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Help: Linking to Documents on GPO Access: “Documents that exist within databases on GPO Access cannot be bookmarked. In order to link to these types of documents, a unique URL string must be created. This string consists of three elements: the URL of the cgi script which retrieves the document the Database Name which contains …
New members of the Forbes list of “World’s Richest People”: Sergey Brin and Larry Page, each worth $1 billion. The link to the complete list is here. See also this New York Times editorial, Behind the Rise of Google Lies the Rise in Internet Credibility.
FTC Searches for a More Explicit E-Mail Warning.
From the LA Times, via BizReport, Enthusiasts Call Web Feed Next Big Thing: “The U.S. Product Safety Commission just began providing recall notices via RSS. General Motors offers feeds on topics including safety and automotive tech. And a growing number of companies use feeds to disseminate info internally.” Other beSpacific postings on RSS.
From the press release issued yesterday by Senator Conrad Burns: “U.S. Senators Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), today introduced legislation (S. 2145) to prohibit spyware, adware, and other invasive software from being secretly installed on Americans’ computers. For the first time, the SPYBLOCK (Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer …
From Secret No More: “What follows is a subject guide to thousands of FBI files (and their file numbers) that are now publicly accessible. In many cases, these files have never been seen outside the FBI.” This list is being compiled, letter by letter, by Michael J. Ravnitzky, a serious student of the Freedom of …
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Hearing, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology, Tuesday, February 24, 2004. “Description: Members will hear testimony on the appropriate federal and state regulatory treatment of VOIP, including obligations related to intercarrier compensation, disability access, E-911, universal service, and assistance to law enforcement. Senator McCain will preside.” Prepared remarks …
Officially released in September 2003, “ZapMeta is a meta-search engine, a search tool that provide users the ability of simultaneously search multiple search engines under one interface. Meta-search engines benefit users by saving them time and effort from having to individually visit multiple search engines in order to find the desired result. Along with web …
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Opportunity Arises Rethinking ROI: Managing Risk and Rewards in KM Initiatives The Return of the Wacky World of Gadgets Deep Web Research Burney’s Legal Tech Reviews: Laptop Docking Stations Metaforix@Health: e-Health Overview StatutesPlus: New Features for Statute Research on Westlaw FOIA Facts: What Ever Happened to Frequently Requested Material? Wisdom …
From the press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as part of its Homeland Security Information Network initiative, announced today the expansion of its computer-based counterterrorism communications system to all 50 states, five territories, Washington, D.C., and 50 major urban areas to strengthen its flow of threat information. This communications capability will deliver to …
Hastert Tells White House He Won’t Extend 9/11 Panel
RSA Security Study Shows Identity Theft Awareness High, But Consumer Confidence Low, (abstract only available online).