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Useful Legal Documents For Designers (PDF/DOC)

Smashing Magazine

by Veronica Picciafuoco

August 15, 2012

Contracts are a source of anxiety and dismay in creative work, but they exist for a good reason. A good contract ensures that you and your client have the same expectations, and protects you in case things go south.

Ideally, your contract should be a combination of industry standards, legal protection and personal preferences. To help you get started, here's a set of 10 basic agreements for a variety of common business situations that creative professionals face. How much do you expect to be paid in advance? What happens if a payment is late? Who will own the rights to the work, and when?

Google+ Pages: connect with all the things you care about

Official Google Blog

by Vic Gundotra

November 7, 2011

In life we connect with all kinds of people, places and things. There's friends and family, of course, but there's also the sports teams we root for, the coffee shops we're loyal to, and the TV shows we can't stop watching (to name a few).

So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people. But we want to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about-from local businesses to global brands-so today we're rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide. Google+ has always been a place for real-life sharing, and Google+ Pages is no exception. After all: behind every page (or storefront, or four-door sedan) is a passionate group of individuals, and we think you should able to connect with them too.

Schools use new software to monitor students' social media posts

eagnews.org

by Victor Skinner

August 19, 2014

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. - Officials in western Maryland's Washington County schools will be tracking students' social media activity while at school using new software that scans for keywords like "kill" or "bomb."

The district is using software called Social Sentinel that employs "geofencing" protocol to determine when students are on school grounds and scans their Twitter, Facebook and other social media posts for evidence of violent threats, harassment, drug or alcohol use, or similarly dangerous language, WJLA television station reports.

National health technology czar steps down / S.F. doctor spent 2 grueling years pushing digital medical records

San Francisco Chronicle (CA)

by Victoria Colliver

April 22, 2006

Dr. David Brailer, the man picked by President Bush to promote electronic health records and the modernization of medical technology, has resigned as national coordinator for health information technology effective next month. No replacement has been name

The San Francisco physician, who has held the position for two years, said he is leaving to spend more time with his family. He submitted his resignation Thursday. Brailer, who lives in Pacific Heights and is the father of a 5-year-old son, has been commuting to Washington, D.C., and traveling around the country for much of his tenure.

Hackers hijack software in a CAR and remotely control the steering, brakes and horn using a laptop

dailymail.co.uk

by Victoria Woollaston

July 25, 2013

Engineers from Indiana have managed to hack a Toyota Prius and Ford Escape so that the brakes, steering, speedometer and the car's electronics can be controlled remotely using a laptop.

Forget hacking accounts, computers or mobile devices - security engineers from Indiana have managed to hack the software inside the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape. Using a laptop wirelessly connected to the car's electronics, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek were able to remotely control the brakes, the accelerate, change the speedometer, switch the headlights on and off, tighten the seatbelts and even blast the horn. The project was funded by a grant from the U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to highlight the security risks affecting modern-day cars.

How do we balance technology, privacy and liberty?

thelibertarianrepublic.com

by Vincent Mamo

February 9, 2013

Is there a way that we can come to terms with the government creeping into our every nook and cranny?

Data data everywhere, but not a drop for me. We're all familiar with being used. We're used day in and day out. As an example, you may be aware, Facebook has recently been made a party to a class action law suit for using user data for marketing and advertisements without consent. This is by no means the beginning of the ways that we're used every day. I was once told a phrase which seems to shed light on more and more every day: "if you're not paying, you're the product". On-line retailers are consistently using our data. Selling it off to other people to sell us more junk. But, you know what? I'm ok with that. I voluntarily engaged in these activities. I had a choice whether or not to use a certain product. I knew the risks. Even when it comes to Facebook's class action, I chose to put my photos in the public domain. How could I possibly assume otherwise?

Copy, right?

thelibertarianrepublic.com

by Vincent Mamo

January 5, 2013

Are copyright laws necessary or are they anti-capitalistic?

Intellectual property is a divisive issue amongst those of us who consider ourselves to be part of the liberty movement. Even amongst the larger parties, differences in opinions can have consequences. In general, intellectual property encompasses patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Specifically, in regards to copyright, some anarcho-capitalists, such as my long time friend Danny D'Amico, argue that copyrights are a hindrance on productivity. Copyrighted works are not consumed, but can be infinitely copied without losing any value. By restricting the use of the copyrighted information, the government is negatively impacting the free exchange of rationale actors in a marketplace. One of most pointed-to anecdotes is that of the fashion industry. There, the lack of any kind of protection requires each fashion designer to constantly stay on the bleeding edge of fashion. Fashionistas are constantly seeking the "latest fashion" from high level designers. There is no need for government intervention there, so why not in other areas?

Now available with Google Apps: Google Voice

googlesmb.blogspot.com

by Vincent Paquet

November 22, 2010

Telephones make our lives easier every day, but we've all met with the limitations of what the existing technology can do for us. Maybe it's missing an important call because you were away from your office.

Now, Google Apps users can move beyond these limitation and use their telephones in new and more flexible ways by using Google Voice with their Google Apps accounts. Google Voice is about giving you more control over your communications, regardless of which phone or carrier you use. Here's a little bit about how it works...

Announcing New Security Categories

labs.umbrella.com

by Vinny Lariza

August 8, 2013

We always want to ensure that we are providing the best security protection from malicious activity for our customers at all times. This is why, after careful discussion and research, we've added Mobile Threats, Drive-By Downloads/Exploits, High Risk Sites and Dynamic DNS categories to the security categories repertoire.

Introducing new Web filtering categories from OpenDNS

OpenDNS Blog

by Vinny Lariza

June 21, 2012

Today we announce several improvements to the Domain Tagging system, our content categorization engine, as well as two new categories that you can enable for your networks, effective immediately.

As with every new feature we deliver, these improvements were the direct result of your feedback. Our team spent weeks evaluating both the current categories and your suggestions, and ultimately we decided which categories need to be added and which ones could use a facelift. We got hundreds of requests from the Domain Tagging community through the "suggest a new category" link, we reviewed dozens of vibrant conversations in IdeaBank and our support team heard you loud and clear when your blacklists filled up. Without further ado, here are the new additions...

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