existing copyrights, but also to restore the copyright of work that has entered the public domain and that copyright is totally immune from First Amendment scrutiny.
The IRS has lost or misplaced 2332 laptop computers, desktop computers and servers over three years, according to a recent report by Treasury Department auditors. They concluded it's a persistent problem: The IRS has reported a material weakness in inventory controls every year since 1983.
Antivirus companies have received a copy of the first virus capable of infecting files based on Microsoft's .Net Intermediate Language, or MSIL.
The two groups striving to make their respective formats the standard for rewritable DVDs used this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as an opportunity to demonstrate their progress.
Computer programmer Daniel Bernstein says he just wants to make the Internet more secure. But he says the US government is still standing in his way.
The IRS has lost or misplaced 2332 laptop computers, desktop computers and servers over three years, according to a recent report by Treasury Department auditors. They concluded it's a persistent problem: The IRS has reported a material weakness in inventory controls every year since 1983.
Antivirus companies have received a copy of the first virus capable of infecting files based on Microsoft's .Net Intermediate Language, or MSIL.
The two groups striving to make their respective formats the standard for rewritable DVDs used this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as an opportunity to demonstrate their progress.
Computer programmer Daniel Bernstein says he just wants to make the Internet more secure. But he says the US government is still standing in his way.