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INSTANT MESSAGING TO BE NEXT E-COMMERCE CHANNEL
Better use of instant messaging technology by online merchants could help
e-tailers address the problem of shopping cart abandonment. Too often,
shoppers give up on an e-commerce purchase simply because they can't find
the answer to a very simple question, says Gartner research director Rob
Batchelder. "Web sites have horrible problems with shopping cart
abandonment rates. Having instant messaging, in many instances, could have
saved that sale. It's spontaneous, and it fits right into the flow of the
transaction." He suggests that the technology could be used as part of a
range of personalized services designed to encourage customer loyalty and
to stimulate more frequent shopping. (E-Commerce Times 26 Apr 2002)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/17345.html
BROADBAND STATS
Broadband service is getting more expensive, and consumers are getting
increasingly reluctant to spend the extra money to convert from dialup to
Internet service. In the last quarter of 2001, monthly cable modem service
rose to $44.22 (up 19% year-over-year); DSL prices rose 7% to $51.67.
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the economy is going down, you have a perfect recipe for slowing broadband
growth." And that slowdown is already being seen. In DSL service, for
example, Verizon signed up 13% more new customers last quarter, down from
23% growth in 4th quarter 2001; in the same quarters, BellSouth growth
dropped from 34% to 17%. (USA Today 25 Apr 2002)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/04/26/broadband-usat.htm
CELL PHONES WITH FEELING
A research team at the MIT Media Lab has developed a prototype latex cell
phone that can transmit a caller's "squeeze" using tiny pressure sensors
that replicate the feeling on the receiving end. Developer Angela Chang
says that within a few minutes of being handed the phones, students testing
the devices were using the vibration feature to add emphasis to what they
were saying or to interrupt the other speaker. "It was pretty easy to
communicate, though we didn't specifically pre-arrange codes," says one of
the students who tried out the phone. Chang predicts "vibralanguages" that
could take off the same way that text messaging did among young people, and
for much the same reason -- people sometimes want to communicate without
anyone overhearing what they're saying. "And imagine actually being able to
shake someone's hand when you close a business deal," she says. (New
Scientist 24 Apr 2002)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992206
AOL A DRAG ON AOL TIME WARNER
Media giant AOL Time Warner has announced a $54-billion net loss for the
first quarter of 2002, the largest quarterly loss in U.S. corporate
history, and the culprit is largely the slowing growth in AOL's base of
online subscribers and the general collapse of the online advertising
market. Richard D. Parsons, the incoming CEO of the company, is putting on
a brave face; a former lawyer and banker who developed his career on the
"old media" Time Warner side of the house, he promises: "I want to assure
you that as CEO I will be focused on producing results, quarter and after,
that will put us at the top of our peer group. AOL Time Warner is a big,
dynamic company, and our online business is only one part of the whole. My
focus is on maximizing the results across the entire company. (New York
Times 25 Apr 2002)http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/04/25/technology/25AOL.html
MICROSOFT OUTMANEUVERS STATES' ATTORNEYS
Microsoft lawyers said they would not call eight of the remaining 17
witnesses on their list, denying attorneys for the nine litigating states
the opportunity to enter critical evidence before the court. Four of the
witnesses are Microsoft employees, including Richard Fade, the executive in
charge of relations with computer manufacturers. Opposing attorneys had
hoped to elicit potentially damaging testimony from Fade during cross
examination after he admitted in his pre-trial deposition that computer
makers were concerned that new licensing arrangements would infringe on
their intellectual property rights. In addition, witnesses from third
parties such as Best Buy and Charter Communications, will not be appearing
following the poor performance by previous witnesses from Advanced Micro
Devices, Unisys and Qwest. (Financial Times 1 May 2002)
http://news.ft.com/news/industries/infotechnology
RADIO SILENCE SIGNALS ROYALTY PROTEST
Many Web radio stations will be participating in a "Day of Silence" today
in protest of a proposed royalty deal that they say could drive many
Webcasters off the Net. Organizers say hundreds of online stations will
replace their usual programming with public service announcements,
discussions of the new fee structure, or just plain silence. The proposed
royalty deal would require Web-only non-interactive commercial stations to
pay $0.0014 per listener per song, while commercial stations that broadcast
both online and over the air would be required to pay $0.0007 per listener
per song. The Library of Congress is expected to make a decision this month
on the fees. (Los Angeles Times 1 May 2002)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000030836may01.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2D
technology
WIRELESS STATE OF THE ART: MORE JUNK AT FASTER SPEEDS
Among the problems facing the wireless industry now are generally slowing
revenues, inflated claims, and vacuous content. Revenues: Spending on
wireless network equipment expected to be down another 10% this year.
Inflated claims: Although third-generation (3G) wireless communications are
always described as "incredibly fast," Gartner VP Ken Dulaney warns: "Any
time you read a speed number from an operator, don't believe it. It's
probably one-fifteenth of what they say." Vacuous content: "More junk, but
at a faster speed," is the way Gartner's Phil Redman describes the
situation. Playing games, checking sport scores and stock prices. Ho-hum.
(Investor's Business Daily 1 May 2002)
http://www.investors.com/editorial/feature.asp?v=5/1
BERNIE WHO? WORLDCOM LOOKS FORWARD TO LIFE AFTER EBBERS
Replacing Bernie Ebbers, who just resigned as chief executive of WorldCom,
John Sidgmore denies that the company is a candidate for bankruptcy and
promises that the can be an "engine for growth again." The Ebbers
resignation had come under pressure because the company he founded and
built with more than 60 acquisitions is now $30 billion in debt, facing a
federal investigation of its accounting practices, and battered by slowing
sales and sinking stock prices. Sidgmore exudes optimism: "Our confidence
level is high. I would not have taken this job if I thought we would be out
of business next week." But there are plenty of skeptics who will need to
be convinced. Industry analyst Adam Quinton of Merrill Lynch says simply:
"A change of CEO does not change the debt load or the challenging operating
environment. " And Allegiance Telecom CEO Royce Holland, whose former
company, MFS Communications, was bought by WorldCom, says: "It's a short
distance from the penthouse to the outhouse." (USA Today 30 Apr 2002)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/invest/2002/05/01/worldcom-usat.htm
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SDMI FADES INTO HISTORY
Four years ago the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) was created
by members of the music and technology industries to put an end to
illegal copying and distribution of electronic music files. The goal
was to create digital protections that would prevent music from being
played by unauthorized users. But changing technologies and consumer
demand for freely traded files ultimately overcame the efforts of SDMI.
One of the early members of SDMI today says that "SDMI may have been
the wrong medicine for anything." New efforts to control the illegal
sharing of music have taken the form of government legislation,
including a recent bill from Sen. Hollings, and efforts from a new
group called the Digital Media Device Association.
Wired News, 29 April 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52163,00.html
APPLE GOES AFTER EDUCATION MARKET WITH NEW MACHINE
Apple Computer, which has the largest installed base of computers in
schools in the United States, has introduced a new computer, the eMac,
targeted at regaining some of the ground it has lost recently,
especially to Dell. Dell has attracted many education customers, due to
low prices for powerful machines, and because of the dominance of
Windows-based software. The eMac is built around a 17-inch CRT monitor
in a single unit, similar to the iMac introduced in 1998. Steve Jobs
said CRTs were chosen over LCD screens for cost considerations. Prices
for the eMac range from $999 to $1,999; they will not be available to
consumers, but teachers can purchase them for their homes.
Wall Street Journal, 29 April 2002 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1020032454787927520,00.html
RIAA ASKS FOR INCREASED FUNDS TO FIGHT PIRACY
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) this week asked a
Congressional subcommittee for increased funds for federal efforts to
fight piracy. The RIAA called for more funds specifically for a new
program called Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP), part
of the Department of Justice's efforts to combat cybercrime. The RIAA
expressed concern that the focus of CHIP is hacking and requested that
Congress make intellectual property the top priority for CHIP.
Representatives from the Motion Picture Association of America also
testified at the hearing, with both groups highlighting the economic
losses resulting from piracy of protected material.
ZDNet, 25 April 2002 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-891781.html
MPAA STARTS NEW EFFORTS TO PROTECT MOVIES
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has begun a new effort
to keep copyrighted movies off of file-swapping networks. Movie
industry representatives said that almost every film they release ends
up on file-swapping networks, some even before the movie has been
officially released. Officials from the MPAA will send letters to
offenders' ISPs asking that the companies help to stop the sharing of
pirated movies. The most egregious violators will be reported to the
Justice Department. Some ISPs have removed illegal files from their
networks, though they said it is difficult to target users who have
files on their own computers. Other options for the MPAA include
technologies that purport to obstruct peer-to-peer sharing by flooding
networks with bogus messages and files.
Wall Street Journal, 26 April 2002 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1019760051530131320,00.html
HOTMAIL COOKIES ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN PASSWORDS
Though designed to allow quick identification of users for personalized
services, cookies increasingly are being used by some Web sites for
authentication purposes. According to Eric Glover, a New Jersey-based
computer programmer, if someone is able to steal two Hotmail cookies
from your computer, that person can gain access to your Hotmail
account, even if you change your password. At Hotmail, the information
contained in cookie files can be used to acces an account even after
the password has changed. Making matters worse, security experts agree
that gaining access to a user's cookie files is typically a "trivial"
task. Microsoft said it has several measures in place to guard against
"cookie-based replay attacks." Security experts, however, said that for
users who want the convenience that cookies can provide, it will be
very difficult to protect against attacks.
Wired News, 26 April 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52115,00.html
CONGRESS HEARS CONCERNS OVER WEB RADIO ROYALITES
A recent recommendation by the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel
would require Web radio stations to pay royalties for each song played.
Many small radio stations, including many owned by colleges and
universities, complained that the fees could put them out of business.
This week, a group of Congressional representatives voiced opposition
to the recommendation, which they said would significantly impede the
industry. The representatives said that the royalty fees run counter to
the intent of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The U.S. Copyright
Office is expected to vote May 21 on the recommendation.
