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ARCHIVE FOR DECEMBER 2004
Date/Headlines Source
31 December 2004  
Searching for IBM Internetnews.com
Desktop Search: The Game Is Afoot BusinessWeek
Ebrary's ISIS Creates E-Collections Library Journal
OPA: Spending on Online Paid Content Climbs 14% WriteNews.com
No-go zone for Passport CNET News
What is the single most challenging Sarbanes-Oxley issue today? Robert Olson, CEO of Stellent, Answers Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Jrnl.
SEA-EAT Blog Mobilizes Fast For Tsunami Relief InformationWeek
BitTorrent Operator Bites Back at MPAA Internetnews.com
Longhorn, blogs, Linux: Predicting 2005 ARNNet
Longhorn downsizing may threaten licensing ITNews.com.au
30 December 2004  
Microsoft to Curtail Passport Service LA TImes
FCC Will Auction Spectrum, Targets Wireless Broadband WSJ Online*
A New Script for Searching Texts Written by Hand The New York Times*
Wikinews Offers Content From Citizen Journalists Write News
The EContent 100: A useful toolbox for your Web site Philly.com
Google Sandbox Mode Demythified Web Pro News
D&M Holdings and Tribune Media Services in Strategic Alliance for Interactive Program Guide Solutions Red Nova
Data Depth Corporation Terminates Print Craft/Valeo License MarketWire
Extracting Meaning From Content: FAST Speaks Out TMCNet
New ContentGuard DRM patents P2PNet
29 December 2004  
Larry Page And Sergey Brin: Information At Warp Speed BusinessWeek
4.1 Million People A Week Listen To Three Major Online Radio Networks Center for Media Research
2004 in Review: Perspectives CNET News
Computer, Microphone, iPod Make Broadcasting Personal MacNewsWorld
ProQuest Introduces Author Profiles, Enhanced LAD User Interface EContent Magazine
ClearForest Recognized by NIST; Scores Highest in Automatic Content Extraction for Arabic Language BusinessWire
FinancialContent Announces Approval for Listing in Mergent Manual and News Reports(TM) MarketWire
Launch of ShoutCastingTalk.com W3Reports
About.com Launches Original Video Content; New ChannelGuide Opens Advertising Opportunities BusinessWire
Cook eBooks Has Made Its Debut on the Internet, Selling Inexpensive Electronic Cookbooks ArriveNet
28 December 2004  
The Alpha Bloggers Newsweek via MSNBC
Blogs Provide Raw Details From Scene of the Disaster The New York Times*
Information wave: Today’s real-time disaster relief may be tomorrow’s real-time rescue effort. Red Herring
Gartner acquires smaller rival Meta CNET News
Pearson's Plans Face Big Test WSJ Online*
Study: Craigslist Costs Bay Area Papers $50M in Ad Revenue Editor & Publisher
Google’s Library Project: Questions, Questions, Questions Information Today
Viral Marketing and Media: Mutually Exclusive? ClickZ Network
Steinbeck's hometown to close all its libraries AP via Star Tribune
Digital music: flat fee futures The Register
27 December 2004  
Will Google stay as hot as its lava lamps? CNET News
At I.B.M., That Google Thing Is So Yesterday The New York Times*
Are Media Buyers Facing Extinction? ClickZ Network
FinancialContent Develops IMV 1.0 to Track Momentum Stocks MarketWire
Google Designs an Engine for Eggheads LA Times
Digital inheritance raises legal questions AP via CNN
Fate of ALA's Midwinter Meeting Stirs Debate Library Journal
SEO Gurus Merge Services To Form SEO-Specialists.org PRWeb via ArriveNet
2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist Google
$10 for a Plain CD or $32 With the Extras The New York Times*
24 December 2004  
Where The Real Internet Money Is Made BusinessWeek
Groups Debate Use of Digital Information After Death The Mercury News
'St. Louis Post-Dispatch' Blogger Outed, Suspended Editor & Publisher
Wikis at Work PC Magazine
SMART Expands Product Offering with Actalyst Interactive Digital Signage ThomasNet
ED2K and Bittorrent raids P2PNet
New Year's resolution for Firefox: Grow CNET News
Innovative Adds B&T’s Content Café Library Journal
Adobe Reader 7 now available Macworld
PDAs Come of Age Windows IT Pro
23 December 2004  
U. Nebraska, With ProQuest, Digitizes All Dissertations Library Journal
Bacon's Cuts through the Blog-Clutter; New Service Mines the Blogosphere for Relevant Content BusinessWire
Magazines Sort Drinking-Age Readers for Ads WSJ Online*
Free ebooks from Project Gutenberg eSchool News
Europe's Newspapers Adopt Tabloid Format To Boost Circulation WSJ Online*
Statement of SIIA on the Order From the EU Court of First Instance PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Innovation vs. Copyright: Supreme Court Must Find a Balance in a World of Easily Shared Content The Mercury News
Mashboxx Aims to Make File Sharing Legit Washington Post
