From the New York Times, Relax, Bill Gates; It’s Google’s Turn as the Villain addresses a range of concerns about the expanding profits, plans, and profile of the company that has set its sights on dominating the information technology marketplace. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2005
Many Facets of Blogs Useful For Journalists
How journalists use blogs. Continue Reading
GSA Issues Request for Information to Provide Data Mining Application With Expansive Scope
“The intent of this RFI is, consistent with the direction in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004, to provide Electronic Directory Services (EDS), or the functional equivalent, to enable authorized participants to locate and access information, organizations, services and personnel in support of their respective mission requirements for terrorism information…An initial… Continue Reading
Wired Interviews Jon Stewart
Just thought I’d throw this into the mix tonight: Reinventing Television – We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a Special Report from Jon Stewart, by Thomas Goetz. [for those not familiar with Jon Stewart, please be advised that this interview includes sarcasm, satire, irony, and is rated L, for coarse language, in following with… Continue Reading
Study of Law Firm Libraries, KM Initiatives and Measurable Productivity
Libraries and Librarians: A link between Legal Information Services and Firm Productivity? (37 pages, Word document) by Margaret Aby Carroll, Library Sites Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Dr. Yvonne J. Chandler, Associate Professor, University of North Texas, School of Library and Information Science. [via excited utterances] “This study will seek to answer the following questions, “Can… Continue Reading
Bloggers Create RSS Feeds for USPTO News and Releases
The patent law experts at rethink(ip) have created RSS feeds for all news items and notices released by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Terrific resource, and thanks to Dennis Kennedy for the link. Continue Reading
World Wide Web Consortium Supports Open Source Standards for Copyright Services
As a follow-up to my August 12, 2005 posting, Preregistration of Certain Unpublished Copyright Claims, these comments hand delivered to Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office, by Tim Berners-Lee and Daniel J. Weitzner of the World Wide Web Consortium, document their oppositon to “the use of a single vendor’s World Wide Web browser”… Continue Reading
Rental Cars, GPS Tracking and Your Privacy
Tracking Every Move You Make: Can Car Rental Companies Use Technology to Monitor Our Driving? A Connecticut Court’s Ruling Highlights an Important Question, by Anita Ramastry. From the beSpacific archives, Auto GPS Systems Raise Privacy Issues Continue Reading
9/11 Report by CIA IG Completed in June, Still Not Released to Congress
From the Washington Post, via MSNB.com’s cached version of the article from August 20, 2005: CIA report on 9/11 is complete – Two years after deadline, findings have yet to reach Congress. Continue Reading
State of Spyware Report
Webroot Software released their State of Spyware Report today (free but requires registration), which states in part that “…the number of websites distributing spyware has quadrupled since the beginning of 2005 to an astonishing 300,000 unique URLs.” [press release] In addition, 80% of corporate computers are infected with malicious software, which can take the form… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
Copyright and Licensing Digital Materials – A Resource Guide, by Therese A. Clarke Arado Researching Intellectual Property Law In The Russian Federation, by Julian Zegelman The State of Online Legislative Research and What Makes a Good Legislative History, by Susan H. Paschell CongressLine, by GalleryWatch.com: The Document’s Story – Legislative Narration, by Paul Jenks The… Continue Reading
DNC Submits FOIA Request for Release of Roberts’ Documents
Today the Democratic National Committee sent a formal request (2 page letter, PDF) to the Solicitor General of the DOJ, requesting that the agency release all documents in its possession that were authored by Judge Roberts while an employee of the agency. The letter has 80,000 signatories. Related references to Judge Roberts Continue Reading
