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Follow up to previous postings on Google Book Search (GBS), Google and the New Digital Future, Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard “…The digitizing, open-access distribution, and preservation of orphan works could be done by a nonprofit organization such as the Internet Archive, a nonprofit group that was built as a …
News release: “Gartner, Inc. analysts highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2010…Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or …
Federal Communications Commission, Notice of inquiry, November 23, 2009: “This document seeks comment on how to empower parents to help their children take advantage of the opportunities offered by evolving electronic media technologies while at the same time protecting children from the risks inherent in use of these technologies. It asks for comment about the …
The Deep Sea World Beyond Sunlight – From the Edge of Darkness to the Black Abyss: Marine Scientists Census 17,500+ Species and Counting: “Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid …
State Variation and Health Reform: A Chartbook – “Health reform initiatives will have differential effects on states. In general, states with more extensive poverty, higher budget shortfalls, lower eligibility levels for public programs, higher rates of uninsured, and more primary care shortages, will be more heavily impacted. This chartbook pulls together data related to state …
Free Tools and Applications For More Efficient Online Interaction: Many lawyers understand the importance of networking, but running a law practice takes time and no one ever seems to have enough of it. This factor is one of the main reasons lawyers offer as an excuse to avoid online networking, but Nicole Black proposes how …
Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity – Christopher T. Cross, Taniesha A. Woods, and Heidi Schweingruber, Editors; Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics; National Research Council “Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children’s present and future educational success. Research has demonstrated that virtually all young children have the capability to …
Use Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search to find articles, subject specific articles and patents, legal opinions and journals [Search all legal opinions and journals; Search only US federal court opinions; Search only court opinions from individual states]. Via Justia: use Google Scholar to access: 1 US 1 (pre 1776 :), 1 F 2d 1 (1924+), …
Department Of Veterans Affairs: Improvements Needed in Corrective Action Plans to Remediate Financial Reporting Material Weaknesses, GAO-10-65, November 16, 2009 Financial Audit: Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Statements, GAO-10-218, November 16, 2009 Financial Audit: Securities and Exchange Commission’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008, GAO-10-250, November 16, 2009 Recovery Act: …
News release: “World Wide Web Foundation (Web Foundation), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the Web to empower people, announced the launch of global operations including the existence of its first projects. Speaking at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a Web Foundation board member, unveiled the organizations …
Follow up to previous postings on Google Book Search, news from the Authors Guild that 14 minutes before before midnight on November 13, 2009, “the parties filed with the Court an Amended Settlement Agreement and a motion for preliminary approval of the amended settlement. The parties’ motion also seeks Court approval of a Supplemental Notice …
Cognitive control in media multitaskers – Eyal Ophira, Clifford Nassb, and Anthony D. Wagnerc, Symbolic Systems Program and Department of Communication, and Department of Psychology and Neurosciences Program, Stanford University “Chronic media multitasking is quickly becoming ubiquitous, although processing multiple incoming streams of information is considered a challenge for human cognition. A series of experiments …
