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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Yahoo Beta Search Tool Sorts Results Into Commercial and Informational Groups
Mindset: “A Yahoo! Research Labs demo that applies a new twist on search that uses machine learning technology to give you a choice: View Yahoo! Search results sorted according to whether they are more commercial or more informational (i.e., from academic, non-commercial, or research-oriented sources).” FAQ about the demo Related news: New Search Stars –… Continue Reading
Debate Continues Behind Closed Doors on PATRIOT Act Extension
The Proposal to Reauthorize and Expand Parts of the USA PATRIOT Act: Why It’s Unnecessary and, In Some Respects, Dangerous, By Anita Ramastry. Patriot Act Extension Debated at Closed Congressional Meeting American Civil Liberties Union Testimony at an Oversight Hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001: Section 505 (National Security Letters) and Section 804… Continue Reading
Official Ballot for the Technolawyer @ Awards
Never done this before, but…first time for everything (lyric by Roger Miller), please visit http://www.technolawyer.com/tlballot2005.htm and cast your ballot for beSpacific, and for LLRX too! Thanks. Continue Reading
NJ Panel Rules on Use of Law Firm Web Marketing
Advertising Panel Lays Down Rules for Law Firm Ads on Web, by Charles Toutant, New Jersey Law Journal. Continue Reading
Identity of Watergate Confidential Source Revealed After 30 Years
“In a Vanity Fair exclusive, W. Mark Felt, 91 years old and formerly second-in-command at the F.B.I., says that he is the confidential Watergate source who assisted Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernsteinand helped bring down President Richard Nixon.” [Text version, and in PDF] And tonight from the Washington Post (reg. req’d), Washington… Continue Reading
Administration Challenges Decision on Access to ISP Subscriber Info
On May 30, AP reported: The Bush Administration wants to compel ISPs to turn over information about subscribers as part of its fight against terrorism. Related reference from September 29, 2004: Patriot Act Provision Struck Down by Federal Judge Continue Reading
Privacy Advocates Continue Warnings About REAL ID Act
From today’s LA Times (reg. req’d), Federal ID Act May Be Flawed – The new law could actually increase the risk of a person’s identity being stolen, critics say. Commentary on Ramifications of REAL ID Act From the National Conference of State Legislatures, this table summarizes the act’s driver’s license title Continue Reading
Is Mainstream Embrace Around the Corner for RSS?
What is the future for Web sites in a world of RSS? by Matt McAlister, VP & General Manager, Online, InfoWorld. [Micro Persuasion] “We’ve all joined onto a platform, a common standard for pushing/pulling/sharing individual items. Those items might be news headlines, transaction data, persistent search queries, links to downloads, etc. And because we have… Continue Reading
Server Based Solutions to Combat Spam
Keep Spam on Ice – Instead of sweating over a custom anti-spam server and software combo, consider the appliances on the market, by Brett Burney. Continue Reading
GAO Reports on Legal Issues Associated with Use of RFID
Information Security: Radio Frequency Identification Technology in the Federal Government GAO-05-551, May 27, 2005. Highlights: “Of the 16 agencies that responded to the question on legal issues associated with RFID implementation in our survey, only one identified what it considered to be legal issues. These issues relate to protecting an individual’s right to privacy and… Continue Reading
FBI Enforcement Action Against Piracy by P2P File Sharing Network
Press release, May 25, 2005: Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Michael J. Garcia, and Assistant Director Louis M. Reigel of the FBI’s Cyber Division today announced the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks… Continue Reading
