Interesting on many levels. Note that the Govenor's office wrote this article. Mellon is making headlines again (repeat of last week's article) and it looks like the Govenor is going to use them as a whipping boy. Issuing subpoenas suggests (to my little non-lawyer brain) that stronger disclosure laws are coming...
http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1 /135_000_more_Connecticut_customers_affected_by_loss_of_bank_data3243.shtml
135,000 more Connecticut customers affected by loss of bank data
By Governor Rell's office
... The subpoena requests the bank immediately provide specifics on the type of information lost on the computer tape and steps taken to protect these customers.
... The subpoena requires BNY Mellon to deliver all requested documents to the Department of Consumer Protection by September 5. The most recent figures came in response to earlier DCP subpoenas that Governor Rell had ordered be issued in May.


Would the reverse be true? Could a wiki article praising 'terrorist X' help them get past Homeland Security?
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/asylum-seeker-r.html
Asylum-Seeker Rejected Based On Wikipedia, Appeals Court Reverts
By Ryan Singel September 02, 2008 | 2:48:18 PM
The Department of Homeland Security should not use the user-generated Wikipedia to decide whether an asylum seeker can enter the United States, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
That judicial statement of the obvious (.pdf) from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals, which said DHS committed no big foul in using a site editable by anyone with a computer to decide the fate of a woman named Lamilem Badasa.


There is free and then there is free... But is this true evil?
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/03/0247205&from=rss
Reading Google Chrome's Fine Print
Posted by kdawson on Wednesday September 03, @05:03AM from the here-be-tygers dept.
Much ink and many electrons are being spilled over Google's Chrome browser (discussed here twice in recent days): from deep backgrounders to performance benchmarks to its vulnerability to a carpet-bombing flaw. The latest angle to be explored is Chrome's end-user license agreement. It does not look consumer-friendly.
"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."

Related: Attention early adopters! Still want to try?
http://www.google.com/chrome?open
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows


Marketing the law The article includes a number of good and bad examples. I suspect there would be a market for a consolidation site – gather the good blogs/articles by topic and comment.
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/019212.html
September 02, 2008
AmLaw: Law Firms Lag Behind the Rest of Corporate America on the Web
AmLaw Daily: "In the last two years or so, though, Web development and marketing professionals say law firms have gotten increasingly serious about the Web. Slowly, the gap in quality between Am Law 200 Web sites and those of Fortune 500 companies has narrowed, as more and more firms put in the investment and manpower to make their Web sites more than just regurgitations of what can be found in print."


A trend to watch (and a business opportunity?) Remember, the first US libraries were subscription based...
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/019203.html
September 02, 2008
Public libraries report double-digit growth
News release: "A new study clearly finds that America’s public libraries are breaking through traditional brick-and-mortar walls to serve more people online and in person. America’s 16,543 public library buildings are leveraging technology to help children succeed in school and support lifelong learning. More than 83 percent now offer online homework resources, including live tutors and collections of reliable Web sources – up 15 percent in one year, according to Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2007-2008... The study, conducted by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Information Use Management and Policy Institute at Florida State University (FSU), shows today’s libraries are partners in learning – providing free access to expensive online resources that would otherwise be out of reach for most families..."


Interesting. Looks like lots of good references too (from my non-attorney perspective)
http://ralphlosey.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/are-we-the-barbarians-at-the-gate/
Are We the Barbarians at the Gate?
The key issue in international e-discovery today is privacy and the conflict between the discovery laws of the United States, which give little or no regard to individual privacy, and that of the rest of the world, which do.
... See Adam C. Losey, Clicking Away Confidentiality: Workplace Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege, 60 Fla. L. Rev. (2008) (pending publication).
... They have just completed an excellent publication on international e-discovery entitled: “The Sedona Conference® Framework for Analysis of Cross-Border Discovery Conflicts: A Practical Guide to Navigating the Competing Currents of International Data Privacy and e-Discovery” (August 2008 Public Comment Version). This publication can be downloaded for free at the Sedona Conference website.
... The Economist article Ken refers to here is called The Big Data Dump. It reviews the problems the U.S. is experiencing with e-discovery and suggests that the solution lies in a move towards the Civil Law inquisitorial approach where the amount of e-discovery allowed would be tightly controlled.


Tools & Techniques. We have always assumed that the military is at least one order of magnitude ahead of commercial satellites. (and they do not need a safe 400 mile plus orbit...)
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/02/210233&from=rss
"Google Satellite" To Be Launched This Week
Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 02, @05:53PM from the how-many-fingers dept. Google Space
Lord Satri writes
"Well, almost. Google signed an exclusivity deal with GeoEye regarding GeoEye-1, the most advanced high-resolution, civil, remote-sensing satellite to date. This must be annoying for other high-resolution, remote-sensing data users since Google already has an exclusivity deal in place with DigitalGlobe, the other major civil satellite imagery provider. From the CNet article: 'Under the deal, Google is the exclusive online mapping site that may use the imagery... in its Google Maps and Google Earth product. And as a little icing on the cake, Google's logo is on the side of the rocket set to launch the 4,300-pound satellite in six days from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. GeoEye-1 will orbit 423 miles above Earth, but it will be able to gather imagery with details the size of 41 centimeters... Google, though, is permitted to use data only with a resolution of 50 cm because of the terms of GeoEye's license with the US government.'"


Attention early adopters!
http://www.google.com/chrome?open
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows


For my website class...
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/02/1841236&from=rss
AppJet Offers Browser-Based Coding How-To, Hosting
Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 02, @03:40PM from the talk-about-rapid dept. Programming The Internet
theodp writes
"Know someone who wants to learn to program? Paul Graham advises programmer wannabes to check out The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming on the Web from AppJet, which aims to be 'the funnest and easiest way for a beginner to get started programming.' Setting the guide apart from other tutorials is the ability to edit and run any of the all-Javascript examples directly in your browser. Newcomers to programming and experienced developers alike can also publish their AppJet creations on the web. Sure beats GE BASIC on the General Electric Time-Sharing Service!"


Dlibert explains management's view of “Best Practices”
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-09-03/