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New on LLRX.com for January 2007

Table of Contents for LLRX.com – January 15, 2007 issue: Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, by Sabrina I. Pacifici The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them, by LaJean Humphries The Blog – Another Tool in Your Arsenal, by Janet Peros Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: How the Web… Continue Reading

2007 Digital Future Report

“The Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School has been tracking a representative sample of the American population for over six years watching as people move on-line and then move from modems to broadband.” Highlights of the 2007 Digital Future Report “This year’s report contains a large module looking at on-line communities… Continue Reading

Study Reveals One in 10 Respond to Fraudulent 'Phishing' Messages

Will Knight at New Scientist reports the research by Professor Markus Jakobsson and grad student Jacob Ratkiewicz, Indiana University, indicates “…one in 10 internet users may be lured into handing over sensitive personal information such as a credit card number, by fraudulent “phishing” emails…” and “that some survey participants may not have realised that they… Continue Reading

FTC Staff Report on Municipal Provision of Wireless Internet

FTC press release, October 10, 2006: “Improving consumer access to broadband Internet service is an important goal for federal, state, and local governments. The possibility of competitive risks arising from municipal participation in wireless Internet service, however, calls for a careful analysis by policymakers considering if, and to what extent, a municipality should involve itself… Continue Reading

Washington Post Sites Go Mobile

As reported by Mike Shields: “Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has launched made-for-mobile versions of the Web sites for three of its largest properties, including WashingtonPost.com, Newsweek.com and Slate.com as part of a new mobile services initiative at the company. The sites are available free of charge for any users that have a Web-enabled handset by logging onto… Continue Reading

Researchers Announce "Phoolproof Phishing Prevention"

Press release: Carnegie Mellon CyLab researchers create new system to address phishing fraud [ZDNet] Phoolproof Phishing Prevention – Bryan Parno, Cynthia Kuo, Adrian Perrig: “Phishing attacks exploit a user’s inability to distinguish legitimate websites from spoofed websites. Unfortunately, humans are ill-suited for performing the security checks necessary for secure site identification. Phoolproof Phishing Prevention uses… Continue Reading

New on LLRX.com

And you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: The Return, by Brian Neale, Roger Skalbeck, Susan Skyzinski and Barbara Fullerton And you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: The Future, by Brian Neale, Roger Skalbeck, Susan Skyzinski and Barbara Fullerton Writing Justice Blackmun, by Linda Greenhouse Statement of Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, The… Continue Reading