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Daily Archives: August 9, 2004
Report Highlights Improvements in Gov’t IT Security
“The Federal Government Is Results Oriented; A Report to Federal Employees,” the Office of Management and Budget, August 9, 2004: “The Federal Government is managing its IT more professionally as a resource for improving results. Seventy percent of the Federal Government’s IT systems are secure, versus 26 percent three years ago; so there is greater… Continue Reading
Google and Yahoo Settle Patent Dispute
Yahoo! and Google Resolve Disputes: “Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Google will take a license to U.S. Patent No. 6,269,361 and several related patents, held by Yahoo!’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Overture, and Yahoo! dismissed its patent lawsuit against Google. The two parties have also resolved a dispute regarding shares issuable to Yahoo! pursuant to… Continue Reading
ACLU Report on Gov’t Data Mining
ACLU press release today: “The release of the 38-page report, entitled The Surveillance-Industrial Complex: How the American Government is Conscripting Businesses and Individuals in the Construction of a Surveillance Society, marks the launch of the ACLU’s Surveillance Campaign, which is designed to regain consumers’ personal privacy rights by mobilizing people to contact prominent companies … Continue Reading
P2P File Sharing Applications Can Be Window to Confidential Documents
Computer Users Share Private Files with Their MP3s Reference: See What You Share on P2P – A Showcase of Material Found on Peer-to-Peer Networks throughout the World. Here you will find “screen shots” of documents that other P2P users are sharing. Continue Reading
Review of RSS Readers for Windows
Jeremy Wagstaf’s briefly annotated list of RSS Readers includes useful reader comments and suggestions about several applications that may be new to you. Take a look. Continue Reading
