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A new report from the Internet Access Devices Service, Multimedia and Wireless Functionality: Changing the Way Consumers Perceive PDAs ($$$), summarized in this press release, indicates that the market for multi-functional handheld devices that include web access will continue to grow over the course of the next several years, outpacing the demand for PCs.
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced “a cell phone user bill of rights…. aimed at improving wireless service and making competition an ingrained part of the wireless industry. Schumer’s bill would mandate number portability between companies; create a box with contract and service information on solicitations and contracts, and authorize the FCC to monitor cell phone …
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released a report yesterday, highly critical of the FBI, that identified serious problems impacting the FISA process: FBI Oversight in the 107th Congress by the Senate Judiciary Committee: FISA Implementation Failures – An Interim Report. Senators Release Committee Report on FISA Implementation Failures and …
The March 2003 issue of the ABA Journal features an article, Lawyers Who ‘Blawg’. Subtitled, “Attorneys Are Finding Fans (and Some Fame) Posting Legal Commentary on the Net,” the article spotlights Howard Bashmans How Appealing, Goldstein and Howe’s SCOTUS Blog, Denise Howell’s Bag and Baggage, and Martin Schwimmer’s Trademark Blog.
The U.S. Department of Education launched a new resource it is sponsoring to facilitate efforts involving disabilities and rehabilitation services via technology applications and other programs. The Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) website provides links to a range of services, and will coordinate government-wide activities that support the goals of the President’s 2001 New …
Overture Services, Inc. has made its second major Internet search engine acquisition in one week’s time. On February 18, the company announced the purchase of AltaVista for $140 million in cash and stock. On February 25 came the announcement of the acquisition of the FAST Web Search(TM) algorithmic search, AlltheWeb.com(TM), and FAST PartnerSite(TM) paid inclusion …
Check out Word Spy, a resource that provides definitions of new words and phrases, as well as ones already in use that have taken on new meanings. What makes the site especially interesting is that it includes ‘example citations’ for each entry that illustrate the use of the word or phrase in context (with a …
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an agency created post 9/11, is accepting comments on its proposed plan to create a new data mining program, the Aviation Security-Screening Records database. EPIC submitted comments to TSA stating that the system “would infringe on the Constitutional right of association and travel.”
Washington Times columnist Nat Hentoff delivers a pointed commentary on the “sequel to the Patriot Act…. an assault on the Bill of Rights drafted without consultation with Congress.”
From FindLaw’s Writ: If the Supreme Court Holds That Public Libraries Cannot Require Software Filters, Are There Other Ways to Protect Children on the Web? Oral arguments in this case are scheduled to begin on March 5. Also, see the American Library Association CIPA web site.
Forbes offers worried Blackberry users a review of alternative products which may come in handy in light of the current legal battle underway between Research In Motion and NTP.
On Monday, the Senate passed, by a vote of 84-0, the Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools Against the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003, or the ‘PROTECT Act’ (S. 151). For reference, please see Senate Rpt. 108-002 – The PROTECT Act of 2003. This legislation will assist law enforcement in their efforts to track and …