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Daily Archives: April 1, 2004
Google Launches Limited Release of New E-Mail Service
Google press release: Google Gets the Message, Launches Gmail – User Complaint About Existing Services Leads Google to Create Search-Based Webmail “Gmail is an experiment in a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that you should never have to delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you want.… Continue Reading
KM World’s Top 100
KMWorld’s 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management 2004. Continue Reading
Treasury Website Posts Campaign-Related Press Release
The WSJ reported that the Bush Administration used Treasury Dept. civil servants to compile and publish an analysis, via the agency’s webite, labeled as a press release, that actually constituted a campaign related document critical of Senator John Kerry’s proposed tax plan. According to Kerry’s campaign, this action is a violation of the Hatch Act,… Continue Reading
Content Driven Blogs A Good Marketing Choice
Online Presence: Considering Blogs Instead of Web Sites Continue Reading
DOJ Report on E-Mail Scams and Fradulent Websites
From the DOJ Criminal division, this Special Report on “Phishing, “the creation of fraudulent e-mails and websites used to deceive individuals into divulging their personal financial data.” For more information on how to protect yourself against such scams, with resources that include news updates, reports on phishing attacks, and white papers, visit the Antiphishing Working… Continue Reading
Development of Global Database of Biometric Info
See this press release from Privacy International on the development of a global biometric ID system by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Continue Reading
EU Continues to Contest Transfer of Passenger Data
From Statewatch, April 1: “The European Parliament has passed a Resolution rejecting the draft Directive on “the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data” and calling for it to be withdrawn. The Directive was put forward by the Spanish government last year and was radically altered by the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 30… Continue Reading
