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Who Downloaded the Spyware? Not Me! Coming Soon – the Death of Search Engines? Trends in Blog Searching Change Strategies Are the Key to KM International Commercial Arbitration: Locating the Resources (Revised) Online Legal Information in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden – Updated Metaforix@Health – Prescription Drug Pricing: Issues and Resources Notes From the Technology Trenches …

Subjects: Blogs, Freedom of Information, ID Theft, Legal Research, Libraries, Marketing, Privacy, Search Engines

Comparison of Results From Top 5 Search Engines

From today’s WSJ (subscription req’d), Study Questions Whether Google Really Is Better – “A new survey suggests that Google’s search engine doesn’t necessarily provide significantly better, or more useful, search results than do rivals…Yahoo Inc., Ask Jeeves Inc.’s Ask.com site, Microsoft Corp.’s MSN and Terra Lycos SA’s Lycos delivered correct or useful results almost as …

Subjects: Search Engines

FBI Director Testifies on Role of Patriot Act

Testimony of Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, May 20, 2004, hearing on FBI Oversight: Terrorism and Other Topics. “…I would also like to acknowledge that the progress the FBI has made in reforming our counterterrorism and intelligence programs is due in no …

Subjects: Congress, Patriot Act

GAO Report Faults DHS IT Plans

Information Technology: Homeland Security Should Better Balance Need for System Integration Strategy with Spending for New and Enhanced Systems. GAO-04-509, May 21. From the Highlights: “GAO is making recommendations to the Secretary aimed at limiting the department’s investment in IT systems until the department’s IT strategic management framework is sufficiently defined and the department’s CIO …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents