Challenges for Public Libraries to Meet Demand for Free Internet
The Looming Infrastructure Plateau? Space, Funding, Connection Speed, and the Ability of Public Libraries to meet the Demand for Free Internet Access [First Monday], December 2007.
Category «Internet»
World Economic Forum Announced 39 Visionary Companies as Technology Pioneers 2008
Press release: “World Economic Forum today announced 39 visionary companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2008. The companies products and services include identity management on the Internet, understanding of individuals genetic information, robotic radiosurgery, pollution control materials, low-cost remote diagnosis solutions, virtual interface technologies, wiki-based projects and next generation business intelligence solutions. Twenty-three of the Technology …
Journalists in Iraq – A Survey of Reporters on the Front Lines
Project for Excellence in Journalism: “After four years of war in Iraq, the journalists reporting from that country give their coverage a mixed but generally positive assessment, but they believe they have done a better job of covering the American military and the insurgency than they have the lives of ordinary Iraqis. And they do …
Top CO2 Emitting Power Plants in US and UK for 2006
“The Scherer power plant in Juliette, Georgia, was the top CO2 emitting power plant in the US in 2006 at 25,300,000 tons of CO2 (20th highest in the world), with other plants in US Top 100 list.” “The Drax power plant in Selby was the top CO2 emitting power plant in the UK in 2006 …
World AIDS Day 2007 Resources from the Kaiser Family Foundation
“In preparation for this years World AIDS Day, December 1 2007, the Kaiser Family Foundation would like to highlight several new resources that may be of interest, including updated HIV/AIDS fact sheets and web tools, and developments in some of our global public education campaigns designed to raise awareness about HIV.” [Link to resource guide …
Annual McAfee Virtual Criminology Report
McAfee Virtual Criminology Report – Cybercrime: The Next Wave – The annual McAfee global cyber trends study into organized crime and the Internet in collaboration with leading international security experts, November 2007. “For this report we consulted with more than a dozen security specialists at top institutions such as NATO, the FBI, SOCA, the Center …
Automated Content Access Protocol Launched
Press release: “The new, non-proprietary, open standard, ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol), is set to put an end to publisher-search engine legal clashes was unveiled and showcased in New York today, 29 November 2007 at a conference opened by World Association of Newspapers President, Gavin OReilly and addressed by keynote speaker AP CEO Tom Curley. …
EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic
Press release: “In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation’s controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast’s packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or other forms of interference by their …
International Tracing Service opens archives to public
Follow up to March 27, 2007 posting Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust Archives in Germany, this news: Press release: “After more than 60 years the archives of the International Tracing Service have become accessible to the public. Historical researchers and other interested people can now examine archives and documents from the Second World …
Sixth Edition of Greenpeace International's Guide to Greener Electronics
Press release: “The sixth edition of Greenpeace Internationals Guide to Greener Electronics has been expanded to include televisions and game consoles.(1) Market leaders Microsoft, Nintendo, Philips and Sharp enter at the bottom of the ranking of environmental performance with Nintendo being the first company scoring zero out of a possible 10 points. Philips and Microsoft …
Universal Digital Library Completes 1.5 Million Book Digitization Milestone
News.com: “The Universal Digital Library, a book-scanning project backed by several major libraries across the globe, has completed the digitization of 1.5 million books and on Tuesday made them free and publically available. The online library offers full text downloads of works that are in the public domain, or for which the copyright holder has …
Verizon Wireless Announces Plans to Open Network
Verizon press release: “Verizon Wireless today announced that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network, wireless devices, software and applications not offered by the company. Verizon Wireless plans to have this new choice available to customers throughout the country by the end of 2008.” Center for Democracy and Technology: …
