From Reporters Without Borders, a new resource: Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents (46 pages, PDF): “Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent news, at the risk of displeasing the government and sometimes courting arrest. Reporters Without Borders has produced this… Continue Reading
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Business Week Highlights “Best of The Web”
From BusinessWeek.com, Editor’s Picks for Best of the Web, with a discrete number of choices in categories ranging from research, to blogs, tech news, politics, shopping and music. Continue Reading
New National Security Affairs Blog
The September 14 launch of William M. Arkin’s blog, “Early Warning”, with its focus on “national and homeland security,” was noted by Secrecy News for establishing what promises to be a significant and useful online archive of government documents not readily available otherwise. See also Arkin’s book, Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and… Continue Reading
Google Launches Beta Blog Search Engine
Google Blog Search About Google Blog Search: “Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice…Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you’ll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not… Continue Reading
CBSNews.com Launches “Public Eye” Blog
As a follow-up to my July 12, 2005 posting, CBSNews.com Morphs Into 24/7 On Demand Broadband Service, see the organization’s new blog, Public Eye, launched today. A Short Pre-History Of Public Eye Continue Reading
UK Open Rights Group Begins Work
UK digital rights group sets up – “The main aims of the Open Rights Group are: to foster a grassroots community of campaigning volunteers; to connect journalists and the press with digital rights experts and activists.” Continue Reading
Librarians Helping Librarians With Hurricane Recovery
“This blog [AALL LawLibAssist] gives members of the American Association of Law Libraries the opportunity to offer assistance to their friends and colleagues. FOR NOW, send posts to Kathie Sullivan at [email protected] and your information will be added.” American Library Association, Libraries and Hurricane Katrina and ALA Hurricane Katrina Library Updates Continue Reading
Specialized Blog Search Engines Vie for Visitor Traffic
WSJ free feature: New Search Engines Help Users Find Blogs Continue Reading
Depository Library Council Publishes Vision Statement
The members of the Depository Library Council (DLC) are pleased to announce that our vision discussion paper entitled The Federal Government Information Environment of the 21st Century: Towards a Vision Statement and Plan of Action for Federal Depository Libraries. See also the DLC Vision Outline Blog Continue Reading
E-Gov Hurricane Katrina Recovery Resources, Along With Blogs, Websites Inform Public
FirstGov has posted a new website that includes the following topical areas which in turn include numerous useful links: What To Do If You Are A Victim; How To Help Victims; and Disaster Cleanup and Agency Resources. NOAA Atlantic Hurricane Searchable Database, with interactive maps of Atlantic hurricanes since 1900 From National Geographic, A Photo… Continue Reading
Lawsuit on Blog’s Comments Targets Decency Act and Trade Secrets
WSJ free feature: Blogger Faces Lawsuit Over Comments Posted by Readers. Continue Reading
Gartner identifies Trends for Technology Adoption
“Gartner…released its 2005 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, assessing the maturity, impact and adoption speed of 44 technologies and trends over the coming decade.” [press release] Key collaboration technologies in the “hype cycle” include: Podcasting, Peer to Peer (P2P) voice over IP (VoIP), Desktop Search, Really Simple Syndication (RSS), Corporate Blogging, and Wikis. Continue Reading
