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InternetNews November 14, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft to Block Sony DRM Rootkit Microsoft has joined other security vendors in pursuit of the rootkit component to Sony's now-infamous anti-piracy measure.
PC World December 30, 2005 Robert McMillan	Copy Controls: How Far Will They Go? Sony's invasive antipiracy efforts point to a coming battle for control of your PC.
InternetNews November 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sony Recalls Rootkit-Plagued CDs Sony BMG is recalling the copyright-protected music CDs that have been causing no end of grief to the company.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Stephen Cass	Antipiracy Software Opens Door to Electronic Intruders When security researchers in the U.S. and Finland discovered the music CD/rootkit problem, Sony BMG's reaction was so bad that it will probably be seen in future years as a textbook example of a botched corporate response.
PC Magazine December 21, 2005 Larry Seltzer	Heard Any Good Malware Lately? Digital rights shouldn't violate civil rights as Sony's DRM rootkit seems to do.
InternetNews November 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sony Facing Not-so-Secretive Legal Action The Electronic Frontier Foundation is investigating whether to file a class-action lawsuit against Sony BMG for its anti-piracy activities on consumer computers.
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark	Sony BMG Settles FTC DRM Charges Sony BMG Music agreed Tuesday it violated federal law by not telling consumers CDs sold by the company contained digital rights management software that monitored user listening habits to send them marketing messages.
Home Theater November 15, 2005 Mark Fleischmann	Deep Rifts Exposed in Sony BMG Faux Pas Sony BMG's boneheaded misuse of hacker technology has potentially compromised the security of millions of PCs, inspired a bunch of computer viruses, provoked class-action lawsuits, caused a firestorm of protest in online forums, and even attracted veiled criticism from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
InternetNews November 21, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sony Sued Over DRM Rootkit Sony BMG's copy-protection software draws lawsuits from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the state of Texas.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Doug Gale	Can This Virus Be 'Rooted' Out? A new kind of hard-to-detect malware is increasing our vulnerability to hackers and creating headaches for makers of antiviral software.
Home Theater July 19, 2007	Sony BMG Bites DRM Developer Sony BMG is suing one of two developers of digital rights management schemes that spooked consumers, compromised the security of their PCs, and forced the music label to pay settlements in numerous lawsuits.
PC World September 2005 Laurianne McLaughlin	Copyright Crackdown New XCP2 technology on music CDs limits the number of copies you can make -- and gets in the way of putting tunes on an IPod.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2005 Alyce Lomax	What Were You Thinking, Sony? Increasingly, music companies like Sony BMG are treating their customers like criminals who borrow, rather than purchase, their products. Sony's recent move goes way beyond that idea -- providing an intrusive technology that, in effect, hijacked its customers' computers.
PC World November 5, 2001 Tom Spring	Music Labels Target CD Ripping Claiming to fight piracy, labels test copy protection to keep audio CDs from going digital...
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Alyce Lomax	More Sucking Sounds at Sony The state of Texas cries foul over Sony's spyware practices, again. But it seems that many investors still retain a lot of belief in Sony, given that its stock price continues to go up.
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Roy Mark	EFF Wants Protection For CD Research The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants Sony EMI to grant legal protections for computer security researchers examining the copy-protection technologies of the music giant.
InternetNews January 13, 2006 David Needle	Symantec Gets to Root of Rootkit Controversy Symantec, a leading provider of antivirus and computer security products, said it has addressed a controversy over whether its own software provided a hiding place for Trojans and other security breaches.
PC World April 11, 2002 Tom Spring	Face the Music: Suits Pending Over Copy Controls Class action suits may spring from consumer complaints of surreptitious CD copy protection...
PC World January 2002 Frank Thorsberg & Tom Spring	New Shackles on Your CD, Video Copying In an effort to stem piracy, entertainment companies are placing new copy restrictions into their products...
Popular Mechanics March 2006 Joel Johnson	Tech Clinic Expert Q & A How many USB devices can I hook up to my PC at one time?... What is he Sony rootkit and how do I get rid of it if it's on my computer?... How can I tell if someone is freeloading on my Wi-Fi network?...
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Just Let Us Play The Movie The entertainment industry has a great opportunity for new markets, and the PC and consumer-electronics industries have an opening for new products. But realizing this potential will require all of them to show some respect for their customers.
PC World March 2006 Dan Tynan	Hollywood vs.Your PC: Round 2 Legal options in digital entertainment are growing. But they come with restrictions that can hobble your ability to enjoy the content you've paid for and even threaten your control over your system.
Salon.com March 27, 2001 Charles C. Mann	Napster-proof CDs The music industry has a secret plan to safeguard popular music from the wild Web...
PC World July 2005 Andrew Brandt	Security Tips: Identify Malware Hiding in Windows' System Folders Fortunately, once identified, malware is usually fairly easy--albeit tedious--to clean up. So follow these detection procedures, and your PC will be in good shape. Also, several available programs will help you spot, and in one case, remove, dangerous rootkit files.
