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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.
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.”
“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.”
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.”
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 …
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]
Industrial Security: DOD Cannot Provide Adequate Assurances That Its Oversight Ensures the Protection of Classified Information. GAO-04-332, March 3. Highlights.
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 …
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.”
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 …
From Rita Vine, her Top 10 Newsletters for Serious Web Searchers.
Bush Administration Thwarts Access – Excerpt from The Buying of the President 2004 Shows the White House’s Propensity for Secrecy [Link]
