Today is D-Day in internet-land. As we reported earlier, Monday is the day that the FBI shut down the temporary servers it put online in response to that DNS-changing worm, which could potentially cause thousands of users to lose internet connectivity today. At 12:01 a.m. EDT, the FBI took those temporary servers offline as planned. [...]

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Here’s a cheery thought.  A piece of malware that may have infected your computer over a year ago could cause you to lose your internet connectivity on Monday. Despite repeated attempts by Google, Facebook, and the FBI to get people to check their machines, it’s estimated that there are still more than a quarter of [...]

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In what has to be a clear case of a guy who just doesn’t “get it,” SOPA sponsor Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has scheduled a markup session next month in which the bill might be altered. The House Judiciary Committee will not be taking a final vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act.  The markup [...]

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