Paid Listings Complicate Search for Quality Lawyers Online: “Consumers searching for a local lawyer, especially a specialist, may find little more than advertising-based listings and nothing resembling thoughtful advice online. More troubling: While some sites, like FindLaw.com, are legitimate, ad-supported directories, others such as The BestLegalServices.com collect personal information and fail to disclose… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2004
Maryland County First in Nation With Cable Customer Service Protections
Earlier this month I posted Maryland County Considers Regulating Cable Modem Service, and as a follow-up from today’s Washington Post, this article (reg. req’d) reports that Montgomery County has passed new consumer protections requiring that “cable companies must answer the phone within 30 seconds, complete repairs within 36 hours, and refund customers for Internet service… Continue Reading
Website on Clinical Trials Data in the Spotlight
ClinicalTrials.gov, launched in early 2000, “provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.” Users may browse for information by condition, status or sponsor, as well as search the database using keywords. This Washington Post article (reg, req’d) reviews the positive features of the service while noting that it does… Continue Reading
Google Prepares Website for IPO Related Docs.
The site, located here, currently states, “This page is not yet ready.” Continue Reading
E-Mail Fraud Continues to Lure Unsuspecting Readers
Consumers still falling for phish: “Fake e-mails fool users 28 percent of the time, study finds.” See these additional resources: MailFrontiers Email Threat Information Center The MailFrontier Phishing IQ Test FTC pushes e-mail standard Continue Reading
Beta Version of MSN Newsbot
“The MSNBC Newsbot (beta), powered by MSN Search Technology, is an experimental, automated news service. Newsbot gathers news from over 4,800 sources on the Internet to speed your discovery of the information you care about most. Enter a topic, interest, or news story you want to learn more about and MSNBC Newsbot will bring you… Continue Reading
The Challenges of Digital Data Preservation
Life has gotten even shorter in digital age Related posting, What is the Life Span of Ditigal Content on CDs & DVDs? Continue Reading
Two Legal Publishers Dominate Global Market
Publishers Dueling for No. 1 Continue Reading
Google and Domain Name Disputes
From Susan Kuchinskas, interesting news of the continuing saga concerning Google’s domain name challenges, as documented in Of Boobles, Froogles and Googles. See also Google’s challenge of Froogles.com name rejected. Continue Reading
Michigan Captures Top Spot in Digital State Survey
“The Center for Digital Government is pleased to announce the results of its all-new 2004 Digital States Survey, a comprehensive study on best practices, policies and progress made by state governments in their use of digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations.” [Link] Continue Reading
New Report Documents Overclassification of Gov’t Docs.
The Report on Cost Estimates for Security Classification Activities for 2003 from the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). [Link] See this article and this article for perspectives on the overclassification of government documents compiled at taxpayer expense. In addition, here is a press release from Senator Ron Wyden about recently introduced bipartisan legislation to create… Continue Reading
NPR Joins the RSS Bandwagon
RSS Feeds: NPR News and Information Delivered to Your Desktop Continue Reading
