Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler is quoted in this Internet.com article in response to yesterday’s patent infringement decision (1:99-cv-626), “We feel very good about our prospects on appeal. We remain steadfast in our belief that the Eolas patent is not valid. While the judge did not grant all our post trial motions, the court did accept some of our arguments and decided to stay the injunction pending our appeal.”
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Daily Archives: January 15, 2004
GAO Report on Federal Public Key Infrastructure Initiatives
Information Security: Status of Federal Public Key Infrastructure Activities at Major Departments and Agencies. GAO-04-157, December 15. From the Highlights: “PKI implementation continues to pose major challenges for agencies…” “Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is IT infrastructure that enables users of a basically unsecure public network (such as the Internet) to securely and privately exchange data… Continue Reading
Book on Business Research
Strauss’ Handbook of Business of Business Information: A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers, by Rita W. Moss. Recommended by Marydee Ojala. Continue Reading
Terror Alert System Under Seige
From Newsweek: “U.S. Homeland Security officials are coming under increasing political pressure to overhaul, if not eliminate, their color-coded terror alerts as concern mounts that the current system has become so dysfunctional that it may actually be increasing the country’s vulnerability to attack.” See also Lawmaker Wants Terror Alert System Refined Continue Reading
E-Voting Manufacturer Used Uncertified Software in California
More news on problems with Diebold’s e-voting technology, this time in California, where an audit by the California Voter Foundation (CVF) ascertained that the company “had installed uncertified versions of software or firmware in all 17 counties it services” in the state. Continue Reading
Rep. Waxman Requests Investigation into Release of “Sensitive” Gov’t Docs
In a January 14 letter to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Rep. Henry Waxman, Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Government Reform requested “information regarding apparent inconsistencies in how the Administration handles allegations regarding the release of sensitive information.” References and context: Treasury Dept. Urges Probe Over O’Neill Paper in response to former Treasury… Continue Reading
A Quintet of Articles on Electronic Discovery Issues
From law.com: The Discovery Dance Data Collection Standards Can Your Old Files Come Back to Life? The Dilemma of Duplicates Raves for Two New EDD Books Continue Reading
