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News release: “Despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and Valium, Xanax and Vicodin, and Ritalin and Adderall, in the past year, 85 percent of Web sites selling such drugs do not require a prescription, according to Youve Got Drugs! V: Prescription Drug Pushers on …
“HealthMap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. This freely available Web site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, ranging from news sources (such as Google News) to curated personal accounts (such as ProMED) …
News release: “Some 55% of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection at home, according to a May 2008 survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The percentage of Americans with broadband at home has grown from 47% in early 2007 and 42% in early 2005. Among individuals who use …
FOIA Facts: My Proposals for the FOIA: Following up on the passage earlier this year of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, FOIA expert Scott A. Hodes make two proposals absent from the law, but which would help FOIA requesters. Published June 29, 2008 60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes – Three techie gurus (Barbara …
News release, June 26, 2008: “The Board of ICANN today approved recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to the Internet’s addressing system. “The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many new names to the Internet, paving the way for an expansion …
Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, June 25, 2008. From the Statement of Senator Russ Feingold: “So the constitutional question we face today is this: When the government looks through the contents of your laptop, …
Pew Internet news release: “The Library of Congress invited Michael Wesch to deliver the third of four Digital Natives lectures. Wesch, creator of the world-famous YouTube video, The Machine is Us/ing Us, presented the “Anthropology of YouTube” to a packed, fascinated and amused audience on Monday…Wesch said that there are now well over 200,000 three-minute …
News release: “Americans 50+ are increasingly becoming immersed in the Internet and in many ways can be compared to users who are decades younger, according to findings from the Center for the Digital Future released today in conjunction with AARP. The study takes a look at online behaviors of those age 50+ compared to the …
White Space Devices & The Battle Over Innovation: Public Access vs. Industry Control of the Airwaves, By Sascha Meinrath, New America Foundation, June 2008 “I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of a White Space Device. And yet, white space devices have the potential to be one of the most revolutionary new technologies to …
News release: “Fully 46% of all Americans have used the internet, email or cell phone text messaging to get news about the campaign, share their views and mobilize others. Further, the proportion of Americans going online on a typical day at the tail end of the primary season to get political news or information has …
AP: “Thoroughbred racetracks in the U.S. reported more than three horse deaths a day last year and 5,000 since 2003, and the vast majority were put down after suffering devastating injuries on the track, according to an Associated Press survey.”
New York Times: “Some of the biggest technology firms, including Microsoft, Intel, Google and I.B.M., are banding together to fight information overload. Last week they formed a nonprofit group to study the problem, publicize it and devise ways to help workers theirs and others cope with the digital deluge.”
