Movable Type founders Ben and Mena Trott announced that their company Six Apart Ltd. will soon release “TypePad, a hosted service providing powerful tools for creating full-featured weblogs.” See also, Eyeing Blogger, Creators of Movable Type Expand. Looks as if Google now has some formidable competition in the BlogSphere! Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2003
Online Docket Databases Speed Research
Getting Wired Is Part of Research reviews technology options available to access online court dockets and filings from federal and state courts. Two services mentioned are the comprehensive CourtExpress.com (fee-based) and CourtWeb (which is limited to selected rulings from participating U.S. District Court judges). Continue Reading
ABA 2003 Lawyer Survey Available Online
From the ABA’s Market Research Department, news that the 2003 ABA National Lawyer Population Survey is available here. In addition to this data, the site provides access to other ABA research and statistics about the profession (demographics, women in law, salaries, quality of life, law firm rankings, corporate counsel, etc.) as well as links to… Continue Reading
Resource on HIPAA Privacy Rule
The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) posted an Early Release on April 11, HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (pdf). This 24 page report includes an overview of the new privacy rule, as well numerous links to related online resources from… Continue Reading
CDC Provides SARS Resource Guide
The Centers for Disease Control has a launched a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) website, which is updated daily. This site is an excellent example of the power of a content-driven e-gov resource whose goal is to educate the public and disseminate accurate, topical, current information. See also this excellent resource on the subject from… Continue Reading
European E-Business Legal Portal Launched
The EU announced a plan in December 2002 to create a European E-business Legal Portal with the stated purpose of facilitating electronic cross-border transactions. On schedule, the Commission launched the site, eBusiness Lex that “contains information and resources on a range of relevant issues, including contractual aspects, online payments, privacy and data protection and intellectual… Continue Reading
Google Makes Major Acquisition
Google is onboard the money train with their acquisition of Applied Semantics, “a company that makes software that analyzes the content of Web sites in order to match them with appropriate advertising,” according to this Reuter’s story. See the Google press release here, which states, “Applied Semantics’ products and engineering team will strengthen Google’s search… Continue Reading
Napster Investors Sued for Copyright Violations
In the continuing saga of Napster, this news that venture capital firm Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was sued in U.S. District Court (LA) by Universal Music Group and The EMI Group for contributing to global copyright violations by the bankrupt file sharing service. See also my previous posting on the new book about Napster. And… Continue Reading
OCLC Research Announcements Available Via RSS
OCLC Research announcements are now available via RSS 2.0. Continue Reading
The Losing Battle Against Spam
The New York Times published an extensive article on the challenges posed by the adroit and aggressive junk e-mail industry that has to date overcome all challenges preventing the delivery of their unwelcome messages to our home and work e-mail accounts. Continue Reading
One Nation, Under Surveillance
Dan Farmer, a software engineer and computer security expert, and Charles C. Mann, an editor and author, have a two part article in the Technology Review titled Surveillance Nation. Part One appears to be available in full-text as premium content (subscription req’d). However, Part Two has no restrictions, and provides a perspective on the evolution… Continue Reading
CDT Seeks Info On Sites Blocked by PA Law
As I posted previously, the Pennsylvania Attorney General has refused to release information about hundreds of websites, innocuous and otherwise, blocked by the states’ recently enacted law, 18 Pennsylvania Statutes Sec. 7330. Yesterday the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) appealed the Attorney General’s refusal to grant access to this information, citing the Pennsylvania Right… Continue Reading
