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ComputerWorld reports that Westchester County in New York is the first county in the nation to require all businesses with wireless networks that collect consumer related data to use “minimun security measures.”
Indecisive Decision: An Examination of the Greenberg & Faulkner Cases and their Impact on Libraries, by Sharon Whitfield Beyond Google and Yahoo: New, Nifty Search Engines to Optimize Your Research, by Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici A Commentary on the National Forest Land Conveyance for Rural Communities Act, by Beth Wellington Got Competitive Intelligence? …
“This Web site offers a library of resources to assist in managing a Web site using XML. It was designed and developed as a product of the Web Site Management Using XML Testbed, conducted by the Center for Technology in Government in 2005 – 2006. The library of resources is intended to grow over time …
“HealthNewsReview.org is a website dedicated to: improving the accuracy of news stories about medical treatments, tests and procedures ; helping consumers evaluate the evidence for and against new ideas in health care. We support and encourage the ABCs of health journalism: Accuracy, Balance, Completeness…HealthNewsReview.org reviews news stories that make a therapeutic claim about: specific treatments, …
“ISAR provides industry benchmarks for Web site development and is based on data collected from 9,748 Web site evaluations since 1997. The report evaluates average scores in more than 80 industries to create defined benchmarks in seven categories, including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease of use.” The Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR), …
Timofeeva, Yulia A., “Establishing Legal Order in the Digital World: Local Laws and Internet Content Regulation”. Available at SSRN. “The need for establishing legal order in cyberspace is growing; the time has come when it is also possible in several different ways. One of the crucial issues in this respect is the worldwide reach of …
Press release: “The iProspect Search Engine User Behavior Study reveals that 62% of search engine users click on a search result within the first page of results, and a full 90% of users click on a result within the first three pages of search results. These figures were just 48% and 81%, respectively, in 2002.” …
OECD Broadband Statistics, December 2005: “The number of broadband subscriptions throughout the OECD continued to increase during 2005 from 136 million in June 2005 to 158 million by December 2005. Broadband penetration growth in the OECD held steady at 15% in the second half of the year reaching 13.6 subscribers per 100 inhabitants in December…In …
Proposed Legislation and Its Impact On Consumer’s Use Of Broadband and IP Services: “An examination of the needs and expectations for broadband content and applications by U.S. Seniors, Asian-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and others, April 11, 2006, US Internet Industry Association.
FCW.com: Agencies risk unwitting release of sensitive information using popular office software: “The causes of much of the hidden data problem are users’ ignorance of how digital documents work and software companies’ tendency to give customers too much of what they want ease of use and flexibility.”
Press release: EFF Files Evidence in Motion to Stop AT&T’s Dragnet Surveillance “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Wednesday filed the legal briefs and evidence supporting its motion for a preliminary injunction in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T… “The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the …
Press release: The Anti-Spyware Coalition today released two new resources to help consumers and enterprises better protect themselves against spyware and unwanted adware…The coalition’s two new documents walk consumers and network operators through the steps they should be taking to protect their machines against adware, spyware and other malicious software.” Protecting Your Network: Mitigating Spyware …
