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Daily Archives: May 18, 2005
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Pew Internet Report on Use of Health Information Online
From the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a new report released on May 17 – Health Information Online: Eight in ten internet users have looked for health information online, with increased interest in diet, fitness, drugs, health insurance, experimental treatments, and particular doctors and hospitals. [press release] Health Information Online (22 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Internet Use Continues to Expand Among Adults
The Harris Poll® #40, May 12, 2005: Almost Three-Quarters of All U.S. Adults An Estimated 163 million Go Online “The numbers of adults who are online at home, in the office, at school, library or other locations continue to grow albeit at a somewhat slower rate. In the past eight months the number… Continue Reading
Google Launches Free Enterprise Search Tool
“Google Desktop Search for Enterprise helps you easily manage the ever-growing mountain of information located on your computers and includes key standards-based administrator features that provide enhanced security, centralized configuration and easy company-wide deployment. Perhaps best of allit’s free.” Related references from Internetnews.com and InfoWorld. See also this article, Which Is the Best Desktop Search… Continue Reading
Website Offers Detailed Info on Crimes Reported in Chicago
A non-profit, non-government affiliated project, this free, browsable database of crimes reported in Chicago (with source data from the Chicago Police Department’s Citizen ICAM website), makes use of Google for map views, and RSS feeds “for every block and police beat in the city.” Users may browse by crime type, street, date, police district, location… Continue Reading
Survey Indicates Increased Use of Employee Monitoring Practices
2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey: Many Companies Monitoring, Recording, Videotapingand FiringEmployees “From computer monitoring and telephone taping to video surveillance and GPS satellite tracking, employers are using policy and technology to manage productivity and protect resources. To motivate employee compliance, companies increasingly are putting teeth in technology policies. Fully 26% have fired workers for… Continue Reading
CR Reviews Internet Filtering Software
From the June 2005 issue of Consumer Reports, see this Internet Filtering Software Ratings, with rankings for 11 applications, including comparisons for price, fee, overall score, and variables for test results and features. [thanks Barbara] Continue Reading
