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UK government web sites have a poor track record with users, and the Prime Minister’s site is at the top of the failure list of the 20 sites reviewed. This is according to “A Report Into Key Government Web Sites,” which is reviewed here, but can only be obtained in full-text via purchase. In a …
On October 30, I posted about the terrible track record of most Fortune 100 companies in responding to customer emails. However DuPont has taken the opportunity to announce that their company was named third most responsive in the overall survey.
A new Gartner study indicates that corporate knowledge documents are overwhelmingly stored on employee hard drives, not shared via an enterprise-wide KM system. As a result, significant loss can result when employees leave and take their data with them.
The U.S. District Court for D.C. announced some changes to procedures for administering the court’s subscriber e-mail update service, after their premature release of links to the Microsoft decision. See my previous posting for details. There is also a question as to whether the release of the decision helped to spur a virtually simultaneous rally …
Citing cybercrime as sufficient cause, the Australian government is planning to create a Hi-Tech Crime Centre whose power will include the ability to block web sites created to facilitate protests.
The battle between music CD publishers and consumers who are burning copies will continue unabated, due to quickly applied modifications in CD technology. This is according to Princeton University computer science student Alex Halderman, whose expertise on the subject has been widely acknowledged (check out his resume!) Alex will present his paper, Evaluating New Copy-Prevention …
Efforts to block spam, both at the ISP and user level, can result in the non-delivery of legitimate e-mail. Specific networks and domains were blocked in October by ISP heavywight EarthLink, who admitted some problems with their spam fighting effort.
The Memory Hole reports on the Sunshine Project’s work to obtain access to non-classified government documents on the use of non-lethal biological weapons, formerly available on the Web.
Been to Washington, D.C. lately? Did you have a feeling that you were being watched?
About a month after colleges and universities were warned about file sharing and associated piracy issues by the RIAA, and in turn sounded the alarm, EPIC has chimed in with another warning. The non-profit privacy rights organization informs educational institutions that aggressive monitoring of online activity impacts students privacy and their right to academic freedom.
On November 6, Microsoft released an essay, An Agenda for Innovation, that focuses on hot button issues such as cybercrime and protecting copyrights.
This is an excellent example of how the power of Microsoft’s marketing power can thrust a new application into the limelight way in advance of its actual final release, which may be some time to come. EPeriodicals technology will supposedly revolutionize the entire process of publishing and distributing digital documents, via handhelds and tablet devices.
