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Via TalkLeft, Forget privacy if cell-phone directory becomes a reality: For reference, see AB 1733 – “This bill would prohibit a provider of mobile telephony services, as defined, selling or licensing lists of subscribers or otherwise providing the name and dialing number of a subscriber for inclusion in a directory, from including the dialing number …
Car Dealers Feel Net Effect For reference, see Autobytel.com, Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds.com.
Commentary: Privacy tradeoffs and the search wars: “…are consumers being asked to give up too much personal information in exchange for more relevant search results?”
PR bloggers push forth the medium For reference, see PR Opinions, PR Fuel and The New PR Wiki.
From the Public Patent Foundation press release: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an Order granting the Public Patent Foundation’s Request for Reexamination of Microsoft’s patent on the FAT file system, which Microsoft concedes is “the ubiquitous format used for interchange of media between computers, and, since the advent of inexpensive, removable …
N.Y. company wants Utah’s Spyware Control Act blocked. For reference: See H.B. 323, Spyware Control Act, signed by Utah’s Governor Olene S. Walker on 3/23/2004. Additional information on pop-up ads .
“The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released summary statistics of its latest data on the deployment of high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States: High-speed lines connecting homes and businesses to the Internet increased by 20% during the second half of 2003, from 23.5 million to 28.2 million lines, compared to a 18% …
From the FCC press release: “The FCC today introduced the third in a series of exhibits on the history of various communications technologies. The new exhibit focuses on the history of the Internet, including the communication technologies used to access the Internet.” The Internet: A Short History of Getting Connected
The Louisiana State Senate began a pilot program through which citizens can communicate their positions on issues facing the state using an online system called Share Your Opinions, launched on May 31. Senator Michael J. “Mike” Michot’s website is the testbed for this project, which currently allows users to vote for or against a small …
“In court papers (16 pages, pdf) filed June 9, EPIC is seeking the expedited release of records from the Transportation Security Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation detailing the agencies’ efforts to obtain passenger information from major commercial airlines. A document (pdf) obtained by EPIC earlier this year led to the revelation that the FBI …
The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is now providing 22 RSS feeds for its developer centers. [therssweblog]
Just released: the 2004 Computer Science Institute (CSI), FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey (PDF, the results of which are summarized in this press release. Conducted annually for the past nine years, the survey noted a significant decrease in DoS attacks as reported by 494 computer security practitioners from corporate, government, academic, medical and financial …