The [very] ugly side of DRM P2PNet
The Weed Files to Host CD Baby's Catalogue, Largest Independent Music Seller on the Web Investors.com
22 December 2004  
Court upholds Microsoft sanctions News.com.au
Bloggers, Citizen Media and Rather's Fall -- Little People Rise Up in 2004 USC Annenberg OJR
Despite Earlier Predictions, 'Free' Web Is Going Strong WSJ Online*
2005 Predictions - The Coming Year of Hyperfragmentation MediaPost
Gallup: Online News Hasn't Beaten Old Media -- Yet Editor & Publisher
Microsoft sells Slate magazine Seattlepi.com
Yahoo! unveils video search Geek.com
American Lawyer Media Chooses NewsStand For Digital Delivery of The National Law Journal BusinessWire
Pamela Springer Selected to Lead ECNext; Former Vice President of Sales named President and CEO BusinessWire via TMCNet
About.com Adds Comparison Shopping Through Exclusive Partnership with PriceGrabber.com BusinessWire
Healthnostics Enters Digital Rights Partnership with Valeo IP PrimeZone
BostonWorks Launches ''The Job Hunt''; Tools and Information Help Job Seeker Find The Next Opportunity BusinessWire via New York Times
21 December 2004  
Google fixes security flaw in desktop search Pocket-lint.co.uk
BitTorrent file-swapping networks face crisis CNET News
Will online archive access lure subscribers? USC Annenberg OJR
Bear Stearns More Than Doubles Desktop Deployment of Thomson ONE Investors.com
ContentGuard Bulks up Property Portfolio Internetnews.com
Thomson Financial Adds Twelve Independent Research Firms To Its Premium Research Collection PR Newswire
W3C Issues XInclude 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation; XInclude Makes It Easier to Create Reusable Content BusinessWire
FinancialContent Launches Finesse 1.0 for Online Publishers of RSS News Channels dBusinessNews
Digital Garage and Technorati Sign Distribution Agreement PR Newswire
Complinet Plays Host to Enhanced NASD Manual PR Newswire
20 December 2004  
Reuters to Acquire Telerate BusinessWire via TMCNet
On the Open Internet, a Web of Dark Alleys The New York Times*
Google Plan Mostly Hailed by Librarians Library Journal
ISP wins $1 billion in spam suit CNET News
As Sales Flag, Publisher Eyes Retailers' Turf The New York Times*
Computer, microphone, iPod make broadcasting personal The Boston Globe
The Friendster of photo sites Salon Magazine
eBay Blogger Auction Sparks Blog Consultancy i-newswire.com
Copyscape Launches Global Web Rights Campaign to Fight Website Plagiarism PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
eLaw Presents Jury Verdict Review & Analysis PR Newswire
ContentGuard Awarded Five New Digital Rights Management Patents MarketWire
ScienceDirect(R) Launches New Release PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Goebel Group Releases First Comprehensive Desktop Search Comparison Matrix i-newswire.com
17 December 2004  
Google vs. Yahoo: Heavyweights attack from different angles AP via Post-Gazette.com
eBay to buy Rent.com for $415 million The New York Times*
Verity and Yahoo! Partner to Integrate Enterprise Search with Web Search PR Newswire
Strangers in the Stacks WSJ Online*
P2P Needs a Fix, but What? Wired News
Froogle turns to Web for product reviews CNET News
Yahoo Adds Traffic Reports To Maps Service TechWeb
Spam set to rise in 2005 NetImperative
Excess Copyright? P2PNet
Verity Acquires Dralasoft PR Newswire
16 December 2004  
Google's Plan Prompts a Question: What's on the Web? (audio - includes comments by Brewster Kahle) National Public Radio
LexisNexis Acquires Interface: Serving legal vertical initially, but expanding outwards Line56.com
I was fired for blogging: Ellen Simonetti CNET News
Time Warner Expects to Settle AOL Inquiries for $510 Million WSJ Online*
Judge Dismisses One Crucial Claim Made in Suit Against Google The New York Times*
Politics — on the light side: New Web site mixes gossip, news and information Salem Observer
Conquering the Digital Haystack Inc.com
Groxis Launches 'Search-and-Research' Platform for the Education Market PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Blackboard Course Cartridge Catalog Grows to More Than 3,500 Course Offerings PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Viyya Technologies-Pink Sheets: VYON-Announces Software Now Commercially Available BusinessWire
15 December 2004  
Google desktop search not enterprise-ready CNET News
Library Buildings 2004 -- It Just Keeps Booming Library Journal
Newspaper Woes Are Black and White WSJ Online*
Google's Library Project Could Drive Content Contest eWeek
Exploding the Big Music myth P2PNet
FTC focuses on file swapping CNET News
HD Radio Offers Tantalizing Hope for Niche, Hyperlocal Radio Content USC Annenberg OJR