CNET, 23 April 2002 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-890024.html
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[Author's Full Name: Ignatius Donnelly]
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Feb 2004 Histoire d'un casse-noisette, Alexandre Dumas[#30][?cssnxxx.xxx]5104
Feb 2004 A Zola Dictionary, by J. G. Patterson [zladcxxx.xxx]5103
Feb 2004 The Path of a Star, by Mrs. Everard Cotes [SJD#3][pstarxxx.xxx]5102
[Author AKA: Sara Jeannette Duncan]
Feb 2004 Lives of the English Poets: Prior etc. [#7][lvpcxxx.xxx]5101
[Full Title: Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope]
[Author's Full Name: Samuel Johnson]
Feb 2004 Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp, by John Payne [alaedxxx.xxx]5100
[Alternate spelling: Aladdin]
[Note: See also the 1001 Arabian Nights series by Sir Richard Burton]
Feb 2004 Heart of the Sunset, by Rex Beach [Beach#4][hrtftxxx.xxx]5099
Feb 2004 Lives of the Poets: Waller, etc., Johnson [#6][lvwalxxx.xxx]5098
[Full title: Lives of the Poets: Waller, Milton and Cowley]
[Author's full name: Samuel Johnson]
Feb 2004 20000 Lieues sous les mers Parts 1&2, J. Verne[26][?20kcxxx.xxx]5097
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 720kc10.txt and 720kc10.zip]
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[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 720k110.txt and 720k110.zip]
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[Language: French] [Author's Full Name: Jules Verne]
Feb 2004 The Romance of Elaine, by Arthur B. Reeve[Reeve#6][romelxxx.xxx]5094
[Subtitle: Sequel to the "Exploits"]
Feb 2004 The Little Minister, by J.M. Barrie [Barrie#7][lminixxx.xxx]5093
[More from the author of Peter Pan]
Feb 2004 The Coming of Cuculain, by Standish O'Grady [cuculxxx.xxx]5092
Feb 2004 The Tempting of Tavernake, by E. Oppenheim [#12][ttavexxx.xxx]5091
Feb 2004 I Will Repay, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy [Orczy#4][?repaxxx.xxx]5090
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Feb 2004 Boris Godunov, by Alexander Pushkin [Pushkin#2][brsgdxxx.xxx]5089
Feb 2004 Community Civics and Rural Life, by Arthur W. Dunn[cmmcvxxx.xxx]5088
Feb 2004 The Treasure-Train, by Arthur B. Reeve [Reeve#5][trstrxxx.xxx]5087
Feb 2004 Rainbow's End, by Rex Beach [Beach#4][rnbndxxx.xxx]5086
Feb 2004 Characters of Shakespeare's Plays, Wm. Hazlitt[#3][chrshxxx.xxx]5085
[Full author: William Hazlitt]
Feb 2004 Thomas Henry Huxley Vol.1, by Leonard Huxley [llth1xxx.xxx]5084
[Full title: The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 1]
Feb 2004 The Man of Feeling, Henry Mackenzie [Mackenzie #1][mnflxxx.xxx]5083
Feb 2004 Le chateau des Carpathes, by Jules Verne[Verne#25][?carpxxx.xxx]5082
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[Language: French]
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[8-bit version with accented characters in 8indn10.txt and 8indn10.zip]
[Language: French]
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[Subtitle: or Mother Carey's Brood]
Feb 2004 Ziska, by Marie Corelli [Corelli#8][ziskaxxx.xxx]5079
Feb 2004 When a Man Comes to Himself, by Woodrow Wilson[#3][mnhslxxx.xxx]5078
Feb 2004 Marmion, ed. Bayne, by Sir Walter Scott[Scott #19][marmnxxx.xxx]5077
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(This version was edited by Henry Morley)
Feb 2004 The Spoilers, by Rex Beach [Beach#3][splrsxxx.xxx]5076
Feb 2004 The Lion of the North, by G.A. Henty [Henty#8][lionnxxx.xxx]5075
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus]
Feb 2004 Aunt Judy's Tales, Mrs Alfred Gatty [Gatty #1] [ajtlxxx.xxx]5074
Feb 2004 The War Terror, by Arthur B. Reeve [Reeve#4][wrtrrxxx.xxx]5073
Feb 2004 Dantons Tod, by Georg B|chner (Buchner) [?dtodxxx.xxx]5072
[English title: Danton's Death]
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[8-bit version with accented characters in 8dtod10.txt and 8dtod10.zip]
[Language: German]
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Feb 2004 The Doctor's Dilemma, by George Bernard Shaw [#30][dcdlmxxx.xxx]5070
Feb 2004 Preface on Doctors, by George Bernard Shaw[GBS#29][dcprfxxx.xxx]5069
[Full title: The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors]
Feb 2004 On Being Human, by Woodrow Wilson [Wilson#2][nbhmnxxx.xxx]5068
Feb 2004 The Rainbow Trail, by Zane Grey [Grey#16][rnbwtxxx.xxx]5067
Feb 2004 The Whole Family, Howells et al. [whfamxxx.xxx]5066
[Subtitle: A Novel by Twelve Authors]
[Authors: William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton
Vorse, Mary Stewart Cutting, Elizabeth Jordan, John Kendrick Bangs, Henry
James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edith Wyatt, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews,
Alice Brown, and Henry Van Dyke]
Feb 2004 Civil Government for Common Schools, by H. Northam[cgovtxxx.xxx]5065
[Author's Full Name: Henry C. Northam]
[Subtitle: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of
New York]
Feb 2004 The Voyage of the Hoppergrass, by E. Pearson [#2][hopgrxxx.xxx]5064
[Author's Full Name: Edmund Lester Pearson]
Feb 2004 The Iphigenia in Tauris, Euripedes [iphigxxx.xxx]5063
[Subtitle: Translated into English rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray]
Feb 2004 The Winds of Chance, by Rex Beach [Beach#2][wchanxxx.xxx]5062
Feb 2004 The Children's Book of Christmas Stories [cbcstxxx.xxx]5061
[Edited by: Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner]
Feb 2004 Six Short Plays, by John Galsworthy [JG#44][gpl6wxxx.xxx]5060
Contains:
First and Last
Little Man
Hall-Marked
Defeat
The Sun
Punch and Go
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[Author: John Galsworthy]
Contains:
A Family Man
Loyalties,
Windows
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[Author: John Galsworthy]
Contains:
A Bit O'Love
Foundations,
Skin Game
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[Author: John Galsworthy]
Contains:
The Fugitive
The Pigeon
The Mob
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[Author: John Galsworthy]
Contains:
Eldest Son
Little Dream
Justice
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[Author: John Galsworthy][Contains:The Silver Box, Joy, Strife]
Feb 2004 The Dream Doctor, by Arthur B. Reeve [AB Reeve#3][thdrmxxx.xxx]5054
Feb 2004 Creditors; Pariah (2 plays), by August Strindberg [crdtrxxx.xxx]5053
Feb 2004 Absalom's Hair, by Bjornstjerne Bjornson [bslmsxxx.xxx]5052
Feb 2004 The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne, by W. Locke[Locke#4][mmarcxxx.xxx]5051
[Author's Full Name: William J. Locke]
Feb 2004 Complete State of the Union Addresses [suallxxx.xxx]5050
[Subtitle: From 1790 to the Present]
Feb 2004 State of the Union, George W. Bush [sughbxxx.xxx]5049
Feb 2004 State of the Union, William J. Clinton [suclixxx.xxx]5048
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Feb 2004 State of the Union, Gerald R. Ford [suforxxx.xxx]5044
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Feb 2004 State of the Union, Warren Harding [suwghxxx.xxx]5035
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Woodrow Wilson [suwilxxx.xxx]5034
Feb 2004 State of the Union, William H. Taft [sutafxxx.xxx]5033
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Theodore Roosevelt [surooxxx.xxx]5032
Feb 2004 State of the Union, William McKinley [sumckxxx.xxx]5031
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Benjamin Harrison [suharxxx.xxx]5030
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Grover Cleveland [suclexxx.xxx]5029
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Chester A. Arthur [suartxxx.xxx]5028
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Feb 2004 State of the Union, Ulysses S. Grant [sugraxxx.xxx]5026
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Feb 2004 State of the Union, Franklin Pierce [supiexxx.xxx]5022
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Millard Fillmore [sufilxxx.xxx]5021
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Zachary Taylor [sutayxxx.xxx]5020
Feb 2004 State of the Union, James Polk [supolxxx.xxx]5019
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Feb 2004 State of the Union, Martin van Buren [suvanxxx.xxx]5017
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Andrew Jackson [sujacxxx.xxx]5016
Feb 2004 State of the Union, John Quincy Adams [sujqaxxx.xxx]5015
Feb 2004 State of the Union, James Monroe [sumonxxx.xxx]5014
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Feb 2004 State of the Union, Thomas Jefferson [sujefxxx.xxx]5012
Feb 2004 State of the Union, John Adams [sujadxxx.xxx]5011
Feb 2004 State of the Union, George Washington [suwasxxx.xxx]5010
Feb 2004 The Unspeakable Perk, by Samuel Hopkins Adams [blprkxxx.xxx]5009
Feb 2004 Katherine's Sheaves, by Mrs. George Sheldon [kthrnxxx.xxx]5008
[Author AKA: Mrs. George Sheldon Downs]
Feb 2004 The Poisoned Pen, by Arthur B. Reeve [Reeve#3][tppenxxa.xxx]5007
(Note that this is version 10a. See also:
(Oct 1999 The Poisoned Pen by, Arthur B. Reeve [tppenxxx.xxx]1923)
Feb 2004 Harriet and the Piper, by Kathleen Norris [KN#10][hrrppxxx.xxx]5006
Feb 2004 Overland Expedition in Australia,Ludwig Leichhardt[xpvldxxx.xxx]5005
[Full title: Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia]
Feb 2004 The Motor Boys on the Pacific, by Clarence Young [mbpacxxx.xxx]5004
[Subtitle: The Young Derelict Hunters]
Feb 2004 The Rover Boys in New York, by A. Winfield [ES#3][trbnyxxx.xxx]5003
[Author's Full Name: Arthur M. Winfield]
[Author AKA: Edward Stratemeyer]
[Subtitle: Saving their Father's Honor]
Feb 2004 The Rover Boys in Business, by A. Winfield [ES#2][trbbsxxx.xxx]5002
[Author's Full Name: Arthur M. Winfield]
[Author AKA: Edward Stratemeyer]
[Subtitle: The Search for the Missing Bonds]
Feb 2004 Relativity, by Albert Einstein [Einstein #1][relatxxx.xxx]5001
[Full title: Relativity: The Special and General Theory]
(Note: Both .zips contain all the images, so are considerably larger.)
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete [#3][?ldvcxxx.xxx]5000
[7-bit version with non-accented characters is 7ldv209.txt and 7ldv209.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters is 8ldv209.txt and 8ldv209.zip]
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume 2 [#2][?ldv2xxx.xxx]4999
[7-bit version with non-accented characters is 7ldv209.txt and 7ldv209.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters is 8ldv209.txt and 8ldv209.zip]
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume 1 [#1][?ldv1xxx.xxx]4998
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ldv110.txt and 7ldv110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ldv110.txt and 8ldv110.zip]
[Note: All 3 vol. of Da Vinci Notebooks translated by Jean Paul Richter]
Jan 2004 Two Boys and a Fortune, by Matthew White, Jr. [tbaafxxx.xxx]4997
[Subtitle: Or, The Tyler Will]
Jan 2004 Number Seventeen, by Lewis Tracy [num17xxx.xxx]4996
Jan 2004 True to Himself, by Edward Stratemeyer [trhimxxx.xxx]4995
[Subtitle: Robert Strong's Struggle for Place]
Jan 2004 Five Thousand Miles Underground, by Roy Rockwood [ftmunxxx.xxx]4994
[Subtitle: The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth]
Jan 2004 A Texas Ranger, by William MacLeod Raine [Raine#5][txsrnxxx.xxx]4993
Jan 2004 Diddie, Dumps, and Tot, by Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle [ddtotxxx.xxx]4992
[Subtitle: Plantation Child-Life]
Jan 2004 The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico, by F. Patchin [prbnmxxx.xxx]4991
[Author's Full Name: Frank Gee Patchin]
[Subtitle: The End of the Silver Trail]
Jan 2004 The Adventures of a Boy Reporter, by H. Morrison [aboyrxxx.xxx]4990
[Author's Full Name: Harry Steele Morrison]
Jan 2004 A Sweet Girl Graduate, by Mrs. L.T. Meade [swgrlxxx.xxx]4989
[Author AKA: Mrs. Toulmin Smith]
Jan 2004 The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge,by L. Hope[4][wrlodxxx.xxx]4988
[Author's Full Name: Laura Lee Hope]
[Subtitle: The Hermit of Moonlight Falls]
Jan 2004 The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake, by L. Hope [#3][rainlxxx.xxx]4987
[Author's Full Name: Laura Lee Hope]
Jan 2004 The Four Epochs of Woman's Life, Anna M. Galbraith[feowlxxx.xxx]4986
[Subtitle: A Study in Hygeine]
Jan 2004 Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill, by Alice B. Emerson[ruthfxxx.xxx]4985
[Subtitle: or, Jasper Parloe's Secret]
Jan 2004 The Hidden Children, by Robert W. Chambers [hichixxx.xxx]4984
Jan 2004 Slips of Speech, by John H. Bechtel [slpspxxx.xxx]4983
Jan 2004 A Rock in the Baltic, by Robert Barr [rbaltxxx.xxx]4982
Jan 2004 Minnesota and Dacotah, C. C. Andrews [mindaxxx.xxx]4981
Jan 2004 Old Granny Fox, by Thornton W. Burgess [Burgess#9][ogfoxxxx.xxx]4980
Jan 2004 Blacky the Crow, by Thornton W. Burgess[Burgess#8][blckyxxx.xxx]4979
Jan 2004 The March of Portola, by Zoeth S. Eldredge [?marcxxx.xxx]4978
[Second author: E.J. Molera]
[Full title: The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San
Francisco]
Jan 2004 The McNaughtens, J-F Regnard, Morlock trans. [#1][unforxxx.xxx]4977C
[Author: Jean-Francois Regnard, translated by Frank J. Morlock]
Jan 2004 Expedition into Central Australia,Charles Sturt[#4[xpcstxxx.xxx]4976
Jan 2004 Spinifex and Sand, by David W Carnegie [spnfxxxx.xxx]4975
Jan 2004 Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles [strttxxx.xxx]4974
Jan 2004 Frederic Chopin (Complete),by Frederick Niecks[#3][fkchcxxx.xxx]4973
[Full title: Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
Jan 2004 Frederic Chopin Volume 2, by Frederick Niecks [#2][fkch2xxx.xxx]4972
[Full title: Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 2]
Jan 2004 The Great Intendant, by Thomas Chapais [cca06xxx.xxx]4971
[This is #6 in our series Chronicles of Canada, edited by George M. Wrong
[and H. H. Langton]
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672]
Jan 2004 There are Crimes and Crimes, by August Strindberg [crmcrxxx.xxx]4970
Jan 2004 The Belton Estate, Anthony Trollope [Trollope#32][belesxxx.xxx]4969
Jan 2004 Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum, J. Verne[#23][?ccmbxxx.xxx]4968
[Author's Full Name: Jules Verne; "Begum" is actually B_gum]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ccmb10.txt and 7ccmb10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ccmb10.txt and 8ccmb10.zip]
Jan 2004 Luck or Cunning?, Samuel Butler [Butler #11][lckcxxx.xxx]4967
Jan 2004 Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#18][wvrlyxxa.xxx]4966
Jan 2004 Waverley Volume II, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#17][wvrl2xxa.xxx]4965
Jan 2004 Waverley Volume I, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#16][wvrl1xxa.xxx]4964
(See also
(Jan 2000 Waverley, by Walter Scott [Walter Scott #10][wvrlyxxx.xxx]2034)
Jan 2004 Moral, by Ludwig Thoma [mrlthxxx.xxx]4963
Jan 2004 The Story Of Germ Life, by H. W. Conn [stgrmxxx.xxx]4962
Jan 2004 Our Mr. Wrenn, by Sinclair Lewis [Lewis#3][mrwrnxxx.xxx]4961
Jan 2004 On Picket Duty and Other Tales, L. M. Alcott [#12][pcktdxxx.xxx]4960
[Full author: Louisa May Alcott]
Contains:
On Picket Duty.
