| FEATURES |
Taking
Steps for Disaster Recovery
After the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina subsided, businesses with
an emergency
plan forged ahead; those caught without a plan wished they had one in
place.
Here's what made the difference in a business bouncing
back.
by Phillip Britt |
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Legislative
Update
In the Wake of Security Breaches
New proposals are going beyond the established rules to guarantee that
customers
are properly notified if they're involved in a security
breach.
by Phillip
Britt |
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Google Wins U.S. Keyword Case
The U.S. court weighed the facts on whether buying advertising keyword
and keyword
triggers is actually unfair advantage or whether it infringes on
copyright issues.
The final verdict will change the way we look at company keywords from
now on.
by David Mirchin |
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Thunderstone's
Simple Search Solution
Get ready for another option in search.
by Jessica L. Dye |
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Onvia:
Drilling into Sound Research
With government agencies offering contracts, savvy
enterprises—small and
large—want access to the best background information quickly.
Here's a
firm that arranges the initial handshake.
by Barbara Brynko |
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Project
MUSE Celebrates 10 Years
A decade is marked with growth for the visionary project to offer the
publications
of Johns Hopkins University Press online.
by Jessica L. Dye |
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UtiliCat:
Unified Storage Approach
ONStor and 3PAR have teamed up
to offer a cost-effective, efficient way to store data.
by Barbara Brynko |
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| COLUMNS
& NEWS |
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NewsBytes
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Up Front with
Barbara Quint
About That Flaw in Google Print
bq revisits the fine points in her previous writeups about the Google
Print project
and sets the record straight.
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NewsBreak
Update
Katrina's Aftermath Highlights
News
by Paula J. Hane
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Focus on
Publishing
Open (?) Debate on RCUK
Robin Peek reports on the flurry of points and counterpoints between
the ALPSP
and RCUK about open access.
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Internet Waves
The Rock of Sisyphus
Shirley Duglin Kennedy ponders the busy world of "oxygen bandits,"
chronic
complainers, and technostress.
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Legal Issues
Licenses Under Wrap
George Pike takes a look at the contracts that lie under shrink-wrap.
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| NewsMakers |
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Database
Review
Grokker's New ‘Look'
on Web Searching
Mick O'Leary discovers a gem that's better known as a search-and-sort
engine. |
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| DEPARTMENTS
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Consumer
Terms of Service
by Dick Kaser |
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| Letter
from the Editor |
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InfoToons
by Gib Robbie |
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International
Report
Internet Companies Invest in
China
Booming growth, 100 million Internet users, and a search engine named
Baidu have
turned the spotlight on the Far East.
by Jim Ashling |
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Interview
Eugene Garfield Turns 80
As the founder of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), now part
of Thomson
Scientific, celebrates his 80th birthday, he looks back at a few of the
milestones
in his long career.
by Paula J. Hane |
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| People
Line & the Executive Profile |
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| Product
News & Reviews |
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| CONFERENCE
CIRCUIT |
Not
for Researchers Only
Donald T. Hawkins provides a sneak preview of the upcoming conferences
around the globe. |
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Report
from the Field
Dispatches from Napa
As one president steps down, another steps up as the head of the
Association
of Information and Dissemination Centers (ASIDIC) at its fall meeting
in California's
Napa Valley.
Text and photos by
Donald T. Hawkins |
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Report
from the Field
Information Technology's
Building Blocks
The winner of the Herman Skolnik Award is one of the highlights at the
American
Chemical Society's National Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Text and photos by
Donald T. Hawkins |
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Conference Calendar
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| Cover
Notes |
Book
Review
Serving the Needs of Information Professionals
Information Entrepreneurship:
Information Services Based on the Information
Lifecycle by Susan G. Fowler
reviewed by Gwen M.
Gregory |
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In
Other Words
Moving into Fall
A look inside Information Today, Inc.'s other publications
by Lauree Padgett |
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Perspectives
Social Networks: The Internet
Continues to Evolve
by Wallys W. Conhaim
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CyberSports
Postings of a Football Helmet
Fanatic
by David King
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iPod Heaven
by Thomas Pack
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