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IRS Announces Electronic Filing Requirements for Large Corporations, Exempt Organizations: “The Internal Revenue Service released regulations today that require certain large corporations and tax-exempt organizations to electronically file their income tax or annual information returns beginning in 2006. For tax year 2005 returns that are due in 2006, the regulations require that corporations with total …
A Primer on Fighting Spyware, by Walter S. Mossberg (from the WSJ, reprinted by Webroot Software, whose product, Spy Sweeper, is recommended in this article.) I run SpyBot Search and Destroy daily on my home PC, and tested Spy Sweeper which indicated that my risk was “low.” Remain diligent about using one, or more, of …
“Yahoo! Finance is now offering company news feeds in the RSS format. Using the RSS URL Generator (located on this page), you can construct the URL you’ll need to subscribe to news about your favorite companies.”
“The Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. is pleased to announce the availability on its Legislative Source Book Web page of a new website entitled United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources. The Website contains four handouts (in PDF with enhancements) from a November 9, 2004, …
“Fee schedules that took effect January 1, 2005, have been posted for federal appellate and bankruptcy courts.” [Federal Judiciary Newsroom]
From the Department of Education, the National Education Technology Plan report, Toward a New Golden Age in American Education: How the Internet, the Law and Today’s Students are Revolutionizing Expectation: “Over the past 10 years, 99 percent of our schools have been connected to the Internet with a 5:1 student to computer ratio,” but the …
Yahoo! Desktop Search joins the party alongside similar software recently released by Google, Ask Jeeves, and Microsoft. Details about the features of Yahoo Desktop search are discussed in this FAQ, and PC Magazine weighs in with a positive review, as does Chris Sherman at Search Engine Watch.
The National Library For Health website is currently providing four topical RSS feeds: Hitting The Headlines; What’s New; Document Of The Week and FocusOn. In addition, as reported by Managing Information, the site now offers a universal search feature for national and local data hosted by “500 NHS library services across England.”
IBM press release: “IBM has pledged open access to key innovations covered by 500 IBM software patents to people and groups working on open source software. The pledge applies to any individual, community, or company working on or using software that meets the Open Source Initiative (OSI) definition of open source software.” List of pledged …
From the DOJ Office of Information and Privacy, “the following Freedom of Information Act decisions were received by the Office of Information and Privacy during the months of October through December 2004.”
From Harvard’s Digital Media Project, a new report, Assessing the Impact of Policy Choices on Potential Online Business Models in the Music and Film Industries (83 pages, PDF): “To prevent unauthorized copying of their works, copyright holders have traditionally relied on practical barriers as well as their legal exclusive rights to control reproduction and distribution. …
The 234 page report (PDF), associated exhibits and appendicies, and related news references: CBS Ousts 4 For Bush Guard Story CBS Breakdown: How it Happened Mapes: Decision to Air National Guard Story Was Made by Superiors, Including Heyward Statement of Mary Mapes
