WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
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A weekly feature on electronic technology as it affects everyday life with Jim Campbell. Broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME every Thursday at 7:30 AM.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Well, this is it – the final edition of Notes from the Electronic Cottage, at least for a while. This feature is making way for short features from the WERU archives in this, WERU’s 25th anniversary year. But on the way out the door, here are a few thoughts to ponder as we go about our daily lives in the digital age.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
The web has made access to the decisions of federal and state courts much more accessible than in the days when we had to go to the courthouse to look at a case. Here are some good sites to look at if you want to go right to the actual court documents for yourself.
www.pacer.gov – this is the official site for access to federal court documents – but you have to register and pay if you look at a lot of pages. Still, it is the only complete source for not only court decisions but the documents behind the decisions.
These sites offer many federal and some state decisions, as well as other useful information and are free
www.plainsite.org
www.law.cornell.edu
www.plol.org
This site provides access to Maine court decisions from about 1997
www.maine.gov/legis/lawlib/cases.htm
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Today, a few items that may have slipped under the radar of late including a April Fool’s joke gone awry.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
In an Arizona courtroom, the FBI is defending its use of technology without a warrant that fools your cellphone into thinking it is talking to a cell phone tower, which lets the FBI find out where a person is, and even who he or she is. It’s a sticky issue – here’s why.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Got a cell or smart phone? Just about everyone does these days. And lots of people want to know where you are, ranging from police to merchants. New research indicates that it’s possible to tell not only where you but who you are based on where you go with your phone in your pocket or purse. Hmmm.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Today, an update on new developments about two important issues we’ve looked at in the past: the First Sale Doctrine in copyright, and the “six strikes” system ISPs are implementing to reduce illegal downloading of music and movies
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
What’s the biggest security problem on the Internet? Hackers, malware, sloppy software programming? The answer may surprise you.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Ever wonder how mp3 and other compressed music files get so small? Ever feel that they don’t sound as good as the original files they were compressed from? If so, ever wonder why that might be? Some new research may offer a hint, and that hint could lead to better sounding compressed files. Here’s why.