The first excerpt from John Battelle’s new book, The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture, is available on his blog.
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Daily Archives: August 5, 2005
FCC Issues Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
FCC Adopts Policy Statement on Broadband Internet Access. News Release: Word Martin Press Statement: Word Continue Reading
New FCC Order on Wiretaps Encompasses Expanded Definition of Communications Carrier
As a follow-up to my December 24, 2004 posting, Advocacy and Industry Groups Submit Comments Opposing VoIP Wiretaps, today the FCC issued an order that Requires Certain Broadband and VoIP Providers to Accommodate Wiretaps. Telecommunications carriers as defined in CALEA are inclusive of “new technologies and services” that include certain classes of broadband carriers and… Continue Reading
Government and CorporateTargets of Phishing Attacks Subject To Increased Security Risks
IBM press release: “IBM reported that virus-laden emails and criminal driven security attacks increased by 50 percent in the first half of 2005 – underscored by a significant rise in ‘customized’ attacks on the government, financial services, manufacturing and healthcare industries. This substantial increase, along with a decrease in less profitable threats, such as spam… Continue Reading
Declassified Archives of Gov’t Docs. On Atomic Bomb Posted Online
Press release [inclusive of links to document archives] today from the National Security Archive: “Sixty years ago this month, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, and the Japanese government surrendered to the United States and its allies. The nuclear age had truly begun with… Continue Reading
