Category «Internet»

Library of Congress, Microsoft Announce Agreement to Support New Interactive Experience for Visitors

Press release: “The Library of Congress and Microsoft Corp. have signed a cooperative agreement that will change the way Library visitors experience history. The joint technology initiative will electronically deliver the Librarys immense collection of historical artifacts to patrons visiting its Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., and will allow unparalleled and immersive interactive experiences …

Subjects: E-Government, Internet, Libraries, Microsoft

Updated Fact Sheets on Women's Health Insurance Coverage from the Kaiser Family Foundation

“The Women’s Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet provides new statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare. It also summarizes the major policy challenges facing women in obtaining health coverage, and provides data on the more than 17 …

Subjects: Internet

Pew Survey Reports Increased Use of Video-Sharing Sites

Pew Internet Project Data Memo, Video Sharing Websites, January 9, 2008: “The audience for YouTube and other internet video sites has risen sharply the past year. Nearly half of online adults now say they have visited such sites. On a typical day at the end of 2007, the share of internet users going to video …

Subjects: Copyright, Internet

Science and Technology in the 2008 Presidential Election

“Science and technology (S&T) play increasingly important roles in our society and for those who govern. From energy policy to the environment, from health care to economic competitiveness, and from science education to immigration, S&T research and its products are critical to many issues on the agendas of Congress and the Executive Branch. Yet, very …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Internet

Measuring the Health of Nations: Updating an Earlier Analysis

“In a Commonwealth Fund-supported study comparing preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries, researchers found that the United States placed last. While the other nations improved dramatically between the two study periods199798 and 200203the U.S. improved only slightly on the measure.” “In Measuring the Health of Nations: Updating an Earlier Analysis (Health Affairs, Jan./Feb. 2008), Ellen …

Subjects: Internet

UK Report: National Security for the Twenty-First Century

Current notions of defence, foreign affairs, intelligence and development are redundant in the new security environment… National Security for the Twenty-first Century, Charlie Edwards, DEMOS: “The government remains structured around functions and services with separate budgets for defence, foreign affairs, intelligence and development. Whitehall departments, intelligence agencies and the police forces that make up the …

Subjects: Internet

Pew Research Center Survey: How the World Rates Women as Leaders

How the World Rates Women as Leaders, by Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Research Associate, Pew Global Attitudes Project, December 5, 2007: “The countries of Western Europe, North America and Latin America generally include the highest proportions of respondents who rate men and women as equally good political leaders. Roughly two-thirds in [Argentina – with the country’s …

Subjects: Internet

FAA Issues Special New Security Regs for Boeing Model 787

Background: “The proposed architecture of the 787 is different from that of existing production (and retrofitted) airplanes. It allows new kinds of passenger connectivity to previously isolated data networks connected to systems that perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane. Because of this new passenger connectivity, the proposed data network design and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Wireless Web

Auschwitz through the lens of the SS: Photos of Nazi leadership at the camp

“In January 2007, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a donation of a photograph album. The inscription “Auschwitz 21.6.1944″ on its first page signaled the uniqueness of the albumthere are very few wartime photographs of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, which included Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi killing center. Though his name does not …

Subjects: Internet

Forbes: America's Best Big Companies

America’s Best Big Companies: “This is our 10th year of selecting the 400 Best Big Companies in America. Our methodology for choosing the winners is so stringent that 165 companies from last year’s 400 did not make the cut for 2008. Not only must companies pass our benchmarks for financial growth rates and returns, but …

Subjects: Internet

New Study on Copyright and Creativity from the Center for Social Media

New Study on Copyright and Creativity from the Center for Social Media, Posted by Hugh DAndrade: “Free video hosting sites like YouTube, Yahoo! Video, and Daily Motion are enabling creators to share video instantly with millions of viewers around the world. A new report from the Center for Social Media takes a close look at …

Subjects: Copyright, E-Commerce, Internet

New Google Docs Presentation Features

Google Docs Blog: “It’s been two months since we launched Google Presentations and already we’ve got new toys [Link to the presentation detailing the new features]…Embeddable Presentations, Importing slides from other presentations, Drag and drop image insertion, Rearranging slides, Changing the background, Prettier toolbar.”

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing

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