RSS: Moving Into the Mainstream, by Randy Reichardt, Cameron Science and Technology Library, University of Alberta. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2005
New Domains: .JOBS and .TRAVEL
ICANN Completes Negotiations with Applicants for .JOBS and .TRAVEL: “ICANN has completed negotiations with the applicants for the .JOBS and .TRAVEL sponsored top-level domains. The .JOBS and .TRAVEL sponsored TLD registry agreements have been posted on the ICANN website and submitted to the ICANN Board for approval.” Continue Reading
US Report on Human Rights Record
From the State Department today: “The Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004 – 2005 report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Section 665 of P.L. 107-228, the FY 03 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which requires the Department to report on actions taken by the U.S.… Continue Reading
CBO Report on H.R. 418, REAL ID Act of 2005
Summary: H.R. 418 would authorize the appropriation of such sums as necessary for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make grants to states to cover the costs of improving the security of driver’s licenses as required by the bill. The legislation also would make changes to current immigration… Continue Reading
CBO Report on Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005
A new Congressional Budget Office Report is available for S. 167 (4 pages, PDF) “S. 167 would make several changes to current law regarding copyrighted works. The bill would specifically authorize the appropriation of $530,000 each year over the 2005-2009 period to the Library of Congress for preserving films in the Library’s collection.” Continue Reading
The Wide World of Wikis Continues to Expand With New Venture
WSJ Free Feature Today: From Wikipedia’s Creator, A New Site for Anyone, Anything. See Wikicities.com and the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, which the WSJ article reports had more than 5 million visitors in February 2005. Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Comments on Orphan Works
Press release from Public Knowledge: “The U.S. Copyright Office should permit movie makers, recording artists, authors, scholars and others to make a “reasonable effort” to find copyright owners as a way of making “orphan works” more available…”Orphan works” are copyrighted materials for which the copyright owner cant be reasonably located. Artists who want to use… Continue Reading
TSA’s Secure Flight Program Not Ready for Prime Time
Aviation Security: Secure Flight Development and Testing Under Way, but Risks Should Be Managed as System Is Further Developed GAO-05-356, March 28, 2005. Highlights. “…the effectiveness of Secure Flight in identifying passengers who should undergo additional security scrutiny has not been fully determined. For example, TSA has not resolved how passenger data will be transmitted… Continue Reading
New York Times Announces Demise of Technology “Circuits” Section
“Change in Format of Print Edition – Beginning next Thursday, as part of a reorganization of technology news coverage, the weekly Circuits pages will appear in Business Day.” [Link] Bummer. Continue Reading
Upcoming Release of WMD Report Subject to Redaction Prior to Release
WMD report not expected to praise intelligence agencies Continue Reading
Yahoo! Search Launches Creative Commons Search BETA
“This Yahoo! Search service finds content across the Web that has a Creative Commons license. While most stuff you find on the web has a full copyright, this search helps you find content published by authors that want you to share or reuse it, under certain conditions.” Additional details available from Internetnews.com Continue Reading
ICANN Approves Domain Name for European Union
Announced yesterday: “Earlier this week, ICANN’s Board took steps to authorize the delegation of .EU as a ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain), and for ICANN Staff to enter into an agreement with EURid and to complete the delegation of .EU.” Additional details available in this AP article. Continue Reading
