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Congress is in a hurry to pass the information-sharing bill even as opposition continues to mount among tech companies, security experts, and privacy advocates After spending months mired in the Senate, the latest incarnation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) advanced to the floor this week and could face a vote as early as next week. The move to pass the CISPA rehash -- which the Obama administration has indicated it will sign -- comes despite mounting opposition from technology companies, security experts, and privacy advocates. Although CISA is branded a cyber security bill, it does nothing to actually...

Tom Shea, writing in these pages 25 years ago, had it almost right. His article “Subscribe to Magazines with your Microcomputer” in January 1983 described Publishers Aide — a “magazine subscription fulfillment” company that planned to let home computer users “key … in a code” to access subscription data from the company’s IBM mainframe. “I believe magazines will, in time, be computerized,” Publishers Aide President Michael Ciuffreda told our readers. “You’ll just go buy a tape that you’ll display on your TV screen when you want to view it. It will then become a permanent part of your library.” Not...

Excerpt - Yes, the rumors are true. As of today, March 26, 2007, InfoWorld is discontinuing its print component. No more printing on dead trees, no more glossy covers, no more supporting the US Post Office in its rush to get thousands of inky copies on subscribers' desks by Monday morning (or thereabouts). The issue that many of you will receive in your physical mailbox this week -- vol. 29, issue 13 -- will be the last one in InfoWorld's storied 29-year history. But let me dispel any other rumors. InfoWorld is not dead. We're not going anywhere. We are...

The Can-Spy Act? Oh, oh. In case you haven't noticed, there's a very familiar pattern to current legislative activity regarding anti-spyware laws. It's very reminiscent of where Congress was last year at this time on anti-spam legislation, and that ultimately led to the disastrous Can Spam Act. Are we soon to see the enactment of the "Yes, You Can Spy Act" as well? The parallels with the situation that created the Can Spam Act are downright scary. Just as there was an all too justifiable hue-and-cry last year about spam, the politicians are now keenly feeling the need to do...