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“Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an unprecedented economic study released today. According to the study commissioned by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and conducted in accordance with a World Intellectual Property Organization …
ALA: “Ever-growing patron demand for computer and Internet services in U.S. public libraries has stretched existing Internet bandwidth, computer availability, and building infrastructure to capacity, according to a new study Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2006-2007, conducted by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Information Use Management and Policy …
“Terrorists and extremists have set up shop on the Internet, using it to recruit new members, spread propaganda and plan attacks across the world. The size and scope of these dark corners of the Web are vast and disturbing. But in a non-descript building in Tucson, a team of computational scientists are using the cutting-edge …
Press release: “The federal Judiciary is seeking comment on the privacy and security implications related to public Internet access to certain documents in criminal case files. The Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States is studying these issues so the Conference can develop policy guidance for the federal …
Center for American Progress: “Two years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the city faces challenges as it tries to rebuild: not just those posed by mountains of rubble and the prospect of future hurricanes, but also a rebuilding effort hampered by inaction, mismanagement, and corruption.” Related postings on Katrina Broken Promises, a comprehensive report …
Follow up to Report to June 13, 2007 posting, Report to the President on the Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy, this press release and related documents today from Virginia Tech: “On May 9, 2007, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger directed three internal reviews in the wake of the April 16 tragedy on the …
Two Decades of American News Preferences – Part 2: News Interest across Decades and “News Eras” by Michael J. Robinson, special to the Pew Research Center, August 22, 2007 Download part 1 of the commentary Download part 2 of the commentary Trends Across Decades “Public interest in news has changed slightly over the last two …
“Four data sets from the Pew Internet Project’s health research were the basis for a poster presented at the American Psychological Association convention on Sunday [August 19, 2007]. Phyllis Schumacher and Janet Morahan-Martin took the 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004 health surveys and ran the numbers to prove four hypotheses: Women are more likely than …
Internet Health Report, Keynote Systems, “The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority”: metrics include Latency, Latency, Network Availability, Packet Loss.
“At Sony, we support the recycling of our products with the same respect we have when creating them. Teaming up with Waste Management, weve built a recycling program that makes it easy to dispose of electronics in an environmentally-safe way. Bring your unwanted Sony product to any participating Waste Management eCycling drop-off center and recycle …
“The National Snow and Ice Data Center has launched this year’s news and commentary Web site [Arctic Sea Ice News] as we follow the Arctic sea ice melt season. From August 10, 2007, through the end of the summer melt season, we will post updates as events warrant.” “Arctic sea ice has now surpassed all …
“Carbonfund.org is leading the fight against climate change, making it easy and affordable for any individual, business or organization to eliminate their climate impact and hastening the transformation to a clean energy and technology future. Carbonfund.org achieves its goals through: Climate change education; Carbon reductions and offsets; Outreach to the public….Carbonfund.org supports three types of …
