Good morning tech

CAN’T-MISS NEWS 

Cybersecurity legislation that would put DHS in charge of civilian cybersecurity to be considered: Members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs introduced a far-reaching cybersecurity bill on Thursday that would give the president new emergency authority over private networks. “We cannot afford to wait for a ‘cyber 9/11’ before our government finally realizes the importance of protecting our digital resources, limiting our vulnerabilities and mitigating the consequences of penetrations of our networks,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said in a floor statement introducing the bill with Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.). The Homeland Security panel will study the legislation at a Tuesday hearing. The bill would also make the Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting civilian networks, raising industry concerns about excess regulation.

Political fundraising tool taps donors’ social
networks: AP reports that social networking tools that allow users to track their friends’ contributions are helping candidates raise more money. Clients include GOP Senate candidates Marco Rubio of Florida and Rob Portman of Ohio. AP says its a “democratizing” tool because it allows users to raise money rather than simply contribute, boosting their involvement.

NUMBER PUNCH

850,000… The number of clicks on a Gawker post exposing AT&T’s iPad data breach, as of the end of last week. (WSJ)

SCHEDULED

Digital Capital Week kicked off over the weekend with events every day this week.

3:30 p.m. The Council of the Americas will hold a talk about information and communication technology in Latin America. National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, First Amendment Lounge, Washington, D.C.

SAID

“The new shiny things aren’t available and there’s only the old-fashioned stuff, where it takes a lot of work to make the software look good.”

—developer Jan Ole Suhr on apps makers’ limited enthusiasm for creating applications for Nokia phones. Despite the fact that the company has 41 percent of the smartphone market, it has “failed to make [its phones] the platform of choice for software writers,” Bloomberg says.

FOR THE WATERCOOLER

ULYSSES: Nudity has prompted Apple to censor a webcomic version of James Joyce’s Ulysses on iPhones and iPads. Daily Finance says it’s ironic because the book was originally banned in the United States in 1920 due to racy content.