Searcher articles from July 2005

Searcher archives from July 2005

The elusive un-client.(Searcher's VOICE)
July 1, 2005... Now that the era of intermediated searching has become just a History Channel project, can studying its historical role in the evolution of online information have anything to teach us? More, that is, than the fact that not even the bravest of...

Matter of survival: keeping up with medical breakthroughs.(INTERNET EXPRESS)
July 1, 2005... Lightning has struck twice. You remember the story about my friend who survived a metastasized colon cancer that should have killed him in the late 1990s ("Internet Express: Informed Consent," Searcher, June 1998, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 50+). After...

Capital IQ for those looking for an investor.(WEB WISE WAYS)
July 1, 2005... The phone rings. The person on the other end is a business broker looking to connect a company with an investor who can provide the financial backing the company needs to succeed. Can you find potential investors for this type of company, based...

Generosity and copyright: creative commons and creative commons search tools.
July 1, 2005... How many times have you had a patron come into your library or resource center and ask for help on a project, report, class assignment, or presentation? How often do they ask for print materials--books, magazines, or newspapers? How often do...

The bigger browser war: alternatives to MS Internet Explorer.
July 1, 2005... In Browserland days of yore (at least in the PC sector), there were really only two browsers--Internet Explorer and Netscape. I was a champion of Netscape. It was the first browser I ever used and I was fiercely loyal to it. No one could force...

Database protection legislation: copyright caught between a rock and a hard place.
July 1, 2005... Database protection legislation is one of those issues that seems to rear its head on a regular basis in spite of a tendency to die on the vine with corresponding regularity. Various legislative acts proposing some form of database protection...

Answers.com and Xrefer: the Chevy and Bimmer of ready reference.
July 1, 2005... When winnowing down our innumerable choices among Web-based information sources, we all use one factor: How much? The Web makes all of us pikers as it drowns us in data at no perceivable price beyond the cost of Internet access. When it comes...

10 best buys.(Buyers Guide)
July 1, 2005... Hardware Best Low-Cost PCs: Polywell Computers Inc.'s Poly 2800NF2-MX ($699); Averatec Inc.'s AV3270-EE1 ($949); Dell Inc.'s Inspiron 6000 ($999) Source: Cade Metz, "The Price Is Right," PC Magazine, May 10, 2005, pp. 98-102, 104-6,...

Contacts.(Directory)
July 1, 2005... Adaptec Inc. (Snap Server 4500) 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 (408) 945-8600 (800) 959-7274 (408) 262-2533 URL: http://www.adaptec.com Adobe Systems Inc. (Photoshop CS, Photoshop Elements...