PC Magazine September 27, 2006 Robert Lemos	Your Own Personal Matrix How rootkits can take over your computer and steal data under your nose and how to stop them.
InternetNews January 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland	DRM Becomes a Balancing Act Companies walk a tightrope when it comes to protecting copyrighted work with Digital Rights Management, according to a new report.
Home Theater April 23, 2007	Sony to Replace Defective DVDs Sony will offer replacements for 20 defective glitch-prone DVD titles.
PC Magazine January 18, 2006 Michael J. Miller	Now Showing on Small Screens Technology is poised to change TV and movies in the same way as online music stores and digital music players have rewritten the rules for music distribution.
Home Toys February 2006	DVD Insider #49 Sony's rootkit fiasco has RIAA execs thinking twice about how intrusive they make their DRM. Maybe they should send their lawyers to the pirates' lairs and focus on figuring out how to make a living in the always-on Internet.
InternetNews July 19, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Snaps Up Winternals Microsoft announced the purchase of Winternals Software, a developer of Windows utilities, and added to its talent pool in the bargain.
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Cade Metz	The Sorry State of Security Time to face facts: when it comes to our online safety woes, everybody is to blame.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Sony Pays Up Last year's rootkit controversy is coming back to haunt Sony. For investors, Sony remains a tricky gamble until it can keep itself out of the negative limelight and put forth a more customer-oriented approach. There's no such thing as too big to do the right thing.
PC Magazine June 9, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking	Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 Review & Rating Panda Security has spent the last few years mastering behavior-based detection, cloud-based antivirus scanning, and free security software. Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 (free, direct) brings all these threads together.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Sony Seeks Novel Success Investors should appreciate it that the company is trying to carve out a niche with its upcoming Sony Reader, not emulate one.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Sony Says I'm Sorry ... 21st-Century Style Sony, despite some recent missteps, tries to set things right with its spyware fiasco. While the stock has certainly been strong, who can buy a company that seems committed to tripping over its own digital feet and aggravating consumers in the pursuit of more money?
The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Sony Blunders With DRM Again The electronics giant's zeal to protect copyright punishes customers. If Sony doesn't start rethinking its attitude toward DRM and its effect on consumers, it seems likely the company is going to suffer more negative perceptions. And for Sony investors, that's a real risk to contemplate.
PC World April 2006	Letters to PC World, April 2006 Excessive copy controls are cause for concern... Weigh in on online tech support, DLP TVs, and more... Another way to find fake computer parts... QuickBooks' hidden cost... Shredding digital files... etc.
Home Theater October 5, 2007	Copying Is Stealing, Says Sony BMG A single mother of two was successfully sued for using peer-to-peer file sharing to violate numerous copyrights. What may ultimately come to matter more than the verdict were some of the details that emerged along the way.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2008 Alyce Lomax	A Big Mistake at Sony BMG A small French company has alleged that Sony BMG pirated its software.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	Music Biz Blues The industry must recognize the their fragile business model is in need of an extreme makeover and their copyright-protection antics are generating enormous ill-will among the very folks who are supposed to be their customers.
Knowledge@Wharton	Sony vs. Sony As the recording and electronics industries face off over digital music, one company has had the uniquely uncomfortable position of standing on both sides of the issue: Sony.
InternetNews March 2, 2010	Microsoft Patch Aims to Stop Rootkit The latest patch from Microsoft is designed to address a malware distribution that affected some users of Windows XP.
PC Magazine September 1, 2011 Neil J. Rubenking	AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 scans quickly and does a good job both cleaning up existing malware and preventing new infestation. Independent labs rate it high, too, and it includes bonus protection against phishing and exploits.
Wired February 2003 Frank Rose	The Civil War Inside Sony Sony Music wants to entertain you. Sony Electronics wants to equip you. The problem is that when it comes to digital media, their interests are diametrically opposed.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Shruti Basavaraj	Short Sony Now! Sony's revenue has grown only 5% over the past five years, while its shares have only risen a paltry 2.8% over the same time period. Why invest in a company this clueless and uncertain, when you could invest in the index and make more?
PC Magazine April 20, 2005 Larry Seltzer	Rootkits: The Ultimate Stealth Attack These underhanded programs go to great lengths to conceal themselves. Luckily, help is on the way.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Flogging Sony A fake blog pushing the Sony PSP puts Sony in the hot seat once again. Companies using word-of-mouth marketing need to exercise full disclosure.
PC World June 2005 Scott Spanbauer	Rootkits: Invisible Assault on Windows These clever attacks are not new, but they pose a growing threat to Windows PCs. Since rootkits can work with spyware, viruses, and other malware in blended threats, security vendors are sharpening the tools they'll need for detecting them.
PC World August 2006 Andrew Brandt	New Rootkit Detectors Help Protect You and Your PC Malware that can be particularly well hidden are ferreted out by these free tools.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Bill Machrone	Give System Woes the Boot A new class of rootkit, using the virtualization capabilities of new Intel and AMD processors, is impervious to anything but a clean boot from an uninfected disc.