FIND.COM Launches Online B2B Sourcing Directory in Partnership with ThomasB2B.com

BusinessWire via TMCNet
Peopleclick Selects FAST Data Search to Help Clients PR Newswire via Belga
Viyya Technologies Launches Interactive Website to Support Product Release BusinessWire
14 December 2004  
Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database The New York Times*
Microsoft debuts desktop search tool MSNBC
Newspapers Want to Charge for Content, but Will Readers Pay? USC Annenberg OJR
Redefining the News Online USC Annenberg OJR
Management Changes At Elsevier And RBI Netherlands Managing Information
The Emergence Of Geoportals Planetizen
Pearson to Sell Spanish Publisher Recoletos for $988.6 Million WSJ Online*
Relive the Moment by Searching Your IM Logs with Custom Research Services MSDN Magazine
Endeca Selected As Exclusive Provider of Guided Navigation For New IBM DB2 Search Software BusinessWire
Rocketinfo First Search Engine to Release News Search API MarketWire
Net Snippets Announces Free Post-Search Tool EContent Magazine
ProQuest to Buy Reading Program Firm AP via Forbes
13 December 2004  
Can IBM be Google for business? CNET News
Supreme Court to Review File-Sharing Ruling WSJ Online*
Court Case Pits Google and Geico The New York Times*
Calls for Open Access Challenge Academic Journals USC Annenberg OJR
LexisNexis(R) Acquires Interface Software for More Powerful Legal and Professional CRM Products PR Newswire
Entopia enriches England IT-Ananysis.com
SilkRoad Launches Eprise Docs, Offers Easy-to-Use Library Services and Doc. Management Capabilities BusinessWire
New Recruitment Web Site Targets Bloggers eMediaWire
Top Publishers Sign With OverDrive to Distribute Download Audio Books MarketWire
SLA, Elsevier to Announce New Partnership myS@N.de
10 December 2004  
Yahoo! Partners with X1 for Desktop Search ClickZ News
Google Magazine Search? Internetnews.com
Google offers a suggestion CNET News
Reuters to Shift More Jobs, With Some Moving to India WSJ Online*
EU safer internet plans approved Out-Law.com
Why Rankings Rankle So Easily MediaPost
Mobile Infrastructure Needs to Get Moving EContent Magazine

FactSet Selects Reuters Fundamentals For Global Company Fundamental Information

Reuters
Wolters Kluwer Corporate & Financial Services Acquires PCi Corporation PR Newswire
PR Newswire and Firstock Join Forces to Offer Greater Access to Chinese-Language News PR Newswire
Moreover Technologies Gives Bloggers Free Tools to Significantly Increase Content Distribution Moreover Technologies
iPressroom Adds RSS, Other Enhancements EContent Magazine
Schwab Institutional Provides Independent Investment Advisors With Fresh Resource for Reg. Requirements PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance

