May 11, 2005

Guide to Using RSS

Personal Technology article on RSS here. 8:48:58 PM    comment []  trackback []

		April 4, 2005

Legal Podcasting

A new website specializing in legal podcasts: BlawgCast.com. 8:37:17 PM    comment []  trackback []

del.icio.us

An article explaining the advantages of del.icio.us -  a useful program for keeping track of your bookmarks. 8:07:01 PM    comment []  trackback []

CRTC Requires VOIP to Deliver 911 Service

The CRTC gave notice that VOIP carriers will be required to deliver 911 service or provide ongoing notice to clients along with acknowledgement of limitations on 911 service. Most VOIP carriers have indicated they will likely be able to meet the new requirement. Here is the Government announcement. 7:45:28 PM    comment []  trackback []

		March 22, 2005

RSS and Privacy Risks

David T.S. Fraser [PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law] picked up an interesting post on the impact of RSS on privacy issues. Because you can subscribe to an RSS feed without giving any personal information, it is superior, from a privacy perspective, to opt in mailing lists where some information usually has to be disclosed: The Information Security News - Blog Archive - Editorial: How RSS can reduce privacy risks: "Offering web site content updates via an RSS feed rather than by opt-in email can reduce the risk of privacy exposures. Because subscribing to an RSS feed is a 'pull' technology, it avoids the collection of personal information (email address, name, etc.) that would normally get collected in order to maintain a subscription to a site update alert, newsletter or digest..." 8:19:59 PM    comment []  trackback []

		March 20, 2005

What's Big in 2005

ABA Law Practice Today has an article on What's BIG in 2005. 8:25:24 PM    comment []  trackback []

		February 23, 2005

How Lawyers Can Use Technology to Improve Their Practice. David Swanner of the South Carolina Trial Law Blog has a wonderful guest post today at Notes from the (Legal) Underground titled "Twelve Ways Technology Can Make You a Better Trial Lawyer." It's an amazingly comprehensive post, and one that...  [The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog] 8:11:25 PM    comment []  trackback []

		February 1, 2005

Electronic Data Security and Privacy: Words of Wisdom from Dan Pinnington. It was a lot easier keeping confidential material safe and secret when it only resided in your head and on paper. Now we have Internet connectivity, e-mail, databases, and electronic copies of at least every document that your office prepared.... [Jim Calloway's Law Practice Tips Blog] 9:46:47 PM    comment []  trackback []

		November 22, 2004

CIRA Proposes a New WHOIS Policy

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority has proposed a new WHOIS policy (the publicly available information on the holder of domain names). The changes are designed to improve the privacy protection of individuals who hold domain names. Michael Geist's comments on the proposal in the Toronto Star. 11:40:41 PM    comment []  trackback []

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