The Beeb Is Reporting Rare photographs and memorabilia belonging to a relative of comic legend Stan Laurel are to be sold at auction.
The collection is being sold by the comedian’s nephew Huntley Jefferson Woods, 82, from Blyth, Northumberland.
The photographs and documents trace the life and career of the star, who was born in Cumbria.
When an interim government takes over from the US-led occupation next week, Iraq will regain its place among the world’s sovereign nations – except on the Internet.
More than 240 places have their own two-letter Internet country codes, from “.ac� for Ascension Island to “.zw� for Zimbabwe. There’s even “.ps� for the Palestinian territories.
But the domain assigned to Iraq, “.iq,� is stuck in a strange legalistic limbo because the company that administered it is under US criminal investigation.
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CNET Has More on The British Library’s plan to archive the British Web.
The British Library will not censor the material because it does not want to restrict what people can find out about in the future.
“We would like to take a snapshot of every year, as a sample of what the Web looked like”, said Boulderstone, suggesting that in the future, people could look back to 2004 and see the swear words that Web surfers were using.
search-engines-web.com writes “MSN Yahoo AOL have released new Anti-Spam Guidelines InfoWorld Has The Story
[QUOTE]An industry organization representing heavyweight e-mail providers Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc. and EarthLink Inc. released recommendations for ending unsolicited commercial (“spam”) e-mail, according to a statement by the group.
The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance’s (ASTA) Statement of Intent, released Tuesday, includes a list of suggestions and “best practice” recommendations for Internet service providers (ISPs), e-mail service providers, governments, corporations and bulk e-mail senders.
Among other things, ASTA recommended that ISPs shut down so-called “open relays,” or e-mail servers that allow parties that do not own the mail server to relay mail through them without needing to log in first. The group also suggested that ISPs crack down on virus and worm-infected computers on their network and closely monitor features that let people automatically register for ISP accounts.”
search-engines-web.com writes “First Google with 1GB, then Yahoo with 100MB, Now, in a few days Hotmail will start offering 100MB FREE see eWeek For More on the new free email wars.”
Ellen McCullough writes “Thomson Gale and xrefer Form Strategic Partnership
xreferplus Service to be Offered with Gale Virtual Reference Library
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., and Boston, Mass., June 22, 2004 — Thomson Gale, a part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX; TOC), and xrefer, provider of online ready reference services to libraries worldwide, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership for distribution in the United States and Canada of the xreferplus service in conjunction with Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Thomson Gale will distribute xreferplus as an added, ready-reference component of Gale Virtual Reference Library into academic, public, school, military and government libraries in the United States and Canada. A selection of Thomson Gale titles will also be made available to current and future xreferplus customers worldwide, whether they subscribe directly from xrefer or purchase xreferplus as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
The complete news release can be found here.
For more information contact:
At xrefer: Ellen McCullough at (617) 426-5710, or by e-mail at [email protected].”
The Friends of Cuban Libraries writes “From today’s Orlando Sentinel: ‘Ramon Colas will set up his booth at the ALA’s reading-fest today in Orlando, hoping to drive home to the nation’s librarians that freedom to read without fear of government persecution is not just an American value. It’s a basic human right… If America’s premier organization for defending free speech can’t make that connection, it loses all credibility on the Patriot Act.’
The full text of this hardhitting op-ed can be read in the Recent News section of the Friends of Cuban Libraries website: (www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org)”
An Anonymous Patron writes to tell us about this article on summer reading lists. “Summer reading lists are in season on the Internet. Here’s a sample, Readers all over the Web tell what books are on their nightstands this summer.”
Fang-Face writes “Here’s something that should fan the flames of hysteria. An article about
a book entitled Imperial Hubris . The name of the author is given as “Anonymous”. This author, however, is an insider and 20 year veteran of the CIA, and he does not treat the administration kindly, it seems. Although he was also critical of the Clinton administration, so the Bushites can capitalize on that to trumpet, “I Told You So!”
Also, I’m sure that all the conservative leaning among us will be quick to point out that this person’s opting to not reveal his name invalidates anything he could possibly have to say, but I will pre-emptively reply to that with Tomeboy’s refrain. He has to be allowed to remain anonymous because getting caught speaking out could cost him his job. (Even though the CIA pre-approved the book.) Personally, I think it could cost him his life, given the precedent the Bush administration established by outing Jack Plame’s wife.“
An Anonymous Patron writes about Monty Harper. “Monty “books” more than 50 summer reading programs each year in Oklahoma and surrounding states.
Monty’s recordings have received positive reviews in Booklist and School Library Journal. His latest CD, Take Me to Your Library, received a 2003 Parents’ Choice Approved award.”
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