The King Of Clubs And The Queen Of Hearts.
The Cross On The Old Church Tower.
The Death Of John.
Jan 2004 Maj. Roger Sherman Potter, by Pheleg Van Trusedale[shrptxxx.xxx]4959
[Full title: The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter]
Jan 2004 Justice in the By-Ways, by F. Colburn Adams[FCA#2][jstcbxxx.xxx]4958
Jan 2004 The Heart's Secret, by Maturin Murray [Murray#4][thrtsxxx.xxx]4957
Jan 2004 The Duke's Prize, by Maturin Murray [Murray#3][dkprzxxx.xxx]4956
Jan 2004 Leah Mordecai, by Mrs. Belle Kendrick Abbott [lhmdcxxx.xxx]4955
Jan 2004 Laicus, by Lyman Abbott [lcscpxxx.xxx]4954
Jan 2004 Revolution and Other Essays, Jack London [#110][rvltxxx.xxx]4953
Jan 2004 Entire PG edition The Netherlands, by Motley[#100][jm00vxxx.xxx]4900
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
[Includes: eBooks #4801-#4899]
Contents:
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1584
History of the United Netherlands, 1584-1609
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, 1609-1623
A Memoir of John Lothrop Motley (by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)]
Jan 2004 Entire 1609-23 John of Barneveld, by Motley [#99][jm99vxxx.xxx]4899
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
(Includes: eBooks #4886-#4897)
Jan 2004 Entire 1614-23 John of Barneveld, by Motley [#98][jm98vxxx.xxx]4898
[Includes: eBooks #4893-#4897]
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1619-23 by Motley[#97][jm97vxxx.xxx]4897
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1618-19 by Motley[#96][jm96vxxx.xxx]4896
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1618 by Motley[#95][jm95vxxx.xxx]4895
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1617 by Motley[#94][jm94vxxx.xxx]4894
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-17 by Motley[#93][jm93vxxx.xxx]4893
Jan 2004 Entire 1609-15 John of Barneveld, by Motley[#92][jm92vxxx.xxx]4892
[Includes: eBooks #4886-4891]
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1613-15 by Motley[#91][jm91vxxx.xxx]4891
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-14 by Motley[#90][jm90vxxx.xxx]4890
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610-12 by Motley[#89][jm89vxxx.xxx]4889
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610b by Motley[#88][jm88vxxx.xxx]4888
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610a by Motley[#87][jm87vxxx.xxx]4887
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-10 by Motley[#86][jm86vxxx.xxx]4886
Jan 2004 Entire 1584-1609 United Netherland, by Motley[#85][jm85vxxx.xxx]4885
[Title: History of the United Netherlands]
[Subtitle: From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's
Truce--1609]
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
[Includes: eBooks #4837-4884]
Jan 2004 Entire 1600-09 United Netherlands, by Motley[#84][jm84vxxx.xxx]4884
(Includes Etexts #4873-#4883)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1609 by Motley[#83][jm83vxxx.xxx]4883
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1608b by Motley[#82][jm82vxxx.xxx]4882
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1608a by Motley[#81][jm81vxxx.xxx]4881
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1607b by Motley[#80][jm80vxxx.xxx]4880
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1607a by Motley[#79][jm79vxxx.xxx]4879
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1605-07 by Motley[#78][jm78vxxx.xxx]4878
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1604-05 by Motley[#77][jm77vxxx.xxx]4877
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1603-04 by Motley[#76][jm76vxxx.xxx]4876
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1602-03 by Motley[#75][jm75vxxx.xxx]4875
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1600-02 by Motley[#74][jm74vxxx.xxx]4874
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1600 by Motley[#73][jm73vxxx.xxx]4873
Jan 2004 Entire 1590-99 United Netherlands, by Motley[#72][jm72vxxx.xxx]4872
(Includes: eBook#4861-4871)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1598-99 by Motley[#71][jm71vxxx.xxx]4871
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1598 by Motley[#70][jm70vxxx.xxx]4870
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1597-98 by Motley[#69][jm69vxxx.xxx]4869
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1595-96 by Motley[#68][jm68vxxx.xxx]4868
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1595 by Motley[#67][jm67vxxx.xxx]4867
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1594 by Motley[#66][jm66vxxx.xxx]4866
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1592-94 by Motley[#65][jm65vxxx.xxx]4865
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1592 by Motley[#64][jm64vxxx.xxx]4864
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590-92 by Motley[#63][jm63vxxx.xxx]4863
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590b by Motley[#62][jm62vxxx.xxx]4862
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590a by Motley[#61][jm61vxxx.xxx]4861
Jan 2004 Entire 1586-89 United Netherlands, by Motley[#60][jm60vxxx.xxx]4860
(Includes: ebook#4848-4859)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588-89 by Motley[#59][jm59vxxx.xxx]4859
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588d by Motley[#58][jm58vxxx.xxx]4858
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588c by Motley[#57][jm57vxxx.xxx]4857
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588b by Motley[#56][jm56vxxx.xxx]4856
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588a by Motley[#55][jm55vxxx.xxx]4855
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587d by Motley[#54][jm54vxxx.xxx]4854
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587c by Motley[#53][jm53vxxx.xxx]4853
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587b by Motley[#52][jm52vxxx.xxx]4852
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587a by Motley[#51][jm51vxxx.xxx]4851
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586c by Motley[#50][jm50vxxx.xxx]4850
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586b by Motley[#49][jm49vxxx.xxx]4849
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586a by Motley[#48][jm48vxxx.xxx]4848
[Full Title: History of the United Netherlands, From the Death of
William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce]
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
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Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley [shlycxxx.xxx]4800
Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol.III[shly3xxx.xxx]4799
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V16 by Richard Burton[g1001xxx.xxx]3450
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V15 by Richard Burton[f1001xxx.xxx]3449
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Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V13 by Richard Burton[d1001xxx.xxx]3447
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[Subtitle: or Mother Carey's Brood]
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Jan 2004 Entire 1609-15 John of Barneveld, by Motley[#92][jm92vxxx.xxx]4892
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Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-14 by Motley[#90][jm90vxxx.xxx]4890
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610-12 by Motley[#89][jm89vxxx.xxx]4889
Jan 2004 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610b by Motley[#88][jm88vxxx.xxx]4888
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CHINA BOASTS NO. 2 RANKING IN NET ACCESS
China has the second largest online population of any country in the world,
following the U.S.'s lead, according to a report by Nielsen/NetRatings.
Fifty-six million people, or just over 5% of China's total population, can
access the Internet from their homes, despite the country's comparative
poverty -- more than half the population lives on less than $2 a day. With
Internet subscription rates growing at 5% to 6% per month, more than 250
million people may have access in the next three or four years. "The
potential is staggering, and it's a not-too-distant reality," says the
Nielsen/NetRatings managing director for North Asia. Probably the biggest
obstacle to growth is the dearth of phone lines in that country -- only
35.6% of China's homes currently are equipped with telephone lines.
(Reuters/CNN.com 22 Apr 2002)
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/04/22/china.internet.reut/index.html
U.S. BROADBAND GROWTH IS SLOW GOING
About 9% of U.S. households with dialup Internet access say they're highly
likely to switch over to broadband access in the next year, and an
additional 15% are "somewhat interested" in making the change, according to
a survey by Jupiter Media Metrix. Meanwhile, the remaining 76% of
households are either neutral to the idea of paying more for a high-speed
Internet connection or are definitely against it. When asked whether the
switch to broadband was motivated by a desire for viewing high-quality
video content downloaded via the Internet, only 26% responded in the
affirmative. Fifteen percent said they would use their broadband
connections to listen to audio programming. "A lot of these things that
come with a fast connection, they are nice to have, but they are not really
what is driving broadband demand," says a Jupiter analyst. Rather, what
people seemed to value the most about broadband is its "always on"
connection. (Reuters 22 Apr 2002)
http://www1.excite.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,184467|technology
|04-22-2002::21:10|reuters,00.html
AOL RETHINKS BROADBAND STRATEGY
AOL Time Warner is having second thoughts about its cornerstone strategy of
promoting broadband access nationwide, and Co-Chief Operating Officer Robert
Pittman reportedly is urging employees to persuade existing dialup customers
to retain their $23.90-a-month AOL accounts, even after they sign up for
high-speed Internet access from rival cable companies. "A lot of companies
go broke trying to speed up the consumer adoption curve," says Pittman. AOL
had hoped that other cable companies would agree to offer the AOL service
over their lines, but that has not happened so far, and the company's
plunging stock price has caused some investors to suggest that it spin off
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online households by 2006, compared with 15% now, and so far this growth is
not helping AOL much. Its customers make up a small fraction of high-speed
clients, while they comprise about half of the traditional dialup market.
(Wall Street Journal 19 Apr 2002)
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BUSINESSES FIND TIME AND MONEY SAVINGS WITH LINUX
Some large companies are finding Linux a highly attractive alternative
to Microsoft. British Petroleum, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Winnebago,
and Korean Air have moved much of their computer operations over to
Linux, and as many as 15 banks in London are also using Linux.
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Microsoft products. IBM has moved 841 internal servers to Linux,
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and will move many more because it offers a "structured low-service
way" to lower costs. ZDNet, 22 April 2002
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-887961.html
LINUX FINDS SUPPORT IN LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS
A bill currently making its way through the Peruvian legislature would
require government computers to run free, or open-source, software, and
similar moves have taken place in Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. Aside
from the financial gains from not having to purchase software, many see
these measures as a refutation of the whole idea of proprietary
software. Open-source applictions like Linux allow developers to modify
code for their own needs. Tony Stanco, a senior policy analyst at
George Washington University's Cyberspace Policy Institute and the
founder of Free Developers.net, told the World Bank in December that
the home-grown industry that open-source requirements could foster
"liberates them, gives them an income source, and allows them to tap
into the world economy like nothing else."
Wired News, 22 April 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51902,00.html
SOFTWARE BUGS THAT AREN'T FLAWS
A new privacy tool presented last week at the 12th Annual Conference of
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy detects Web bugs. Web bugs are very
small image files that are downloaded when users visit Web pages with
the bugs. Bugs then send data about the computer, and sometimes about
the user, back to their creators, often advertisers. One bug was found
to have sent, among other pieces of data, the user's login name and
password, his real first and last names, and the location of his house,
apparently derived from a cookie that was on his computer. Bugnosis,
the new tool to expose Web bugs, alerts users with a sound when it
finds a bug. It then shows where the bug is on the screen, gives the
Web address of the bug, and opens a box that lists the information
being passed. Bugnosis was developed by researchers and support from
Boston University, the University of Denver, and the Privacy Foundation.
United Press International, 21 April 2002
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/369905p-2979546c.html
COMPUTERS GET SMALLER
OQO Inc., a San Francisco-based start-up, has unveiled a $1,000
Ultra-Personal Computer that fits the components of a CPU into a
package about the size of a paperback book. The 3-by-5-inch box
includes a processor (of up to 1 gigahertz), 256 megabytes of RAM, a 10
gigabyte hard drive, and wireless connections supporting 802.11b and
Bluetooth. The device can connect to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, or
it can be networked with other PCs and laptops. IBM has plans for a
similar product, the MetaPad, though IBM's is not expected for another
few years. Associated Press, 17 April 2002
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/364772p-2951978c.html
IEEE CHANGES AUTHOR REQUIREMENTS ON DMCA
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) said it
will remove language from its author agreement form assuring that the
content is in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA). Bill Hagen of the IEEE said the DMCA has been extremely
controversial, and the language in the author agreement drew many
complaints from authors inside and outside the United States. American
authors feel that the DMCA unconsitutionally stifles research and their
rights to publish results, while authors from outside the Unites States
do not think they should be subject to American laws. CNET, 16 April 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-883990.html
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Project Gutenberg is now producing 200 eBooks/month, 2400/year.
It was only 5 years ago that we managed our first 100 eBook year.
Our volunteers produced 1,650 eBooks in the past 12 months, and
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Not only is Project Gutenberg growing, but our audience is growing
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This is not uncommon among brand new enterprises, but when you realize
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PHENOMENAL!
Here is a brief history of our growth rate:
Here is brief timeline from the 1st Etext in 1971
to the current production of #4000.
1 per year in 1971-1979 completed the first 9 Etexts
which were mostly a "History of Western Democracy"
>From 1980-1990 the first Bible and Shakespeare were completed,
but due to the new copyright extensions, the Shakespeare is
still not able to be released. Thus the total was 10 Etexts.
[Counting all of Shakespeare and The Bible as 1 Etext each.]
eBooks per month per year
1 in 1991 We released The Bible as #10.
2 in 1992
4 in 1993
8 in 1994 We released The Complete Shakespeare as #100.
16 in 1995
32 in 1996
32 in 1997 [we lost our funding for that year, and barely survived]
36 in 1998 [kept this schedule for first half and then in second half
we completed two months during each month for 72 per month]
36 in 1999 [is our official schedule, we are now about 8 months ahead,
but, as luck would have it, on the day the muse struck to
write this article, I learned that our funding is again lost.]
