Some questions...
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=2008021314001327
TN: Two Laptop Computers Missing From Lifeblood's Main Office
Wednesday, February 13 2008 @ 02:00 PM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Breaches
Two laptop computers are missing from Lifeblood's possession and presumed to be stolen.
The dual-password protected laptops [password1, password2... Next challenge? Bob] were used on mobile blood collection drives, and each included information about Lifeblood's blood donors, including names, contact information, blood type, gender, ethnicity, and, in some cases, Social Security numbers.
The organization is notifying all of the approximately 320,000 affected individuals [What possible reason for so many? Bob] about the situation and encouraging them to place fraud alerts on their credit reports in the unlikely event that an unauthorized person gained access to the data on the computers.
Source - SunHerald.com
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20080213142219507
CSO Disclosure Series | What's Next with Disclosure Legislation?
Wednesday, February 13 2008 @ 02:22 PM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Breaches
An interview with lawyer and breach notification expert Tanya Forsheit on why the United States still doesn’t have a federal breach notification law. Part of an in-depth series about disclosing breaches
CSOonline.com has published an interactive map highlighting the 37 states that have followed California’s suit and passed laws requiring organizations to notify consumers whose personal information has been compromised. (To view the map, see "Data Breach Notification Laws, State by State.") But one site on the map is still muddied: Washington, D.C., where our nation’s leaders are still wrangling over how a federal disclosure law might look.
Source - CSO Online
About time!
HP Settles Spying Scandal Claims
By JORDAN ROBERTSON AP Technology Writer Feb 13, 8:43 PM EST
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A lawyer for a New York Times reporter and three BusinessWeek reporters who were spied on as part of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom surveillance scheme says the four have settled claims against the company.
“As you can clearly see, your honor, my client was nowhere near the scene of the crime.”
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/13/2331224&from=rss
US Set to Use Spy Satellites on US Citizens
Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 13, @08:13PM from the eye-in-the-sky dept. Privacy United States Technology
duerra writes "A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns. The plan is in the final stage of completion, according to a department official who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about it. While some internal agencies have had access to spy satellite imagery for purposes such as assisting after a natural disaster, this would be the first time law-enforcement would be able to obtain a warrant and request access to satellite imagery."
Perhaps you can watch streaming satellite footage here?
http://www.killerstartups.com/Video-Music-Photo/66stagecom---Video-Streaming-Service/
66stage.com - Video Streaming Service
66Stage is the newest player in the constantly evolving world of video streaming. The movie and television database is massive, and is separated into movies, TV shows, anime, documentaries, cartoons, and comedy. Stage66 also features “amazing videos” and downloadable movies. Another useful organizational option is a function that divides movies by the host server; users can select to view videos specifically from Veoh, DivX, Google, Youku, Tudou, or Megavideo. The home page also showcases the featured movies (or TV shows, or anime) or the week. Finally, Stage66 mercifully promises to remove dead links within twenty-four hours.
The world is changing. Think CNN will be able to turn a profit this way? (Remember, they thought Ted Turner was nuts...)
http://www.killerstartups.com/User-Gen-Content/Ireportcom---Unedited-Unfiltered-News/
Ireport.com - Unedited Unfiltered News
iReport, a new extension of CNN, marks the most sanctioned step a big news organization has taken towards legitimizing citizen journalism. Of course, when a station needs some extra video footage they turn to the masses, and YouTube has been making strides at housing newscasts shot by everyday people, but iReport provides users with the tools and tips for uploading their own news segments. Submitted videos run the gamut from political commentary to musings about New York weather. Stories are rated in a variety of ways (most popular, “newsiest”), and by author, all with the promise of showcasing unfiltered, uncensored content.
http://beta.ireport.com/home/index.jspa
For my web site students... (Easy video grabs...)
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-youtube-video-converters/
4 YouTube Tools you Probably Don’t Know About
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