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From ConsumerWeb Watch, a report issued December 8, Booking and Bidding in the Blind: An In-Depth Examination of Opaque Travel Web Sites From the Executive Summary: “Booking travel can be complicated, but the complexities increase tremendously when a consumer books through an “opaque” travel Web site such as Hotwire or Priceline that does not reveal …
Amend PATRIOT Act Urges National League of Cities: “Portions of the USA PATRIOT Act compromise the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights and should be amended, says a resolution recently passed by the National League of Cities at its annual meeting. The resolution says that while the National League of Cities believes that efforts to …
This past May, I posted on a digital book scanning project underway at the Stanford University Libraries. As a follow-up, the USA Today reports on automated digital scanning hardware and software from Kirtas Technologies, Inc. that facilitates the “digitization of massive document libraries, fully automating the scanning of bound documents (emphasis added) at a capture …
This afternoon AP reported that VoteHere Inc., a company that provides “secure e-voting technology,” was the victim of hackers some months ago. Internal documents and blue prints were stolen, and the case is under investigation by the FBI. VoteHere contends the crime was committed in an effort to undermine e-voting technology, which has been assailed …
The federally funded Internet Fraud Complaint Center, last week renamed the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), reported a 60% increase in a range of cybercrimes from 2002 to 2003. According to the IC3, cybercrimes include: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) matters, Computer Intrusions (hacking), Economic Espionage (Theft of Trade Secrets), On-line Extortion, International Money Laundering, and …
United States Animal Identification Plan (USAIP) Draft, pdf, 74 pages.
How the Internet Has Changed Our Lives – The sites that have “had the greatest impact on Internet and on society as a whole” include: Google, eBay, Microsoft Outlook, Amazon, and Blogger.
Traffic flow in the greater DC, Virginia and Maryland metro areas are now covered by almost 300 closed circuit video cameras whose live feeds can be viewed on the Internet via TrafficLand.com. Users simply chose specific areas by clicking on a map designating major highways and commuter routes to view real-time traffic patterns.
From today’s Christian Science Monitor: The Internet hasn’t reeled in everyone yet America’s Online Pursuits: The Changing Picture of Who’s Online and What they Do, a report released December 22 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. [Link] Table of Contents Full report in pdf, 101 pages From the Summary of Findings: “Despite this …
Happy Holidays to All, and just for good measure, here is the new issue of LLRX.com: Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research CyberAge Stalking Technology Bunny Hop: Two Bits Forward and One Byte Back Overview of Sources of Canadian Law on the Web, Revised A Guide to the Israeli Legal System Notes fom the …
How You Can Thwart ID Thieves quickly cuts to the chase and enumerates eight free or low-cost ways to protect yourself against ID theft. For more resources, see my other postings on this topic here.
Jackson Web Site Unites, Divides Legal Profession: The Santa Barbara prosecutor in the Michael Jackson case launched a website to disseminate key documents in what is described as an unusual action in such a high-profile criminal case. There is a growing interest in public access to court documents, and this article highlights several blogs, government …