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2009
» The Fair Justice Foundation Seeks Information
ATLANTA, GA Dec. 23 — The Fair Justice Foundation (www.fairjusticefoundation.org) today released a list of behaviors and potential scenarios which may have been noticed about the person who killed JonBenét Ramsey, around the time of the murder. Six year old JonBenét Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her home on December 26, 1996. After thirteen years the case remains unsolved.[...continued]
» A message from the Fair Justice Foundation
The Fair Justice Foundation released an appeal to anyone that may know or suspect who was associated with the 1996 murder of JonBenet.[...continued]
Georgetown DE, October 20, 2009 – -Plans to use biometric linguistics to analyze a controversial and potentially important early American literary document were announced by Institute of Linguistic Evidence (ILE) founder Dr. Carole E. Chaski. In collaboration with Dr. Roger Stritmatter, a Coppin State University literary historian, Chaski will employ the patent pending ALIAS biometric linguistic system to solve this 163-year-old literary “Whodunnit?” [...continued]
»The Institute for Linguistic Evidence (ILE) Awards Mini-Grants
Our thanks to all the applicants for their proposals and interest in data collection and validation testing for forensic linguistic methods and systems.
Georgetown, DE., October 9, 2009 The Institute for Linguistic Evidence (ILE) announced today the first round of mini grants awarded through its ongoing forensic linguistic research initiatives. These first round mini grant awards are directed toward those proposals submitted for development of effective, practical strategies for ILE’s ongoing validation of forensic linguistic evidence methods and systems[...continued]
» New Forensic Linguistic Blog Launched
(Newswire Today) — Georgetown, DE, United States, 2009-09-09 – The formation of The Association of Linguistic Evidence (TALE) includes a community for subject matter experts, researchers and users of questioned document products and services.[...continued]
2008
»Text and Pretext on the Internet
A key feature of human linguistic ability recognize members of our linguistic community and text types, is essential for safety on the Internet, but this ability is immature in minors, hampered by the rarity of problematic text types in everyday life, and hindered by the keyboard dilemma. ALIAS (Automated Linguistic Identification and Assessment System) provides a working system for classifying texts, assessing threats and determining authorship and has already been admitted as scientific evidence without restrictions into American courts. We propose extensions to ALIAS to recognize texts and pretexts in all forms of predatory electronic communication.[...continued]
2007
»Ways To Protect Kids On Social Networks Debated
Proposals to mandate age-verification technologies for social-networking sites are an imperfect and possibly a detrimental way to protect children from online predators and pedophiles, high-tech and security experts said Friday at a Capitol Hill luncheon. [...continued]
»COPA Ruling & Age-Verification
Adam Thierer at the Progress and Freedom Foundation has been a blogging machine ever since he got his mitts on the federal court’s ruling against the Child Online Protection Act handed down on Thursday morning [...continued]
»US wine retailers step-up the battle against underage consumers
In a bid to eliminate underage alcohol sales via the internet, the Specialty Wine Retailers Association (SWRA) in the US has formed a partnership with IDology, a provider of age and identity verification services.[...continued]
»Specialty Wine Retailers Association Partners with IDology on Age Identity Verification Services
Sacramento, Calif—Specialty Wine Retailers Association announced today a partnership with IDology, a leading provider of age and identity verification services. The partnership will give SWRA members access to IDology’s robust tools that help assure online and phone transactions of wine are between a retailer and an adult. [...continued]
2006
»Social Networking Site to Verify Identity, Age
IDology today announced that Platform Shoes Forum, a national nonprofit that runs Zoey’s Room, a safe, social networking web site aimed at 10-14 year old girls to increase their interest in science, technology, engineering and math in a fun and creative community, has selected its ExpectID product suite to perform identity and age verifications at the point of sign-up to help shield their members from online predators. This is the first social networking site to implement this technology.[...continued]
Atlanta, June 12, 2006 –IDology Inc., a leading provider of age and identity verification solutions, today announced it has changed the name of its IDlive product suite to ExpectID(tm). Along with this change the company has released Version 3.0 of its proprietary product suite which includes significant new features and more flexibility for businesses when verifying legitimate customers while also protecting consumers from identity theft and the misuse of sensitive personal data.[...continued]
»Les “Two Buck Chuck” deviennent “Four Buck Fred”….Un changement important en marketing du vin
Fred Franzia, the marketing genius who’s immensely popular “Two Buck Chuck” wine varieties that sold for $1.99 and turned the West Coast wine-marketing world on its collective ear, has done it again, this time introducing “Four Buck Fred.” [...continued]
