Wiley Technology Publishing has determined that its publication of a planned forthcoming book, Hacking the Xbox, may have resulted in a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), prompting the author to find a new publisher, who plans to distribute the book later this month.
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Daily Archives: July 14, 2003
Yahoo Announces Purchase of Overture
Yahoo will pay $1.63 billion for Overture. Yahoo! Reports Second Quarter 2003 Financial Results (PDF), Company Posts Second Quarter Operating Income of $63 Million, Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization of $97 Million With One Sweep, Yahoo Regains Search Engine Dominance Why Google Should Be Worried Continue Reading
Study of Availability and Type of Search Engine Personalization Features
Search engine personalization: An exploratory study. From the abstract: “Findings show that: (1) eight (13 percent) of the 60 search engines, including Yahoo, AOL, Lycos, Excite and Netscape, enabled some level of personalization; and, (2) personalization features are largely related to e-mail, business and financial information, searching of a reference tool, such as yellow pages,… Continue Reading
Dept. of Interior Needs to Overhaul Web Operations
Problems with the Department of the Interior’s management and operations of its web sites is the focus of a recent Inspector General Report, issued in June. The introduction to the 42 page evaluation report (pdf) states that Interior “needs to manage its web sites more efficiently, cost-effectively, and securely; and focus on its customers.” Report… Continue Reading
State Focused Political Websites Generate Interest
The anonymous individuals who comprise the Publius Group have spun-off a series of state political websites since their launch in 2000 of PoliticsNJ, all of which include daily news briefs, feature articles, press releases from Congressional delegations, links to respective state/local government resources and sites, opinion/commentary pieces, and oh yes, lots of ads. Tomorrow they… Continue Reading
