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Daily Archives: May 31, 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
