News release: “U.S. house prices fell in the third quarter of 2010 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agencys (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index (HPI). The HPI, calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-acquired mortgages, was 1.6 percent lower on both a seasonally adjusted and unadjusted basis in… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
SF Federal Reserve: Is Structural Unemployment on the Rise?
Is Structural Unemployment on the Rise? By Rob Valletta and Katherine Kuang “An increase in U.S. aggregate labor demand reflected in rising job vacancies has not been accompanied by a similar decline in the unemployment rate. Some analysts maintain that unemployed workers lack the skills to fill available jobs, a mismatch that contributes to an… Continue Reading
Center for Public Integrity Report on Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna
“For seven months, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists deployed 12 journalists to investigate the black market bluefin trade, a trail that led from major fishing fleets and tuna ranches in the Mediterranean and North Africa, through ministry offices, to some of the worlds largest buyers in Japan. ICIJs team uncovered a supply chain that at… Continue Reading
New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Offer Launches Consumers Into Broadband's Fastest Lane
News release: “Verizon is launching 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service – the fastest mass-market broadband service in the nation – over the company’s all-fiber-optic FiOS network. The company has begun to roll out the ultra-high-speed service to the majority of the more than 12.5 million homes that the FiOS network passes, and will… Continue Reading
Internet Crime Complaint Center – Holiday Shopping Tips
Holiday Shopping Tips: “This holiday season the FBI reminds shoppers that cyber criminals aggressively create new ways to steal money and personal information. Scammers use many techniques to fool potential victims, including conducting fraudulent auction sales, reshipping merchandise purchased with stolen credit cards, and selling fraudulent or stolen gift cards through auction sites at discounted… Continue Reading
WikiLeaks "intends to release several hundred thousand" classified U.S. documents on foreign policy issues
Wikileaks’ October 22, 2010 document dump of classified military documents, The Iraq War Logs [see also the previous release, Wikileaks Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010 – posted in Google fusion tables], will soon be followed by a third release, of classified State Department cables, according to the organization. Wikileaks’ twitter feed includes posts indicating the U.S.… Continue Reading
FAQ on risks and rights with TSA's 'enhanced' screening
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports via CNET, Your risks and rights with TSA’s ‘enhanced’ screening (FAQ). Continue Reading
Commentary – Who will win the battle for control of the web? Read more: Who will win the battle for control of the web?
“Tom Arah investigates the war between Apple, Microsoft, Google and Adobe for web domination – In the 20 years since Tim Berners-Lee produced the first web browser, our expectations of what the internet can deliver have changed beyond all recognition. However, the core experience of browsing of HTML-based pages has remained largely intact. Now thats… Continue Reading
FCC: Texting, Video Streaming, Data Sharing to 9-1-1 For Consumers
News release: “Bringing 9-1-1 into the 21st century is one of the FCCs key public safety priorities. FCC Chairman Genachowski announced that in December he will launch a proceeding, as recommended in the National Broadband Plan, to get public input on how to transition the current system to broadband enabled, next-generation 9-1-1. This action builds… Continue Reading
U.S. Courts: Report on Civil Litigation: Education, Training Keys to Improvement
Report to the Chief Justice of the United States on the 2010 Conference on Civil Litigation – Submitted by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, November 2010 “A report to the Chief Justice says educating lawyers, clients, and judges should be part of the… Continue Reading
Two new metatags for Google News: syndication-source and original-source
Official Google New Blog: “News publishers and readers both benefit when journalists get proper credit for their work. That can be difficult, with news spreading so quickly and many websites syndicating articles to others. Thats why were experimenting with two new metatags for Google News: syndication-source and original-source. Each of these metatags addresses a different… Continue Reading
New Member Pictorial Directory: 112th Congress
New Member Pictorial Directory: 112th Congress – Pocketsized compilation of color photographs of all of the men and women of the 112th Congress. See also New Members Guide 2010 By The Hill Staff Continue Reading
