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Daily Archives: February 17, 2004

New Tool for Updating Campaign Blogs

“Feedster is working to ensure everyone’s voice is heard by making political Feedpapers, up-to-the-minute digests of RSS-based news and blog commentary, available to all the campaigns and bloggers. In less than a minute, you can associate your blog with the candidates and parties you support and make sure your voice is heard.” [Link]

Google Facts and Challenges Ahead

“Google Inc. today announced it expanded the breadth of its web index to more than 6 billion items…Google’s collection of 6 billion items comprises 4.28 billion web pages, 880 million images, 845 million Usenet messages, and a growing collection of book-related information pages.” [Link] Search wars are about to get personal indicates that although Google… Continue Reading

Political Websites’ Growing Impact on Voters

Excerpt from a January 28 press release from comScore Networks on their December 2003 survey assessing the impact of political websites: “…more than 40 percent of visitors reported that political sites have increased their interest in learning more about issues or candidates. Nearly 30 percent of visitors told comScore that they are more actively involved… Continue Reading

Privacy Groups Request Congressional Hearings on CAPPS II

The recent release of a GAO report critical of the airline passenger screening program to be implemented this summer has intensified calls for Congressional hearings on the privacy and civil liberties issues associated with CAPPS II data collection. EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress for Hearings on Air Travel EFF Coalition letter asking for Congressional hearings… Continue Reading