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Web Archives Provide Sources for Discovery
Today’s Wall Street Journal featured a front page article ($), Lawyers’ Delight: Old Web Material Doesn’t Disappear – Wayback Machine and Google Archive Billions of Pages, Including Deleted Ones, which is worth review. It focuses on how old web pages available from the Internet Archive and cached pages from Google can be of particular value …
Forbes Best of The Web Directory
Forbes Best of The Web Directory includes recommendations on more than 3,000 websites and blogs, on topics that include investing, health, e-commerce, management, travel and careers.
New EU Draft Directive on Data Retention
The EDRI-gram newsletter reported on the release of the new EU Commission explanatory memorandum on data retention, July 20, 2005 (16 pages, PDF). “The European Commission has finally produced its draft directive on data retention. According to the Commission, all fixed and mobile telephony traffic and location data from all private and legal persons should …
Key Provisions of House and Senate Patriot Act Reauthorizations Compared
Center for Democracy and Technology Analysis of Senate and House PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Bills, July 26, 2005 (6 pages, PDF)
Calls for White House and DOJ to Explain Events in Plame Leak
Press release: “Today U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card asking for an explanation of the so called ’12 hour gap’ between the time then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales told Card that White House staff were instructed to preserve all documentary evidence that may relate to …
Customer Privacy Continues to be Compromised by Travel Industry
July 25, 2005: The Customer Respect Group Announces Third Quarter 2005 Results of Online Customer Respect Study of Largest Airline, Travel Firms: “Competitive Pressures Seen Driving Overall Improvements; But 38 Percent of Firms Continue to Share Personal Data.”
Searching Podcasts
“What is Podscope? Podscope is the first search engine that actually allows you to search for spoken words within any audio or video file. We’re starting with podcasts and will be adding all types of multimedia in coming months.” Press release: Podscope Search Engine to Index Entire Spoken Podcast Universe; First Spoken Word Index Search …
House Intelligence Cmte. Chair Decries Leaks
Secrets and Leaks: The Costs and Consequences for National Security, remarks of Rep. Pete Hoekstra at the Heritage Foundation, July 25. Related references: from July 25, 2005: Bipartisan Calls for Hearings on Plame Identity Leak OMB Memoranda, M-05-17, Allocation of Responsibilities For Security Clearances Under the Executive Order, Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for …
10th Annual Survey of Computer Security Practitioners
From the Univ. of Maryland Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, The CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, by Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb, William Lucyshyn and Robert Richardson, 2005 (26 pages, PDF).
Government Reports on Supreme Court Appointment Process
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate, updated July 6, 2005 (53 pages, PDF). Related documents:
Public Library of Science Launches New Open Access Journal on Genetics
“PLoS Genetics [is] a new open-access journal from the Public Library of Science (PLoS). Led by an internationally recognized editorial board with broad knowledge and expertise, PLoS Genetics is a journal that celebrates the research of the greater genetics and genomics community…PLoS Genetics is uniquepublishing outstanding articles that reflect the full breadth and interdisciplinary nature …