From EPIC: “Current policies for the .COM/.ORG/.NET top-level domains require the publication of personal information, such as a registrant’s mailing address, email address, telephone number, and fax number. EPIC’s WHOIS Privacy Issues Report (pdf), issued as ICANN considers new policies for WHOIS data, recommends that WHOIS policies follow the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2003
War Generates Surge of Traffic to Gov't & Commercial Sites
The start of the war against Iraq has generated a huge spike in web traffic to military sites, along with associated bottlenecks, which have impacted access to sites that include the U.S. Army Home Page and the UK Home Office’s site for terrorism information and advice. Commercial sites such as Yahoo News are also reporting… Continue Reading
Official Transcript of CIPA Case
The Supreme Court released the official transcript, in PDF (59 pages), of the oral argument held Wednesday, March 5, 2003 in United States v. American Library Association. See several of my previous postings on the case here and here. Continue Reading
Google and E-Commerce
Google’s Offspring: Taking Baby Steps critiques the search engine’s e-commerce site, Froogle, through which users can find information about a wide range of products for sale on the web by category. Continue Reading
Blogs By and For the Legal Community
From Robert J. Ambrogi, Blawgs: More Than Just Fluff reviews several dozens sites that offer useful information to the legal community. Continue Reading
Justice, War and the Constitution
According to this AP report, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made some interesting statements at John Carroll University yesterday. In particular, after his speech and during a question and answer exchange he said that when the nation is at war, citizens can expect that civil liberties “…will be ratcheted right down to the constitutional minimum.… Continue Reading
Search Engine for RSS Feeds
My previous posting on a new search engine for RSS feeds indicated the site was seeking a new name, and here it is, Feedster. See also this article, Search engines target Weblogs. Continue Reading
New Report on Spam and E-Mail Addresses
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) published a new report, Why Am I Getting All This Spam? (16 pages in PDF), which documents the volume of spam received over the course of six months by hundreds of accounts created specifically to research this issue. Although the report offers no absolute methods for beating spam,… Continue Reading
KM Portal Acquires Legal Practice Management System
Hummingbird Ltd., a leading KM enterprise management portal, announced the acquisition of LegalKEY® Technologies, Inc., a provider of conflicts and records management software. Continue Reading
Software to Test Country Specific Net Censorship
This Wired article highlights a software initiative developed by the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, called Internet Censorship Explorer (ICE). “ICE demonstrates state-sponsored content filtering and blocking by delivering the content of blocked URLs to end users. After completing a query form, ICE will attempt to access the… Continue Reading
Google Expands Its Position
From How Google Grows…and Grows…and Grows, “…Google is also a case study in savvy management — a company filled with cutting-edge ideas, rigorous accountability, and relentless attention to detail.” Continue Reading
ENFIN Interview of Search Engine Expert
Worth a read, this interview with colleague Robert Clough of Search Engine Guide reviews how he started the company, the services it offers, and his perspectives on the search engine industry. Continue Reading
