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Microsoft loser in patent suit: $500 million verdict in Net case: “Microsoft was told by a jury to pay $521 million to the University of California and a Chicago-area company that claimed they invented technology used in the Internet Explorer browser.” See United States Patent 5,838,906 Microsoft Statement on Eolas Technologies Jury Verdict – Aug. …
Errors Infect Doctor Lists on Web – Wrong Numbers, Dead Practitioners Found on Health Insurers’ Online Directories: “…some spot-checking by The Washington Post in recent days found a number of inaccuracies in the online directories of four large health insurers that serve the Washington region. They include wrong phone numbers and addresses and doctors who …
Press release from Rep. Jane Harman, August 7, 2003: House Intelligence Democrats Call on Administration to Declassify Major Portions of 9/11 Report and Request Committee Investigation of Foreign Support for Terrorists. Congressional Reports: Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched a website, Where’s My Advance Child Tax Credit, for taxpayers to obtain information on the status of their credit. This release coincides with the following: Beginning the last week of July, eligible taxpayers who claimed the Child Tax Credit on their 2002 tax returns will automatically receive an advance …
NetCoalition Sends Letter to RIAA Requesting Answers about Subpoena Initiative: Letter to RIAA President seeks information on file-sharing subpoena process. NetCoalition Requests Answers from RIAA. Internet Providers Question Subpoenas to Stop File Swapping.
A new website and blog, from Ralph Nader’s organization, Public Citizen, tracks the flow of money from private sources to President Bush’s 2004 campaign. The site documents the dates/locations/key fundraisers at Bush campaign events (currently showing information from June 17-September 5), reports on contributors and political appointments, and background information on How the Presidential Public …
E-Learning Needs Analysis: “A hands-on approach to figuring out where you need to expend your training energies.”
From the FTC: Do Not Call Registry Tops 30 Million Phone Numbers – California, Florida, and Texas Lead in State Registrations. During the five weeks since it opened on June 27, consumers have registered more than 30 million telephone numbers in the National Do Not Call Registry: nearly 24 million, or 80 percent of those …
From the Politics and Science website, presented by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member, Committee on Government Reform, Minority Office: A new report, August 2003, Politics and Science, (40 pages, pdf) “finds numerous instances where the Administration has manipulated the scientific process and distorted or suppressed scientific findings. Beneficiaries include important supporters of the President, …
A follow-up to my July 16 posting, Oyez Project Releases Supreme Court Oral Arguments in MP3 Format: from the New York Times, via the International Herald Tribune, Listening in for free at the U.S. Supreme Court.
From the EFF press release this afternoon: A Massachusetts district court Judge Joseph L. Tauro today dealt the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a serious setback by rejecting its Washington, D.C., subpoenas for the identities of Massachusetts students. For the moment, MIT and Boston College need not respond to the RIAA demands. For more …
This afternoon the Department of Justice FOIA site posted a new Annual Report Guidance for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Related Agencies. From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press release: The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a 1,693-word guidance to federal agencies on how to determine if records are “frequently requested,” by …