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“The focus of this white paper is to describe the basic workings of a new capability, the Microsoft® Phishing Filter, that will be included in the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7. The Microsoft Phishing Filter will not only help provide consumers with a dynamic system of warning and protection against potential phishing attacks, but …
We Are the Web – “The Netscape IPO wasn’t really about dot-commerce. At its heart was a new cultural force based on mass collaboration. Blogs, Wikipedia, open source, peer-to-peer – behold the power of the people…In fewer than 4,000 days, we have encoded half a trillion versions of our collective story and put them in …
Law Library Marketing Resources, by Cindy Carlson.
Today’s Wall Street Journal featured a front page article ($), Lawyers’ Delight: Old Web Material Doesn’t Disappear – Wayback Machine and Google Archive Billions of Pages, Including Deleted Ones, which is worth review. It focuses on how old web pages available from the Internet Archive and cached pages from Google can be of particular value …
Forbes Best of The Web Directory includes recommendations on more than 3,000 websites and blogs, on topics that include investing, health, e-commerce, management, travel and careers.
The EDRI-gram newsletter reported on the release of the new EU Commission explanatory memorandum on data retention, July 20, 2005 (16 pages, PDF). “The European Commission has finally produced its draft directive on data retention. According to the Commission, all fixed and mobile telephony traffic and location data from all private and legal persons should …
Center for Democracy and Technology Analysis of Senate and House PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Bills, July 26, 2005 (6 pages, PDF)
Press release: “Today U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card asking for an explanation of the so called ’12 hour gap’ between the time then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales told Card that White House staff were instructed to preserve all documentary evidence that may relate to …
July 25, 2005: The Customer Respect Group Announces Third Quarter 2005 Results of Online Customer Respect Study of Largest Airline, Travel Firms: “Competitive Pressures Seen Driving Overall Improvements; But 38 Percent of Firms Continue to Share Personal Data.”
“What is Podscope? Podscope is the first search engine that actually allows you to search for spoken words within any audio or video file. We’re starting with podcasts and will be adding all types of multimedia in coming months.” Press release: Podscope Search Engine to Index Entire Spoken Podcast Universe; First Spoken Word Index Search …
Secrets and Leaks: The Costs and Consequences for National Security, remarks of Rep. Pete Hoekstra at the Heritage Foundation, July 25. Related references: from July 25, 2005: Bipartisan Calls for Hearings on Plame Identity Leak OMB Memoranda, M-05-17, Allocation of Responsibilities For Security Clearances Under the Executive Order, Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for …
From the Univ. of Maryland Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, The CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, by Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb, William Lucyshyn and Robert Richardson, 2005 (26 pages, PDF).
