F.B.I. May Scrap Vital Overhaul of Its Outdated Computer System

January 14, 2005

In what has to be the poster child case for large IT system design and acquisition gone awry, the NYT is reporting that the FBI is considering abandoning its $170 million overhaul that officials have previously described as critical to US domestic security.  Money quote: But the F.B.I’s "virtual case file" system, the last in […]

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CCPC to Appeal Federal Court of Appeal Decision on Private Copying

January 14, 2005

The Canadian Private Copying Collective is going to the Supreme Court to appeal the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal concluding that the levy set by the Canadian Copyright Board on the internal memory of digital audio recorders is invalid.  The CPCC is a collective of content developers such as authors, artists, music […]

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A Spray-on Solar Collector?

January 14, 2005

Via Tyler Hamilton, a new technology developed at U of T that could lead to spray-on solar collectors.

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US States Attempting to Regulate VoIP

January 14, 2005

Several US States are still trying to establish their right to regulate VoIP, despite several court decisions to the contrary.  Via Om.

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Anagram

January 14, 2005

Via Buzznovation, an enthusiastic piece on an app I can no longer live without – Anagram captures text and auto-pastes it into an Outlook item, filling out all relevant fields.

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IBM Donates 500 Patents to Open Source Developers

January 13, 2005

Via BeSpacific, IBM has donated a sizeable patent portfolio to open source developers.  "The pledge applies to any individual, community, or company working on or using software that meets the Open Source Initiative (OSI) definition of open source software."

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Ugly Litigation Over a Breach of a Non-compete Agreement

January 13, 2005

Via IPKat, a English case in which a vendor of a business began working with the competition, and then in an effort to conceal his conduct: In these proceedings LTE alleged that, once Thomas knew about the disclosure order, he (i) deliberately evaded service of the order upon him and (ii) installed a ‘scratch’ program […]

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EC Approves Standard Contract Terms for Transfer of Personal Data

January 12, 2005

Last week the European Commission approved a second set of standardized contract provisions for data protection when data is transferred from an EU country to a country not recognized by the Commission as providing adequate protection for personally identifiable data.  Links to the clauses etc. in the announcement.  (Canada is recognized by the EC as […]

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McAfee Tool Helps Enterprises Uses Google to Track Leaked Information

January 12, 2005

Via Eweek, McAfee has developed a tool to help enterprise users use Google to find confidential information that has leaked onto the Internet.

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Blackberry PIN Messages Recoverable – Who Knew?

January 9, 2005

It seems to have come as a shock to many Bay streeters [Note to US readers: Toronto equivalent of Wall Street] that their Blackberry PIN messages were recoverable and that their employers had the right to do so.  All of this arising in the aftermath of the Genuity lawsuit. It’s shocking that this has been […]

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US Advocacy Group and Database Vendor Continue to Clash on Privacy Issue

January 9, 2005

Via BeSpacific, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has called for hearings in Congress and before the US Federal Trade Commission on the need for new privacy protections for American consumers.

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Canadian Navy to Build Nano-Submarine?

January 9, 2005

Honey I Shrunk the Navy!!

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