Yahoo! Everything: Links to all the services and specialty sites Yahoo offers.” The A to Z index includes links to a range of topic specific engines (such as finance, news, health…), as well as to shopping, entertainment and communications services. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2005
OMB Guidance to CIOs on Improving Implementation of IT Projects
M-05-23, Improving Information Technology (IT) Project Planning and Execution, August 4, 2005 (8 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Law Firm Implements Secure IM System
Law Firm Fends Off IM Threats Continue Reading
Yahoo Claims Larger Search Engine Index Than Google
Yahoo! and Google will no doubt continue to disagree on whose search index is the largest, but a key issue remains that researchers are interested in this issue as it pertains to reliable, comprehensive, accessible, and current content, as opposed to ad revenues. Continue Reading
Government Data Mining Detailed Info on 9/11 Hijackers Back in 2000
According to an August 9, 2005 article in the New York Times, “More than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks, a small, highly classified military intelligence unit identified Mohammed Atta and three other future hijackers as likely members of a cell of Al Qaeda operating in the United States, according to a former defense… Continue Reading
Groups Warn of Privacy Risks Associated With Background Checks On Job Seekers
Press release: “The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and PrivacyActivism submitted comments to the US Attorney General expressing concern about commercial data vendors and private employers’ use of federal criminal records files for employment purposes.” Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in Employment Screening – Comments Submitted for the Attorney General Report to Congress on Criminal Records and… Continue Reading
RSS Feeds for Google News Now Available
From Google: About Feeds and Terms of Use: “Google News section feeds: You can get a feed for any Google News section. For instance, if you select a feed link while you’re on the Business page, you’ll get a feed of business news. Google News search results feeds: You can also get a feed for… Continue Reading
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Researching Intellectual Property Law In The Russian Federation, by Julian Zegelman. Continue Reading
DHS to Hold Workshop on Commercial Data Mining and Privacy Issues
From the Federal Register, August 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 150), Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary: this announcement of a Public Workshop on September 8 and 9. Summary: The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office will host a public workshop, “Privacy and Technology: Government Use of Commercial Data for Homeland Security,” to… Continue Reading
Blogs Gain Momentum In Online Competition for Views
Press Release: “50 Million Americans Visited Blogs During the First Quarter 2005, According to New comScore Study.” Behaviors of the Blogosphere: Understanding the Scale, Composition and Activities of Weblog Audiences Related reference: Will Blogs Go Bust? Continue Reading
9/11 Public Discourse Project Denied Documents on Terror Prevention
The 9/11 Public Discourse Project today released a series of letters sent by the organization to the White House and 11 other government agencies seeking documentation of efforts made to implement the recommendations made by the organization’s predecessor, the 9/11 Commission, in its final report to Congress. Related reference: 9/11 Group Says White House Has… Continue Reading
Corporations Reluctant to Reveal Incidents of Cyberextortion
From the New York Times, The Rise of the Digital Thugs chronicles the under-reported, yet growing, threat to corporations from “cyber extortionists” seeking bribes in return for withholding data and information obtained by breaching networks. Related reference: Enumerating and Reducing the Threat of Transnational Cyber Extortion against Small and Medium Size Organizations, September 2004 (30… Continue Reading
