Via LLRX.com – SOPAs Evil Twin Sister CISPA: Well known graphic artists Jake O’Neil and Spencer Belkofer created this infographic out of a sense of urgency to visualize the salient information with as many communities as possible. This bill, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, has not garnered the media coverage of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), but its high impact implications target key legal issues involving privacy and intellectual property.
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Daily Archives: April 15, 2012
comScore Releases March 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings
News release: “comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in March with 66.4 percent of search queries conducted. U.S. Explicit Core Search: Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in March… Continue Reading
CFPB: considering new proposed rules that would help homeowners better manage their mortgages
News release: “Theres no doubt that the mortgage servicing market can be confusing for the average consumer to understand and navigate. And its even more overwhelming for homeowners in financial distress. Being aware of what you owe and to whom you should make your payments, understanding changes to your interest rate, and knowing how to… Continue Reading
Directory of Open Access Books – DOAB
“The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB. Metadata will be harvestable in order to maximize dissemination, visibility and impact. Aggregators can integrate the records in their commercial services and libraries can integrate the directory into… Continue Reading
H&R Block – The Procrastinator's Guide to Filing Taxes
“Our latest infographic has some excellent advice and last minute tax tips.” Via the IRS: Extension requests and tax payments are due by April 17, 2012. See also the IRS 1040 Central, for News Releases, Fact Sheets, Tax Tips and New Media. Continue Reading
Treasury Reports on Small Business Lending Successes
News release: “Treasury [released] its latest report to Congress that demonstrates an increasingly positive trend in lending by institutions participating in the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) when compared to financial institutions that do not. The report shows that institutions participating in the Small Business Lending Fund significantly increased small business lending in the last… Continue Reading
Commentary – Experts question validity of cybercrime statistics
New York Times: The Cybercrime Wave That Wasnt, by Dinei Florêncio, researcher and Cormac Herley, principal researcher at Microsoft Research “In less than 15 years, cybercrime has moved from obscurity to the spotlight of consumer, corporate and national security concerns. Popular accounts suggest that cybercrime is large, rapidly growing, profitable and highly evolved; annual loss… Continue Reading
The Imprisonment of Women and Girls for "Moral Crimes" in Afghanistan
“This 120-page report is based on 58 interviews conducted in three prisons and three juvenile detention facilities with women and girls accused of moral crimes. Almost all girls in juvenile detention in Afghanistan had been arrested for moral crimes, while about half of women in Afghan prisons were arrested on these charges. These crimes usually… Continue Reading
Development: Aid to developing countries falls because of global recession
News release: “Major donors aid to developing countries fell by nearly 3% in 2011, breaking a long trend of annual increases. Disregarding years of exceptional debt relief, this was the first drop since 1997. Continuing tight budgets in OECD countries will put pressure on aid levels in coming years. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría encouraged donors… Continue Reading
