New SmartView feature added to Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions: See this example, for the location 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, which now provides links in the following categories to services in proximity of this address: food & dining, financial and ATMs, recreation & entertainment, community services, shopping & services, travel & transportation. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2004
The Challenges of Law Firm Marketing
From The Legal Intelligencer, Going the Way of the Market: “Large law firms seem to go through top marketing professionals like Donald Trump goes through apprentices.” Continue Reading
FirstGov Provides Cross-Agency Portals
“Cross-agency portals are gateways that bring together federal information and services from multiple agencies about a particular topic or for a particular customer group.” Continue Reading
Current Awareness Monitoring Through Listservs
Library-Oriented Lists & Electronic Serials: “This document is a compilation of electronic discussion lists, distribution lists and serials which are of interest to library professionals and staff.” Continue Reading
Report on Proliferation of Video Surveillance in EU
The EU’s Article 29 Working Party on data protection has produced a report on “Video Surveillance”. The report sets out guidelines under the 1995 Directive on data protection in relation to surveillance by video cameras in public and work places. [Statewatch News Online] The report states that: “The over-proliferation of image acquisition systems in public… Continue Reading
New Tools to Search the Deep Web
From Salon.com: “In search of the deep Web – The next generation of Web search engines will do more than give you a longer list of search results. They will disrupt the information economy.” [Link] Continue Reading
GAO Report on DOD Classified Info
Industrial Security: DOD Cannot Provide Adequate Assurances That Its Oversight Ensures the Protection of Classified Information. GAO-04-332, March 3. Highlights. Continue Reading
Microsoft Patent For Mouse Scroll Wheel
Patent 6,700,564 granted March 4, 2004 – Input device including a wheel assembly for scrolling an image in multiple directions: “Abstract: A computer input device having a housing and an engagable scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is rotatable about an axis to preferably cause vertical scrolling of an image on a display. The rotatable member… Continue Reading
Consumer Reports Rates Comparison Shopping Online
Want to compare prices and find deals for online merchandise? We tell you which Web sites do the job–and which don’t. “Two sites won top marks: BizRate.com and Shopping.com.” Continue Reading
New Adobe Technology Speeds IRS Claims
Adobe press release, New Document Services Software Utilizes PDF, Adobe Reader and 2-D Barcode Technology to Help Customers Speed and Simplify Forms Processing: “Electronic filing is the preferred method of submitting tax forms, but many U.S. taxpayers still choose to file by mail. Technology that allows us to offer fill-and-print tax forms on IRS.gov and… Continue Reading
Top 10 E-Newsletters for Researchers
From Rita Vine, her Top 10 Newsletters for Serious Web Searchers. Continue Reading
White House and Secrecy of Gov’t Documents
Bush Administration Thwarts Access – Excerpt from The Buying of the President 2004 Shows the White House’s Propensity for Secrecy [Link] Continue Reading
