Press release: “Symantec has been granted U.S. patent number 6,851,057 for a system that enables the detection of complex viruses, worms, and spyware. The technology, “data driven detection of viruses,” is employed throughout Symantec’s portfolio of industry-leading information security solutions at the desktop, server, and gateway for both consumers and enterprises.”
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Daily Archives: March 2, 2005
Hearing on Overclassification of Government Documents
Emerging Threats: Overclassification and Psuedo-Classification, House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, March 2, 2005. Related resources: Shays Holds Hearing on Overclassification: “Last year, more federal officials classified more information, and declassified less, than the year before. In our previous hearing on official secrecy policies, the Department of… Continue Reading
C-SPAN’s Digital Future Program Features Lessig Tomorrow
Thursday, March 3 at 6:30pm ET – “Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, Lessig is the author of Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace and an expert on the issues of copyright and “copyleft.” He is the inventor of the revolutionary concept… Continue Reading
Collaborative Online Encyclopedia Inspires, Flourishes and Takes Heat From Critics
From Wired, The Book Stops Here – “Jimmy Wales wanted to build a free encyclopedia on the Internet. So he raised an army of amateurs and created the self-organizing, self-repairing, hyperaddictive library of the future called Wikipedia.” Continue Reading
Critical Importance of Cleaning Hard Drives When Replacing Your PC
Critical personal and professional data resident on the hard drives of PCs that have been sold, traded or stolen remains a significant problem with no easy remedy. According to this Times Online article which documents the range of sensitive data retrieved from the drives of major corporations and individuals alike, the only reliable means of… Continue Reading
New York Public Library Launches Comprehensive Collection of Images Online
Press release: Free Online Collection of 275,000 Images from World-Renowned New York Public Library Launches March 3 “A large, rich treasury of images (including Civil War photographs, illuminated manuscripts, Japanese prints, New York City views, and early American maps) from the collections of The New York Public Library will be accessible free of charge over… Continue Reading
