Category «Internet»

New GAO Reports: Information Security, Joint Strike Fighter, Veterans' Disability Benefits, Recovery Act

Information Security: Concerted Response Needed to Resolve Persistent Weaknesses, GAO-10-536T, March 24, 2010: “Without proper safeguards, federal computer systems are vulnerable to intrusions by individuals who have malicious intentions and can obtain sensitive information. The need for a vigilant approach to information security has been demonstrated by the pervasive and sustained cyber attacks against the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, PC Security

Cisco 2009 Annual Security Report

Cisco 2009 Annual Security Report Highlighting global security threats and trends: “The Cisco® Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. The report encompasses threat information and trends collected between January and December 2009. It also provides a snapshot of the state of security for that period, …

Subjects: Blogs, Cybercrime, Internet, Knowledge Management, PC Security

Nielson Survey: Television, Internet and Mobile Usage in the U.S.

Television Internet and Mobile Usage in the U.S. Three Screen Report, Volume 7 4th Quarter 2009 – Highights: “Consumers are adding video platforms to their weekly schedule, rather than replacing them. Each week the typical American consumes almost 35 hrs of TV, 2 hrs of timeshifted TV, 4 hrs of internet, 22 minutes of …

Subjects: Internet

Hitwise: Facebook Reaches Top Ranking in U.S.

UK TimesOnline: “Hitwise, the internet industry tracker, announced that Facebook had dethroned Google as the worlds most popular website. For the week ending March 13, the social networking site set up by wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg got more traffic than Google in America. It was a milestone likely to be revisited as Facebook and Google limber …

Subjects: Internet, Search Engines

Pew Presentation: Teens and the internet -The future of digital diversity

Teens and the Internet: The Future of Digital Diversity, Kristen Purcell, Ph.D. Associate Director, Pew Internet Project, Fred Forward Conference, March 23, 2010.

Subjects: Internet

FCC Sends National Broadband Plan to Congress

News release: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission delivered to Congress a National Broadband Plan setting an ambitious agenda for connecting all corners of the nation while transforming the economy and society with the communications network of the future — robust, affordable Internet…Titled Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, the Plan found that while broadband access …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

C-SPAN Announces New Searchable Library of Videos from 1987 to Present

Washington Post Political Blog: “On Wednesday [March 17, 2010], C-SPAN will launch a searchable video library that includes all of its programming dating to 1987. Which means that, if you were so inclined, you could watch every one of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s floor speeches or relive Barack Obama’s speech at the 2007 Iowa …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Internet, Knowledge Management

The State of the News Media 2010

Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism: The State of the News Media 2010 is the seventh edition of our annual report on the health and status of American journalism. Our goals are to take stock of the revolution occurring in how Americans get information and provide a resource for citizens, journalists and researchers to make …

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management

FCC National Broadband Plan – Executive Summary

News release: “Titled Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, the Plan found that while broadband access and use have increased over the past decade, the nation must do much more to connect all individuals and the economy to broadbands transformative benefits. Nearly 100 million Americans lack broadband at home today, and 14 million Americans do …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

FCC Launches Broadband Consumer Tools

News release: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission launched new digital tools — the Consumer Broadband Test and the Broadband Dead Zone Report — that allow consumers to test their broadband service and report areas where broadband is not available. The Consumer Broadband Test measures broadband quality indicators such as speed and latency, and reports that …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

CRS: Social Networking and Constituent Communications: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Month Period in the 111th Congress

Social Networking and Constituent Communications: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Month Period in the 111th Congress, February 03, 2010 “Beginning with the widespread use of e-mail by Congress in the mid-1990’s, the development of new electronic technologies has altered the traditional patterns of communication between Members of Congress and constituents. Many Members now use …

Subjects: Blogs, Congress, E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management

New on LLRX.com: Cloud Computing for Lawyers

LLRX.com: Cloud Computing for Lawyers – This is Nicole L. Black’s primer for the legal profession on an emerging technology which is defined as a “type of computing that is comparable to grid computing, [and] relies on sharing computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications. The goal of cloud …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management

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