A new Forrester Brief (reg. req’d) referenced in this New Zealand Business Review article states that the valuation of Google, in anticipation of its anticipated IPO this spring, has been estimated to be in the area of $15 billion, a significant overestimation according to Forrester CEO George F. Colony. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2004
Growing Importance of Spam Protection
Network Associates Spam Survey Shows That Spam Significantly Affects Security, Performance, Profitability and Overall Productivity Continue Reading
Upcoming Release of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s Papers
The Memory Hole published Highlights from the (362 page) Finding Aid for the papers (comprising over half a million items) of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, scheduled for release to the public March 4 by the Library of Congress. From the Library of Congress press release dated May 13, 1997: “Plans for the transfer and… Continue Reading
FAS Posts Recent CRS Reports on Patriot Act and Sensitive Security Information
USA Patriot Act Sunset: Provisions That Expire on December 31, 2005 by Charles Doyle, January 2, 2004 Sensitive Security Information (SSI) and Transportation Security: Background and Controversies, by Mitchel A. Sollenberger, February 5, 2004 See also 49 CFR 1520.7, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Protection of Sensitive Security Information Continue Reading
E-Discovery Blog
Alextronic Discovery: “An Electronic Discovery Blog covering news, articles and thoughts for the legal and corporate community,” by Alex Lubarsky. The first posting was 11/09/03. (thanks Ben) Continue Reading
Guides to Web Research
The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook – A Guide for the Serious Searcher, by Randolph Hock, February 2004. The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources, by Barbara Quint (Editor), Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo, January 2004. Continue Reading
Resource for Tracking E-Voting Issues
“VerifiedVoting.org champions transparent, reliable, and publicly verifiable elections in the United States.” The site includes links to federal legislation on e-voting, voting technologies that provide paper audit trails, announcements on public meetings concerning e-voting security, news from around the web, an e-newsletter, and a list of “established vendors of computerized vote tabulation systems.” Continue Reading
New Study Profiling Online Political Activists
A new report from George Washington University’s Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet (IPDI): Political Influentials Online in the 2004 Presidential Campaign (pdf, 56 pages). Continue Reading
Microsoft Word Hidden Data, E-Records and Privacy
Microsoft issued a download for Office 2003/XP to allow users to”permanently remove hidden data and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint files.” An important issue in itself, made even more relevant when considered alongside this article by Preston Gralla, published yesterday, about the creation of… Continue Reading
Minnesota Supreme Court Cmte. Report on Public Access to Records
From this release: “The Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch will hold a hearing for public comment on its proposed changes to the rules on Thursday, February 12.” Preliminary Recommendations of the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Public Access to Records… Continue Reading
Potential Legal Challenges to Children’s Internet Protection Act
Potential legal challenges to the application of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in public libraries: Strategies and issues, by Paul T. Jaeger and Charles R. McClure “The legal issues that might be used to challenge the Courts decision include least restrictive alternative, vagueness, overbreadth, request policies, prior restraints, public forum, and limitations on political… Continue Reading
Search Engines Provide Access to Wealth of Personal Data
An article in today’s Washington Post focuses on the growing volume of sensitive personal data, aggregated on commercial, corporate, academic and government websites, that is accessible via search engines. Mistakes that result from inexpert programming, server vulnerabilities and configuration related issues facilitate the compromise of personal data, the results of which are chronicled with growing… Continue Reading
