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Daily Archives: October 13, 2003
Wired District Courts
AP published a list of the 26 (of the 94) district courts that currently provide electronic filing and case management. Continue Reading
Initiative Works Towards Open Internet Policies
Weblog of the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI): “The Global Internet Policy Initiative supports adoption in developing countries of the legal and policy framework for an open and democratic Internet. The project works with local stakeholders in consultative, coalition-based efforts to promote the principles of a decentralized, accessible, user-controlled, and market-driven Internet. [thanks to Robert… Continue Reading
New Scientific Journal at Vanguard of Free Access Publishing Movement
The premier issue of the first free journal from the Public Library of Science, PLoS Biology, is now available online, although traffic to the site since the announcement has resulted in intermittent access. From the editorial statement: “PLoS Biology, and every PLoS journal to follow, will be an open-access publicationeverything we publish will immediately be… Continue Reading
Microsoft Updates May Become Automatic
According to PCWorld.com, Microsoft may institute automatic security updates via a default option. Continue Reading
FCC Commissioner Declares Internet Is At Risk
This speech, The Beginning of the End of the Internet?” Discrimination, Closed Networks, and The Future of Cyberspace, was delivered October 9 by FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps, at an event sponsored by the New America Foundation, Washington, DC. The Internet …”may be dying because entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the Internets choke-points… Continue Reading
Evaluating Competitive Intelligence Software
Assessing Competitive Intelligence Software A Guide to Evaluating CI Technology, by France Bouthillier and Kathleen Shearer Foreword by Chun Wei Choo: “As commercial software products for Competitive Intelligence (CI) have begun to emerge and gain acceptance, potential users find themselves overly dependent on information supplied by the software makers. Reviews and surveys are published from… Continue Reading
Proposed Tunnel to Link Capitol and Library of Congress
From the Wall Street Journal: “As the federal deficit is widening, Congress is preparing to dig itself another hole — a $10 million pedestrian tunnel connecting the U.S. Capitol to the Library of Congress across the street.” Continue Reading
EU v. U.S. Data Protection Policies
From the Wall Street Journal, October 10: “While the U.S. has opposed comprehensive regulations to protect citizens’ privacy, Europe has plowed ahead with the world’s toughest set of rules governing how companies and governments may deal with personal data, such as one’s age, marital status, buying patterns — even the information on a standard business… Continue Reading
