Senator Kohl cast an odd vote for the flawed bankruptcy bill (getting it out of committee. He’s evidently, according to a staff person, pulling a “kerry”: voting for it, before voting against the final bill). Why would Kohl, “Nobody’s Senator But Your’s” cozy up to the credit card companies? I hope he has a strong opponent in the next election….
The folks at www.downsizedc.org are right on….
Pierce said she felt an uneasy twinge in her stomach as she began to flip the pages. A dozen former addresses were listed, along with neighbors and their phone numbers. Almost 20 people were listed as relatives — and their neighbors were listed, too. There were cars she supposedly owned, businesses she supposedly worked for.
But the more closely she looked, the more alarmed she became: The report was littered with mistakes.
ChoicePoint, the now embattled database giant, aggregates data from hundreds of sources on millions of Americans. The reports are then sold to thousands of companies and government agencies that want to know more about their clients, customers, or employees.
Steve Rubel summarizes Walt Mossberg’s comments on Google’s AutoLink/Adlink toolbar.
Good Question….
Props to the folks at sxsw who posted a 2.6GB torrent file with 750+ mp3’s from bands performing at the Austin conference the next few weeks.
Greenspun on the recent Harvard “admissions hacking” controversy. He makes some very useful points.
The Asthma & Allergy Foundation released their second annual “US Asthma Capitals“. Madison is 26th.
One of the main stumbling blocks in the American health care system, many experts say, is the inefficient use of computer technology to manage medical records.
Now, in Santa Barbara County, a network of hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and doctors is pioneering new technology that will allow medical professionals with different computer systems to share clinical information. The initiative may well be a first step toward the creation of a national patient-care data bank.
Steven Walters on Governor Doyle’s proposed sales tax on electronic downloads. Taxing certain internet activities and giving others a pass is simply absurd. We should apply the sales tax to all transactions, including newspapers and services….
Well done! Check it out and send the link around.