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Thursday, December 02, 2010
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News and Trends We Could Do Without
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by Paula J. Hane
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At this time of year, I watch closely for the usual year-end wrap-ups and trend watch articles, though I keep an eye open all year for evidence of emergent trends in the seemingly endless tide of industry news. As usual, the trends seem to present an interesting mix of opportunities and challenges. In this fast-paced, increasingly online world, things are certainly never dull. Lately, I've run across some news items and trends that I feel we could do without. Note that these are my personal comments—no reflection on Information Today, Inc.
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Journalism Online’s Press+ to Launch on College Newspapers
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Press+, the e-commerce platform created by Journalism Online that enables digital news publishers to collect revenue from readers, announced that it is adding services aimed at helping college newspapers generate income from avid off-campus readers, such as alumni and parents.
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Reed Tech Introduces Web Archiving Service
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Reed Technology and Information Services, a member of the LexisNexis Group, is introducing Reed Tech Web Archiving Services powered by Iterasi. The comprehensive web archiving service will help corporations, government, and professional services firms capture and preserve web-based content to support the growing need for litigation protection, e-discovery, and compliance with various laws and regulations.
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FCC Proposes Rules for Free and Open Internet
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In his Dec. 1 post , Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), offered a progress report on the state of the internet: "After months of hard work we have reached an important milestone in the fight to protect a free and open Internet for all Americans. Today, the FCC proposed basic rules of the road to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, job creation, competition, and free expression."
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Yahoo! Clues: A New Source for Search Data
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by Greg R. Notess
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Yes, Yahoo! now uses Microsoft's Bing to power its web searching, but the company continues to make the case that it will continue to innovate in web search. Yahoo! has been adding new features and interfaces to a variety of its search products. One recent example is Yahoo! Clues, which launched in mid-November 2010. While it is just in beta and in its early stages, Clues offer unique information not readily available from other sources.
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