40 in 2000 [I was never personally comfortable doing over 30 per month,
50 in 2001 so this is when I started planning all the delegating of today]
100 in 2001 [Starting on our 30th Anniversay, and we thought we would NEVER
be able to do this many, so it would bring us back on schedule,
but so far, only three months later, we have. . .so who knows.]
[Note added in January, 2002, we managed to do 1240 in 2001, so
we did somehow manage to average 100 per month--who knows how.]
200 in 2002 We started 2002 with an incredible 200 eBooks per month, and it
is amazing, but we are still on that schedule.
Here are some of the highlights:
#### Date Title
1 1971 The U.S. Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1971
10 1990 The King James Bible
100 1994 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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2000 1999 Don Quixote, In Spanish
3000 2000 A L'Ombre Des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs V3 by Proust, In French
4000 2001 The Complete Works of "The French Immortals", In English
5000 2002 The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, In English
April 10, 2002
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1.61% of the world's population is 100,000,000 people as per
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we have provided a trillion copies to the world at large.
When we got to #5000 it then took only a nominal $2.00, but,
and it's a BIG "but". . .then it will take 5,000 more to get
to our original goal of giving away a $1 trillion in books--
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When I first started Project Gutenberg in 1971, I was sure I should
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Overview
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eBooks in Various Languages
1.
Copyright
2.
Scanning and Typing
3.
Proofreading
4.
FTP and WWW Sites
5.
Donations
6.
Raiders of the Lost Archives
7.
Special Requests
8.
Programming
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New eBooks Needing Proofreading
Followed By More Detailed Information On Most Of These Subjects
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As you may be aware, this last year we have greatly expanded our
output of eBooks in languages other than English, including:
1. English
2. Latin
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[Those with an * are still in need of work]
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1.
Copyright
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xeroxes of the title page [both sides, even if one side is blank.]
[We will do this even for people working on other eBook projects.]
We need people to hunt through libraries or bookstores for editions
that we can use to legally prepare our Electronic Texts [Etexts.]
Germany, Italy and Great Britain have each extended their copyright
to "life + 70 years," as opposed to the "life +50 years" of "Berne"
copyright conventions. Residents of those areas will have to be an
extra bit careful, as a million items that used to be Public Domain
in those countries reverted to copyright status, even though a vast
majority of them are no longer for sale. This is now true for some
other countries, including France and perhaps Brazil and Portugal.
These are the latest lists I have received: [NOT authoritative]
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, El Salvador,
Iceland, Japan, (South) Korea, Latvia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand,
Panama, the Philippines, Poland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad
and Tobago, and Ukraine are all "life plus 50 years" countries,
or were last I checked.) and Portugal. I have been told Turkey
should be included, can anyone verify that?
Life + 75: In Guatemala and Mexico, copyrights tend to last for the
lifetime of the author plus 75 years, with certain exceptions.
Life + 70: Poland and much of EU, and Brazil
More on the United States Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 in a
"More Detailed Information" section below.
2.
Scanning and Typing
Once we have located some proper edition[s], then our volunteers do
the books by scanning or typing them into the computer. Usually it
is the same person who does the proofreading, but not necessarily.
If you would like to help us make eBooks available in the future,
please contact the following:
Greg Newby <gbnewby@ils.unc.edu>
Brett Fishburne <william.fishburne@verizon.net>
Jim Tinsley <jtinsley@pobox.com>
with a cc: to me at hart@pobox.com
3.
Proofreading
We have a variety of ways for you to help with Project Gutenberg.
Often the only way for many of our volunteers to work on eBooks for
us is if they can ship their book to one of us, have it scanned in
and then returned to them for proofreading.
If you could do the scanning for them, it would help us immensely.
4.
FTP and WWW Sites
We would very much like to provide better access to eBook for sites
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who might be able to help with this, please read this:
We are always in search of more FTP and World Wide Web sites, so an
increasing number of people can download our books without unusual,
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If you, or someone you know, can spare a gigabyte on their servers,
please have them contact us about creating more mirror sites. This
is a particular need for countries south of the equator, where text
files are only available on one server that we know of. If you can
help us get our books into South America, Africa, and further, this
would be a great help. We have something restarted in New Zealand,
with extensions into Australia, but the load this server can handle
is probably going to be easily exhausted.
Some local research is required to find out what copyright laws and
other regulations must be satisfied to operate such servers.
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As I said, anything would be greatly appreciated. This SHOULD BE a
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If you have any "ins" in the press or with the corporate world, this
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Raiders of the Lost Archives
As you may be aware from several events of a month ago, and earlier,
there is a downside to having eBook archives in limited distribution
modalities, simply because if one site, or one person, or even whole
countries, change their minds about what they are going to archive--
then the whole world loses access to those files.
A good example was the loss of The Oxford Book of English Verse from
Project Bartleby. We have taken great pains to get this book, which
is undoubtedly important, back on the Net. If you want to see which
sites have lost this file, just do a Yahoo search for the book, then
count the vast number of sites that have blank entries for the book,
once it was deleted from a multiplicity of links; this is an example
of how important it is for eBooks to be posted on many sites, rather
than just one site will many links to it!!!
We need volunteers who will search the world for every possible book
and help us preserve it.
Project Gutenberg will not release any of this material until we can
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We realize that many of our volunteers sometimes get frustrated that
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become more and more apparent why this is a good policy as copyright
laws become stiffer and stiffer, and world intellectual property can
be limited in greater and great ways. It is quite likely that it is
going to be some time in the next calendar year that a United States
law killing off another 20 years of public domain in the US will get
passed, to join the countries listed above, in eliminating a million
books from potentially being posted as eBooks, even though 99% are a
dead issue, out of print for decades. . . .
[It did pass. October 27, 1998 - the U.S. went from life plus 50 to
life plus 70 for works created after 1/1/78, and from 75 to 95 years
for many works published before 1978. . .but this doesn't change the
items that had already entered the public domain in the US, unlike a
reversion from public domain status to copyright status in countries
in the European Union and other locales. Thus, the US copyright for
most works still cuts in at 1923. . .and this is scheduled to stay a
cutoff date until around 2020.]
So the rule of thumb we use most is that anything pre-1923 is ok.
7.
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more cleanup before it was sent to us. What we need is proofers with
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More Detailed Information
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Copyright
Copyright Extension Is Also Happening in the United States
Since Project Gutenberg began in 1971, millions of copyrights in
the US should have expired, but are being prevented from expiring
by various political action groups.
2.
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We don't really want to get into a public recommendation about what
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. . .it is really the case that some do better on some books, while
others do better on other fonts, page coloration, etc.
However, we ARE willing to share our experience if you ask.
3.
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Our official accuracy level that we try to maintain has been 99.9%,
for our first release, which is usually raised to 99.95% before the
vast majority of people ever see them, and this standard has been a
standard that has been adopted by most eBook providers, including a
new effort toward Etext by the Library of Congress and the national
libraries of Great Britain and other countries.
What we hope you realize is that any serious effort to get an eBook
to 100% accuracy should take MORE effort than to create an entirely
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While many, even most, of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are accurate
to an amazing degree, even more amazing when you compare then to an
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eBook enterprises, we do not feel that the additional doubling of a
more than massive effort, to possibly reduce the errors, by another
.02% perhaps, would have anywhere near the value of the preparation
of an entirely new eBook with the same amount of effort.
Nevertheless, even the most famous universities of the world have a
collection of eBooks, many of which have vastly more errors than in
our collection. This is also true of the commercial eBooks. Don't
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In addition, there are many volunteers who would prefer to have an
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of you already know, _I_ have been reluctant to choose for anyone,
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of what are the great books of human history.
More on:
Proofreading: We could also use people who know how to use DIFF or
Word's "compare" that point out differences between two files, even
programmers that might only be able to search our files for matched
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Our proofreading is a never-ending story. . .we run spell-checkers,
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FTP and WWW Sites
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Feb 2004 Preface on Doctors, by George Bernard Shaw[GBS#29][dcprfxxx.xxx]5069
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Feb 2004 The Whole Family, Howells et al. [whfamxxx.xxx]5066
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Feb 2004 The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne, by W. Locke[Locke#4][mmarcxxx.xxx]5051
[Author's Full Name: William J. Locke]
Feb 2004 Complete State of the Union Addresses [suallxxx.xxx]5050
[Subtitle: From 1790 to the Present]
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Feb 2004 State of the Union, William J. Clinton [suclixxx.xxx]5048
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Feb 2004 The Unspeakable Perk, by Samuel Hopkins Adams [blprkxxx.xxx]5009
Feb 2004 Katherine's Sheaves, by Mrs. George Sheldon [kthrnxxx.xxx]5008
[Author AKA: Mrs. George Sheldon Downs]
Feb 2004 The Poisoned Pen, by Arthur B. Reeve [Reeve#3][tppenxxa.xxx]5007
(Note that this is version 10a. See also:
(Oct 1999 The Poisoned Pen by, Arthur B. Reeve [tppenxxx.xxx]1923)
Feb 2004 Harriet and the Piper, by Kathleen Norris [KN#10][hrrppxxx.xxx]5006
Feb 2004 Overland Expedition in Australia,Ludwig Leichhardt[xpvldxxx.xxx]5005
[Full title: Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia]
Feb 2004 The Motor Boys on the Pacific, by Clarence Young [mbpacxxx.xxx]5004
[Subtitle: The Young Derelict Hunters]
Feb 2004 The Rover Boys in New York, by A. Winfield [ES#3][trbnyxxx.xxx]5003
[Author's Full Name: Arthur M. Winfield] [Pseudonym of: Edward Stratemeyer]
[Subtitle: Saving their Father's Honor]
Feb 2004 The Rover Boys in Business, by A. Winfield [ES#2][trbbsxxx.xxx]5002
[Author's Full Name: Arthur M. Winfield] [Author AKA: Edward Stratemeyer]
[Subtitle: The Search for the Missing Bonds]
Feb 2004 Relativity, by Albert Einstein [Einstein #1][relatxxx.xxx]5001
[Full title: Relativity: The Special and General Theory]
(Note: Both .zips contain all the images, so are considerably larger.)
[Note, #4999 and #5000 are in the last stages of proofing at press time,
so we are posting version 09 at press time, and will replace with 10, by
the time you read this, most likely].
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete [#3][?ldvcxxx.xxx]5000
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume 2 [#2][?ldv2xxx.xxx]4999
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume 1 [#1][?ldv1xxx.xxx]4998
[Author's Full Name: Leonardo Da Vinci/Note: Translated by Jean Paul Richter]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters is 7ldv110.txt and 7ldv110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters is 8ldv110.txt and 8ldv110.zip]
Jan 2004 Two Boys and a Fortune, by Matthew White, Jr. [tbaafxxx.xxx]4997
[Subtitle: Or, The Tyler Will]
Jan 2004 Number Seventeen, by Lewis Tracy [num17xxx.xxx]4996
Jan 2004 True to Himself, by Edward Stratemeyer [trhimxxx.xxx]4995
[Subtitle: Robert Strong's Struggle for Place]
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Jan 2004 Five Thousand Miles Underground, by Roy Rockwood [ftmunxxx.xxx]4994
[Subtitle: The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth]
Jan 2004 A Texas Ranger, by William MacLeod Raine [Raine#5][txsrnxxx.xxx]4993
Jan 2004 Diddie, Dumps, and Tot, by Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle [ddtotxxx.xxx]4992
[Subtitle: Plantation Child-Life]
Jan 2004 The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico, by F. Patchin [prbnmxxx.xxx]4991
[Author's Full Name: Frank Gee Patchin]
[Subtitle: The End of the Silver Trail]
Jan 2004 The Adventures of a Boy Reporter, by H. Morrison [aboyrxxx.xxx]4990
[Author's Full Name: Harry Steele Morrison]
Jan 2004 A Sweet Girl Graduate, by Mrs. L.T. Meade [swgrlxxx.xxx]4989
[Author AKA: Mrs. Toulmin Smith]
Jan 2004 The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge,by L. Hope[4][wrlodxxx.xxx]4988
[Author's Full Name: Laura Lee Hope]
[Subtitle: The Hermit of Moonlight Falls]
Jan 2004 The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake, by L. Hope [#3][rainlxxx.xxx]4987
[Author's Full Name: Laura Lee Hope]
Jan 2004 The Four Epochs of Woman's Life, Anna M. Galbraith[feowlxxx.xxx]4986
[Subtitle: A Study in Hygeine]
Jan 2004 Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill, by Alice B. Emerson[ruthfxxx.xxx]4985
[Subtitle: or, Jasper Parloe's Secret]
Jan 2004 The Hidden Children, by Robert W. Chambers [hichixxx.xxx]4984
Jan 2004 Slips of Speech, by John H. Bechtel [slpspxxx.xxx]4983
Jan 2004 A Rock in the Baltic, by Robert Barr [rbaltxxx.xxx]4982
Jan 2004 Minnesota and Dacotah, C. C. Andrews [mindaxxx.xxx]4981
Jan 2004 Old Granny Fox, by Thornton W. Burgess [Burgess#9][ogfoxxxx.xxx]4980
Jan 2004 Blacky the Crow, by Thornton W. Burgess[Burgess#8][blckyxxx.xxx]4979
Jan 2004 The March of Portola, by Zoeth S. Eldredge [?marcxxx.xxx]4978
[Second author: E.J. Molera]
[Full title: The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San
Francisco]
Jan 2004 The McNaughtens, J-F Regnard, Morlock trans. [#1][unforxxx.xxx]4977C
[Author: Jean-Francois Regnard, translated by Frank J. Morlock]
Jan 2004 Expedition into Central Australia,Charles Sturt[#4[xpcstxxx.xxx]4976
Jan 2004 Spinifex and Sand, by David W Carnegie [spnfxxxx.xxx]4975
Jan 2004 Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles [strttxxx.xxx]4974
Jan 2004 Frederic Chopin (Complete),by Frederick Niecks[#3][fkchcxxx.xxx]4973
[Full title: Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
Jan 2004 Frederic Chopin Volume 2, by Frederick Niecks [#2][fkch2xxx.xxx]4972
[Full title: Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 2]
Jan 2004 The Great Intendant, by Thomas Chapais [cca06xxx.xxx]4971
[This is #6 in our series Chronicles of Canada, edited by George M. Wrong
[and H. H. Langton]
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672]
Jan 2004 There are Crimes and Crimes, by August Strindberg [crmcrxxx.xxx]4970
Jan 2004 The Belton Estate, Anthony Trollope [Trollope#32][belesxxx.xxx]4969
Jan 2004 Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum, J. Verne[#23][?ccmbxxx.xxx]4968
[Author's Full Name: Jules Verne; "Begum" is actually B_gum]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ccmb10.txt and 7ccmb10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ccmb10.txt and 8ccmb10.zip]
Jan 2004 Luck or Cunning?, Samuel Butler [Butler #11][lckcxxx.xxx]4967
Jan 2004 Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#18][wvrlyxxa.xxx]4966
Jan 2004 Waverley Volume II, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#17][wvrl2xxa.xxx]4965
Jan 2004 Waverley Volume I, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#16][wvrl1xxa.xxx]4964
(See also
(Jan 2000 Waverley, by Walter Scott [Walter Scott #10][wvrlyxxx.xxx]2034)
Jan 2004 Moral, by Ludwig Thoma [mrlthxxx.xxx]4963
Jan 2004 The Story Of Germ Life, by H. W. Conn [stgrmxxx.xxx]4962
Jan 2004 Our Mr. Wrenn, by Sinclair Lewis [Lewis#3][mrwrnxxx.xxx]4961
Jan 2004 On Picket Duty and Other Tales, L. M. Alcott [#12][pcktdxxx.xxx]4960
[Full author: Louisa May Alcott]
Contains:
On Picket Duty.
