links for 2008-04-01
by Martin Belam, 1 April 2008
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In reponse to my post yesterday, Kevin makes the point that "the sad truth is that whether it's information architecture or search, most news organisations have been very slow to improve these parts of their services".
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"Telegraph.co.uk digital editor Edward Roussel: 'If this helps people find what they want in the way that they want, then it has to be a good thing. If it does such a great job as to make our internal search tool redundant, then that's fine too'"
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"The Sun is one of the most popular newspapers in England and well known for having glamour models on Page 3. Over 5,000 people have joined the following Facebook group - I f*cking hate The Sun newspaper". Reputation management using The Sun as example
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"A massive data breach at Hannaford Brothers Cos. was caused by a 'new and sophisticated' method in which software was secretly installed on servers at every one of its grocery stores, the company told Massachusetts regulators this week".
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"[Andrew] Keen's point about wiki government is that it risks being hijacked by ideologues who want to impose their own agenda on policy and government". Has Andrew Keen never watched BBC Parliament?
Martin: Legally speaking, we can't expect the PCI (payment card industry data security standard) to keep pace with the criminals. Therefore the legal system (Federal Trade Commission) is wrong to punish merchants like Hannaford and TJX for credit card break-ins. --Ben