»IDology Inc Approved As Identity and Age Verification Provider for State of Michigan Direct Wine Shipments Michigan First State To Use Formal Testing Evaluation Process For Selection of Verification Providers
ATLANTA, August 3, 2006– IDology Inc, a leading provider of identity and age verification solutions, today announced that the Michigan State Liquor Control Commission has approved its ExpectID Age as a provider of identity and age verification services for direct wine shipments.[...continued]
Raye Croghan is on a mission to make the internet safer for e-commerce. IDology has developed technology called IDLive to authenticate a user’s identity. This is especially important with online beer, wine and tobacco sales. IDology’s clients are the stores and ecommerce sites. To know if you’re shopping on an IDology-protected site [...continued]
ATLANTA, March 6, 2006– IDology, a leading provider of age and identity verification solutions, today announced its sponsorship of WeIDonline.org, an online community dedicated to promoting companies that support adult-only purchases of age-restricted products and services in customer-not-present environments such as the Internet. Through this sponsorship, IDology will provide its age-restricted vendor clients with the WeIDonline logo to display on their websites and will serve as a valuable contributor in shaping the policies and best practices the organization promotes.[...continued]
2005
»IDology, Inc. Names John Dancu Chief Executive
ATLANTA, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ — IDology, Inc. announced today that John Dancu has joined the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. IDology, Inc., formerly known as IDology Group Inc., is a leader in knowledge-based identity and age verification for “customer-not-present transactions” for the Internet and call centers. [...continued]
»IDology Group, LLC. And AmeriNet, Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ — IDology Group, LLC., a leader in Internet age and identity theft prevention technology, and AmeriNet, Inc., a leading electronic payment processor, today announced an agreement to provide a new integrated service. The service combines IDology Group’s age and identity verification application, known as IDlive, with AmeriNet’s Web-based payment processing engine. [...continued]
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month in favor of interstate wine shipments is enjoying a nice, long finish as newspapers across the country dissect it for how it will affect local readers.[...continued]
»Online age verification technology challenges shipping opponents
One of the main arguments against the direct shipping of wine to consumers, particularly via online sales, is that it provides an easy way for minors to get their hands on forbidden beverages. When faced with the retort that few 15-year-olds have their own credit cards with which to make Internet purchases, the standard response from wholesalers and concerned citizens is that it’s easy enough to swipe mom’s Visa card when she’s not looking.[...continued]
To keep a step ahead of the bad guys on the Internet, Ezzie Schaff tries to greet them coming and going. Schaff is vice president of risk management for jewelry retailer Ice.com, where the average order value is close to $200, and he’s come to realize that it’s best to engage criminals at multiple points—wherever they try to steal customer identities, for instance, or use that information to make fraudulent purchases. Because if he doesn’t, the thugs will win and consumer confidence in online retailing will sink.[...continued]
»WineAmerica Selects IDlive to Provide Age and ID Verification
Washington,D.C., July 18, 2005 –Today, WineAmerica, the National Association of American Wineries, announced the selection of IDlive to develop an age and identity verification affinity program to give its members the same confidence in taking on-line customer orders that retailers have in face-to-face transactions [...continued]
»How Ice.com is avoiding chargebacks for high-ticket items
Before it started using a new web-based system to authenticate buyers’ identities, jewelry retailer Ice.com had to cancel more than 5% of high-risk orders. It has since cut that to under 1% with zero chargebacks, vice president of risk management Ezzie Schaff tells InternetRetailer.com.[...continued]
2001
»Gartner Survey Shows Business Users Not Willing to Spend Much More for 3G Services
STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 13, 2001 There is much anticipation in the wireless industry for 3G services, but a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT and ITB) shows business users on average are not willing to spend a whole lot more for next-generation wireless data services. [...continued]
»Gartner Survey Shows Verizon Wireless Rated Highest Satisfaction Among Business Users
STAMFORD, CONN., June 13, 2001 — Business users are the most important segment for wireless service carriers, and a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) showed that Verizon Wireless ranked the highest in terms of service satisfaction among corporate users. Gartner surveyed nearly 200 corporate users at its Mobile and Wireless conference, which was held in San Diego in March 2001.[...continued]