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Navigation, thanks to a bunch of innovations, is about to get futuristic in a way Star Trek’s Mr. Chekov would be impressed with … and Google isn’t necessarily along for the ride.
A big rumor has Apple buying 3-D mapping firm C3 Technologies. If Apple’s acquisitive habits teach us anything, we can expect C3′s tech to be quietly subsumed into Apple, re-engineered, up-rated, and bolted into its hardware as a future killer feature. C3′s schtick is to take declassified missile math [...]
We are pleased to announce that DSi is a finalist for the 2011 Green Company of the Year Award by the Nashville Technology Council. Through careful changes in various work procedures, we have worked to decrease our carbon footprint and become more environmentally friendly….
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A way to standardize how e-discovery programs share data has gained only modest adoption. Improvements are planned, but there are mixed opinions about the project’s prospects.
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Source: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111027/00083116531/e-parasites-bill-end-internet-as-we-know-it.shtml
We already wrote about the ridiculously bad E-PARASITE bill (the Enforcing and Protecting American Rights Against Sites Intent on Theft and Exploitation Act), but having now had a chance go to through the full bill a few more times, there are even more bad things in there that I missed on the first read-through. Now I understand why Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s first reaction to this bill was to say that “this would mean the end of the [...]
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Recently, there has been significant judicial interpretation of government access to cell phone data. Peter A. Crusco of the Queens County, N.Y., District Attorney’s office, analyzes the legal implications.
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These are the spirits of innovation past: 11 products and services that Google axed.
Not everything Google touches turns to gold. Google’s penchant for experimentation in designing online services and acquisitions over the past several years has created some monsters—think: Google Wave, Google X, and, most recently, Google Buzz—that the company has judiciously sent to the graveyard. Here are the 11 most infamous product kills.
Aardvark
This service, similar to Quora, allows users ask questions and get quick answers from friends [...]
Source: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111021/11554216450/eu-politician-wants-internet-surveillance-built-into-every-operating-system.shtml
“Think of the children” has become the rallying cry of politicians around the world trying to push for ever-increasing Internet surveillance powers. Since nobody wants to run the risk of being branded as soft on crimes like paedophilia, resistance to such measures is greatly reduced as a result.
This approach was used in the “Declaration of the European Parliament of 23 June 2010 on setting up a European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders” which:
2. [...]
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As data breaches proliferate, write Lowenstein Sandler’s Joseph D. Jean and Rachel M. Wrightson, insurance coverage should be among the first lines of defense.
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Thirty-four percent of employees say they spend on average up to 2 hours a day searching for emails.In a survey of 1,237 employees across a variety of disciplines, software developer Oasys found that a full 96 percent of employees believe their companies face some level of legal risk associated with poor email management, with one in five saying their company faces quot;high risk. quot; The survey results of the company’s September [...]
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A team of international researchers led by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University has detected flaws in Skype that puts the privacy of hundreds of millions of users at risk, they say.
The research shows that even when Skype users block callers, allow only calls from their contact list, and connect from behind a firewall, hackers can plumb their identities. The researchers confirmed that intruders can use Skype to discover which files call recipients are sharing, and [...]
Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202519839398
Viacom International and two other plaintiffs have asked the 2nd Circuit to reverse a decision dooming their claim that YouTube is liable for $1 billion in copyright infringement damages.
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Source: http://aceds.org/news/accessdata-group-leader-developing-e-discovery-tools-joins-movement-toward-certification
By:
Isabel Arias
Date:
Sunday, [...]
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Dreaming up travel on Trippy makes it all a reality, says J.R. Johnson, the startup’s founder. “Friends help you build out all these aspirational trips, then all you need to do is book a flight.”
About the “Baked In” series: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg likes to say that social dynamics are going to work their way into every industry, and the companies of the future will be the ones that bake them in from the beginning, rather than [...]
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As violence between Libyan rebels and government forces escalated in February, the conflict found its way to an unusual place — a cyber-squatting case in federal court.
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Now in its 21st year, Electronic Frontier Foundation continues to defend civil liberties. Law Technology News and affiliates frequently write about the foundation. LTN contributor David Whelan recently discussed the foundation’s security tool for web encryption. Inspired to learn more about the people behind the advocacy, we turned to EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn for her thoughts on technology, civil rights, and the role… [MORE]
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