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COPA suffers another blow: COPA suffers another blowRepeal COPAGood decision. The COPA thugs would dumb down all information to 2nd grade level.; Tags: Regulations, Child Online Protection Act; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
COPA suffers another blow: InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...; Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23
COPA is unconstitutional: COPA is unconstitutionalgovernment censorshipNow that Andrew Cuomo AG NY has had most of the ISP's Eliminate ALT* Bineries newsgroups. Does this action, which is like finding a book in the library and burning down the complete facility . Eliminate Cuomo's actions and allow the ISP's to again carry ALT Bineries...; Tags: Regulations, Child Online Protection Act; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
COPA is unconstitutional: The Third Circuit has upheld a lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional, AP reports. In its ruling Tuesday, the federal appeals court concluded that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutionally overly broad and vague. The court also ruled that...; Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Parental Control, Third Circuit, Regulations, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Judge: Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional: Judge: Child Online Protection Act unconstitutionalThis is sick!I am so sick of hearing about some judge who is up on the First Amendment to the point that he is willing to jeapordize the safety of children. What rock did he crawl out from? After being involved with computer security for...; Tags: Regulations, SECURITY, First Amendment, FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, Child Online Protection Act; Discussion threads 2007-03-27

Judge: Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional: A federal judge in Philadelphia invalidated the Child Online Protection Act, which makes it a crime for websites to allow anyone under 17 to access sexual material, saying that the government failed to show that filters are ineffective and that the law infringes on free speech, The Washington...; Tags: Web site development, Regulations, Web, American Civil Liberties Union, Child Online Protection Act, Web site; Blog posts 2007-03-23
Judge rules COPA unconstitutional: Judge rules COPA unconstitutionalThe children!!!! Won't someone please think of the children!!!!!Don't ya just love it when a vocal minority tries to force their views on everyone else?This is just stupid.... the minute a law making porn illegal in any form took effect, all the porn sites would move...; Tags: INTERNET, Government, Protecting Children, Child Online Protection Act; Discussion threads 2007-03-22
The battle of Children's Online Protection Act: The battle of Children's Online Protection ActCOPAI think we should keep the COPA law, but just change the orientation so as to prosecute any and all guardians of minors who allow said adolescents to gain access to material deemed "harmful to children." as set by "contemporary community standards." The...; Tags: Regulations, Child Online Protection Act; Discussion threads 2006-10-25
Copa (txt): COPA is the easiest way to organize pool bets for the Germany 2006 World Cup. Also, Automatic score updates. Game schedule for your local time. Team and individual scoring stats. Automatic place calculation even in the least probable situations (compliant with FIFA 2006 regulations). 5 languages (Spanish, English, French, German,...; Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Gammamusic, Regulations, Government; Software downloads 2006-05-24
Document: Google subpoenaed over pornography: Document: Google subpoenaed over pornographyBIG brother is back!In no way should Google give in to this pressure from the Feds. I feel that to have Googles servers looked at this way would errode away at our right to privicy even further than the Patriot act has. I have...; Tags: Regulations, hypocrisy, Big Brother, Child Online Protection Act, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-01-19

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Girls are as smart as boys, but tests are getting dumber: New research published in the journal Science confirms what all of us teachers have known for a long time: girls are just as smart as boys. I hope none of our tax dollars went into that one. A quick quote from the article before I get into the...; Tags: Test, Teacher, Hyde, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Twelve best practices for online customer communities: One of the more significant Web 2.0 trends in business this year has been the advent of the Web-based customer community, where groups of like-minded individuals focus around a brand or a set of product and services come together and interact online. Far from the cynical marketing ploy that it...; Tags: Community, Best Practice, Customer Community, Deloitte, Community Management, Marketing Research, Social Networking, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-07-25
1.4 bln Internet users in 2008: Roughly 1.4 bln people ill use the Internet on a regular basis in 2008. This number is expected to surpass 1.9 bln unique users, or 30% of the world’s population, in 2012, according to IDC. Users will access the Internet through more than 1.5 bln devices worldwide in 2008, including...; Tags: Internet User, Mobile, Internet, NB; Blog posts 2008-07-25
21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP: 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPMy takeI don't count security patches, but I regularly have to clean malware from our XP machines but have yet to find anything on our Vista systems.RE: 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPFile this in the "no...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista, secure, Microsoft Windows XP, VISTA IS; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Software makers may sue eBay: Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay several suggestions for stemming the sale of pirated software on...; Tags: Software, Software Information Industry Association, eBay Inc., Tiffany, Tools & Techniques, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-25
50% of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008: China’s online population is forecast to grow from 275 mln users in 2008 to 375 mln users in 2012, according to IDC. Nearly half of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008. By 2012, there will be more than 1 bln online buyers worldwide making business to consumer...; Tags: Internet User, B2C, Internet, B2B, E-business/E-Commerce, NB; Blog posts 2008-07-25
What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet: Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletI WANT ONE!!Dang, I'd buy it in a heart beat. I already have an iPod Touch love it and getting ready to buy an iPhone.RE: Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletMay sound very nice, but unfortunately, like all Apple things, it will probably...; Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet, Mystery Solved, iTablet; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Gateway stops selling PCs direct: Gateway stops selling PCs directHow does this save money?I mean won't part of the sale have to go to the outlet? While a direct sale Gateway gets it all? Also can we stop this name game thing. Gateway is not longer Gateway it's Acer. I remember...; Tags: Desktops, PC, Gateway Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default: Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-25