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Media Coverage of Weapons of Mass Destruction, the latest study from the Advanced Methods of Cooperative Security Program, March 9, 2004, by Susan Moeller. Summary Full version (101 pages, pdf) About the publisher: “The Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) is a research center that pursues policy-oriented scholarship on major issues facing …
From the Computer Crime Research Center: Internet fraud: volumes are increasing: “According to certain data, there are 30 kinds of illegal operations with cards in the Internet. The most widespread are payment using non-existing cards, creating false Internet shops, e-thefts, false payments at gambling websites.”
Microsoft press release, March 10, 2004: “America Online Inc., EarthLink Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. today jointly announced that their collaborative anti-spam industry efforts have resulted in the coordinated filing of the first major industry lawsuits under the new federal anti-spam law, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Po***graphy and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of …
From TechWorld (via Slashdot): “The US government has just bought the world’s biggest ever solid state disk from Texas Memory Systems.” “The 2.5TB system is the largest SSD installation in the world so far, without question, the executive VP for TMS, Woody Hutsell, told Techworld….So where is it and what’s it to be used for?…What …
“Parliament adopted by 439 votes in favour, 39 against and 28 abstentions an own-initiative report on the 1995 Data Protection Directive. The House states firmly that transfers of personal data to third country authorities without consent, such as in the case of the US authorities accessing transatlantic passenger data, seriously infringes EU data protection standards. …
Description of Revenue Provisions Contained in the President’s Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Proposal, February 2004 (JCS-3-04) TEXT, PDF.
From Dave Winer’s blog, this posting proposes a series of talking points on the possible merger of the RSS and Atom syndication formats.
From Secrecy News: “The 2004 Operational Law Handbook published by the U.S. Army JAG Corps provides a comprehensive map of the terrain of military law, from the legal basis for the use of force to domestic operations to the laws governing intelligence and special operations. A copy is posted here (563 pages, 4.6 MB, PDF …
New SmartView feature added to Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions: See this example, for the location 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, which now provides links in the following categories to services in proximity of this address: food & dining, financial and ATMs, recreation & entertainment, community services, shopping & services, travel & transportation.
From The Legal Intelligencer, Going the Way of the Market: “Large law firms seem to go through top marketing professionals like Donald Trump goes through apprentices.”
“Cross-agency portals are gateways that bring together federal information and services from multiple agencies about a particular topic or for a particular customer group.”
Library-Oriented Lists & Electronic Serials: “This document is a compilation of electronic discussion lists, distribution lists and serials which are of interest to library professionals and staff.”