Washington Post Inauguration 2005 Coverage
Inauguration 2005 (reg. req’d). See also the Post’s Inauguration Blog ’05.
Category «Internet»
How to be An Effective Consumer of Presentations
Corrupt Techniques in Evidence Presentations: New Chapter from Beautiful Evidence. Below is an excerpt from the forthcoming book by Edward Tufte. “Here is the first of several chapters on consuming presentations, on what alert members of an audience or readers of a report should look for in assessing the credibility of the presenter…Corrupt maneuvers…are epidemic …
Internet’s Impact on American Students Examined in Education Dept. Report
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 …
UK’s National Library for Health Website
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.”
Report Issued On 60 Minutes Air National Guard Story
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
Pew Survey on Future of Internet and Google’s Window to the Past
Press release: Technology experts and scholars foresee a bigger role for the internet in people’s personal and work lives in the next decade: “The Future of the Internet: A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and analysts finds that most internet experts expect attacks on the network infrastructure in the coming decade as …
FCC Final Rule on Broadband Over Power Lines
Federal Register, January 7, 2004, FCC Final Rule, Broadband Power Line Systems – SUMMARY: “This document adopts new requirements and measurement guidelines for a new type of carrier current system that provides access to broadband services using electric utility companies’ power lines. This new technology offers the potential for the establishment of a significant new …
New on LLRX.com
New on LLRX.com for December 27, 2004: The Federal Web: Content at the Ten-year Mark – Peggy Garvin, author of The United States Government Internet Manual, takes researchers on a tour of content they can expect to find on federal, executive branch websites, and where on the site they can expect to find it. Notes …
Leveraging Technology to Serve Clients
The Tech Evolution: Change or Die, by Laura Owen, Law Technology News, January 4, 2005.
The Increasing Influence of Blogs Is Highlighted in Magazines, Reports and Articles in 2004
AP documents the increasing influence of blogs, which are recognized as having made a significant impact this past year in reporting on breaking news events, political issues, and technology innovations, as just a few examples. In addition, the December 27, 2004 issue of TIME has two articles on blogging, one which requires a subscription to …
Win for VoIP Services Against State Regulation
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled in favor of VoIP companies and against state regulation of their services in Minnesota. Related reference from November 09, 2004: FCC Declares VoIP Service Not Subject to State Regulation.
Technology Prognostications for 2005
From Business 2.0, Whither Apple, Google, Blogs, and DVRs From Red Herring, Top Ten Trends for 2005 (via Stephen’s Web) From PC Magazine, Crazy Technology Predictions for 2005 From eWeek, Place Your 2005 IT Bets From WebProNews, 2005: Year Of The Corporate Blog