The King Of Clubs And The Queen Of Hearts.
The Cross On The Old Church Tower.
The Death Of John.
Jan 2004 Maj. Roger Sherman Potter, by Pheleg Van Trusedale[shrptxxx.xxx]4959
[Full title: The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter]
Jan 2004 Justice in the By-Ways, by F. Colburn Adams[FCA#2][jstcbxxx.xxx]4958
Jan 2004 The Heart's Secret, by Maturin Murray [Murray#4][thrtsxxx.xxx]4957
Jan 2004 The Duke's Prize, by Maturin Murray [Murray#3][dkprzxxx.xxx]4956
Jan 2004 Leah Mordecai, by Mrs. Belle Kendrick Abbott [lhmdcxxx.xxx]4955
Jan 2004 Laicus, by Lyman Abbott [lcscpxxx.xxx]4954
Jan 2004 Revolution and Other Essays, Jack London [#110][rvltxxx.xxx]4953
Jan 2004 Entire 1590-99 United Netherlands, by Motley[#72][jm72vxxx.xxx]4872
(Includes: eBook#4861-4871)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1598-99 by Motley[#71][jm71vxxx.xxx]4871
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1598 by Motley[#70][jm70vxxx.xxx]4870
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1597-98 by Motley[#69][jm69vxxx.xxx]4869
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1595-96 by Motley[#68][jm68vxxx.xxx]4868
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1595 by Motley[#67][jm67vxxx.xxx]4867
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1594 by Motley[#66][jm66vxxx.xxx]4866
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1592-94 by Motley[#65][jm65vxxx.xxx]4865
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1592 by Motley[#64][jm64vxxx.xxx]4864
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590-92 by Motley[#63][jm63vxxx.xxx]4863
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590b by Motley[#62][jm62vxxx.xxx]4862
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590a by Motley[#61][jm61vxxx.xxx]4861
Jan 2004 Entire 1586-89 United Netherlands, by Motley[#60][jm60vxxx.xxx]4860
(Includes: ebook#4848-4859)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588-89 by Motley[#59][jm59vxxx.xxx]4859
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588d by Motley[#58][jm58vxxx.xxx]4858
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588c by Motley[#57][jm57vxxx.xxx]4857
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588b by Motley[#56][jm56vxxx.xxx]4856
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588a by Motley[#55][jm55vxxx.xxx]4855
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587d by Motley[#54][jm54vxxx.xxx]4854
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587c by Motley[#53][jm53vxxx.xxx]4853
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587b by Motley[#52][jm52vxxx.xxx]4852
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587a by Motley[#51][jm51vxxx.xxx]4851
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586c by Motley[#50][jm50vxxx.xxx]4850
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586b by Motley[#49][jm49vxxx.xxx]4849
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586a by Motley[#48][jm48vxxx.xxx]4848
[Full Title: History of the United Netherlands, From the Death of
William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce]
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
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Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V15 by Richard Burton[f1001xxx.xxx]3449
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WIN-WIN DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGY: LOWER THE PRICE
Marc Andreessen, the programmer who co-founded Netscape, told an audience
of broadcasting and recording industry executives that it was futile for
them to hope that copy protection technology would prevent illegal copying
of music, movies or TV shows. "If a computer can see it, display it, and
play it -- you can copy it." Do what did he advise them to do? Produce more
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CAN FALWELL'S NAME BE TRADEMARKED TO PROTECT HIM AGAINST PARODY?
The Reverend Jerry Falwell has lodged a complaint with the World
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http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3000509.htm
DISTRIBUTED BRAINPOWER TARGETS WORLD WIDE LEXICON
In a new twist on distributed computing, software designer Brian McConnell
is releasing a new software program that would harness the unused
brainpower of the world's computer users to build a multilingual
translation database. Unlike many other distributed computing projects,
which use the extra processing capacity of PCs, this one would require
participants to provide short translations when able. "It's a clever twist
on distributed computing," says McConnell. "In this case the computers are
people's brains." The World Wide Lexicon (WWL) project will need
multilingual volunteers to download the software, which can detect when
they're not particularly busy and ask them to translate a word or a phrase.
Some language experts have expressed reservations about the whole idea:
"One of the main problems is quality assurance," says a linguistics expert
at the University of Wolverhampton in the U.K. "Translation is a highly
developed skill." McConnell says he hopes to incorporate a peer review
component to ensure the translations are accurate. (New Scientist 2 Apr 2002)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992115
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The company said it has shifted its attention from features to
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NEW SEARCH ENGINE HOPES TO OUTGOOGLE GOOGLE
A new search engine called Teoma is angling to unseat Google from its lofty
position as the widely acknowledged leader in finding things on the Web.
"We are the next generation in search," says developer Apostolos
Gerasoulis, who has had Google in his sights since he founded Teoma in
1999. "Google has reached its maturity." Teoma, which is a Gaelic term for
"expert," was bought up by Ask Jeeves for $4.4 million last year and is
relying on Jeeves' deep pockets to finance its challenge. While both Google
and Teoma depend on complicated algorithms to analyze search requests,
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clusters of online communities that serve to categorize results better and
offer more helpful choices. Teoma also offers links to subcategories that
might not have been included in the original request as well as a section
devoted to "expert" sources. Ask Jeeves, which installed Teoma on its site
in December, reports a 25% increase in clicks on search results and a 15%
decline in users leaving the site in frustration. It's hoping to license
Teoma's search engine to other sites this summer. (AP 31 Mar 2002)
INTERNET USE TRENDS IN 2001
A new report by the Nielsen/NetRatings firm says that the overall expansion
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in the 1990s to a more modest 6% growth in the number of "active users"
(people who go online at least once a month). However, those who do log on
are likely to stay on longer: users spent 17 hours a month online in
December 2001, up from 15 the previous year. The most active users of all
tended to be those with DSL, cable modem or other high-speed connections.
There were 21 million people with such connections at the end of 2001,
compared to only 11.7 million at the end of 2000. (USA Today 28 Mar 2002)
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WHO THOUGHT UP THE AOL TIME WARNER MERGER?
Once hyped as the greatest idea since the invention of sliced bread, the
merger two years ago of "new economy" company online company AOL and "old
economy" publishing empire Time Warner now seems as stale as yesterday's
croissants. In January 2000 the two companies together were worth more than
$300 billion, but now they are down to one-third that amount ($105 billion,
and a further descent is expected). What was the idea? To get marketing
"synergy" that would make the new company more valuable than the sum of its
two parts. But the synergies failed to materialize, and now the company
sometimes seems to be contemplating its own navel (AOL Time Warner is AOL
Time Warner's biggest advertiser). Industry analyst Rick Berry in Atlanta
thinks that the company's stock is still a "sell," calling the merger "an
absolute mistake," and says: "The only reason it went through is that this
was during the silly times in the market. Otherwise, there was not a chance
in hell." (Washington Post 1 Apr 2002)
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KAZAA JUDGMENT OVERTURNED BY DUTCH COURT
A Dutch appeals court has ruled that KaZaA, which makes software that
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not liable for copyright infringement. The decision overturns a judgment
rendered last November, which found KaZaA guilty of violating copyright
law. The appellate court ruling maintains that it's the users of KaZaA's
Media Desktop software who are the infringers, and adds that Media Desktop
was not exclusively designed to pirate copyrighted works. (Reuters/Los
Angeles Times 29 Mar 2002)
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Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union worries that the use
of such systems would "encourage security personnel to put their guard
down" and that terrorists would just obtain phony documents. But Rachel
Rowland of Maximus says, "It's far easier for someone to get a fake
driver's license. With these cards, nobody else is going to have the same
digital map of your fingerprint." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 28 Mar 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2955860.htm
WEB SITES COLLECTING LESS PERSONAL DATA
Many commercial Web sites are cutting back on the amount of personal data
they regularly collect on visitors, with 84% of the 85 sites polled
reporting that they're gathering less data than they did two years ago.
That said, most of the sites -- 96% -- still collect at least some data
from users, according to a survey conducted for the Progress and Freedom
Foundation. The survey included such popular Web sites as Amazon, Google
and Travelocity. Foundation President Jeffrey Eisenach said that the
responses indicated a trend toward giving consumers more control over how
their private information is used: 93% of the Web sites surveyed gave users
the option of restricting the sale or transfer of their information to
other businesses, up from 77% in 2000, and some 72% of sites promised
consumer data would be secure, up from 48% the year before. (Wall Street
Journal 28 Mar 2002)
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THE ROCKY ROAD OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
A bill recently introduced by Sen. Hollings has drawn criticism from
various experts, though copyright owners support efforts to curb the
illegal reproduction of copyrighted works. David J. Farber, a
professor of telecommunications systems at the University of
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PCs because copying songs is "one of the reasons people buy new
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MICROSOFT, PATCHES AND PROBLEMS
Despite releasing a patch last week for two security flaws in
Internet Explorer, Microsoft is under pressure from security groups
to address a recently revealed problem in Windows NT and Windows 2000.
The IE patch fixed two holes: one would allow hackers to put damaging
code on a Web surfer's computer through a cookie, while the other
could permit the execution of files that already exist on a computer
when the user visits a Web page. The Windows flaw can allow hackers
to gain otherwise restricted privileges on servers running either of
the operating systems. As with other software flaws recently, this
one was revealed by a security services company that decided
information about the flaw was spreading faster than a patch was
being developed, raising the risk of the flaw being exploited.
CNet, 29 March 2002 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-871771.html
NEW SEARCH ENGINE TAKES ON GOOGLE
A Rutger's University mathematics professor is confident that the
new version of his search-engine technology will outshine Google,
which many regard as the best available search engine. Apostolos
Gerasoulis, the man behind Teoma, has been working on his search
engine since 1999 and received the financial support to take on
Google when he sold Teoma to Ask Jeeves for $4.4 million last year.
Since then, new tools have been added to Teoma that Gerasoulis
believes make his product more effective at finding Web resources
than Google. The algorithms that Teoma uses divide the Web into
clusters of online communities. Rob Lancaster of the Yankee Group
said that one of the benefits of Google is its simplicity and that
Teoma will have to educate users about how to get the most from
its site. Associated Press, 1 April 2002
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/337110p-2800855c.html.com
SURVEY SHOWS MOST WEB SITES COLLECTING LESS INFORMATION
A new survey indicates that most Web sites, including some of
most commonly used sites, are collecting less personal data from
users than they were two years ago. The survey was conducted by
the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a Washington, D.C., group
opposed to new privacy legislation. Timothy Muris, chairman of
the Federal Trade Commission, applauded the change, pointing to
market forces as at least partly responsible. The study also
indicated that more sites reveal exactly how personal data
collected will be used.
