Comprehensive New Study on Evolving Role of Journalism
The State of the News Media, 2004 – An Annual Report on American Journalism.
Category «Internet»
Online Debate on Open Source Access to Scientific Literature
From the journal Nature, via Slashdot, Access to Literature, the Debate Continues: “The Internet is profoundly changing how scientists work and publish. New business models are being tested by publishers, including open access, in which the author pays and content is free to the user. This ongoing web focus will explore current trends and future …
FCC Proposed Reg on VoIP
From the March 29, 2004 Federal Register: Review of Regulatory Requirements for IP-Enabled Services: “This document seeks comment on issues relating to services and applications utilizing Internet Protocol (IP), collectively referred to here as ‘IP-enabled services.” These services include, but are not limited to, voice over IP (VoIP) services, other communications capabilities utilizing the Internet …
Tracking Federal Campaign Contributions
FundRace2004’s searchable database provides information on federal election campaign contributions made by individuals in the amount of $200 and above. Users may search by a combination of address and zip code (results on zip code alone result when no data is available by specific address), or by last name or first and last name combination. …
Proper Pronunciation is Important
100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English [Hot Links]
Commentary Advocating Auction of Top Level Domains
An Economic Analysis of Domain Name Policy, by Karl M. Manheim and Lawrence B. Solum. From the abstract: “Based on the telecommunications experience, the best method for ICANN to allocate new Top Level Domains would be to conduct an auction. Many auction designs are possible. One proposal is to auction a fixed number of new …
Website That Shortens URLs
From Wired, Honey, I Shrunk the URL, a review of a free tool that I use regularly, called TinyURL.com, to quickly and easily shorten the length of inordinately long urls.
NC State Univ. Scientists Develop Ultra-High Speed Net Access
From the University press release: “Researchers in North Carolina State Universitys Department of Computer Science have developed a new data transfer protocol for the Internet that makes todays high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) connections seem lethargic. The protocol is named BIC-TCP, which stands for Binary Increase Congestion Transmission Control Protocol. In a recent comparative study …
New Search Feature Added to Internet Archive
Recall is a beta search engine at the Internet Archive that indexes the text of over 11 billion pages. A presentation about this technology can be downloaded.
FTC Notice of Rulemaking on VoIP
FCC Moves to Allow More Opportunities for Consumers Through Voice Services Over The Internet.
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
A terrific database from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, it currently comprises links to over 2,900 exhibitions, browsable by alphabetical title list, exhibition name, institution and subject terms. [Metafilter] From among the site’s eclectic, whimsical and content rich resources: Gutenberg and Beyond: Books, Libraries, and Changing Technology, Memories of Picnics and Thomas Edison: A Lifetime of …
Current Awareness Monitoring Through Listservs
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.”
