According to this New York Times article, the Google toolbar is so effective in blocking unwanted pop-up ads that millions use it daily. However, website designers point out that along with blocking ads, the toolbar has the unintended consequence of blocking legitimate website content that is delivered via pop-up windows.
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Daily Archives: October 30, 2003
UK Database of Personal Data Expands to Collect More Info
The UK Office of National Statistics plans to expand their collection of personal data on citizens for a new electronic dossier that will include information on births, deaths and marriages. [Link] See also this response from the Foundation for Information Policy Research on the proposed database. Continue Reading
Issue Brief on MATRIX and State Data Mining
ACLU’s Feature on MATRIX, the multi-state data mining program. The MATRIX: Total Information Awareness Reloaded – Data Mining Moves Into the States. Defunct Big Brother Spying Program Resurfaces as “Little Brother” in Seven States See my previous postings on MATRIX here and here. Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Responds to Copyright Ruling
Press release from IP Justice: Consumers Still Unable to Make Lawful Use of Digital Media: “Its disappointing that the US Copyright Office and Librarian continue to relinquish their power to protect the rights of American consumers to lawfully use their own property as Congress had intended when it created this rulemaking proceeding in 1998.” Please… Continue Reading
Are KM Portals Losing Ground to Customized Solutions?
Deconstructing Knowledge by Nicholas Carroll, a project manager with Hastings Research, comments on the recent KM World-Intranets Convention, and “the disappearance of total end-to-end solutions.” Links to over 2 dozen presentations from the conference are here. If you are interested in intranets, portal, and KM, these materials are worth your review. In addition, see Catherine… Continue Reading
USPS Changes Course on Identifying Senders of Mail
According to an article in today’s Washington Times: “The U.S. Postal Service is withdrawing a notice in the Federal Register because its wording suggests that a plan to identify senders of bulk mail is the first step to identifying the senders of all mail.” Statement of Vice President, Pricing and Classification, Stephen M. Kearney See… Continue Reading
Pacer Extends Cap on Document Fee
From the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Pacer Service Center: 30 Page Cap Will Soon Include Docket Sheets See also the Chronology of the Federal Judiciary’s Electronic Public Access (EPA) Program Continue Reading
