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Dry Clean Only
The labels on the bags come from a U.S. supplier. Apparently, the reference was originally to the president of the company, but has been interpreted to mean th…
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NY Times March to War--Update
My friend Kwaku Andoh points me to Daniel Okrent's piece in the Times on Sunday on the subject of the Times' disturbing reporting pre-Iraq War. Okrent…
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Read French portion of label in laptop bag made for overseas customers
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Another Live-Aid?
Bob Geldof denies rumors that he and Bono are putting together a Live-Aid II. The 1985 original event raised 60 million pounds with simultaneous concerts in Br…
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Chocolate Good for You
Recall the Woody Allen film Sleeper when he wakes up in a future where they have discovered that sweets are good for you. We may be entering that future today.…
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Bush Improves C Average
David Brooks discusses a recent National Journal piece in which economists grade the President. The President receives the following grades: a B-plus for shor…
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Blogging Outsourcing
CNET news has introduced a blog by Charles Cooper on the subject of offshore outsourcing. Worth following.…
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Did furor over outsourcing accelerate trend?
The recent Forrester report suggests that the publicity attending the furor over offshore outsourcing caused executives to consider the option more seriously, a…
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CIS East Offers Amicus Support in File Sharing case
The cyberlaw clinic over at the Berkman Center at Harvard is in the news this week with an amicus brief helping the court understand the nuts and bolts of file-…
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more on cognitive radio
The FCC is currently considering whether to change how spectrum is allocated now that new technologies have made the resource less scarse. Spectrum = speech, a…
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UK Poll on ID-Cards
Privacy International has published a public opinion survey (PDF-File) on the proposed National ID Card in the UK. The representative Poll contains some interes…
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Mapping the Information Environment PDF
“Mapping the Information Environment: Legal Aspects of Modularization and Digitalization,” Dan Wielsch's new article in the Yale Journal of Law & Techno…