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ARCHIVE FOR OCTOBER 2004
Date/Headlines Source
29 October 2004  
MarketWatch gets bid approach Reuters
Running Your Own Site: A Primer for the Entrepreneurial Journalist USC Annenberg OJR
News Distribution: Wire solution? PRWeek
OpenText Interview: Rules spur content controls VNUNet
Dialog DataStar(TM)  Upgrades Better Focus Search Process, Alert Users & Integrate Research PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Enterprise Search: A Different Animal for Google Internetnews.com
How Paid SEM Helps Organic Search Optimization ClickZ Network
Media: Alternative and Influential? Inter Press News
KnowNow Wins the KM World Promise Award  for Delivering Powerful, Event-Driven KM Solutions BusinessWire
Factiva boosts Abbey's anti-money laundering IT Week
Outercurve and O2 to Deliver Financial Applications to BlackBerry(R) Users PR Newswire
28 October 2004  
Yahoo battles Google for the cell phone CNET News
Online publishers rail against Google journalism.co.uk
Google Buys Digital Mapping Company AP via Yahoo!News
Web Feeds, Blogs & Search Engines Search Engine Watch
The Wall Street Journal Online Offers The Morning Brief to Subscribers;  News From a Variety of  Outlets BusinessWire
LexisNexis lands CFTC database contract Dayton Business Journal
New Contextual Advertising Technology from Vibrant Media Paves Way to Greater Profits eMediaWire
Convera Announces RetrievalWare 8.1 BusinessWire
CMP Media's InformationWeek and Optimize Announce Partnership With The Advisory Council (TAC) PR Newswire
New Google Print Program Offers Authors a Powerful Way to Market and Promote Their Books for Free eMediaWire
27 October 2004  
Blogs: A Good (If Scary) Buy for Advertisers MarketingProfs
The New Voices: Hyperlocal Citizen Media Sites Want You (to Write)! USC Annenberg OJR
Thomson profit stronger than expected in quarter Globe and Mail
Copernic Ready to Take On Google In Enterprise Search Product eWeek
NewsBreak for Pocket PC review Geekzone
Search Engine Delivers Content Based On The Day Of The Week eMediaWire
Reducing Expenditures and Driving Costs Out of the Corporate Library Budget BusinessWire
RSA Security Announces New Digital Rights Management Solution PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
GlobalSpec Survey Reveals Sketchy Web Site Content for Engineers Seeking Technical Data BusinessWire
Limelight Networks and BuyDRM Team Up To Provide Integrated PayMedia Services eMediaWire
PubSub Sidebar Adds Real-Time Monitoring of Weblogs and Newsgroups to Firefox Web Browser PR Newswire
New Law.com CLE Center Simplifies and Improves Online Continuing Legal Education for Attorneys BusinessWire
Rohm and Haas Engages FinancialContent for Enterprise Portal Content Solution PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
26 October 2004  
Firefox aims for 10 percent of Web surfers CNET News
The Rise and Fall of a Dot-Com Pioneer: Update on "Flip" Filipowski The Business Ledger
Reuters Subsidiary Lipper Announces Acquisition of Fitzrovia International plc Reuters
MP3 site settles for $10 million with RIAA ZDNet
Vivisimo Introduces Velocity for Integrated Enterprise Search BusinessWire
Entopia Announces Third Generation Information Discovery Infrastructure, Entopia K-Bus 3 BusinessWire
PR Newswire Launches Must-Have Tool for Public Relations Industry PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
IVI Communications and Viyya Technologies Sign Multi-Million Dollar Strategic Marketing Agreement BusinessWire
Thomson ResearchSoft and SCIPROOF Announce Marketing Agreement PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Comtex's Finance News Selected by Northern Light for Business Research Engine BusinessWire
Grouper - Share Your Stuff With Friends, Legally Collegiate Presswire
2004 U.S. Presidential Campaign Coverage Now Available via an RSS from Factiva BusinessWire
25 October 2004  
Yahoo, Adobe Team Up for New Web Services SiliconValley.com
Newspapers Create New Safeguards After Circulation Scandals The New York Times*
Is new media blogging out the old? Foster's Sunday Citizen
NetLibrary, Recorded Books Offer Downloadable Audiobooks; OverDrive Set to Launch Library Journal
AOL members get more access to its content via AOL.com USA Today
ProQuest's CEO promises to cut costs Ann Arbor News
Autonomy Powers World's First Real-Time News Information Service PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Survey: 97% of U.S. Media Care Only About  Newswire Content - 80% Cite No Brand Preference for Services MarketWire
