NEW & NOTEWORTHY
• Educational Institutions - It Is Time To Get Smart About Security Breaches
• Rift Over Screening of Online Daters
• Demand for Video Reshaping Internet
• BlackBerry Outage Frustrates Users Again
WORLD BEAT
• EU Regulators Raid Intel Offices
• China Targets Internet in Crime Sweep
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
• Yahoo Formally Rejects Microsoft Offer
• Bluetooth to Piggyback on Wi-Fi
• Google Software Makes It Easier to Share
• Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi With AT&T
RECENT CASE SUMMARIES
• Krinsky v. Doe 6
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NEW & NOTEWORTHY:
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS - IT IS TIME TO GET SMART ABOUT SECURITY BREACHES
(Eric Sinrod) - We are only a little more than one month into 2008, and already this year is shaping up to be rife with data security incidents for educational institutions. There is no doubt that data maintained at universities contains private and sensitive information. Accordingly, universities should develop and follow best practices to protect this information. Read more...
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RIFT OVER SCREENING OF ONLINE DATERS
(AP) - As Valentine's Day approaches, all is not lovey-dovey in the high-stakes online dating industry. The contentious issue of the moment - pitting one of the three biggest companies, True.com, against its major rivals - is whether online dating services can enhance their clients' safety by conducting criminal background screenings of would-be daters. Read more...
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DEMAND FOR VIDEO RESHAPING INTERNET
(AP) - In 1995, the first warning was raised: The throngs of people swarming to the Internet would overwhelm the system in 1996. For more than a decade, that fear has proven untrue. Read more...
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BLACKBERRY OUTAGE FRUSTRATES USERS AGAIN
(AP) - The company that makes the ubiquitous, addictive BlackBerry smart phones said Tuesday it was still looking into what caused the second widespread service disruption in less than a year. Read more...
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WORLD BEAT:
EU REGULATORS RAID INTEL OFFICES
(AP) - European Union antitrust regulators raided Intel Corp. and computer resellers searching for evidence that they may have broken cartel or monopoly rules, the European Commission said Tuesday. Read more...
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• European Data Privacy Regulations Every Litigator Should Know
CHINA TARGETS INTERNET IN CRIME SWEEP
(AP) - Seeking to ferret out online games considered overly violent or unhealthy, China has targeted illegal Web sites, computer markets and Internet cafes as part of a campaign to rein in juvenile crime. Read more...
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS:
YAHOO FORMALLY REJECTS MICROSOFT OFFER
(AP) - Yahoo Inc. has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate. The response had been expected after Yahoo's intentions were leaked over the weekend. Read more...
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BLUETOOTH TO PIGGYBACK ON WI-FI
(AP) - The popular wireless technology known as Bluetooth could get a lot faster next year by taking advantage of Wi-Fi technology already built into many gadgets. Read more...
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GOOGLE SOFTWARE MAKES IT EASIER TO SHARE
(AP) - Google Inc. is introducing an online business software package designed to make it easier for people in the same organization to share documents and information. Read more...
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STARBUCKS TO OFFER FREE WI-FI WITH AT&T
(AP) - Starbucks Corp. is teaming up with AT&T Inc. and will start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in more than 7,000 of its U.S. coffee shops beginning this spring. Read more...
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• Wireless Security for the Legal Profession
RECENT CASE SUMMARIES:
KRINSKY V. DOE 6
(Cal. App. Dist.) - In case involving an anonymous message board participant's scathing verbal attacks on plaintiff, a corporate officer of a Florida company, and where plaintiff served a subpoena on Yahoo! to discover identities of anonymous participants, denial anonymous participant's motion to quash the subpoena is reversed as he has a First Amendment right to speak anonymously on the Internet and his identity should be protected. Read more...
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