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Do you have an E-ZPass electronic tag? Have you received a notice in the mail indicating you were speeding on a particular date and time, or to enquire why your vehicle was traveling on the I-95 corridor on a specific date? The tag is a commuter convenience, and a law enforcement tool, as noted by …
According to the Winter Corporation Top Ten Program for 2003, the organizations identified as maintaining the “world’s largest and most heavily used databases” using either Windows or Linux platforms include: France Telecom, AT&T, Amazon.com, FedEx Services, and at number 4, an organization listed as “Anonymous.” [Slashdot]
Lindows.com ordered to drop Lindows name Dump Lindows name or we’ll take all your money, says MS
Leading Publishers Sue Document Deliverers For Copyright Infringement; New Lawsuits Reflect Growing Infringement of Digital Content: The Copyright Clearance Center is coordinating lawsuits by five prominent publishers (including Elsevier Inc. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), against document retrieval companies Medical Review Services and LMS Information Services for unauthorized duplication and sale of copyrighted materials …
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced her intention to introduce legislation in early 2004 to ensure that every vote counts, by requiring that e-voting machine manufacturers provide built-in, not expensive add-on, paper records to verify the accuracy and security of the machines. Note: on May 22, 2003 Rep. Holt introduced the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility …
From the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries (UK), four valuable new guides, from a group of 12 to be released by February 2004, that address “how best to meet the needs of disabled people as users and staff in museums, archives and libraries.” Disability in Context Meeting Disabled People Training for Equality Audits
The American Association of University Professors recently published a report, Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis: “The report focuses first on the USA Patriot Act, especially on provisions of this hastily enacted law that gravely threaten academic freedom. The report addresses broad areas of concern, such as the ominous mingling of …
From the Washington Post’s Jonathan Krim, this article Patenting Air or Protecting Property? reviews the growing criticism of the USPTO’s patent process, and details the marked increase in lawsuits involving Internet-related technologies from companies that include high-profile Amazon, Microsoft, Blackberry, and eBay.
Dean Heller, Nevada Secretary of State, issued a news release December 10 on his decision to purchase Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines from Sequoia Voting Systems, and to require the inclusion of “voter verifiable receipt” technology to accompany each machine. This makes Nevada the first state to adopt such a requirement, and reflects growing …
A new survey that targeted the UK’s top 90 websites revealed a widespread lack of privacy compliance just as the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation comes into force today.
The text of Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision, McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, upholding the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill (S. 25), is here in pdf (298 pages).
As a follow-up to my posting yesterday, Are Paralegal Work and Legal Research Next to Go Offshore? this afternoon Reutersreported that Google will establish an R&D center in India in early 2004.