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The Future of Reading, by Steven Levy, Newsweek, November 17, 2007: “…the Kindle…has the dimensions of a paperback, with a tapering of its width that emulates the bulge toward a book’s binding. It weighs but 10.3 ounces, and unlike a laptop computer it does not run hot or make intrusive beeps….with the use of E …
McAfee Avert Labs Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008, Authors: McAfee Avert Labs, USA November 16, 2007.
“The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued its first library statistics report on state library agencies, on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year (FY) 2006. The State Library Agency Report for FY 2006 [released November 2007] includes a wide array of information on …
Press release, November 15, 2007: “IT security and control firm Sophos has revealed new research into the use of other people’s Wi-Fi networks to piggyback onto the internet without payment. The research, carried out by Sophos on behalf of The Times, shows that 54 percent of computer users have admitted breaking the law, by using …
“We are pleased to announce the launch of the Carbon Monitoring for Action database at www.carma.org. CARMA provides the worlds most detailed and comprehensive information on carbon emissions resulting from the production of electricity. Power sector emissions make up 25% of the global total, 40% of carbon emissions in the United States, and are a …
“America Recycles Day celebrated on November 15 is a national campaign to encourage all Americans to produce less waste, reuse and recycle more materials, and buy more recyclable products. All of these actions help to conserve energy, preserve natural resources, and reduce emissions. The U.S. currently recycles about one third of its waste, …
The University of Arizona Artificial Intelligence Lab Dark Web project: “Based on our actual spidering experience over the past 5 years, we believe there are about 50,000 sites of extremist and terrorist content as of 2007, including: web sites, forums, blogs, social networking sites, video sites, and virtual world sites (e.g., Second Life). The largest …
National Alliance to End Homelessness: This report details the number of homeless veterans by state, how housing and lack of housing contributes to the problem, and strategies to prevent and end homelessness for veterans. Vital Mission: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans, November 8, 2007 “In 2006, approximately 195,827 veterans were homeless on a given nightan increase …
Kaisernetwork.org: Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient Emergency Department Visits Across Payer Groups From 1996-2004, Annals of Emergency Medicine, November 2007: “The study finds that the share of emergency department charges paid was consistently lowest for Medicaid beneficiaries and the uninsured and was consistently the highest for visits by privately insured patients. The study also finds that …
National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2005: “This report includes national and state summary data on public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an introduction, selected findings, and several tables. The report, based on data from the Public Libraries Survey for fiscal year …
Alliance for Public Technology’s new report, Broadband Initiatives: Enhancing Lives & Transforming Communities (72 pages, PDF)
Follow up to previous postings on the domestic surveillance program and AT&T’s alleged participation, today’s article in the Washington Post, A Story of Surveillance – Former Technician ‘Turning In’ AT&T Over NSA Program, by Ellen Nakashima: “…Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician…alleged that the NSA set up a system that vacuumed up Internet and phone-call …
