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Signaling Vulnerabilities in Wiretapping Systems, Micah Sherr, Eric Cronin, Sandy Clark and Matt Blaze, University of Pennsylvania, November/December 2005 issue of IEEE Security and Privacy (21 pages, PDF). Overview New York Times, Security Flaw Allows Wiretaps to Be Evaded, Study Finds
The Memory Hole posts database of Federal Criminal Proceedings Against Mining Companies, 1979-2005, 148 pages, PDF.
From The Nutritional and Dietary Supplement Law Blog: “In a complaint filed last week in federal court in California, Salu, Inc., the owner of the popular cosmeceutical site SkinStore.com has sued the owners of competitor NewSkinSpa.com for trademark and copyright infringement accusing them of copying the SkinStore.com html code and using it to create the …
Terrorist Financing: Better Strategic Planning Needed to Coordinate U.S. Efforts to Deliver Counter-Terrorism Financing Training and Technical Assistance Abroad, GAO-06-19, October 24, 2005. Highlights. “The U.S. government lacks an integrated strategy to coordinate the delivery of counter-terrorism financing training and technical assistance to countries vulnerable to terrorist financing. Specifically, the effort does not have key …
The Blogosphere Beckons: Should Your Company Jump In? Harvard Management Communication Letter, Vol. 2, No. 4, November 2005.
From the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, The Economic Report of the President, 1960-1980 archives, now available in PDF. “The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. It overviews the nation’s economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic …
Google digitisation faces Euro legal challenge – Search giant admits its exploiting legal loop-holes in the US that don’t exist in Europe related postings on Google Book Search Program
Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, by Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici Best Legal Practices for Open Source Software: Ten Tips For Managing Legal Risks for Businesses Using Open Source Software, by Dennis Kennedy ERPs or Data Warehouses for Law Firms? by John I. Alber The Government Domain: The Cream of the Federal …
AP: Alito dueled with government ethics chief – As Justice Department lawyer, court nominee fought over disclosure rules
FTC press release: “According to a new study released today by the Federal Trade Commission, spammers continue to harvest email addresses from public areas of the Internet, but Internet Service Providers’ anti-spam technologies can block the vast majority of spam sent to these email addresses. The FTC staff report also found that consumers who must …
Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness, November 23, 2005 (via FAS, 15 pages, PDF).
“The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division is celebrating a new landmark: one million images from its collections are now available in digital form online. Digital images from the Prints & Photographs Division are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC).” Laura Gottesman, Reference Librarian, Digital Reference Team, The Library of Congress.