(Associated Press, 27 March 2002)
YAHOO! REVISES PRIVACY POLICY
Internet portal Yahoo! has announced a new privacy policy that
makes it easier for the company to release personal information
to third parties. Yahoo! stated that the new policy replaces
three previous policies in an effort both to be as clear as
possible and to comply with legislation including the Gramm-
Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. According to the new policy, users'
personal data can be released to investigators looking into
allegations of illegal activity including fraud and threats.
The policy also states that if Yahoo! is acquired by another
firm, that firm's policy regarding personal data would apply
to Yahoo! data. Evan Hendricks, editor of the newsletter
"Privacy Times," said that especially in the aftermath of
September 11, the pendulum of privacy has swung "toward making
it easier to disclose information."
(CNet, 28 March 2002)
FBI MUST TURN OVER CARNIVORE INFO
A federal judge has ordered the FBI to dig deeper in trying to
locate information collected by its Carnivore e-mail surveillance
tool. The FBI contends that all data collected using Carnivore
was gathered under the authority of court orders. The FBI had
turned data over as part of a legal battle with the Electronic
Privacy Information Center (EPIC), but the judge agreed with
EPIC that the FBI may not have produced all of the documents
related to Carnivore searches. EPIC took the FBI to court in
July of 2000 to try to gain access to the data under the Freedom
of Information Act. The outcome of the case will likely affect
how the federal government uses electronic surveillance in its
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Oct 2003 Ascension du desir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#10][8ascexxx.xxx]4570C
Oct 2003 Mots rouge espoir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#9][8respxxx.xxx]4569C
Oct 2003 Les Visages du temps, poesie, H. Bertrand [#8][8visgxxx.xxx]4568C
Oct 2003 Strates amoureuses, poesie, H. Bertrand [#7][8strtxxx.xxx]4567C
Oct 2003 Entre la chair et l'ame, poesie, H. Bertrand [#6][8echaxxx.xxx]4566C
Oct 2003 Jusqu'a l'extreme regard, poesie, H. Bertrand [#5][8regrxxx.xxx]4565C
Oct 2003 Rouge memoire, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#4][8memoxxx.xxx]4564C
Oct 2003 La Mort amoureuse, poesie, H. Bertrand [#3][8mortxxx.xxx]4563C
Oct 2003 Anatomie du Mouvement, poesie, H. Bertrand [#2][8anatxxx.xxx]4562C
Oct 2003 Espace perdu, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#1][8espaxxx.xxx]4561C
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Sep 2002 Samantha at Saratoga, by Josiah Allen's Wife [samanxxx.xxx]3425
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We have also posted HTML versions of the following (Note that 06tom
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Nov 2003 Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight,by V. Appleton[15tomxxx.xxx]4635
Nov 2003 Tom Swift in Captivity, by Victor Appleton [13tomxxx.xxx]4608
Oct 2003 Tom Swift And His Photo Telephone, Victor Appleton[17tomxxx.xxx]4532
Jul 2003 Tom Swift And His Wireless Message, V. Appleton #6[06tomxxx.xxx]4227
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Jun 2002 Entire PG Galsworthy Files, by Galsworthy [GL#34][glentxxx.xxx]3254
[Author: John Galsworthy]
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[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
We have posted an improved 11th edition, and the file has been renamed:
Jul 2003 Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, Victor Appleton[#1][01tomxxx.xxx]4230
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Jul 2003 Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, Victor Appleton [27tomxxx.xxx]4230
The following updated edition 11 contains missing pages 13-14:
Dec 1998 Frank's Campaign/Farm & Camp, Horatio Alger Jr. #9[frcmpxxx.xxx]1573
And we have released updated 11th editions of the following:
Jul 2003 The Complete Plays of John Galsworthy [JG#37][gplayxxx.xxx]4269
May 2003 Arsene Lupin, by Edgar Jepson & Maurice Leblanc [rsnlpxxx.xxx]4014
(Note: The new file from Greg Weeks adds a previously-omitted page. Thanks!!)
Aug 2003 Expeditions to Sth. Australia,by Charles Sturt[#3][xpsscxxx.xxx]4330
Aug 2003 ExpeditioNs to Sth. Australia II,Charles Sturt[#2][xpss2xxx.xxx]4329
Aug 2003 Expeditions to Sth. Australia I, Charles Sturt[#1][xpss1xxx.xxx]4328
Oct 2002 Legends of Vancouver, by E. Pauline Johnson [legvaxxx.xxx]3478
Sep 2002 For the Term of His Natural Life, by Marcus Clarke[fthnlxxx.xxx]3424
Jan 2002 Last Chronicle of Barset, Anthony Trollope [#9][lacobxxx.xxx]3045
May 2001 V1 Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by Trevelyan[1lllmxxx.xxx]2647
May 2001 History of England, James II> V. 5, Macaulay[#12][5hoejxxx.xxx]2614
May 2001 History of England, James II> V. 4, Macaulay[#11][4hoejxxx.xxx]2613
Apr 2001 Psmith, Journalist, by P. G. Wodehouse[Wodehouse4][psmthxxx.xxx]2607
Jun 2000 A Damsel in Distress, by P.G. Wodehouse [PGW #3] [dmsndxxx.xxx]2233
Dec 1999 Piccadilly Jim, by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse [#1][pccjmxxx.xxx]2005
Mar 1997 The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie[masacxxx.xxx] 863
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V5 [5dfrexxx.xxx] 735
[Full Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]
[Author: Edward Gibbon]
(Note: This eBook includes twenty pages previously missing from Chapter LI.
of volume 5.)
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V2 [2dfrexxx.xxx] 732
Feb 1994 Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy [Hardy#1][crowdxxa.xxx] 107
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Jan 2004 Life of John Coleridge Patteson, by C. Yonge [#26][ljcptxxx.xxx]4952
[Author's Full Name: Charlotte M. Yonge]
Jan 2004 String Quarted No. 17, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[#3][wm458xxx.xxx]4951
[Full title: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat Major (The Hunt), K.458]
[This is a musical score in Finale .MUS format] [ etext04: wm45810.zip]
Jan 2004 String Quartet No. 2, Ludwig van Beethoven[LVB #4][lv182xxx.xxx]4950
[Full title: String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, op. 18, no. 2]
[This is a musical score in Finale .MUS format] [ etext04: lv18210.zip]
Jan 2004 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, J.S. Bach [JSB #1][jbbb2xxx.xxx]4949
[Full title: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047]
[This is a musical score in Finale .MUS format] [ etext04: jbbb210.zip]
Jan 2004 Love, The Fiddler, by Lloyd Osbourne [Osbourne #4][lvtfdxxx.xxx]4948
[Co-Authored three other Project Gutenberg eBooks with Robert Louis Stevenson]
Jan 2004 Sisters, by Kathleen Norris [Norris#9][sstrnxxx.xxx]4947
Jan 2004 Madame Midas, by Fergus Hume [Hume#4][mdmmdxxx.xxx]4946
Jan 2004 Jane Allen: Junior, by Edith Bancroft [jnljrxxx.xxx]4945
Jan 2004 Scenes and Characters, Charlotte M. Yonge[Yonge#25][scchxxx.xxx]4944
Jan 2004 The River War, by Winston S. Churchill [PMWS#1][?rivrxxx.xxx]4943
[Subtitle: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7rivr10.txt and 7rivr10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8rivr10.txt and 8rivr10.zip]
Jan 2004 Evolution of Expression V1, Charles Wesley Emerson[vlxprxxx.xxx]4942
Jan 2004 The House Boat Boys, by St. George Rathborne [hsbtbxxx.xxx]4941
Jan 2004 Grace Harlowe's Senior Year, Jessie Graham Flower [grhsyxxx.xxx]4940
[Full title: Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School]
Jan 2004 Chopin: The Man and His Music, by James Huneker [chmmmxxx.xxx]4939
Jan 2004 US Presidential Inagural Addresses, by Various [inaguxxx.xxx]4938
[Subtitle: From 1789 to the Present]
(inagu10.txt and inagu10.zip have all addresses combined in one long file,
inagu10m.zip has each address in a separate file. Contents are listed
in each.)
Jan 2004 Hudibras, by Samuel Butler [Butler#11][hdbrsxxx.xxx]4937
Jan 2004 Li Romanz de l'estoire dou Graal, Robert de Boron [?graaxxx.xxx]4936
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7graa10.txt and 7graa10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8graa10.txt and 8graa10.zip]
[Language: French]
Jan 2004 Pathologie Verbale, ou L_sions de certains mots da[?pverxxx.xxx]4935
[Full Title: Pathologie Verbale, ou L_sions de certains mots dans le cours
de l'usage]
[Author's Full Name: Emile Littre]
[Author AKA: +mile Littr_]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pver10.txt and 7pver10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8pver10.txt and 8pver10.zip]
[Language: French]
Jan 2004 The Natural History of Wiltshire, John Aubrey [#2][nhwilxxx.xxx]4934
Jan 2004 L'Escalier d'Or, by Edmond Jaloux [?ledoxxx.xxx]4933
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ledo10.txt and 7ledo10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ledo10.txt and 8ledo10.zip]
Jan 2004 A Knight of the White Cross, G.A. Henty [Henty#7][kniwcxxx.xxx]4932
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes]
Jan 2004 Won by the Sword, by G.A. Henty [Henty#6][wbtsdxxx.xxx]4931
[Subtitle: A Story of the Thirty Years' War]
Jan 2004 Paste Jewels, by John Kendrick Bangs [Bangs#7][psjwxxx.xxx]4930
Jan 2004 Paste Jewels, by John Kendrick Bangs [Bangs#7][pswxxxx.xxx]4930
Jan 2004 The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig [#7][tfajcxxx.xxx]4929
[Author's Full Name: David Graham Phillips]
Jan 2004 Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch [#4][bllfnxxx.xxx]4928
[Contains: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, & Legends of Charlemagne]
Jan 2004 Legends of Charlemagne, by Thomas Bulfinch [#3][lgndsxxx.xxx]4927
Jan 2004 The Age of Chivalry, Thomas Bulfinch [Bulfinch#2][thgfcxxx.xxx]4926
Jan 2004 The Age of Fable, by Thomas Bulfinch [Bulfinch#1][thgffxxx.xxx]4925
Jan 2004 Dry-Farming, by John A. Widtsoe [dryfrxxx.xxx]4924
[Subtitle: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under Low Rainfall]
Jan 2004 King Midas: A Romance, by Upton Sinclair [U.S.#9][?midaxxx.xxx]4923
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mida10.txt and 7mida10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mida10.txt and 8mida10.zip]
Jan 2004 Bar-20 Days, by Clarence E. Mulford [Mulford#2][br20dxxx.xxx]4922
Jan 2004 Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes, Various [ycrhyxxx.xxx]4921
Jan 2004 The Blind Spot, by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint[bspotxxx.xxx]4920
Jan 2004 Letters of Horace Walpole, V4,Horace Walpole[HP#5][lthw4xxx.xxx]4919
[The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 4]
Jan 2004 The Lilac Sunbonnet, by S.R. Crockett [Crockett#2][lilacxxx.xxx]4918
[Subtitle: A Love Story]
Jan 2004 The Kellys and the O'Kellys, Anthony Trollope[#31][kellyxxx.xxx]4917
Jan 2004 Undertow, Kathleen Norris [Norris #8][untowxxx.xxx]4916
Jan 2004 The Heart of Rachael, Kathleen Norris [Norris #7][heracxxx.xxx]4915
Jan 2004 The Motor Girls, by Margaret Penrose [Penrose#2][tmtglxxx.xxx]4914
Jan 2004 Chess and Checkers, by Edward Lasker [lchchxxx.xxx]4913
[Full title: Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership]
Jan 2004 Wacousta, by John Richardson [Richardson#4][wcstcxxx.xxx]4912
Jan 2004 Wacousta (Volume III), by John Richardson [JR#3][wcst3xxx.xxx]4911
Jan 2004 The Magic Pudding, Norman Lindsay [mpuddxxx.xxx]4910
[Subtitle: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends
Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff]
Jan 2004 Olaf van Geldern, Pencho Slaveykov [Slaveykov #1][olavgxxx.xxx]4909
[In Bulgarian, Windows 1251 encoding. See eBook #3433 for #2]
Jan 2004 Five of Maxwell's Papers, James Clerk Maxwell [#1][jmax1xxx.xxx]4908
[Note: the .zip includes a photo of Maxwell]
Jan 2004 Moths of the Limberlost, Gene Stratton-Porter [#9][mothlxxx.xxx]4907
Jan 2004 The Lucky Man, by M. Baron, Frank J. Morlock trans[luckyxxx.xxx]4906C
[Author's name: Michel Baron; Frank J. Morlock translator]
Jan 2004 Galusha the Magnificent, Joseph C. Lincoln [#10][galusxxx.xxx]4905
Jan 2004 Quotations From George Meredith, by D.Widger [#18][dwqmrxxx.xxx]4904
[Quotations from the PG Collected Works of George Meredith, by David Widger]
Jan 2004 Hilda Wade, Grant Allen [Allen #5][hildaxxx.xxx]4903
Jan 2004 Chess History and Reminiscences, H. E. Bird [chshrxxx.xxx]4902
[Author's full name: Henry Edward Bird]
Jan 2004 The Only True Mother Goose Melodies, by Anonymous [goosexxx.xxx]4901
Jan 2004 The Lucky Man, by M. Baron, Frank J. Morlock trans[luckyxxx.xxx]4906C
[Author's name: Michel Baron; Frank J. Morlock translator]
Jan 2004 Entire 1584-86 United Netherlands, by Motley[#47][jm47vxxx.xxx]4847
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#46][jm46vxxx.xxx]4846
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#45][jm45vxxx.xxx]4845
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585-86 by Motley[#44][jm44vxxx.xxx]4844
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#43][jm43vxxx.xxx]4843
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#42][jm42vxxx.xxx]4842
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#41][jm41vxxx.xxx]4841
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#40][jm40vxxx.xxx]4840
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#39][jm39vxxx.xxx]4839
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1584-85 by Motley[#38][jm38vxxx.xxx]4838
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1584 by Motley[#37][jm37vxxx.xxx]4837
[Full Title: History of the United Netherlands From the Death of William
the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce]
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
Jan 2004 Entire 1574-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#35][jm35vxxx.xxx]4835
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1582-84 by Motley[#34][jm34vxxx.xxx]4834
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1580-82 by Motley[#33][jm33vxxx.xxx]4833
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1579-80 by Motley[#32][jm32vxxx.xxx]4832
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#31][jm31vxxx.xxx]4831
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#30][jm30vxxx.xxx]4830
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577-78 by Motley[#29][jm29vxxx.xxx]4829
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577 by Motley[#28][jm28vxxx.xxx]4828
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577 by Motley[#27][jm27vxxx.xxx]4827
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576-77 by Motley[#26][jm26vxxx.xxx]4826
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576 by Motley[#25][jm25vxxx.xxx]4825
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1574-76 by Motley[#24][jm24vxxx.xxx]4824
Jan 2004 Entire 1566-74 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#23][jm23vxxx.xxx]4823
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573-74 by Motley[#22][jm22vxxx.xxx]4822
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573 by Motley[#21][jm21vxxx.xxx]4821
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572-73 by Motley[#20][jm20vxxx.xxx]4820
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572 by Motley[#19][jm19vxxx.xxx]4819
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1570-72 by Motley[#18][jm18vxxx.xxx]4818
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1569-70 by Motley[#17][jm17vxxx.xxx]4817
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568 by Motley[#16][jm16vxxx.xxx]4816
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568 by Motley[#15][jm15vxxx.xxx]4815
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567 by Motley[#14][jm14vxxx.xxx]4814
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567 by Motley[#13][jm13vxxx.xxx]4813
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566 by Motley[#12][jm12vxxx.xxx]4812
Jan 2004 Entire 1555-66 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#11][jm11vxxx.xxx]4811
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566 by Motley[#10][jm10vxxx.xxx]4810
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1564-65 by Motley [#9][jm09vxxx.xxx]4809
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1563-64 by Motley [#8][jm08vxxx.xxx]4808
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1561-62 by Motley [#7][jm07vxxx.xxx]4807
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1560-61 by Motley [#6][jm06vxxx.xxx]4806
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1559-60 by Motley [#5][jm05vxxx.xxx]4805
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-59 by Motley [#4][jm04vxxx.xxx]4804
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555 by Motley [#3][jm03vxxx.xxx]4803
Jan 2004 Dutch Republic, Introduction II. by Motley [#2][jm02vxxx.xxx]4802
Jan 2004 Dutch Republic, Introduction I. by Motley [#1][jm01vxxx.xxx]4801
[Full Title: The Rise of the Dutch Republic]
[Author's full name: John Lothrop Motley]
Dec 2003 The Complete Works, Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. 1-3 [xxxxxxxx.xxx]4800*
Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol.III[xxxxxxxx.xxx]4799*
Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. II[shly2xxx.xxx]4798
[Full title: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II]
[Full author: Percy Bysshe Shelley]
Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. I [shly1xxx.xxx]4797
[Full title: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I]
[Full author: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edited by Thomas Hutchinson, M. A.]