SIIA Confers Record Reward to Software Piracy Whistleblower

PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
9 December 2004  
Dispatches from the Big Newspaper-Biz Conferences AP via Editor & Publisher
Britons growing 'digitally obese' BBC News
Livewire: News and info junkies take new look at RSS Reuters
Personalization & Litigation the Keywords for 2005, says Leading Search Engine Industry Expert PR Web
SLA Establishes Government Information Division PR Newswire
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Launches New Experts & Services Directory for Legal Professionals BusinessWire via TMCNet
Experian Plans Household Targeting for TV Advertisers DM News
LexisNexis acquires handbook publisher Dayton Daily News*
Oracle Redefines Enterprise Content Management With Launch of Oracle(R) Files 10g PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
LexisNexis Enhances Accurint Product Suite With Powerful Deep Skip Search Business Credit Management
Wikis Move Deeper Into The Enterprise As Atlassian Announces Confluence 1.3 eMediaWire
8 December 2004  
ROI: Proving the Value of Intellectual Asset Management Mondaq Article Service
Firefox Spread Leads to Design Scrutiny, Built-In RSS Feeds USC Annenberg OJR
Firefox users scorn adverts P2PNet
AOL lays off 750 employees CNET News
What's wrong with RSS is also what's right with it ZDNet
Yahoo Bolsters Local Search Business Listings Search Engine Watch
Reporters Trail Badly (Again) in Annual Poll on Honesty and Ethics Editor and Publisher
LexisNexis RiskWise Launches Service to Combat Insurance Fraud PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Gray's Anatomy Undergoes Major Surgery by Elsevier for 39th Edition PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
FileNet to target Middle East insurance sector with its leading Enterprise Content Management solutions AME Info
Merrill Corporation Announces New Version of Its Online Due Diligence Technology PR Newswire
7 December 2004  
BBC Plans to Reduce Work Force by 10% WSJ Online*
The Business Of Blogging BusinessWeek
Ohio's 24/7 Virtual Reference Service Breaks Usage Records Library Journal
Reuters.co.uk Redesign Unveiled Reuters
Accoona Launches, But Isn't Ready for Prime Time Search Engine Watch
Encryption, data hiding and watermarking PhysOrg.com
Data federation, integration key to Avaki update Search Web Services
Enpocket and Verizon Wireless Deliver Four New Applications to Verizon Mobile Web 2.0 Subscribers BusinessWire
City of Boise Selects Percussion Software's Rhythmyx 5.5 ECM for Web Presence, to Improve e-Government BusinessWire
America Online Launches New AOL(R) Latino, a Spanish Language Internet Service for U.S. Hispanics Hispanic News Wire
6 December 2004  
Advertising Spending in 2004 Expected to Total $370 Billion WSJ Online*
Forbes Removes Ad-Sponsored Links on Site AP via Forbes
Wikinews goes online P2PNet
The Virtually Infinite ROI of Blogs DM News
Get Your LexisNexis AlaCarte! Information Today
Everyone's Encyclopedia: Wiki technology allows anyone to write, edit reference articles San Diego Union-Tribune
Beijing Loves the Web Until the Web Talks Back The New York Times*
Researchers create tool to automatically search handwritten historical documents UMass Amherst
PrimeZone Adds America Online, AP Digital; Discusses Trigging Events for 8-Ks PrimeZone via Investors.com
Autonomy Launches IDOL 5.0 PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
3 December 2004  
Searching for Google's Future: Schmidt Interview Fortune
S. Africa calls for more gov't control of Net Reuters via CNET
Reed Elsevier earnings forecast disappoints market The Indelendent
Two-Thirds of Media Multitaskers Read the Paper While Watching TV Editor & Publisher
Questionable Future Looms for Common Carriage Regulations USC Annenberg OJR
SNOCAP: Fanning's new swap shop CNET News
SNOCAP Melts Barriers to Growth in the Digital Music Marketplace BusinessWire
New York Times Cuts Its Earnings Forecast WSJ Online*
Open Text Releases Artesia for Digital Asset Management 6.0, With Advanced Security Model BusinessWire
Associated revamps financial website This is Money Digital Bulletin
Weblogs, Inc.  Announces the Launch of 62nd Weblog, Luxury Weblog Luxist.com eMediaWire
2 December 2004  
Microsoft wades into wide world of Weblogs Mercury News
Free eJournal Archive Passes 3/4 Million Mark Managing Information
Yahoo Resolves Trademark Case LATimes.com
Reed Elsevier Says Dollar's Decline to Erode Profit Bloomberg
Google readies changes to discussion groups AP via The Monterey Herald
Coming soon: Google TV? ZDNet
Mozilla previews e-mail program CNET News
Ovid and MuseGlobal Partner to Deliver a Scalable and Customizable Federated Search Solution PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
NewsGator Closes Second Finance Round & Expands Leadership Team BusinessWire
Choice Media and About.com Sign Exclusive Multi-Year Advertising Agreement PR Newswire
Spectra-Physics Deploys Coveo Enterprise Search for Departmental Intranets PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
1 December 2004  
Free Credit Reports Coming, With Pitches New York Times*
EU's check of Time Warner, Microsoft deal halted SeattlePI.com
China 'blocks Google news site' BBC News
Adapting to shift in tech landscape, research gurus scrambling to expand offerings and merge The Boston Globe
Blog Wins Easily As Word Of The Year Web Pro News
As blogs grow, newspapers 'refuge' Newspapers and Technology
he Wall Street Journal Online and Summus Announce Launch of ``The Wall Street Journal Mobile'' BusinessWire
LexisNexis Launches Information Service for Small Businesses and Independent Professionals PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Factiva Now the Sole Provider of Full Access to All Top Ten U.S. Daily Newspapers BusinessWire
Five Are Designated "International InfoStars" by Dialog PressI.com
Scotsman.Com Deploys eMeta Software to Sell Digital Content Through Flexible Offers BusinessWire
McGraw-Hill Education President: Content/Technology Pairing Holds Great Promise for Education Worldwide PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Ixio Extends SEC Content to QShift Subscribers in Partnership with Knowledge Mosaic BusinessWire

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