Server Based Solutions to Combat Spam
Keep Spam on Ice – Instead of sweating over a custom anti-spam server and software combo, consider the appliances on the market, by Brett Burney.
GAO Reports on Legal Issues Associated with Use of RFID
Information Security: Radio Frequency Identification Technology in the Federal Government GAO-05-551, May 27, 2005. Highlights: “Of the 16 agencies that responded to the question on legal issues associated with RFID implementation in our survey, only one identified what it considered to be legal issues. These issues relate to protecting an individual’s right to privacy and …
FBI Enforcement Action Against Piracy by P2P File Sharing Network
Press release, May 25, 2005: Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Michael J. Garcia, and Assistant Director Louis M. Reigel of the FBI’s Cyber Division today announced the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks …
New IBM Enterprise Software Enables Document Privacy and Enhances Collaboration
IBM press release, May 24, 2005: “IBM today introduced first-of-its-kind software that allows organizations to anonymously share and compare information without revealing private or sensitive personal details, introducing a new era of open, collaborative data sharing in financial services, healthcare, retail and other industries. The breakthrough IBM technology, DB2 Anonymous Resolution, helps customers to rapidly …
Consumer Reports Advises On WiFi Security
Consumer Reports WebWatch Investigations – Wireless Networks Offer Flexibility, Potential Snooping, offers a quick overview of security issue and makes recommendations on enabling safety solutions for home and on the road.
Start Page For Google Print Launched
The Google Print program now has its own homepage, Discover and browse printed material online. [Google Blogoscoped] See also this May 23 posting, Publishers Express Continued Concerns With Google Print for Libraries Program.
UK Copyright Service Provides Online Registration
“The UK Copyright Service provides copyright registration for original works by writers, musicians, artists, designers, software providers, authors, companies, organisations and individuals. Known as Copyright Witness internationally, and the UK Copyright Service in the UK, the service supports international copyright protection by securing independent evidence that will help prove originality and ownership in any future …
Commentary on the Scope, Impact and Business of Blogging
WSJ free content today: Measuring the Impact of Blogs Requires More Than Counting
The First Online Congressional Hearing
Press release, May 24, 2005: Miller, Schakowsky Launch Unprecedented E-Hearing on United Airlines Pension Plans – Online Hearing is Believed to Be First of Its Kind; Witnesses Invited to Provide Testimony Via Email “Representatives George Miller (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) launched an online hearing today which they believed to be the first-ever e-hearing …
One Woman’s Crusade Against Privacy Breaches Via Online Public Records
The Washington Post reports today (reg. req’d) on a maverick whose crusade against the proliferation of personal data, available free and for a fee, from government and corporate sources, motivates her to post links to public records that reveal information about a range of public officials.
Are Facts Lost Underfoot in the Rush to Blog on Scandals
From the New York Times, Are Bloggers Setting the Agenda? It Depends on the Scandal. Refers to the Pew Internet and American Life Project report issued last week, “Buzz, Blogs and Beyond: The Internet and the National Discourse in the Fall of 2004.”
LexisNexis Hackers Claim Fun Not Profit As Motive
A Wired article reports that the anonymous youths suspected of having hacked LexisNexis claim to have acted on whim rather than with the objective to profit from the use of personal information they accessed.