Security

U.K. launches privacy initiative

* Three-month project will look at proactive privacy protection

Security test prompts federal fraud alert

China game boss sniped rivals, took down Internet

Rival start-ups often DDOS each other to beat their competition in China

Windows 7 user rollouts could come in pieces

Microsoft Windows 7 is recovery from Vista, expert says.

FBI investigating laptops sent to U.S. governors

Laptops have been ordered, out of the blue, to 10 states

Facebook Users To Get More Privacy; Developers, Less Freedom

Developer denies software to beat Chinese censors is malicious

UltraSurf programmer says the software acts suspiciously, but it’s just trying to put one over on the Great Firewall of China.

Lawmakers strike new tone with proposed bill giving Obama power to shut down Internet

Second draft working its way up through Senate committee

‘New’ travel search rules just won’t fly

FTC rules outlawing those damned annoying robocalls hit Sept. 1

Few things annoy consumers more than the billions of commercial telemarketing robocalls they receive every year, FTC states