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Federal Register, January 7, 2004, FCC Final Rule, Broadband Power Line Systems – SUMMARY: “This document adopts new requirements and measurement guidelines for a new type of carrier current system that provides access to broadband services using electric utility companies’ power lines. This new technology offers the potential for the establishment of a significant new …
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta): Overview, includes a link to download. Related news: From CNN, Microsoft offers free security program, and from PCWorld, Microsoft Sends Shivers Through Antivirus Market – “Release of anti-spyware tool, promise of virus removal software could spell trouble for antivirus software companies.” Update: January 13, 2005, Free Microsoft Program To Battle Spyware …
Libraries: Inauguration Hours, January 20 and Other Closings
“The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in the US Department of Health and Human Services and the National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC) is proud to announce the launch of our new, free and comprehensive National Women’s Health Indicators Database (NWHID). This system permits those interested in the health status of women, and, in fact, …
Google Hacks, 2nd Edition, Tips & Tools for Smarter Searching, by Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest, December 2004.
From Congresswoman Mary Bono’s press release: “On the first day of the 109th Congress, Congresswoman Mary Bono (CA-45) re-introduced her bill to protect computer users against internet privacy invasion. H.R. 29, the Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act (SPY ACT) passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. House of Representatives in October 2004, but was not …
“EPIC has called for hearings in Congress and before the Federal Trade Commission on the need for new privacy protections for American consumers. In a December 16, 2004 complaint to Federal Trade Commission, EPIC urged the Commission to determine whether Choicepoint, a large information broker, complies with federal privacy law and also whether it will …
From PCWorld, Legislative Year in Review: All Talk, Little Action: “For good or ill, Congress kept to its usual snail’s pace on a number of controversial issues ranging from digital copyright to spyware; other government agencies, however, made up for some of the slack.”
From the press release: “The United Nations…announced the availability of its Official Document System (ODS), the premier full-text web resource for official United Nations documentation, to the general public, as of 31 December 2004…Comprehensive coverage starts in 1993. Older United Nations documents are added to the system on a daily basis. Selective coverage of General …
UNESCO Starts Assessing Situation of Archives and Libraries in Asia Disaster Region
New on LLRX.com for December 27, 2004: The Federal Web: Content at the Ten-year Mark – Peggy Garvin, author of The United States Government Internet Manual, takes researchers on a tour of content they can expect to find on federal, executive branch websites, and where on the site they can expect to find it. Notes …
From the EFF press release: “The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today that will stop entertainment corporations from gaining access to the names of people using peer-to-peer (P2P) networks unless the companies file lawsuits against them and furnish actual evidence of copyright infringement.” From the text of the decision: “This case concerns …