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Toll Lane Ahead for Internet Traffic? Tech Giants’ Internet Battles: “Web titans like Google and Yahoo! are battling some of the smartest lobbyists in the business. And they’ve just lost a big one on Capitol Hill.” Related postings on net neutrality
Search Engines: Where We Were, Are Now, and Will Ever Be – “Phil Bradley takes a look at the development of search engines over the lifetime of Ariadne and points to what we might anticipate in the years to come.”
Follow-up to April 28, 2006 posting, FBI Used NSLs to Collect Info on Thousands of Americans, the following related documents from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: News release, May 1, 2006: Authorized Wiretap Intercepts Increase 4 Percent in 2005 – “The number of orders authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral or …
The Market Intelligence Resources Professional Internet MiniGuide ($) is an 81 page resource by research expert Marcus P. Zillman.
Follow the E-Mail Trail – What you can learn from the data embedded in e-mail headers, by Mark A. Berman and Aaron Zerykier, The National Law Journal.
Boston Globe: Bush challenges hundreds of laws:”President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.” VT Sen. Patrick Leahy: Bush is abusing power …
Archivists hone disaster plans: The loss of vital historical documents as a result of hurricanes Rita and Katrina have caused state archivists to re-evaluate the scope and effectiveness of the their disaster plans, as well as the need to establish different relationships with federal authorities. Related sites: The Georgia Archives Louisiana Division of Archives, Records …
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“The mission of the Sunlight Foundation is to use the transformative power of the Internet and new information technology to enable citizens to learn more about what Congress and their elected representatives are doing, and thus help reduce corruption, ensure greater transparence and accountability by government, and foster public trust in the vital institutions of …
PCWorld: Never Call Tech Support Again! “Why suffer though hours on hold when you can solve the problem yourself? Whether your PC won’t boot, keeps crashing, is infested with adware, or can’t get to the Net, we’ll help you fix it.”
AP: “The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court’s approval…” Related postings on domestic surveillance program
Government Reform, Minority Cmte: Terrorism Attacks Surge in 2005 – Friday, April 28, 2006 — New data from the National Counterterrorism Center shows that terrorist attacks have increased exponentially in the three years since the United States invaded Iraq – Flash Report: 2005 Data on Global Terrorism [4 pages, PDF] Special Briefing on Release of …
