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The U.S. District Court for D.C. announced some changes to procedures for administering the court’s subscriber e-mail update service, after their premature release of links to the Microsoft decision. See my previous posting for details. There is also a question as to whether the release of the decision helped to spur a virtually simultaneous rally …
Citing cybercrime as sufficient cause, the Australian government is planning to create a Hi-Tech Crime Centre whose power will include the ability to block web sites created to facilitate protests.
The battle between music CD publishers and consumers who are burning copies will continue unabated, due to quickly applied modifications in CD technology. This is according to Princeton University computer science student Alex Halderman, whose expertise on the subject has been widely acknowledged (check out his resume!) Alex will present his paper, Evaluating New Copy-Prevention …
Efforts to block spam, both at the ISP and user level, can result in the non-delivery of legitimate e-mail. Specific networks and domains were blocked in October by ISP heavywight EarthLink, who admitted some problems with their spam fighting effort.
The Memory Hole reports on the Sunshine Project’s work to obtain access to non-classified government documents on the use of non-lethal biological weapons, formerly available on the Web.
Been to Washington, D.C. lately? Did you have a feeling that you were being watched?
About a month after colleges and universities were warned about file sharing and associated piracy issues by the RIAA, and in turn sounded the alarm, EPIC has chimed in with another warning. The non-profit privacy rights organization informs educational institutions that aggressive monitoring of online activity impacts students privacy and their right to academic freedom.
On November 6, Microsoft released an essay, An Agenda for Innovation, that focuses on hot button issues such as cybercrime and protecting copyrights.
This is an excellent example of how the power of Microsoft’s marketing power can thrust a new application into the limelight way in advance of its actual final release, which may be some time to come. EPeriodicals technology will supposedly revolutionize the entire process of publishing and distributing digital documents, via handhelds and tablet devices.
Not exactly technology related, but certainly worth noting in light of important SEC related activity overshadowed by the press coverage of the election; SEC Proposes Rules to Implement Sarbanes-Oxley Act Provisions Concerning Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys.
The IRS is mobilizing to migrate 80% of tax filing from paper to online by 2007. To accomplish this goal, the agency is working with private enterprise to provide links to free e-filing services via a new IRS web site, by January 2003. For related information, see also this GAO Report, Tax Administration, Electronic Filing’s …
Taylor Nelson Sofres, a UK-based global marketing company, has published a new report that benchmarks the impact and use of e-gov services worldwide. Their 55 page (in PDF) Government Online Study, uses data collected from 29,000 interviews conducted with individuals in 31 counties, including the UK, Canada, and the U.S. The study provides a important …