1. : Secret negotiations among nations that aim to develop an anticounterfeiting trade agreement include rules that would combat copyright violations on the Internet by making ISPs (Internet service providers) liable for illegal content, according to a section of a confidential draft agreement. News regarding ACTA has been sparse, what with the talks being secret and all, but sources close to the negotiations have periodically leaked information to the press.

2. , and : The European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice each approved the search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo, putting that story back into the headlines again. As implementation of the deal gets under way, we expect to make room for more related news in future weekly lists.

3. , and : The Kneber botnet held our attention at the end of this week after its existence was revealed Thursday. Once we got past the enormity of it -- 74,000 compromised computers at 2,400 companies -- we started to ponder the larger ramifications related to how the botnet operates.

4. , and : Microsoft's Windows 7 phone software stirred things up at the Mobile World Congress this week. In addition to the news story, CIO's Shane O'Neill says it's about time for Microsoft to get with that program (and has a few other thoughts on the matter as well), while PCWorld's Ginny Mies gave the software a test run.

5. : The cyberattacks that originated in China reportedly have been traced to schools in that nation. Nice course of study, that.