Examining E-Mail Usage

E-Mail Use Patterns in the United States. Zhixian Yi. Chinese Librarianship. December 1, 2007 (preprint).
An study of e-mail use was conducted, focusing on demographic, socio-economic and employment variables. The results may assist librarians in providing better tools and services to their customers.

Why Facebook May Overtake MySpace

Is Facebook the New MySpace? Mark Sullivan. PC World. July 24, 2007.
The author compares and contrasts the two social networking services, and explains why he believes that Facebook will indeed become the next MySpace.

Growing Readership of Online Newspapers

Online Newspaper Audience Rising Twice As Fast As General Internet Population: Report. David Kaplan. Forbes. July 25, 2007.
A study conducted for the Newspaper Association of America finds that the number of readers of online newspapers is rising twice as fast as the general Internet audience.

Introduction to Anime

Anime's Brave New World. Robin Brenner. Library Journal. July 15, 2007.

The author provides an overview of Japanese animation and provides tips on its selection for libraries.

Social Networkers Risk Indentity Theft

Web Networkers 'at Risk of Fraud'. BBC News. July 22, 2007.

Equifax has warned that posting too much personal information on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook could make users vulnerable to identity theft.

Recorded Books in Conflict with NetLibrary

Recorded Books, NetLibrary in Lawsuits Over Audiobook Service. Jennifer Pinkowski. Library Journal. July 17, 2007.
Recorded Books and NetLibrary are suing each other over a number of issues.

Social Networking Sites for Business

Move Over MySpace, Sites Mean Business. Joe Bel Bruno. AP (via Yahoo! News). July 17, 2007.
Sites for business professionals such as LinkedIn are allowing members to share their contact lists and stock tips.

Google Apps for Nonprofits

Google Gives Nonprofits Free Access To Google Apps. Thomas Claburn. InformationWeek. July 13, 2007.
Google is announcing that it will make the Education Edition of it Google Apps suite available to nonprofit organizations for free.

Spam Wars Continue

Now PDF Is The Format For Spam Delivery. Andy Patrizio. Internetnews.com. July 13, 2007.
Now that Internet security firms have managed to combat image-based spam, junk mail is being sent in yet another format, one with its own security issues.