News release: “Some 578 leading Internet activists, builders, and commentators responded in this survey to scenarios about the effect of the Internet on social, political, and economic life in the year 2020. An additional 618 stakeholders also participated in the study, for a total of 1,196 participants who shared their views…”
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Daily Archives: December 14, 2008
New on LLRX.com: E-Discovery Update – My E-Discovery Holiday Wish List
E-Discovery Update: My E-Discovery Holiday Wish List – Conrad J. Jacoby’s holiday wish is for the legal community to finally develop one or more judicially accepted standards that can be used to craft consistent ways of requesting and producing information. With baseline procedures in place, both producing and requesting parties, as well as judges, will… Continue Reading
Google Foresakes Algorithm Based Search Engine Results
UK Register: “Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results. It’s a historic statement – and nobody has yet grasped its significance. Not so very long ago, Google disclaimed responsibility for its search results by explaining that these were chosen by a computer algorithm.” CNET: Does… Continue Reading
Monthly Economic Indicators – Council of Economic Advisors
Economic Indicators: Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly compilation is prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.” Continue Reading
U.S. Conference of Mayors Release 2008 Hunger and Homelessness Survey Results
News release: “Hunger and Homelessness are both on the rise according to a U.S. Conference of Mayors report on the status of Hunger and Homelessness in America. For more than 22 years, the Conference of Mayors has documented the magnitude of the issues of hunger and homelessness in our nations cities..this report provides an analysis… Continue Reading
New York City Housing Commissioner Chosen As New Housing Secretary
“President-elect has selected Shaun Donovan to be his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Donovan, a former Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development in New York City, will come to Washington with the innovative ideas and new perspective needed to help the thousands of hard-working American families whose livelihoods have been threatened during this… Continue Reading
FTC: Getting Rid of Your Old Computer?
Follow up to previous postings on recovering data from discarded or resold computers and their hard drives, from the FTC: “Computers are a popular gift during the holiday season. People with a new computer often wonder about the best way to get rid of the old one. OnGuardOnline.gov, the computer safety Web site managed by… Continue Reading
SEC Charges Bernard L. Madoff for Multi-Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Bernard L. Madoff and his investment firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, with securities fraud for a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme that he perpetrated on advisory clients of his firm. The SEC is seeking emergency relief for investors, including an asset freeze and the appointment… Continue Reading
GM Announces Significant Production Cuts for Q1 '09
News release: “General Motors announced today a significant reduction of planned production for the first quarter of 2009 due to the ongoing and severe drop in industry sales, which were down 36 percent in November overall and 41 percent for GM (2007 vs. 2008). The impact of these and recently announced actions to adjust production… Continue Reading