Dec 2003 Jack Tier, by James Fenimore Cooper [JFC #10][?tierxxx.xxx]4796
[Full Title: Jack Tier or The Florida Reef]
[7 bit non-accented files in 7tier10.txt and 7tier10.zip]
[8 bit accented files in 8tier10.txt and 8tier10.zip]
Dec 2003 The Circassian Slave,Lieutenant Maturin Murray[#2][tcstsxxx.xxx]4795
[Full Title: The Circassian Slave; or, The Sultan's Favorite]
[Subtitle: A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus]
Dec 2003 Dawn, Mrs. Harriet A. Adams [xdawnxxx.xxx]4794
[8 bit accented files are in 8dawn10.txt and 8dawn10.zip]
[7 bit non-accented files are in 7dawn10.txt and 7dawn10.zip]
Dec 2003 The Fiend's Delight, Dod Grile [thfndxxx.xxx]4793
Dec 2003 In Freedom's Cause, G. A. Henty [Henty #5][infrcxxx.xxx]4792
Dec 2003 Voyage au Centre de la Terre, Jules Verne [#22][?vcenxxx.xxx]4791
[8vcen10.txt is French, 7vcen10.txt uses unaccented characters]
Dec 2003 Half a Rogue, by Harold MacGrath [MacGrath#3][hlfrgxxx.xxx]4790
Dec 2003 Black Caesar's Clan, by Albert Payson Terhune [#4][blcsrxxx.xxx]4789
Dec 2003 Mademoiselle Fifi, by Guy de Maupassant [#21][?fifixxx.xxx]4788
[Contains two short stories: Mademoiselle Fifi and Boule de Suif]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7fifi10.txt and 7fifi10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8fifi10.txt and 8fifi10.zip]
Dec 2003 The Story Of Julia Page, by Kathleen Norris [KN#7][stjlpxxx.xxx]4787
Dec 2003 Zone Policeman 88, by Harry A. Franck [znplcxxx.xxx]4786
Dec 2003 Pecheur d'Islande, by Pierre Loti [Loti#8][?pchsxxx.xxx]4785
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pchs10.txt and .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8pchs10.txt and .zip)
Dec 2003 Brother and Sister, by Josephine Lawrence [brsstxxx.xxx]4784
Dec 2003 Riley Farm-Rhymes, by James Whitcomb Riley [JWR#3][rlfrrxxx.xxx]4783
Dec 2003 When We Dead Awaken, by Henrik Ibsen [wwddwxxx.xxx]4782
Dec 2003 Hohenzollerns in America, by Stephen Leacock[SL#8][hhnzlxxx.xxx]4781
[Full title: The Hohenzollerns in America]
Dec 2003 Terrorists and Freedom Fighters, Sam Vaknin [#7][rroulxxx.xxx]4780C
Dec 2003 Russian Roulette, Sam Vaknin [Vaknin #6][terffxxx.xxx]4779C
[Full title: Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era]
(NOTE: PG's first etext written in HEBREW!!!:)
Dec 2003 Sipurim (Stories), Shmuel Vaknin [Vaknin #5][sipurxxx.xxx]4778C
[Shmuel Vaknin is also known as Sam Vaknin]
(This etext is a collection of stories in Hebrew. It is distributed
only as a .zip since it contains multiple files in multiple formats.)
Dec 2003 Strong as Death, Guy de Maupassant[Maupassant #20][sdeatxxx.xxx]4777
Dec 2003 Political Ideals, Bertrand Russell [Russell #3][pideaxxx.xxx]4776
Dec 2003 Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Andrew Lang[Lang #35][thbmxxx.xxx]4775
[Full title: Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose]
Dec 2003 The Merry Devil, William Shakespeare [WS #53][mdevixxx.xxx]4774
Dec 2003 Letters of Horace Walpole v3, Horace Walpole [#4][lthw3xxx.xxx]4773
[Full title: The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 3]
Dec 2003 Jeannot et Colin, Voltaire [Voltaire #11][jetcXxxx.xxx]4772
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in jetc710.txt & .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in jetc810.txt & .zip)
Dec 2003 Le Blanc et le Noir, Voltaire [Voltaire #10][betn8xxx.xxx]4771
[Author's Given Name: Jean-Marie Arouet]
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in betn710.txt & .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in betn810.txt & .zip)
Dec 2003 Work: A Story of Experience, Louisa M. Alcott[#11][wasoexxx.xxx]4770
(Files available in text & text zipped; also HTML zipped only, since there is
more than one HTML file)
Dec 2003 Young Folks' History of England, by C.M.Yonge[#25][yfkhgxxx.xxx]4769
Dec 2003 Let's collect rocks & shells, by Shell Oil Company[lcrshxxx.xxx]4768
Dec 2003 The Mayor's Wife, by Anna Katherine Green[Green#7][mrswfxxx.xxx]4767
Dec 2003 Windows, 5th Series Play by Galsworthy [JG#40][windoxxx.xxx]4766
[Author's full name: John Galsworthy]
Dec 2003 Loyalties, 5th Series Play by Galsworthy [JG#39][loyalxxx.xxx]4765
Dec 2003 A Family Man, 5th Series Play by Galsworthy[JG#38][familxxx.xxx]4764
[Author's full name: John Galsworthy]
Dec 2003 The Game of Logic, Lewis Carroll [Carroll #6][thgmfxxx.xxx]4763
Dec 2003 Civil Government of Virginia, William F. Fox [civvaxxx.xxx]4762
Dec 2003 The Cossacks, Leo Tolstoy [Tolstoy #15][cosskxxx.xxx]4761
Dec 2003 Tillie: A Mennonite Maid,Helen Reimensnyder Martin[tillixxx.xxx]4760
Dec 2003 The Romance of Rubber, John Martin (Ed.) [rubbrxxx.xxx]4759
Dec 2003 Late Lyrics and Earlier, Thomas Hardy [Hardy #25][ltlrxxxx.xxx]4758
Dec 2003 The Long Ago, Jacob William Wright [lnagoxxx.xxx]4757
Dec 2003 The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, Wallace Irwin [tlshdxxx.xxx]4756
Dec 2003 California and the Californians, D. S. Jordan [#2][clfrnxxx.xxx]4755
[Author's full name: David Starr Jordan]
Dec 2003 The Philosophy of Despair, David Starr Jordan [#1][phdesxxx.xxx]4754
Dec 2003 The Forfeiture, Riviere Dufresny, Morlock tr [#2][forfexxx.xxx]4753C
[The Forfeiture by Riviere Dufresny, translated by Frank J. Morlock]
Dec 2003 Spirit of Contradiction, Dufresny, Morlock tr [#1][spconxxx.xxx]4752C
[The Spirit of Contradiction by Riviere Dufresny, translated
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Dec 2003 Baree, Son of Kazan, James Oliver Curwood [#9][bareexxx.xxx]4748
Dec 2003 The River's End, James Oliver Curwood [Curwood #8][trivexxx.xxx]4747
Dec 2003 Kennedy Square, by F. Hopkinson Smith [Smith#6][kndsqxxx.xxx]4746
Dec 2003 At the Villa Rose, by A.E.W. Mason [vllrsxxx.xxx]4745
Dec 2003 Ten Nights in a Bar Room, by T. S. Arthur [tnnghxxx.xxx]4744
Dec 2003 The Country Beyond, by James Oliver Curwood[JOC#8][cntbdxxx.xxx]4743
Dec 2003 E-books and e-publishing, Sam Vaknin [Vaknin #4][ebpubxxx.xxx]4742C
Dec 2003 Silence en otage, by Huguette Bertrand [#12][silenxxx.xxx]4741C
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Dec 2003 A Tale of a Tub, Jonathan Swift [Swift #6][tltbxxx.xxx]4737
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[Full title: The Grim Smile of the Five Towns]
Dec 2003 When Egypt Went Broke, by Holman Day [wngptxxx.xxx]4733
Dec 2003 Prolegomena, Julius Wellhausen [prolexxx.xxx]4732
[Full title: Prolegomena to the History of Israel]
Dec 2003 Seven Little Australians, Ethel Turner [slausxxx.xxx]4731
Dec 2003 The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, C.J. Dennis [tsblkxxx.xxx]4730
Dec 2003 Observations by Mr. Dooley, Finley Peter Dunne [omdooxxx.xxx]4729
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, All, O.W. Holmes[OWH#14][oh14vxxx.xxx]4728
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v3, O.W. Holmes [OWH#13][oh13vxxx.xxx]4727
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v2, O.W. Holmes [OWH#12][oh12vxxx.xxx]4726
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v1, O.W. Holmes [OWH#11][oh11vxxx.xxx]4725
[Full Title: A Memoir of John Lothrop Motley]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
Dec 2003 Against Sceptics and Atheists, George Berkeley[#3][scthtxxx.xxx]4724
[Full title: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, in Opposition
to Sceptics and Atheists]
Dec 2003 Principles of Human Knowledge, George Berkeley[#2][prhknxxx.xxx]4723
[Full title: A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge]
Dec 2003 Towards a New Theory of Vision,George Berkeley[#1][trvsnxxx.xxx]4722
[Full title: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision]
Dec 2003 Darkness and Daylight, by Mary J. Holmes[Holmes#2][drkdlxxx.xxx]4721
Dec 2003 Wacousta (Volume II), by John Richardson [JR#2][wcst2xxx.xxx]4720
Dec 2003 Wacousta (Volume I), by John Richardson [JR#1][wcst1xxx.xxx]4719
Dec 2003 Histoire des Voyages de Scarmentado, Voltaire [#9][hstrdxxx.xxx]4718
[Subtitle: Romans vol. 6 ("Romans" is French for "Novels")]
[Author's Given Name: Jean-Marie Arouet]
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Jan 2004 The Age of Fable, by Thomas Bullfinch[Bullfinch#1][thgffxxx.xxx]4925
Jan 2004 Dry-Farming, by John A. Widtsoe [dryfrxxx.xxx]4924
[Subtitle: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under Low Rainfall]
Jan 2004 King Midas: A Romance, by Upton Sinclair [U.S.#9][?midaxxx.xxx]4923
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Jan 2004 Art of Money Getting, by P.T. Barnum [amgetxxx.xxx]4922
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Jan 2004 Letters of Horace Walpole, V4,Horace Walpole[HP#5][lthw4xxx.xxx]4919
[Full Title: The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 4]
Jan 2004 The Lilac Sunbonnet, by S.R. Crockett [Crockett#2][lilacxxx.xxx]4918
Jan 2004 The Kellys and the O'Kellys, Anthony Trollope[#31][kellyxxx.xxx]4917
Jan 2004 Undertow, Kathleen Norris [Norris #8][untowxxx.xxx]4916
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Jan 2004 Chess and Checkers, by Edward Lasker [lchchxxx.xxx]4913
[Full title: Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership]
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Jan 2004 Wacousta (Volume III), by John Richardson [JR#3][wcst3xxx.xxx]4911
Jan 2004 The Magic Pudding, Norman Lindsay [mpuddxxx.xxx]4910
[Subtitle: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends
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Jan 2004 Chess History and Reminiscences, H. E. Bird [chshrxxx.xxx]4902
[Author's full name: Henry Edward Bird]
Jan 2004 The Only True Mother Goose Melodies, by Anonymous [goosexxx.xxx]4901
Jan 2004 Entire 1574-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#35][jm35vxxx.xxx]4835
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Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. II[shly2xxx.xxx]4798
[Full title: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II]
[Full author: Percy Bysshe Shelley]
Volume 1 Was Announced LasT Week 4797
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[Full Title: Jack Tier or The Florida Reef]
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Dec 2003 The Circassian Slave,Lieutenant Maturin Murray[#2][tcstsxxx.xxx]4795
[Full Title: The Circassian Slave; or, The Sultan's Favorite]
[Subtitle: A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus]
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Dec 2003 In Freedom's Cause, G. A. Henty [Henty #5][infrcxxx.xxx]4792
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The Attorney General's Office Works "Swiftly."