NeuStar(R) Announces Identity Based Subscriber Services PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Biz360 and Context Analytics Partner to Increase Business Impact of Corporate Communications PR Newswire
22 October 2004  
Google earnings wow investors Firm's profit more than doubles in quarter after IPO SFGate.com
Google desktop search sparks security scare VNUNet
Speak Clearly and Carry a Manual: Microsoft's New Home of the Future Debuts The New York Times*
Yahoo buys e-mail search company CNET News
Which? and Reed scoop top awards MediaWeek
Find.com Business Search Engine Adds MarketResearch Content Search Engine Journal
LexisNexis(R) Enables Research for the 'Mobile Lawyer' With Expanded Applications for BlackBerry(R) PR Newswire
Google launches enterprise search solution in Europe DM Europe
ProQuest Company Reports 11 Percent Earnings Growth for the Third Quarter of 2004 PR Newswire
Open Text Corporation Book, Managing the Information Explosion, Tells CEOs How to Survive, Thrive BusinessWire
21 October 2004  
Reuters Weighs Sale of Radianz WSJ Online*
For Missing Web Pages, a Department of Lost and Found The New York Times*
Online Search Universe Is Expanding The Washington Post via Yahoo!
Information Society Brings Good and Bad News for Journalists Poynter Online
Open Season: News Sites Add Outside Links, Free Content USC Annenberg OJR
Even with Google, local PC search not perfect AP via The Detroit News
Google leads the charge against file names Chicago Sun-Times
CD shipments surge after lean years CNET News
New Elsevier Mdl Patent Chemistry Database; 28 Years of Patent Chemistry Now Structure-Searchable BusinessWire
Comtex Introduces New Products: theflyonthewall.com and Sinocast's China Financial Watch PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
20 October 2004  
LookSmart names new CEO CNET News
New Microsoft software tool leverages power of online 'presence' AP via The Detroit News
Why Web Publishers Fear a Little Sharing BusinessWeek
PR bloggers enter the story e-consultancy
Knowledge Management Involves neither Knowledge nor Management EContent Magazine
Verity enhances search platform with Web services interface ITWeb
Wolters Kluwer Acquires SIAN PrimeZone
Hoover's Online Launches New UK Site, More Quality Company Records and Powerful, Time-Saving Tools BusinessWire via The Scotsman
New Weblog Search Options at RocketNews Search Engine Watch
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Will Work with XyEnterprise to Automate Publishing Operations BusinessWire
Open Text Launches 'Communities' Software for Collaboration BusinessWire
ISDD Launches Knowledge Management Software For Medium Enterprises Managing Information
19 October 2004  
Google's New PC Search Tool Poses Risks AP via Yahoo!News
Fast-Reading Free Papers Win Readers and Imitators The New York Times*
RFID, coming to a library near you CNET News
Copyright must be modernised, says Amsterdam symposium DM Europe
J.D. Power exploring options, such as sale Investor.com
Lack of Time Top Obstacle to Business Blogging, According to WordBiz Survey eMediaWire
Thomson Financial Launches Thomson ONE Configured For Equity Research PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Stites & Harbison to Partner in Development of LexisNexis(R) Total Search PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
US Public Library of Science launches rival to 'The Lancet' The Independent
William (Bill) McGorry Appointed Executive Vice President and Publisher of RBI's Publishing Group PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Two New Wireless Clients License AP/Stockgroup Financial Tools BusinessWire
18 October 2004  
Google Envy Is Fomenting Search Wars The New York Times*
Newspaper folks join the blog conversation News-Record
Will Google say hello to IM? CNET News
CNET further penetrates China's market China Daily
Google Desktop Search: Spyware? P2PNet
Offshore company to build database of personal records ContraCosta Times
Patients using the Net at risk: report The Age
Intellisophic and DFI Partner to Create Counterterrorism Portal PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Access Innovations Receives Patent for System to Automatically Add Library Subject Headings PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
TWiki.org Announces New Version of its Flexible and Powerful Web-Based Collaboration Platform Linux PR
