Education--News and Information Current Awareness Tools
Source: Eisenhower National Clearinghouse "Education Headlines"
A very useful compilation (updated daily) with links to news articles about education from U.S. sources. NOTE: This service can also be delivered to you as a daily e-mail message.
New Technology
Web Search--Real Time
Competitive Intelligence Tools
Source: InternetNews.Com "NetCurrents Scores Real-Time Technology Patent"
Very exciting! From the article, "Beverly Hills, Calif.'s NetCurrents Inc. Tuesday secured a patent for its real-time search application, a technology that enables monitoring of Internet messaging activity important to businesses for which up-to-date information is vital...A patent equals protection for NetCurrents to be sure, but to put how the real-time technology is crucial in better perspective, think about the effect that false information about public firms posted on online bulletin boards has affected the stock market. The victimized company has had to spend hours assuaging alarmed investors. With NetCurrents real-time technology, the truth can be put out across the Web much faster than in the past." See Also: Direct to the Full-Text of the Patent See Also: Direct to the NetCurrents Site
Research Projects--Current Awareness Tools Competitive Intelligence
Source: Business 2.0 "Hidden Treasure"
From the article, "A new category of software, call them "conversation trackers," can assemble the big picture from thousands of customer comments in newsgroups, listservs, Web-based message boards, and big corporate email threads. These tools work better than keyword searches and a lot better than a human or even thousands of postings."
New Technology
Info Industry--LexisNexis Natural Language Searching
Source: Financial Times Reed Elsevier/LexisNexis Invests in Natural Language Search Company, iPhrase
"The technology takes complex questions and tasks - such as a request to compare the salaries of chief executives of US public companies with sales of more than Dollars 50bn - and consults multiple data sources to produce a tailored response...Charles Schwab, the online and discount broker, is using the software, and CNet Networks, the online media group, has also signed up. See Also: Read the Complete Press Release See Also: Direct to the iPhrase site See Also: More Materials Listed Under the 7/3/01 Header
Archives Digital Preservation
Source: ABCNews.Com "Fading Bits of History"
From the article, "Although there is considerable disagreement over the extent to which the historical record is in jeopardy � with many feeling it is quite secure � archivists and preservation officials agree there has been a change in the way we are recording history. And, they say, old ways of preserving that record need to be rethought.Information on paper could be stored in a static archive and checked occasionally for signs of decay, but digital information requires frequent conversion from old storage media, like computer disks and magnetic tapes, to newer ones."
Thanks to G.T. and B.C. for the tip.
Odds and Ends
*Transport Canada Now Offers Several Listservs to Alert You to New Documents, Speeches, etc. (Free)
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**The Chronicle of Higher Education Now Provides Selected Content For Mobile Devices (Palm, Pocket PC) and Other Wireless Devices
"Selected daily updates from The Chronicle, including coverage of information technology and distance education, as well as featured articles from our print edition and from the Career Network..."
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