DMCA Exemptions – LibraryPlanet.com DMCA Exceptions -TechnoBiblio Step by agonizing step, we slowly inch back to sanity.

OJR article: News That Comes to You RSS feeds offer info-warriors a way to take the pulse of hundreds of sites I talked about RSS and aggregators before and now it’s strating to catch on. They really do make keeping up much easier and more efficient.

The Shifted Librarian:Wireless Keeps on Going and Going and Going…. But a growing number of hotels and restaurants have found that it pays to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access. This perk attracts customers and provides a real bottom-line payback for a relatively small capital investment, according to free-Wi-Fi pioneers. We’re going to have a real [...]

Digital Web Magazine – Features: Web design and integrated marketing One thing all libraries need to be concentrating on these days is marketing. The current generations of users have no idea what we’re capable of. And the Internet is an ideal method to use for its intrinsic “coolness” and low cost.

California wins first state suit against spammers In addition to the $2 million fine, the company and its owners were prohibited from sending any unsolicited commercial e-mail, disguising their identity by sending e-mail that appears to originate from an e-mail address that is not their own and accessing and using computers and computer systems of [...]

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Pop-up ad pusher X10 files for bankruptcy The notorious Internet pop-up ads of scantily clad women being viewed from miniature wireless cameras might be gone forever. I stopped seeing those when I switched to Mozilla but the memories still make me shudder.

Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines A book of research-based guidelines on web-design and usability.

U.S. Senate approves antispam bill The Senate voted 97-0 to approve the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act on Wednesday after a compromise among members of the Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee allowed an amendment authorizing a federal agency to launch a national do-not-spam registry.

Mercury News | 10/20/2003 | In open source gain, Bay State locks horns with Microsoft …despite Microsoft’s lobbying, a Pentagon report concluded that open source was often cheaper and more secure, and that its use, if anything, should expand.

USATODAY.com – Site has the vision-impaired in mind VisionConnection A friendly, accessible, interactive global Internet portal for people who are partially sighted or blind, the professionals who work with them, the families and friends who support them — and anyone looking for the latest information on vision impairment, its prevention and vision rehabilitation