15 October 2004  
Google's desktop liberation tool ZDNet UK
Commentary: Google's new search terms CNET News
Elsevier's Scirus Science Search Engine Challenges Google Library Journal
RSS Feeds Hunger for More Ads Wired News
LexisNexis Launch New Online Research Tool For Legal Professionals Managing Information
AOL.com reboots quietly Investors.com*
Dow Jones Posts Lower Net; Tax Gain Boosts Knight Ridder WSJ Online*
Placements and Salaries 2003: Jobs! (Eventually) Library Journal
Wiki wars: the battle for collaborative content Red Harring
Knowledge: The Essence of Meta Data: Meta Data Should be Free, Perfect and Available Now DMReview
14 October 2004  
SEC Newspaper-Circulation Inquiry Sparks Anxiety for Advertisers WSJ Online*
Dialog reopens debate on flat-fees VNUNet
IBM Masala heats up search sector IT Week
Factiva has designs on your desktop IT Director.com
Average Legal Practitioner Could Reduce Expenditures for Legal Information by 50% BusinessWire
SunGard Announces New referencePoint Managed Data Service; B of A Securities Joins Advisory Panel BusinessWire
RR Donnelley Allies With IntraLinks to Offer Virtual Data Rooms to Thousands of Clients Worldwide PR Newswire
Answering the Challenge: Stratify Delivers Electronic Discovery Service That Makes Economic Sense BusinessWire
Feedster and Washingtonpost.com Partner to Provide Debate Commentary eMediaWire
Hummingbird Delivers Complete Data Integration Offering with Hummingbird Integration Suite(TM) PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
MSN Music Service Creates Largest Global Resource for Legal Music Downloads PR Newswire via Stockhouse.com
Variety Launches Variety Vision - Broadband Multimedia Content PR Newswire
13 October 2004  
Digital Meets Compatible WSJ Online*
Google Print Opens Wide to Publishers ClickZ News
Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 million CNET News
Here’s the Content EContent Magazine
Bookstore Pairs Romance Novels with Free Ebooks to Compete with Amazon eMediaWire
Verity Enhances Search Platform With Web Services Interface InternetWeek
Telerate Ends Sales Agency Agreement with FutureSource Securities Industry News
FAST Introduces Full-Featured OEM Enterprise Search Solution BusinessWire
Financial Times Launches 'FT Wealth'; New Personal Finance Page for the Savvy Investor PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
New Plumtree Content Server Empowers Subject Matter Experts,More Effectively BusinessWire
12 October 2004  
Factiva and LexisNexis Sign Exclusive Agreement to Provide Business News to Global Legal Market BusinessWire via The Scotsman
Kazaa loses P2P crown CNET News
UK Media Cos Failing To Exploit Intellectual Ppty -Report WSJ Online*
anacubis Desktop 3.0 Tackles Information Overload Information Today
Defining Content: Why Hewlett-Packard decided content management is crucial to its future Internet Retailer
China Foreign Exchange Trade System Selects Reuters to Build Global Trading Platform BusinessWire
Thomson West  Next-Generation Business Information and News Technologies Powered by Westlaw PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Infotrieve Acquires LabVelocity to Pioneer Integration of STM Content and Product Procurement BusinessWire
Scientific Software Introduces Desktop Federated Search Engine EContent Magazine
eMedicine Releases New User Interface for Institutional Customers BusinessWire
October 11 2004  
Investcorp Agrees to Acquire Thomson Media Business Titles WSJ Online*
Peer-to-Peer Comes Clean MIT Technology Review via WSJ*
Hollywood takes P2P battle to high court Variety
E-Rate Funds Suspended, Up to $40M to Libraries Delayed Library Journal
Managing digital information FCW.com
Reuters targets China in consumer push The Independent
Innovation needed before techs can grow Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Feds target alternative media Web site CNET News
Researching News on Westlaw: See Articles Once, But Not a Thousand Times PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
New TomeToaster Ebook Writer n Reader Is Free PRWeb via XTWorld
8 October 2004  
Reuters to Make Bangalore Biggest Information Hub Reuters

Publishers Sue Treasury Department Over Foreign Editing Rules

Library Journal
Blog Search Engines Search Engine Journal
Google Rolls Out Test of Short Message Service Reuters
Beyond the Data Warehouse: EIA Framework Definition, Part 4 – Closing the Gaps DM Review
