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Category «Internet»
Study Says Connectivity Keeps Us Working While on Vacation
Press release about the survey from Avaya Inc.: “An increasing number of vacationing workers include laptop computers, cell phones and PDAs with their beach towels, sunscreen and paperbacks in order to stay in touch with office business…85 percent of respondents remain accessible to co-workers during nights, weekends and vacations; 76 percent regularly retrieve messages during …
New Pew Internet Memo on VoIP
New research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the New Millennium Research Project “shows that 27% of Internet users have heard of Voice over Internet Protocol phone calling, and 13% of that population have considered adopting VoIP in the home. This translates into 34 million Americans who have heard of VoIP and …
Study Released Today Rates How Sites Respect Customers
The 2004 Online Customer Respect Study of the Top 100 U. S. Companies ($$) evaluates “corporate performance from an online customer’s perspective,” according to the aggregate ratings for the following criteria: ease of navigation, quick and thorough responses to inquiries, respecting customer privacy, open and honest policies, values and respecting customer data. The top five …
Top News Websites – Speed and Reliability
Press release from Keynote: News Media Web Sites Vary Dramatically in Speed and Reliability. “CBSNews.com, CNBC.com and BBC.com Tops in Speed; CNN.com, CNBC.com and NBC.com Get High Marks for Reliability.”
Report on Internet Surveillance Around the World
The Reporters Without Borders annual report, The Internet Under Surveillance 2004.
New Virus Steals User Financial Data
From Computer World: “A new Internet attack discovered late yesterday was designed by an infamous group of Russian virus writers to steal credit card and other financial information from Web surfers and send it to Web sites where it can be retrieved by the hackers, security experts warned today.”
New on LLRX.com
New on LLRX.com for June 21, 2004: A Selective Guide to Online International Arbitration Resources UK Constitutional Reform Notes from the Tech Trenches: Spicy Handouts for Tastier Training FOIA Facts: Ronald Reagan’s FOIA Legacy Wisdom from the Grammar Goddess: Breaking the Spell After Hours: Travel Tip, Book It! and Time Travel Tickets, Part II (Old-Fashioned …
Conference Focuses on Future of Internet and Privacy Issues
Mapping the New Internet: “Expert says it will take a new attitude to squash spam, wire your washer, and identify the next IM. IAPP TRUSTe Symposium: Privacy Futures
Senate Hearing Focuses on Internet Pharmacies
U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, hearing June 17, Title: Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over The Internet. Links to Member Statements and Witness Testimony Also presented today at the hearing, the following GAO report: Internet Pharmacies: Some Poses Safety Risks for Consumers and Are Unreliable in Their Business …
Websites Used to Shorten URLs
From notlong Free Short URL Redirection, this link to a comparison chart and list of attributes of other url shortening services. Very useful, take a look.
A Brief History of the Internet
History of the internet: Origins of the web: “The world wide web is now a part of our everyday lives, but do you know who first thought of it, and how it became the revolutionary technology it is today.”
