Wired Offers Inside View of Net Pirates
The Shadow Internet – “They start with a single stolen file and pump out bootleg games and movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are terrorizing the entertainment business.”
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Washington State Issues Access to Justice Technology Bill of Rights
Washington State Court Rules: Access to Justice – “These Access to Justice Technology Principles were developed by the Access to Justice Board to assure that technology enhances rather than diminishes access to and the quality of justice for all persons in Washington State.” [See the Access to Justice Technology Bill of Rights website] Access to …
GPO Plans to Mine Deep Web Data of Federal Agency Sites
On December 30, 2004, GPO issued an RFP to “procure Web Harvesting Services.” From the Statement of Work: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) requires the services of a vendor that can provide a number of different products and/or services related to the discovery, harvesting, and assessment of documents and publications from Web sites using …
The Increasing Influence of Blogs Is Highlighted in Magazines, Reports and Articles in 2004
AP documents the increasing influence of blogs, which are recognized as having made a significant impact this past year in reporting on breaking news events, political issues, and technology innovations, as just a few examples. In addition, the December 27, 2004 issue of TIME has two articles on blogging, one which requires a subscription to …
DOJ Issues New Standard on Torture
Memorandum for James B. Comey, Deputy Attorney General, Regarding Legal Standards Applicable Under 18 U.S.C. § § 2340-2340A (17 pages, PDF) “Torture is abhorrent both to American law and values and to international norms. This universal repudiation of torture is reflected in our criminal law…and the longstanding policy of the United States, repeatedly and recently …
Federal Gov’t Creates Program to Recycle Old Computers
“Ecycling” Government Computers Under Recycling Electronics and Asset Disposition Services: “For the first time, EPA is awarding contracts to help the entire federal government recycle or properly dispose of computers and other electronic equipment. The new program will prevent hazardous substances inside these items from entering landfills. For example, each computer monitor contains six pounds …
Ethics Code For Bloggers
See the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics for the Weblog world.
Starting Back At Square One to Be Rid of Spyware
Terminating Spyware With Extreme Prejudice chronicles efforts to be rid of spyware and adware programs using the extreme method of reformatting a PC hard drive, after all other avenues had failed.
Bloggers Recognized for Impact on Politics in 2004
From ABC News, People of the Year: Bloggers Related reference, from BBC News: Blogs take on the mainstream
Search Application For Handwritten Archival Documents
This article from the New York Times discusses pioneering work by Prof. R. Manmatha and colleagues to develop a digital application to read and search collections of archival, handwritten manuscripts. This software will be of tremendous value to researchers and scholars around the world.
Desperately Seeking Customer Support
Having recently been caught on a treadmill to nowhere in my quest for “customer care” and “technical support” from two major vendors for hardware issues, this New York Times article hits home. It describes the frustrations of trying to locate a support telephone contact number on the websites of a range of product websites. This …
Mobile Message Providers Must Submit Domain Names For FCC Database
From the FCC, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Domain Name Data Entry (For Wireless Providers Only): “The purpose of the domain name registry is to protect cellular and other commercial mobile service (CMRS) wireless consumers from unwanted commercial electronic mail messages, by identifying, for those who send commercial electronic mail messages, Internet domain names uses …