Belo To Online Advertisers: Do It Yourself Media Daily News
Cybook open standards eBook reader engadget
EDGAR Online and Hitachi Join for  Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Corporate Data in XBRL BusinessWire
FindWhat.Com and Verizon Information Services Expand Online Services Relationship BusinessWire via TMCNet
Wolters Kluwer Health Expands Partnership with Epic to Integrate Medical Knowledge at the Point of Care BusinessWire
7 October 2004  
$78 Billion in Revenues by 2007 for Mobile Content www.3G.co.uk
Google Encroaches on Amazon As Rivalries Grow WSJ Online*
Google Print Expands Access to Books with Digitization Offer to All Publishers Information Today
EU Wants Windows Cleaned of DRM Wired News
EU Parliament grills Commissioner-designate for Information Society Public Technology.net
Search Wars: Google, Snap, Amazon Arm for Battle eCommerce Times
Dialog & Elsag Solutions in Content Agreement for Sentinel System PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Viyya Technologies Announces Marketing and Pricing Strategy for VIYYA ``Virtual Internet Assistant'' BusinessWire
LexisNexis(R) CourtLink(R) Helps Law Firm Marketers With Addition of Cook County, New York State Profiles PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Wolters Kluwer Partners with Pharmaceutical Press to Offer Martindale Drug Reference Text on Books@Ovid PrimeZone
6 October 2004  
Blogger founder leaves Google CNET News
Sony Nixes Copy-Protected CDs in Japan AP via Forbes
Gates Chats Up DRM, Web Services Internetnews.com
New Snap site thinks outside the search box CNET via ZDNet
'Google With Judgment' Washington Post*
Kwickee has launched the UK’s first and only mobile information exchange 160 Characters
ProQuest Digital Dissertations Changes Name and Platform EContent Magazine
Getting more from intellectual property McKinsey Quarterly
Ziff Davis Media Acquires Connexus Media PR Newswire
Kanoodle Launches BrightAds Automated Content-Targeted Sponsored Links Solution BusinessWire
5 October 2004  
Yahoo Lets Users Fine-Tune Web Searches WSJ Online*
Adobe tackles document ID CNET News
Bloggers invited to test MSN search this week Investors.com
New Version of Adobe Reader for Pocket PC Released brighthand
Gawker Media: We're Where the Boys Are ClickZ Network
Dialog Launches Dialog Live News PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
New Amazon Web Services Offerings Give Developers Wider Access to Amazon Product Data and Alexa BusinessWire
Investment Management Consultants Association Launches InvestmentHelp.org w/Independent Content PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
MarketWatch, Inc. Announces CBS MarketWatch Front Page Redesign CBS MarketWatch
JetBrains Releases Omea Reader PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
AP Digital to Distribute PrimeZone Newswire Content to News and Commercial Online Services PrimeZone
New Release of Interwoven Web Content Management Solution Utilizes Verity Search Technology PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
4 October 2004  
U.S. Prepares to Crack Down On Intellectual-Property Piracy WSJ Online*
Tech powers seek antipiracy accord CNET News
Coral copyright plan faces Apple, MS barriers The Inquirer
Librarians Lobby for Changes in Global Copyright Library Journal
Financial Times Contests Claim For $418 Million WSJ Online*
BBC online news to host links to other news providers Revolution
RSS Web Content Is Delivering: NewsGator Web Talk Guys
Blogs enter mainstream, eye revenue streams Crain's NY
SunGard to Spin Off Data Unit The New York Times*
EU Parliament grills Commissioner-designate for Information Society Public Technology.net
1 October 2004  
Next big thing: The Web as your servant USA Today
EU funds innovative European ambient intelligence infrastructure CORDIS
The Open Knowledge Network India Pilot Project One World
Vivisimo's Clusty Reducing Information Overkill Search Engine Watch
Blogging for Business Inc.com
Microsoft launches appeal against EU anti-trust ruling AFP via Yahoo!News
Telerate and Andrew Kalotay Launch Swap Service Securities Industry News
ThinPrint and Brother showcase mobile office solution Content Beamer Wireless DevNet
Northern Light Releases New Version of its Business Research Engine PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
W3C Issues XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 as a Proposed Recommendation XMLMania.com

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