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From the Department of Commerce Technology Administration: Examining Information Technology Education and Training Landscape in 21st Century, a report mandated by the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act of 2000. The 225-page report (pdf) provides an extensive exploration of employer demand for information technology (IT) workers, the IT education and training landscape, and the …
Consumer WebWatch has launched an ad campaign to spotlight 28 websites whose content complies with the organizaton’s five guidelines for improving Web site credibility, published April, 2002. Sites that are identified as “Praise Worthy” include Adobe.com, CBS MarketWatch.com, and WebMD. See also my article from LLRX, Getting It Right: Verifying Sources on the Net.
Steven D. Hinckley, Associate Dean for Library and Information Technology & Professor of Law, University of South Carolina, authored, Your Money or Your Speech: The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Congressional Assault on the First Amendment in Public Libraries, in the Washington University Law Quarterly, vol. 80, No. 4, Winter 2002 (via The …
The Web, According to Google: “Google has grown so fast that even those who use it religiously have started to worry about the tendency of its huge audience to increasingly regard the site as comprehensive when in reality its compilation of information is anything but…Webmasters are starting to question the opaque rules that Google uses …
“Each year at PC World we seek out the best of the best–hardware, software, Web sites, and services that rise above their competitors. In each category, we look for a product that mixes top performance, good value, a reliable manufacturer, and preferably a dash of innovation. In the following pages are our 59 top choices …
The Webby Awards 2003 winners’ site also includes links to those sites that were considered for the top spot, as well as links to the People’s Voice winners. Athough the nominations in the government/law are woefully sparse, you will find some interesting links under the topics politics, and print and zines.
The Man Pushing Faster Internet Access in U.S.: “The United States, where the Internet was invented, now falls behind Japan, Korea and Canada in deploying high-speed Internet access in homes and businesses…Peter K. Pitsch…is the top lobbyist for the Intel Corporation and a coalition of the technology companies in their efforts to press the government …
This article is indicative of the yin-yang challenges that face our public libraries. Funding cuts have resulted in 300 libraries around the country seeking donations by posting “wish lists” of titles on Amazon, and thankfully, a generous and committed public has apparently responded. See this link for the Oakland (CA) Public Library as an example. …
In response to the SEC’s June 4 indictment on securities fraud, Martha Stewart purchased full-page ads in today’s major newspapers declaring her innocence, and launched a new website, which currently includes a letter/appeal from her, and a statement from her attorneys. Apparently, more information about what promises to be a high-profile case will be added …
Declaration on freedom of communication on the Internet, Strasbourg, May 28, 2003, Adopted by the Committee of Ministers at the 840th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies. “The member states of the Council of Europe…should not subject content on the Internet to restrictions which go further than those applied to other means of content delivery.”
See this recent paper authored by 12 CalTech scientists, Fast TCP: From Theory to Experiments, which details their work, demonstrated through a number of controlled and public experiments, that allows users to download text, images and video from the Internet at “6,000 times the capacity of the ordinary broadband links.” definition of TCP
