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The Harris Poll® #35, May 19, 2004: “Four out of five adults (80%) who are online report that they have used the Internet to read some kind of news in the last seven days. The types of online news used by the largest numbers of people are the weather (60% of all those online), national …
Way back in October 2000, Roger V. Skalbeck wrote an article on LLRX.com about the free CueCat, a digital device that permitted users to scan bar codes from various products into a PC. Well, in the tradition of all that is old is new again, Wired today published this article, Camera Phones Link World to …
S. Res. 360 – Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall be publicly available through the Internet. May 13, 2004: From the statement by co-sponsor Sen. Leahy: “In particular, we are calling on the Library of Congress to improve its public website, called “THOMAS (U.S. Congress on the Internet),” in order to …
As a follow-up to my previous postings on ICANN’s dispute with VeriSign’s over SiteFinder, from February, VeriSign Files Lawsuit Against ICANN, this update today from AP, ICANN’s latest challenge tests new Internet services, and the following related information and documents: Verisign Inc. v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers et al. (Central Dist. of …
Public Service in a Time of Crisis: A Report and Retrospective on the Legal Communitys Response to the Events of September 11, 2001 (pdf, 74 pages). “The attacks on September 11, 2001 were unprecedented in scope, and the legal needs that grew out of the attacks were varied and far-reaching. This report summarizes the response …
Information Cannot Be Owned by Jean Nicholas Druey, April 2004: “Apart from technology, the information age has up to now badly served its idol. It has failed sufficiently to recognize specific features of information. This is shown with respect to the question whether legal rights on information can take the form of ownership. The answer …
As referenced in today’s New York Times article, Illuminating Blacked-Out Words, see the following paper: Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2004: International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Interlaken, Switzerland, May 2-6, 2004. Proceedings, Projective Coordinates Leak (abstract only).
From the FAQ on the redesign, which includes screen shots and navigation tips: “The resulting look incorporates an entirely new feel, and an easier to use navigation. The homepage includes many new features: up-to-date news, quick links to popular resources, and a carefully tested organization designed to help users find what they need as quickly …
“The State of Maine has budgeted for providing compensatory funds to public libraries that will lose federal funds if they decide not to install filters as required by the Children’s Internet Protection Act.” [Link]
New Lawsuit Spotlights Thousands of Copyright “Orphans” That Should Be in the Public Domain: “The plaintiffs in Kahle v. Ashcroft are the Internet Archive and Prelinger Associates, both Web libraries that make thousands of works freely available online, including audio, books, films, and software. In general, these works must be in the public domain, unburdened …
Two related stories worth noting: The New York Times reports increased circulation stats over the past six months, but other newspapers including the Washington Post report a downturn, some of which may be attributed to the migration of readers to the paper’s website. A recent Nielsen/NetRatings survey reports “that Web surfers are more politically active …
From Walt Mossberg, Making the Internet A Little Easier On Aging Eyes, and about Walt Mossberg, The Kingmaker, “Walt Mossberg makes or breaks products from his pundit perch at a little rag called The Wall Street Journal.”
