Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
“Consumers can take many measures to make their laptop secure from hackers, viruses, and other potential threats, such as installing firewalls, updating antivirus software, and using strong passwords. Now, the Federal Trade Commission is offering tips for protecting laptops from theft.” OnGuard Online Laptop Security
Press release: “In a trend that could substantially benefit Internet users, the largest Internet search companies are beginning to aggressively compete with one another to offer stronger privacy protections, according to a report published today by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). Until recently, most of the major Internet search engines kept detailed — …
Press release: “Cornell University Library is partnering with Google Inc. to digitize materials from its superb collections and make them available online…Google will digitize up to 500,000 works from Cornell University Library and make them available online using Google Book Search. As a result, materials from the librarys exceptional collections will be easily accessible to …
“The risk associated with using the Internet remains high. Our State of the Net assesses the likelihood and impact of four leading online hazards, listed in order of incidence, based on the survey by the Consumer Reports National Research Center and our follow-up investigation.” In this report: Overview >> Phishing >> Viruses >> Spam >> …
Press release: “Nearly 40 years after man first walked on the Moon, the complete lunar photographic record from the Apollo project will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the Internet. A new digital archive – created through a collaboration between Arizona State University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston – …
Online Snooping Gets Creepy, By Anita Hamilton: “…An estimated 30% of all Web searches are aimed at finding people, according to industry statistics, and upstarts like PeekYou, Pipl, Spock, and Wink are vying for a piece of this potentially huge market. These free sites work by scouring the Web for any virtual footprints you might …
“The European Audiovisual Observatory has made available the videos of the conference it organised jointly with the Media Center at New York Law School last September which focused on The Future of Broadband Video – A US- European Comparative Analysis. This was the first time that the Observatory, the Council of Europe’s audiovisual information collection …
“Pew Internet today released a new commentary that analyzes existing gaps in home broadband adoption among Americans. The commentary suggests where stakeholders in the broadband debate might take aim if they want to do something to encourage those lacking broadband access to get off the digital sidelines.”
Press release: “The role of the Internet in politics has grown with such speed and scope that it is well on its way to becoming the dominant media force in political campaigning, according to the director of the most comprehensive study of the impact of the online technology on America…The Center for the Digital Future …
comScore press release: “The average Latin American Internet user spent 29 hours online during the month [of June 2007] more than the global average of 25 hours.”
Press release: “The growing adoption of broadband combined with a dramatic push by content providers to promote online video has helped to pave the way for mainstream audiences to embrace online video viewing. Fifty-seven percent of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, and 19% do so on a typical day. …
Press release: “More than 59 million people (37.3 percent of all active Internet users) visited newspaper Web sites on average during the second quarter of 2007, a record number that represents a 7.7 percent increase over the same period a year ago, according to custom analysis provided by Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America. …
