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Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy, Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force, June 2011 “The Internet allows users to gather, store, process, and transfer vast amounts of data, including proprietary and sensitive business, transactional, and personal data. At the same time that businesses and consumers rely more and more on such capabilities, cybersecurity threats …
Social networking sites and our lives How peoples trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social networking sites and other technologies, June 16, 2011 “Questions have been raised about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter. Do these technologies …
“In addition to the content of web pages, it’s important to record how this digitized content is constructed and served. The HTTP Archive provides this record. It is a permanent repository of web performance information such as size of pages, failed requests, and technologies utilized. This performance information allows us to see trends in how …
To Move or Not To Move: The Economics of Cloud Computing – Byung Chul, Tak Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Anand Sivasubramaniam, Computer Systems Laboratory Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA “Cloud-based hosting promises cost advantages over conventional in-house (on-premise) application deployment. One important question when considering a move to the …
The Information Needs of Communities – The changing media landscape in a broadband age, Steven Waldman and the Working Group on Information Needs of Communities, June 2011 “In most ways todays media landscape is more vibrant than ever, offering faster and cheaper distribution networks, fewer barriers to entry, and more ways to consume information. Choice …
13% of online adults use Twitter Half of Twitter users access the service on the go via mobile phone, Aaron Smith, Senior Research Specialist, 6/1/2011 “Twitter adoption is particularly high among non-whites Non-white internet users continue to have higher rates of Twitter use than their white counterparts; indeed, the Twitter adoption gap between African-Americans and …
Announcement by Eva Galperin: “Back in December of 2010, Facebook debuted its tag suggestion feature, which works by using facial recognition technology to examine photos in which youve already been tagged, and then creating what Facebook calls your photo summary or photo comparison information, or what well call your facial fingerprint. Using this information, FB …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a report that proposes voluntary codes of conduct to strengthen the cybersecurity of companies that increasingly rely on the Internet to do business, but are not part of the critical infrastructure sector. The report, Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy, focuses on the Internet and Information …
EPIC: “The White House modified its privacy policy for WhiteHouse.gov on June 3, 2011. The new policy is more than twice as long as the old policy. The new policy states the White House web site now uses persistent Google Analytics cookies that track users for up to two years. Previously the site employed only …
HM Treasury Review of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007: the Government response, June 2011 “The Governments approach is to ensure the UK financial system is a hostile environment for money laundering and terrorist finance while minimising the burden on legitimate businesses. In so doing and in order to prevent the UK being put at an …
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Timothy J. Dickey, and Marie L. Radford. 2011. “‘If It is Too Inconvenient, I’m Not Going After It.:’ Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-seeking Behaviors.” Library and Information Science Research, 33: 179-190. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2010.12.002 Pre-print. “In today’s fast-paced world, anecdotal evidence suggests that information tends to inundate people, and users of information …
News release: “AVG Technologies, Inc. announced it will make its leading Family Safety software available for free in exchange for a 99 cent donation to the American Red Cross family relief efforts in Joplin, Mo. The move comes in response to research the company conducted and has released over the course of the year on …
