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Yahoo Local Maps is now providing real-time local traffic updates, noting incidents (minor, moderate and severe), road work (along with estimated duration), as well as speed of traffic (0, 35, 55+) for major cities as well as for selected locations, to be expanded in future.
This website Not in My Food states its goal is to “provide consumers with timely information about food safety risks and actions that can be taken to reduce them…” More details about the mission and resources in the press release.
This Business Week article discusses the potential consequences of new rules on electronic discovery and records retention under consideration by the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States. These rules will have a significant impact on corporations in every sector. Particularly controversial is the proposed “safe harbor” …
From the Internet Archives press release: “Today, a number of International libraries have committed to putting their digitized books in open-access archives, starting with one at the Internet Archive. This approach will ensure permanent and public access to our published heritage. Anyone with an Internet connection will have access to these collections and the growing …
FCC to Examine Ban on Using Cellular Telephones on Airborne Aircraft: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission proposed to relax its current ban on the use of cellular telephones on airborne aircraft.” FCC Paves the Way for New Broadband Services in the Air: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a flexible approach for licensing the …
Press release – FDIC Issues Study on Identity Theft and Seeks Comments on Possible Guidance to Bankers: “Fraudsters are taking advantage of the reliance on single-factor authentication for remote access to online banking, and the lack of e-mail and Web site authentication, to perpetrate account hijacking.” Putting an End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft (41 pages, …
According to a press release from MX Logic, Inc., an “email defense solutions” provider, in November, CAN-SPAM compliance reached a record high of 6% of total traffic subject to the law. “…our data indicate that the act has had little impact on sophisticated spammers, who continue to leverage networks of hijacked PCs, as well as …
The American Customer Satisfaction Index Scores for U.S. Federal Government, December 14, 2004 ranked the National Library of Medicine’s MedLine Plus as the top Information/News website in a field that included the DOJ, National Archives, the Dept. of State, the CDC and the GSA. Related news: Agencies reach all-time high in customer satisfaction
From Findlaw: “NTP, INC. v. RESEARCH IN MOTION, LTD. (December 14, 2004), A Federal Appeals Court Upholds Most Of NTP’s Patent-Infringement Claims Against Blackberry Maker Research In Motion (a/k/a RIM), And Remands The Case Back To A Lower Court To Determine, In Part, If Plaintiff’s $53.7 Million Damage Award Should Be Modified Opinion (PDF), and …
Following upon the heels of Microsoft’s desktop search suite announcement, interesting details of another entrant to be launched on Wednesday: First Look At Ask Jeeves Desktop Search. According to the article, Ask.com’s utility addresses the privacy protection issues raised as concerns with other desktop search tools.
From the press release: “…Google Inc. today announced that it is working with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, and the University of Oxford as well as The New York Public Library to digitally scan books from their collections so that users worldwide can search them in Google…Today’s announcement is an expansion …
Features include [See this link for more details]: Three search toolbars make searching quicker and easier Desktop Search finds things on your computer, fast Automatic form fill manages personal information and passwords Pop-up Blocker prevents bothersome advertisements Highlight helps skim through result pages Related Articles: Microsoft Launches Desktop Search, Microsoft Enters Desktop Search Fray, and …
