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Monthly Archives: October 2004
Review of IP Blogs
The multi-talented Robert Ambrogi (lawyer, author, blogger, Director of WritersforLawyers), published a new column, Web Watch: Intellectual Property Blogs (in Law Technology News, reg. req’d), which he then promptly updated on his blog. Continue Reading
EDGAR Online to Offer Data On Japanese Public Companies
Subscription-based EDGAR Online announced an “alliance” with Hitachi that will expand their content to include data on Japanese public companies, in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. [thanks to d.c.] Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Provides Data on Video Surveillance in Manhattan
From the Institute for Applied Autonomy, this information on one of their projects: “iSee is a web-based application charting the locations of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in urban environments. With iSee, users can find routes that avoid these cameras (“paths of least surveillance”) allowing them to walk around their cities without fear of being… Continue Reading
Lawyers, Judges, Fact Checking and Search Engine Reliability
From the ABAJournal.com, In Google We Trust? Critics Question How Much Judges, Lawyers Should Rely on Internet Search Results. Continue Reading
Google Launches Free Tool To Search Your PC
From the FAQ: “Google Desktop Search is…a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you’ve viewed. Search email from Outlook 2000+ and Outlook Express 5+ Search files in TXT, HTML, DOC, XLS, and PPT formats (Office 2000+) Search chats from AOL 7+ and AOL… Continue Reading
Website and Blog Present Different Perspectives on Presidential Polling Data
Electoral Vote Predictor 2004 Election Projection 2004 Edition Continue Reading
Blog Tracks Newspaper Endorsements of Bush or Kerry
Presidential Endorsements Around the country: “The goal of this site is to catalog presidential endorsements from newspapers around the country (and maybe even the world).” Continue Reading
Article Maintains Security and Privacy Are Not Mutually Exclusive
K. A. Taipale, Technology, Security and Privacy: The Fear of Frankenstein, the Myth of Privacy and the Lessons of King Ludd, 7 Yale J. L. & Tech. (forthcoming Dec. 2004, 88 pages, PDF): “This paper examines technologies of identification, data aggregation and analysis (including data mining), and collection currently being considered for use in the… Continue Reading
9/11 Report Nominated for National Book Award
The National Book Foundation website lists the 9/11 Commission Report as a candidate for the 2004 National Book Award Finalist in the non-fiction category. See the press release here. Continue Reading
Report from DOJ Intellectual Property Task Force on Cybercrime
Report of the Department of Justice’s Task Force on Intellectual Property (October 2004, 96 pages, PDF): “This final report of recommendations..outline[s] both substantive and tangible methods for the Department of Justice to expand and enhance its efforts in protecting the nation’s creative and intellectual resources.” Commentary: Justice Dept. wants new antipiracy powers Continue Reading
New Edition of U.S. Government Manual on the Web
U.S. Government Manual: Main Page, Quick Search for Current Edition (2004-05) [Link]: “As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards,… Continue Reading
