“Software giant Microsoft is testing its answer to Google’s popular news aggregator and search site. “MSN Newsbot”, on MSN UK, France, Spain and Italy, signals at least one of Microsoft’s intentions as it seeks to build out its own search technology.” [Link] Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2003
Selected Presentations from Internet Librarian Conference
A Google Gambol: Advanced Tricks and Techniques, Greg Notess, Creator, Search Engine Showdown & Reference Librarian, Montana State University Top Tech Trends for Internet Librarians, Elizabeth Lane Lawley, Rochester Institute of Technology The Blogging ExplosionLibraries & Weblogs, Darlene Fichter, Data Services Librarian, University of Saskatchewan Web Searching in 2004, Greg Notess, Creator, Search Engine Showdown… Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Issues New Report on Spyware
From the Center on Democracy and Technology (CDT), a new report, Ghosts in Our Machines: Background and Policy Proposals on the “Spyware” Problem” offers a straight-forward review of how spyware programs operate, how to locate and disable them, and federal laws that in some measure address this technology, albeit with less than satisfactory results for… Continue Reading
Review of Effective Solutions to Block Spam
From InfoWorld, this useful review of the following anti-spam applications for use on the enterprise level: Brightmail Anti-Spam Enterprise Edition Version 5.1, FrontBridge TrueProtect E-mail Security Suite, Postini Perimeter Manager Enterprise Edition, Proofpoint Protection Server 1.2.1, and SpamAssassin 2.44, an open source spam filter included with Red Hat Linux 9. Continue Reading
Website of Former Prime Minister Replete With Gov’t. Docs.
“Welcome to the official website of the Thatcher Foundation, the largest contemporary history site of its kind. The site offers free access to the full texts of thousands of documents relating to the politics of the last quarter of a century.” [Link] Demand for Thatcher papers threatens to overwhelm website [LisNews] Continue Reading
Privacy Groups Organize Opposition to ID Technology Used on Consumer Goods
From PrivacyRights.org, Position Statement on the Use of RFID on Consumer Products: “Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an item-tagging technology with profound societal implications. Used improperly, RFID has the potential to jeopardize consumer privacy, reduce or eliminate purchasing anonymity, and threaten civil liberties. As organizations and individuals committed to the protection of privacy and civil… Continue Reading
9-11 Commission Confirms White House To Provide Edited Versions of Documents
On November 13, I posted 9-11 Commission to Gain Access to Selected White House Docs. However, several sources thereafter reported that the commission is now divided over its acceptance of White House terms for access to the documents, which provides that they will be edited prior to the commission’s reciept, to which only two of… Continue Reading
CRS Report on Closed Sessions of Congress
From FAS, news about this CRS report: “The occasional practice of holding closed door sessions of Congress is surveyed in Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview by Mildred Amer, Congressional Research Service, updated August 5, 2003.” Continue Reading
IBM Privacy Officer Reviews ID Theft Precautions
“Basic Hygiene” for Sensitive Data: “IBM Chief Privacy Officer Harriet Pearson talks about things — mostly simple — companies can do to help prevent identity theft.” Continue Reading
Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age
Media Ownership and Democracy in the Digital Information Age – Promoting Diversity with First Amendment Principles and Market Structure Analysis (313 pages, pdf). Continue Reading
Resources on Making the Move to Wireless
Cutting the Tether: Great Resources on Wireless, offers a dozen tips and links by Dennis Kennedy. Continue Reading
Effective Corporate Use of the Web
From BusinessWeek.com: The Web Smart 50: Areas evaluated include collaboration, customer service, customization, streamlining, management and cutting edge applications. “Meet the masters of the Web. We’ve divided them into six categories and have shown how they’re using the Web to benefit their customers — and themselves.” Continue Reading
