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Who Tries to Find Objective Information on Health Care? Findings From the 2010 Health Confidence Survey – Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) “USERS OF HEALTH INFORMATION: This analysis looks at who currently uses information on health cost, quality, and outcomes. Data comes from the EBRI/MGA 2010 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey that examines a …
Breaking Down Link Rot: The Chesapeake Project Legal Information Archive’s Examination of URL Stability: “This guide for researches by Sarah Rhodes focuses on the highly significant impact of “link rot”, which refers to the loss or removal of content at a particular Uniform Resource Locator (URL) over time. When an attempt is made to open …
2010 Internet Crime Report, The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), February 2011 “Now in its tenth year, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has become a vital resource for victims of online crime and for law enforcement investigating and prosecuting offenders. In 2010, IC3 received the second-highest number of complaints since its inception. IC3 also …
News release: “Worldwide PC microprocessor shipment growth in the fourth calendar quarter of 2010 (4Q10) slowed notably, compared to both 3Q10 (-.04% quarter-over-quarter) and to 4Q09 (-.21% year-over-year), according to the latest PC microprocessor study from International Data Corporation (IDC). For the full year 2010, however, worldwide PC microprocessor unit shipments grew 17.1%, while revenue …
Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure and Brain Glucose Metabolism – Henry Lai, Lennart Hardell. JAMA. 2011;305(8):828-829.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.201 “In healthy participants and compared with no exposure, 50-minute cell phone exposure was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism in the region closest to the antenna. This finding is of unknown clinical significance.”
Wikipedia, past and present, by Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie, Jan 13, 2011 “Wikipedia, the multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project, was created in 2001 and celebrates its tenth anniversary on January 15, 2011. The percentage of all American adults who use Wikipedia to look for information has increased from 25% in February 2007 to 42% in …
“The National Broadband Map is a searchable and interactive website that allows users to view broadband availability across every neighborhood in the United States. The NBM was created by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and in partnership with 50 states, five territories and the District …
Egyptians Find Their Power in Access to Information: “Make no mistake: Access to information, in a country with limited resources, served as the first catalyst for the Egyptian revolution that began January 25 and resulted 18 days later in the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak after almost 30 years in office. The internet, along with …
“The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy was published February 13, 2011, marking a milestone in the Administrations 25-Point Implementation Plan To Reform Federal IT Management. The strategy is designed to help the government deliver value to the public by increasing the operational efficiency of Federal IT dollars, and responding faster to taxpayer needs. In releasing the …
The Triangle Research Libraries Networks Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Digitization of Modern Manuscript Collections and Archival Record Groups, January 2011 – Laura Clark Brown, Judy Ruttenberg, and Kevin L. Smith, J.D. “Curated online exhibits have dominated the manuscript and archival digitization projects of academic libraries. These exhibits typically present a small number of selected …
10 Conservative Principles for Cybersecurity Policy, by Paul Rosenzweig, George Washington University School of Law; Posted FEbruary 10, 2011 “In the age of the Internet, which now determines daily life for Americans, many threats to the U.S. now exist in the cyber domain. Cybersecurity is a near constant theme in Washington, as well as for …
News release: “President Barack Obama will today detail his plan to win the future by catalyzing the buildout of high-speed wireless services that will enable businesses to grow faster, students to learn more, and public safety officials to access state-of-the-art, secure, nationwide, and interoperable mobile communications. In his State of the Union address, President Obama …
