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AARP Report Finds Brand Name Drug Prices Continue to Soar – March 5, 2008: “According to a report released today by AARP, pharmaceutical companies have substantially raised prices on 220 brand name prescription drugs most commonly used by people in Medicare Part D since the implementation of the drug benefit in 2006. AARP has studied …
“CDT today released a set of privacy principles to help guide the development of software tools related to online behavioral targeting. Developed in consultation with members of CDT’s Internet Privacy Working Group (IPWG), the principles aim to bolster the development of tools for Web browsers and other software that empower users with the ability to …
2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey – Over Half of All Employers Combined Fire Workers for E-Mail & Internet Abuse, February 28, 2008 “From e-mail monitoring and Website blocking to phone tapping and GPS tracking, employers increasingly combine technology with policy to manage productivity and minimize litigation, security, and other risks. To motivate compliance with …
“The Safer Internet plus programme aims to promote safer use of the Internet and new online technologies, particularly for children, and to fight against illegal content and content unwanted by the end-user, as part of a coherent approach by the European Union.” Make the internet a safer place, February 2008: While the international context is …
“Women have made great strides in the fight for equality, but gender bias continues to create huge barriers for manyespecially immigrants, women of color, women with low incomes, and victims of domestic violence. Women’s History Month draws attention to the women who have fought for the rights we have today, and at the same time …
The Connection Has Been Reset, by James Fallows. “In reality, what the Olympic-era visitors will be discovering is not the absence of Chinas electronic control but its new refinementand a special Potemkin-style unfettered access that will be set up just for them, and just for the length of their stay. According to engineers I have …
Global Insight: “The existing median home price data, released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) for the fourth quarter of 2007, show that all but 11 of the 145 metro areas covered by NAR saw quarter-to-quarter declines from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of 2007. This represents a significant increase in price …
A Portrait of Early Internet Adopters: Why People First Went Online –and Why They Stayed, by Amy Tracy Wells, Research Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life Project, February 20, 2008 “In our survey, we asked these long time internet users why they first went online. The majority of respondents noted “to communicate with colleagues.” When …
“The American Cancer Societys annual cancer statistics report finds that death rates from cancer in the United States have decreased by 18.4 percent among men and by 10.5 percent among women since mortality rates began to decline in the early 1990s, which translates to the avoidance of more than half a million cancer deaths (534,500) …
CODENOMICON White Paper – Wireless Security: Past, Present and Future, by Sami Petäjäsoja, Tommi Mäkilä, Mikko Varpiola, Miikka Saukko and Ari Takanen, Version 1.0, February 1st, 2008 “New wireless technologies such as WiMAX, NFC and ZigBee are rapidly being adopted, along with existing wireless standards such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GSM and other cellular technologies. Bluetooth …
Tracking Housing Prices – Why the Numbers Conflict, By David Wessel, The Wall Street Journal Online. “Predicting how much worse the U.S. housing market will get is tough. The future is never certain. But when it comes to home prices, getting a clear picture of the recent past turns out to be surprisingly hard as …
Press release: “Leading investors today published disclosure guidelines for the electric utilities sector which will make it easier for investors to assess and compare the risks and opportunities posed by climate change and climate policy to individual companies. The Global Climate Disclosure Framework for Electric Utilities captures those climate change issues that are relevant specifically …
