Category «Internet»

UN, Google, Cisco Unveil Online Resource

“The United Nations, Google and Cisco today unveiled a pioneering online site that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015, a global campaign known as the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs. Visit the website at www.mdgmonitor.org” Google press release: “MDG Monitor tracks progress toward the MDGs in a number of categories in nearly every …

Subjects: Internet, Search Engines

Fair Use Advocates Issue Principles for Protecting Online Videos

Press release: “Online video-hosting services like YouTube have ushered in a new era of free expression online, as well as vigorous copyright enforcement efforts. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of leading public interest groups issued a “Fair Use Principles” document that sets out six concrete guidelines designed to minimize the collateral …

Subjects: Copyright, Internet, Legal Research

New Report – Inadvertent Filesharing Sharing Revisited: Assessing LimeWire's Responses to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Press release: “Today, the Progress and Freedom Foundation released a new report on inadvertent filesharing by the authors of Filesharing Programs and “Technological Features to Induce Users to Share,” a groundbreaking analysis published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in March of 2007. This new report, Inadvertent Filesharing Sharing Revisited: Assessing LimeWire’s Responses …

Subjects: Congress, E-Commerce, Internet, Patent and Trademark

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Declines Again

Press release: “The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which has been declining since August, fell further in October. The Index now stands at 95.6 (1985=100), down from 99.5 in September. The Present Situation Index decreased to 118.8 from 121.2 in September. The Expectations Index declined to 80.1 from 85.0. The Consumer Confidence Survey is based …

Subjects: Internet

The World Digital Library Project to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness

“The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, archi­tectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and …

Subjects: Internet

New Pew Internet Data on Parents and Internet Use

“Parents today are less likely to say that the internet has been a good thing for their children than they were in 2004. However, this does not mean there was a corresponding increase in the amount of parents who think the internet has been harmful to their children. Instead, the biggest increase has been in …

Subjects: Internet

Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future

“On Oct. 22, 2007, the InterAcademy Council released a new report, commissioned by the governments of Brazil and China, identifying and detailing the scientific consensus framework for directing global energy development. Lighting the way: Toward a sustainable energy future lays out the science, technology and policy roadmap for developing energy resources to drive economic growth …

Subjects: Internet

Commission for Environmental Cooperation Report on Industrial Toxic Releases

Press release: “The latest Taking Stock report from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) reveals that a continued decline in releases of toxic chemicals to the environment—15 percent for the United States and Canada from 1998 to 2004—is being driven by a group of industrial facilities that are the largest generators of emissions. The CEC …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Industry Coalition Issues Copyright Principles for User Generated Content Services

Press release: Several of the world’s leading Internet and media companies today announced their joint support for a set of collaborative principles that enable the continued growth and development of user-generated content online and respect the intellectual property of content owners. The principles serve as a comprehensive set of guidelines to help user-generated content (UGC) …

Subjects: Copyright, Internet, Legal Research

Website Tracks Internet Performance of 2008 Presidential Candidates

“The Spartan Internet Political Performance (SIPP) Index is the first quantitative metric to measure the Internet-wide performance of each Presidential candidate for the 2008 election. The Index is comprised of over 650 quantitative factors measuring the level of support and how well each candidate is connecting with individuals across the Internet. The score for each …

Subjects: Internet