Computer virus scouts for child pornography; search software that risks subverting due process and privacy

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A new computer virus that goes by the name VBS.Noped.a and is attached to an e-mail message, searches the recipent's computer for child pornography images, collects the names of the files and then sends those on to the police. The origin of the software filtering program is unknown and authorities are concerned over the privacy issues of this virus and question the validity of the filtering software's results, since the program identifies 'pornographic' files by the sound of the file names.

Public affairs, Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications regulations, Technology development, Computer viruses, Searches and seizures, Government communications regulation, Child pornography

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U.S. expands investigation into piracy of software

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The United states Customs Service is conducting investigations into software piracy at universities and corporations. Software executive and students alike are being questioned about piracy groups and cooperation is reluctantly mounting.

Software piracy, United States. Customs and Border Protection

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For a computer game ace, a very real dogfight

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J.W. Stealey, chairman and CEO of Microprose Inc, was a former Air Force flight instructor who earned the monicker Wild Bill because of his cool and his bravado. Today, he faces the formidable task of manuevering his computer game company into profitability in the turbulent electronic games industry. Microprose is known for its simulations of Nighthawk stealth fighters, Apache helicopter gunships and Abrams M-1 tanks. To withstand the competition posed by market leader Electronic Arts, which earned $259.8 million in revenues for 1992 compared with Microprose's $46.8 million, Stealey negotiated a $10 million line of credit with Signet Bank to cover the expense of coming out with six games in 1993. Microprose has since announced a technical default on its line of credit and predicted losses of $4.9 million for the fourth quarter. A group of outside investors has offered a cash infusion of $8 million provided Stealey gives up his CEO post. The proposal was rejected.

Holding companies, not elsewhere classified, Management, Computer games, Chief executive officers, MicroProse Inc., Computer Game, Financial Stability, Stealey, J. W.

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