From the EFF press release: “Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released logfinder, a software tool to help people reduce the unnecessary collection of personal information about computer users…Such data tells a lot about a user’s browsing and email habits and…must be turned over to government entities with court orders and can be subpoenaed by… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2005
PR Battle Escalates in Anticipation of P2P Antipiracy Case Before Supreme Court
As Piracy Battle Nears Supreme Court, the Messages Grow Manic Legal documents related to the case. Continue Reading
Industry Group Formed to Promote VoIP Security
VoIP Leaders Form Alliance for VoIP Security Research and Testing: “The industry’s first Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Security Alliance was launched today in conjunction with leading VoIP vendors, providers, security researchers, and thought leaders to discover and reduce VoIP security risks. A complete list of members can be accessed at www.voipsa.org.” Continue Reading
Report Warns of Problems for Municipality Sponsored WiFi
From the New Millennium Research Council, Washington, D.C., a report co-authored by six telecom experts, ‘Not In The Public Interest the Myth of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks’ – Why Municipal Schemes to Provide Wi-Fi Broadband Service With Public Funds Are Ill-Advised, February 2005. (40 pages, PDF) “Many American cities and towns are now considering municipal… Continue Reading
Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers Now Available to Public
From the Ranson Center, University of Texas at Austin, “Now available to the public for the first time are Woodward and Bernstein’s notes from source interviews, drafts of newspaper stories and books, memos, letters, tape recordings, research materials, and other Watergate papers… Purchased by The University of Texas at Austin in 2003, the Woodward and… Continue Reading
FBI’s Virtual Case System Focus of Continued Scrutiny
As a follow-up to my January 14, 2005 posting, FBI’s Custom Database Project On Verge of Failure, additional documentation and news on the issue: February 3, 2005 – Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Hearing on the FBI’s Information Technology Modernization Program, Trilogy: Testimony of Robert S. Mueller, III,… Continue Reading
Questions Raised About Pentagon Website Content Created for Overseas Audience
CNN reports on possible conflicts regarding content guidelines and Department of Defense maintained websites targeted to a global readership, which also happen to be the focus of a review by the DoD OIG. Related news: White House-friendly reporter under scrutiny and Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law, and from the Baltimore Sune, Pentagon probes… Continue Reading
CDC Public Health Law Resources
26 Readings in Public Health Law: “Each week for 26 weeks…we will post a short introductory description and a link to selected readings in public health law, including cases, law review articles, book chapters, and other materials. The readings are designed to provide a foundation for understanding public health law.” [thanks to Mike Ravnitzky] Also… Continue Reading
E-Gov’t Portal Links Users to Wealth of Geographic Data
“Through the Geospatial One Stop portal, anyone can access geospatial information from federal agencies and a growing number of state, local, tribal and private agencies through one comprehensive and comprehensible portal.” This incredible resource provides users with many options to construct searches by specifying key words, data categories, scale/coverage, data type/format, time period and location.… Continue Reading
NY Times Articles Will be Featured in Topix.net Search Results
AP reports that the New York Times has a sponsorship agreement with Topix.net to prominently feature its articles on the news aggregator’s site. Continue Reading
Price Tag of Spam Reflected in Significant Lost Productivity
As a follow-up to my posting on February 1, Junk Email Careens Out of Law’s Control, more bad news about the spam explosion in a survey released by the Center for Excellence in Service at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. According to the press release, “Spam’s price tag now reaches… Continue Reading
Yahoo’s Beta Tool Offers Search in Context
The introduction to Y!Q provides a quick explanation of the contextual search tool as well as links to get you started, including using the feature on Yahoo News. Just click on the text below the document abstract that says “Search Related Info,” which offers both a short list of links, as well as the ability… Continue Reading
