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U.S. Initiatives to Promote Global Internet Freedom: Issues, Policy, and Technology. April 5, 2010 Modern means of communications, led by the Internet, provide a relatively inexpensive, open, easy-entry means of sharing ideas, information, pictures, and text around the world. In a political and human rights context, in closed societies when the more established, formal news …
Nature.com – Q&a: What it will take to feed the world: “Marion Guillou is the chief executive of Frances National Institute for Agricultural Research, Europes largest agricultural-research agency. She talks to Declan Butler about how researchers are trying to meet the challenge of feeding a world population that is estimated to grow to 9 billion …
Death to PST Files, A Symantec Hosted Services Whitepaper: “Email is one of your companys most criticaland most widely usedassets. According to a 2009 study by The Radicati Group, the average corporate email user sends and receives 167 email messages per day. The report estimates that this number will increase to 219 messages per day …
Kindle Failed Tests at Several Colleges. Will iPads Do Better?, By Jeff Young, Chronicle of Higher Education “Reed College plans to do a formal experiment with iPads by loading the devices with class readings and giving them to students to see how they compare with traditional textbooks. Reed was one of seven campuses to run …
The world turned upside down – The emerging world, long a source of cheap labour, now rivals the rich countries for business innovation, says Adrian Wooldridge (interviewed here) “This special report will argue…[d]eveloping countries are becoming hotbeds of business innovation in much the same way as Japan did from the 1950s onwards. They are coming …
Hoofnagle, Chris Jay, King, Jennifer, Li, Su and Turow, Joseph, How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies? (April 14, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1589864 “Media reports teem with stories of young people posting salacious photos online, writing about alcohol-fueled misdeeds on social networking sites, and …
100 Years of Consumer Spending: “Spending habits have changed significantly over the last century. We have seen great increases in the percentage of income that is allocated to housing and transportation, relative spending on food and clothing has fallen. Here is a full breakdown of how consumer spending has changed over the last 100 years.” …
Moscows stray dogs, by Susanne Sternthal: “…35,000 stray dogs…roam Russias capital about 84 dogs per square mile. You see them everywhere. They lie around in the courtyards of apartment complexes, wander near markets and kiosks, and sleep inside metro stations and pedestrian passageways. You can hear them barking and howling at night. And the …
On April 16, join Americans across the country to talk to others about your future healthcare decisions and to complete your advance directive.
News release/includes data charts: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for Q1 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions were reported on 932,234 properties in the first quarter, a 7 percent increase from the previous quarter and a …
News release: “In a newly published study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity. The new study, conducted by Scripps Research Associate Professor Paul J. Kenny and graduate student …
News release: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for Q1 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions were reported on 932,234 properties in the first quarter, a 7 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 16 percent …
