POLITICO: “Federal regulators may end a two-year antitrust probe of Googles search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites and letting search ad campaigns be easily ported to rival search services, two sources with knowledge of the case told POLITICO. The FTC is also preparing to enter into a settlement with Google on a related case over how the company uses its acquired stockpile of patents against competitors, as POLITICO reported last week. Under the patent agreement, Google will curtail using key patents it picked up when it purchased Motorola Mobility to block competitors infringing those patents from getting their products to the market, although there are exceptions, sources said.”
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Daily Archives: December 15, 2012
CRS – U.S. Farm Income
U.S. Farm Income, Randy Schnepf, Specialist in Agricultural Policy. December 10, 2012 “According to USDAs Economic Research Service (ERS), national net farm incomea key indicator of U.S. farm well-beingis forecast at $114 billion in 2012, down 3.3% from last years record, but still the second-highest total on record. In addition to near-record farm income, farm… Continue Reading
FindLaw – Data Stored on Cell Phones Not Protected, Fed. Court Rules
FindLaw – “Data stored on personal cell phones is not protected by the Stored Communications Act (SCA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled. As mobile technology changes rapidly, legal questions remain about the extent of digital privacy protection. The Fifth Circuit determined that the act does not protect information stored… Continue Reading
Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Discovery, and the Catalog
Dempsey is OCLC Vice President and Chief Strategist: “This article discusses the position of the catalog and uses it to illustrate more general discovery and workflow directions for libraries. There is a renaissance of interest in the catalog and catalog data. Yet it comes at a time when the catalog itself is being reconfigured in… Continue Reading
Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation and Infographic from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey
“The U.S. Census Bureau released additional tables from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation. The Census Bureau has produced this tabulation about the labor force after every census since the 1970s. However, for the first time, this tabulation uses estimates from American Community Survey data, collected over a five-year period. Todays tables… Continue Reading
Department of Defense Energy Initiatives: Background and Issues for Congress
CRS – Department of Defense Energy Initiatives: Background and Issues for Congress, December 10, 2012 “The Department of Defense (DOD) spends billions of dollars per year on fuel, and is pursuing numerous initiatives for reducing its fuel needs and changing the mix of energy sources that it uses. DODs energy initiatives pose several potential oversight… Continue Reading