By Mark Wilkinson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American intelligence officer admitted on
Tuesday to having spied for Cuba for 17 years, bringing to a close
what U.S. prosecutors dubbed a "classic espionage case."
......
"This should send a loud and clear message to anyone committing acts
of espionage in this country that we will deal with them swiftly and
that the price for compromising our country's security will be high,"
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WELCOME TO THE 'THUMB TRIBE'
Young people under the age of 25 who are avid users of handheld
technologies such as mobile phones, GameBoys and PDAs, are exhibiting a
physical mutation, according to research conducted by the Cybernetic
Culture Research Unit at Warwick University in England. The study, carried
out in nine cities around the world, indicates that the thumbs of younger
people have taken over as the hand's strongest and most dexterous digit.
Indeed, in Japan, where the trend is most noticeable, the under-25s refer
to themselves as "oya yubi sedai" -- the thumb generation, or thumb tribe.
The study's author, Dr. Sadie Plant, says: "The fact that our thumbs
operate differently from our fingers is one of the main things that defines
us as humans. Discovering that the generation has taken to using thumbs in
a completely different way and are instinctively using it where the rest of
us use our index fingers is particularly interesting." She cites examples
of younger people using their thumbs exclusively and ambidextrously to type
messages on a phone keypad, barely looking at the keys while doing so.
"They used the absolute minimal movement -- simply exerting pressure with
the thumb rather than tapping at the phone. There are many ways to input
information into these devices, but for some reason kids under 25 most
often choose to use their thumbs over any other digit. There is no question
that choice is having a clear effect on their physicality: thumbs are the
new fingers." (The Observer 24 Mar 2002)
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,673103,00.html
WORTH THINKING ABOUT: THE RISE OF THE VIRTUAL STATE
UCLA professor Richard Rosecrance says a new kind of nation is
emerging on the world scene:
"Developing countries, which still produce goods derived from land,
continue to covet territory. But where the products of land no longer
determine market and power relationships, a new form of state is being
born: the virtual nation, a nation based on mobile capital, labor, and
information. The virtual state is a political unit that has downsized its
territorially based production capability and is the logical consequence of
emancipation from land. Virtual states and their associates would rather
plumb the world market than acquire territory.
"In its pure form -- an ideal model toward which many states are
tending -- the virtual state carries with it the possibility of an entirely
new system of world politics. In the past, when military conflict and the
desire for territory determined relations between nations, the main flow
between countries consisted of armies. Future flows will be largely
economic as capital, technology, manpower, and information move rapidly
among states. In the long term, national access to international factors of
production can replace the need to control additional land."
LINUX PROMOTER VIEWED AS 'SKUNK IN THE ROOM' BY FEARFUL PC MAKERS
The chief technology officer of Red Hat, a company that sells a version of
the Linux operating system, told a federal court hearing the Microsoft
antitrust case that executives of manufacturers such as Compaq, IBM, and
Dell were so fearful of retaliation from Microsoft that they treated him as
though "a skunk had come into the room" when he approached them about
putting Linux software on their PCs. "As the representative of the only
competitor in the domain in which Microsoft remains all powerful, I have
often felt, more than the Maytag repairman, that I have the loneliest job
in town." Although Microsoft licenses a version of its Office software that
runs on the Apple operating systems, a Microsoft spokesman said that his
company sees "no great demand" for Office on Linux, and that the
engineering cost of making a Linux version of Office would not provide a
sufficient return on investment to justify the expense. (Washington Post 25
Mar 2002) http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11835-2002Mar24.html
COMING TO YOUR IN-BOX: "YOU'VE GOT A SUBPOENA"
A federal appellate court has ruled that a Las Vegas casino suing an
unlocatable Internet gambling group can use e-mail to send sufficient
notification of the legal action it is taking. Law professor Ann McGinley of
UNLV says the decision sets a precedent that will "make it easier for
lawyers to find elusive defendants. I think we are moving in the direction
of service by e-mail." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 22 Mar 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2913542.htm
GOOGLE PULLS, THEN RESTORES, LINK TO ANTI-SCIENTOLOGY SITE
Caught between the Church of Scientology (which says it was protecting its
own copyrighted material) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (which says
it was protecting free speech), the Google search service first removed,
then replaced, reference to a site critical of Scientology. The Church of
Scientology has accused the site Xenu.net of "wholesale, verbatim copyright
infringement" for posting large quantities of copyrighted material; Xenu and
the Electronic Frontier Foundation have charged that the Church was using
copyright laws to stifle criticism. (Reuters/San Jose Mercury News 21 Mar
2002) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2910195.htm
HOLLINGS OFFERS BILL TO STOP ILLEGAL MUSIC AND VIDEO SHARING
Senator Ernest Hollings (D., SC) has introduced legislation that would
require computermakers and Hollywood producers to agree on a technical
standard that can be used to prevent computers and other devices from
playing copyrighted digitql files without permission. Media companies (such
as Disney) favor the legislation, which protects their intellectual
property, but computer and equipment companies (such as Intel) oppose it
because it would restrict the functionality of new products. A Hollings aide
says that the legislation respects traditional "fair use" rights for
personal use. (Reuters/USA Today 22 Mar 2002)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/22/digital-piracy.htm
A GOOSE AND GANDER STORY: AOL TIME WARNER WORKERS HATE AOL MAIL SYSTEM
When AOL and Time Warner merged, executives of the new company required the
divisions of the old Time Warner to adopt AOL mail system for internal use
throughout the new company. But now that policy has been reversed, because
managers and employees complained bitterly that AOL's consumer-oriented
system is unfit for serious business use, maintaining that the software
crashes, messages can't handle large attachments, communications sent to
large groups of people are mis-identified as spam and thrown away, and so
forth. Staffers in Time's Washington bureau apparently began to mock the AOL
mail system by singing out, "So easy to use, no wonder it's number one." So
employees began relying less on e-mail and more on other forms of
communication. One staffer said, "If all goes well, we'll never have to use
e-mail and we'll start talking to each other again." (Wall Street Journal 22
Mar 2002) http://www.online.wsj.com/ (sub req'd)
MICROSOFT EYES CHINA AS NEXT BATTLEGROUND WITH AOL
Microsoft is considering offering Internet access in China in an expansion
strategy that would pit it directly against AOL, which is already moving
ahead with a $200-million China Internet service joint venture with Legend
Holdings. The move would further escalate the cutthroat competition between
the two companies -- Microsoft is currently conducting an aggressive
campaign to persuade AOL users to switch to MSN, offering a $50 cash
inducement to new subscribers. The software maker is also eyeing Internet
access service partnerships in India and there's been increased speculation
that Microsoft will make a further push into Europe's ISP market soon in an
effort to garner more paying customers. (Reuters 21 Mar 2002)
http://www1.excite.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,220547|technology
|03-21-2002::06:59|reuters,00.html
DIGITAL TECH CORPS ACT WOULD CREATE IT WORKER EXCHANGE
Legislation set for consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives in
early April seeks to create an information technology exchange program
between the federal government and businesses. The Digital Tech Corps Act
would help alleviate a shortage of government tech workers by rotating
private-sector employees with IT-skills into jobs at federal agencies for
temporary assignments lasting up to two years. Government agencies in turn
would lend members of their IT staffs to businesses for similar time
periods. The proposed bill comes as several federal agencies, including the
Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Interior Department, are
under heavy criticism for having outdated and inadequate computer systems.
A study released last year by the Government Reform Committee found that
more than 40% of major federal IT purchases end in failure. "We need
individuals who can work daily on reviewing the status of IT modernizations
or cross-agency initiatives," says bill co-sponsor Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.).
"Unfortunately, the government cannot attract mid-level IT managers who can
perform these functions." (CNet News.com 20 Mar 2002)
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-865166.html
APPLE SPEEDS UP PRODUCTION OF iMACs
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs announced a $100 price increase in iMac
computers and promised to double iMac shipments to 5,000 a day. Third-party
retailers have been complaining that they have been kept waiting on the
delivery of iMacs while some stores owned by Apple are getting a steady
supply, but an Apple marketing manager said: "There's this misperception
that in some way we are hogging all the units. We sold less than 10% of the
iMacs through our Apple retail stores." (San Jose Mercury News 20 Mar 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2902106.htm
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MIT COMES TO WASHINGTON'S DEFENSE
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has entered into
an alliance with the Pentagon to develop high-tech armor for
soldiers that would incorporate nanotechnology. The United States
government will put $50 million into the Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnology at MIT, while the school will put 35 of its
professors on the project in return. Defense contractors Raytheon
and DuPont are also contributing $40 million over a period of five
years. Some of the applications planned for development include a
fabric with nano-engineered liquid molecules that would stiffen
when subjected to a magnetic field. Soldiers could use their
clothing as a cast if bones are broken, or as protection against
penetration by bullets. Nanotechnology could help to significantly
reduce the weight soldiers currently have to carry, upwards of 125
pounds. The research initially will be unclassified, but that could
quickly change should the Defense Department find any dramatically
valuable military technology.
(Financial Times, 25 March 2002)
HOLLINGS PROPOSES COPYRIGHT DEFENSE
Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Commerce
Committee, on Thursday introduced the Consumer Broadband and
Digital Television Promotion Act. The law would require that new
technologies, including hardware and software, include features
to prevent the illegal reproduction of copyrighted works, putting
the onus of curtailing copyright problems on the makers of
electronic equipment and applications. Opponents of this and
similar measures contend that they place too much control in the
hands of copyright owners, stripping consumers of traditional
[*legal*] rights of use. (Washington Post, 22 March 2002)
SUN TO BEGIN CHARGING FOR STAROFFICE
Starting this May, Sun Microsystems will begin charging users for
the StarOffice office productivity suite. The software had been
available for free download for the last two years, but users had
indicated that they would be willing to pay for the product if
there were support provided. Sun will continue to offer free
downloads of the OpenOffice.org version of the product, which is
similar to StarOffice. Sun Vice President Mike Rogers said that
by offering the business suite for sale as well as the free
open-source version, the company hopes to serve both ends of the
market. (Computerworld.com, 19 March 2002)
MERRIAM-WEBSTER WILL OFFER PAID ALTERNATIVE
Adding itself to the growing list of companies that offer premium
content online for a fee, Merriam-Webster introduced a subscription
service to complement its free online service, which remains.
Subscribers have access to the complete, unabridged dictionary,
including more than 470,000 entries, as well as features including
etymology searches, word games, and a monthly newsletter. The free
version contains fewer than half of the word listings as the paid
site. (Cnet, 18 March 2002)
[In fact, a site about "From Free to Fee" has popped up at:
http://www.theendoffree.com/ ]
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