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Top Articles
Privacy Protection from Google
[2008-04-22] I know that every reader of Marketing Pilgrim will agree with the ethics of Google's decision to share account information of 3,261 suspected pedophiles, with Brazilian authorities.
US Government Turning To Google
[2008-04-01] This will give the conspiracy theorists something to sink their teeth into; Google is providing search technology to the nation's intelligence agencies.
EU Investigating Possible U.S. International Trade Violation
[2008-03-11] The European Union is launching an investigation into a possible international trade violation by the United States for discriminatory trade practices against foreign online gambling companies.
Twitter for Politicians
[2008-02-19] Today I got a notice from Twitter that I have another follower of my Twitter account.
DHS and Open Source Community Fix Over 7,800 Bugs
[2008-01-21] Given a 300,000 dollar grant, over 7,826 flaws and security bugs in over 250 open source projects have been identified and fixed.
Security in the UK Could be Set Back by Decades
[2008-01-03] In what could be a bad day for United Kingdom pen testers, stress testers, and other systems security folks, the UK is getting ready to ban the creation and distribution of tools that could be used by hackers.
Decision Management and e-Prescribing
[2007-12-11] Bill over at the Wireless MD had a couple of interesting posts on e-prescribing - Senatorial bi-partisan support for e-prescribing and Caveats for e-prescribing.
Government Websites Must Focus
[2007-10-22] Government websites must specialise and deliver better services to specific audiences, not try to be everything to everybody.
Shop.org Lobbies Against Ecommerce Taxes
[2007-10-01] Shop.org has been lobbying members of the U.S. Senate on behalf of online retailers to support a permanent extension of the ban against multiple taxes on ecommerce.
Search Engines and the Federal Government
[2007-08-27] Like a page out of a John Grisham novel, the Federal Government is using robots to help stay invisible on the web.
UN Site is Hacked
[2007-08-14] The United Nations web site was hacked over the weekend, and was hacked very well by a group that used a common SQL injection escape ' in the code allowing them to put up anti war notes all over the web site.
EU Reviewing All Search Engines
[2007-06-25] Data retention policy, and the use of that data to gather information about users takes a bigger step in the EU as they decide that they need to review the data protection and retention policies of all the search engines.
DOG (Distrust/Disdain of Google)
[2007-05-24] Fear Of Google. FOG. It's all over the blogs today. I just got done reading my feeds and here's the posts that have FOG all over them:
California Assembly Passes Data Breach Law
[2007-04-19] What happens in California usually ends up impacting companies doing business in California, and the new Data Breach bill looks like it could be another HB 1386 in terms of impact.
Information Security as an Open & Closed System
[2007-04-05] The world of information security is both an open and a closed system in light of the way that we share data.
India Unhappy With Google Earth
[2007-02-05] The popular Google Earth application has drawn scrutiny in India due to the striking accuracy of the satellite footage provided to its users. At the country's request, Google will blur the locations of key government offices, implementing other camouflaging strategies as well.
Can't Fix Stupid, But Congress Will Try
[2007-01-26] First let's echo Ron White when he says, "you can't fix stupid." Now that we agree on that, let's also doubt that imposing stiffer penalties on those stupid enough to post video evidence on YouTube of themselves committing a crime won't really act as a deterrent. Because, again, you can't fix stupid.
UN Will Not Control The Internet
[2007-01-15] The new head of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun Toure has no new plans to change the oversight of the Internet.
E-Government Sites Stagnant
[2007-01-02] Satisfaction with federal government Web sites rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Debunking Matt Cutts
[2006-12-11] The Google Toolbar doesn't fuel Google's index, nor is Google working hand in hand with the Central Intelligence Agency, even if Google did buy Keyhole, once backed by In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm.
Austin Paper Offers Blogs To Local Politicos
[2006-10-06] The Austin American-Statesman has an open offer to host blogs for candidates for office from the Central Texas area.
FTC Busts Online Realtors On Antitrust Case
[2006-07-14] The Austin Board of Realtors found itself on the receiving end of the Federal Trade Commission's ire due to the FTC's contention the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) used by the Board blocked the marketing of certain listings from the service.
CALEA Argument Scoffed At By Judge
[2006-05-05] A lawyer for the FCC found a Washington DC appellate panel skeptical of requests from the Bush Administration for easier wiretapping of online telephone calls.
The CIA Tracking Blogs
[2006-04-28] It seems that big business are not the only ones interested in tracking online blogs, the CIA has launched an initiative to track the blogosphere.
Congress Vote Loses On Net Neutrality
[2006-04-27] The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee voted 34-22 against a bill that was supposed to aid in the fight for net neutrality.
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