Best Business Books

Are We There Yet?--Best Business Books 2004. Susan C. Awe. Library Journal. July 15, 2005.
The director of the Parish Memorial Library for Business and Economics at the University of New Mexico presents her recommendations for the best books in business biography, communication, economy, ethics, globalization, ethics, investing, leadership, marketing, organizational change and entrepreneurship.

Shortcomings of Google Scholar

Is Metasearching Dead? Roy Tennant. Library Journal. July 15, 2005.
The LJ columnist reviews the successes and limitations of Google Scholar for library use.

Beyond Keyword Searching

Research at Risk. Thomas Mann. Library Journal. June 15, 2005.
The author demonstrates how much valuable information researchers miss when they abandon subject searching in favor of keyword guessing.

New Weapon to Fight Spam

Retracing Spam Steps Could Halt Mass Emails. Will Knight. New Scientist. July 22, 2005.
Researchers from IBM and Cornell University have devised a new anti-spam technique that identifies junk email through an analysis of the routes the messages take.

Internet Users Unfamiliar with New Terminology

Internet Jargon Confuses Consumers, Says Pew Study. Ed Sutherland. News Factor Network (via Yahoo! News). July 21, 2005.
Terms such as "RSS" and "Podcasting" are new to the majority of Internet users. [Pew Internet & American LIfe Project]

U.N. Addresses Internet Governance

UN at Odds Over Internet's Future. BBC News. July 18, 2005.
The U.N.'s Working Group on Internet Governance is trying to decide how the Internet should be regulated.

Is Google a Privacy Risk?

Google's Growth Prompts Privacy Concerns. Anick Jesdanun. AP (via Yahoo! News). July 17, 2005.
Personally identifiable or not, a lot of user information is being collected by Google. Many are concerned that this data is potentially vulnerable to theft or government intrusion. Google maintians that such data is well protected.

New Life for Lycos

Lycos, Rejuvenated, Celebrates 10th Anniversary. TechWeb (via Yahoo! News. July 15, 2005.
Korean-owned Lycos is promoting new services, such as Tripod for Troops.

Preserving Gutenberg's Legacy

Museum Shows Power of the Printing Press. Jay Lindsay. AP (via Yahoo! News. July 17, 2005.
Established in 1979 in Andover, Massachusetts, The Museum of Printing has preserved printing equipment dating from Gutenberg's time to the 20th century. [The Museum of Printing]

Search Engines Flunk Test

Smarter Search Engines Still Stumped by Trivia. Michael Liedtke. AP (via Northwest Indiana News). June 25, 2005.
The author finds search engines coming up short when given questions from Trivial Pursuit.

Yahoo! Search Enters Deep Web

"Fee" Web Content Accessed by Yahoo! Search Subscriptions. Barbara Quint. Information Today. June 27, 2005.
Yahoo! Search has begun to index fee-based resources, making accessible those to which the searcher has a subscription.

Software Breakthroughs to Come Quickly

Gates Gives his Views on the Future of Software. Tan Ee Sze. Computerworld. July 5, 2005.
Bill Gates recently addressed software developers in Singapore, where he predicted that Web services will have a great affect on software development.

File Sharing not Solely to Blame

Music Industry Must Look In A Mirror. Lisa DiCarlo. Forbes.com. June 30, 2005.
Some observers, including a Supreme Court justice, are saying that file sharing may not be the only thing affecting the music industry's revenue.

U.S to Maintain Control of Root Servers

US Holds Onto Key Internet Role. BBC News. July 1, 2005.
The United States will keep its oversight of the Internet's master directories, in part because of growing security threats.