Information Today articles from December 2007

Information Today archives from December 2007

A salute to the winners.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Editorial)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... As 2007 draws to a close, we've saved the best news for the last issue. This is the news you've been waiting for: We're finally announcing the winners of the 2007 People's Choice Awards. The two-part voting process took place online at...

Technology: just a part of the security puzzle.
December 1, 2007... In the mid-1990s when the Internet was growing more popular, the information technology industry was not prepared to keep up with the increasing amount of data and security threats. In fact, the IT industry has been trying to play catch-up...

Get an information attitude.(Leading With Information)
December 1, 2007... [In this era of information overload, getting the right information to the right people at the right time can be a critical factor in the success of an enterprise. Managing your resources--and that includes information--is key. In this first of...

Dedicated marketing solutions sold to U.K.'s media initiatives group.(NewsBytes)(DeSilva and Phillips)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Media investment banker DeSilva + Phillips announced the sale of its client, Dedicated Marketing Solutions, Inc. (DMS) to Media Initiatives Group, Ltd. (MIG), a U.K.-based media sales house. DMS uses proprietary technology to optimize its...

techPresident invites voters to online forum.(NewsBytes)(MSNBC Cable Network)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... techPresident.com, in association with The New York Times editorial board, MSNBC, and more than 40 co-sponsoring Web sites, has launched 10Questions.com, a user-generated presidential video debate. Users can submit online video questions...

OCLC releases results of social networking study, forms global organization.(NewsBytes)(OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc)(Survey)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... "Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World," the third in a series of reports providing insight into users' behaviors and expectations, was recently released by OCLC. The surveys for the study, which were administered online by Harris...

Wikimedia foundation extends annual fundraiser.(NewsBytes)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... The Wikimedia Foundation announced plans to use its annual fundraiser to extend learning to developing disadvantaged communities. The Wikipedia Academy teaches people how to create and edit the user-generated online encyclopedia in their native...

Wiley-Blackwell research journals to participate in CSE global theme issue.(NewsBytes)(Council of Science Editor)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Wiley-Blackwell announced that 16 of its STM journals will participate in the Council of Science Editor's (CSE) Global Theme Issue focused on poverty and human development. Wiley-Blackwell's journals will address key issues such as how poverty...

Thieme agreement with MLNC offers access to Ebook Library.(NewsBytes)(Thieme Publishing Group has signed an agreement with the Missouri Library Network Corporation)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Thieme Publishing Group has signed an agreement with the Missouri Library Network Corp. (MLNC), allowing members to license the Thieme ElectronicBook Library. Under the agreement, MLNC, which represents 31 libraries in Missouri, will be able to...

MPG terminates contract with Springer.(NewsBytes)(Max Planck Society)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Max Planck Society (MPG), a German research organization, cancelled its licensing agreement with Springer, the German publisher of STM journals and books, effective Jan. 1, 2008. Overpricing was cited as the reason. MPG reported that it...

Intelligent television teams with BioMed to produce open access documentaries.(NewsBytes)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Intelligent Television, a new company that produces educational television and video programs, has teamed with Bio-Med Central, the OA scientific publisher, to promote OA to science and medicine through the Open Access Documentary Project. The...

Tapella named nation's public printer.(NewsBytes)(Robert C. Tapella is appointed)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Robert C. Tapella, with confirmation from the Senate and commission from the president, has been named the U.S. Public Printer. Tapella will be in charge of more than 2,200 employees at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Previous...

Dataspaces: Google's new marching order?(Up Front with Barbara Quint)(Column)
December 1, 2007... Looks like that 800-pound gorilla is putting on weight again. I recently had a conversation with Stephen E. Arnold, one of the world's leading Google gurus (his latest work on the subject is Google Version 2.0, www.infonortics.com/...

Free content options continue to shake things up.(NewsBreak Update)(The Financial Times)
December 1, 2007... The free-versus-fee debate continued as another major media player tweaked its business model. FT.com, the Internet site of The Financial Times that has charged for most of its online content in the past, announced that articles and data will...

Words to work by.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Pepper your next corporate conversation with a few of these new tech terms: blamestorming: A group process where participants analyze a failed project and look for scapegoats other than themselves. adminisphere: The upper levels of...

BKFK and Pearson foundation launch storytelling competition.(NewsBytes)
December 1, 2007... By Kids For Kids (BKFK) and the Pearson Foundation announced the Digital Arts Challenge, a national competition for teens (up to 19 years old). Contestants are required to submit a personal story sharing their experiences as teens growing up in...

SLA's click university offers KM certification program.(NewsBytes)(Special Libraries Association)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... The Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced it will offer a knowledge management (KM) course and certificate through Click University, an online learning system and site of the Competitive Intelligence Certificates Program. Post-graduate,...

In memoriam: Joe Ebersole.(NewsBytes)(Obituary)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Joe Ebersole, longtime industry leader, died Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C. Mr. Ebersole spoke at many NFAIS intellectual property meetings and had a long history in scientific and technical information and law. In the late 1960s, he was the...

Life in the digital age.(survey result)(Survey)
December 1, 2007... If you spend any time with teens, you'll see digital technology in action: chatting or text messaging on cell phones, listening to music on their iPods, or multitasking with ease, using all the digital devices at once. Teens are the first...

Calling all bloggers: here's a reading challenge.(WEB 2.0)(publishing industry markets through blogs)
December 1, 2007... I recently talked to a publisher who had followed a link to a blog called Caribou's Mom, a site that I had picked up in one of my many RSS feeds. He was taken by the concept of reading challenges and asked whether I thought there might be any...

Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... A s 2007 comes to an end, I'd like to take a moment to pause and reflect on issues past and present. Throughout the year, we've quoted and quipped and tracked and traced a variety of news and trends around the globe. We've covered...

Born to play it out.(Column)
December 1, 2007... As I stood at the 12th-floor window of a London hotel recently, I balanced my laptop on the window ledge. I was trying to pick up the wireless signal of belkin57, the one unsecured wireless network in range. Although the transfer speeds...

Infotoons.
December 1, 2007... THE GHOST OF ITS PAST [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE GHOST OF IT PRESENT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE GHOST OF IT FUTURE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SEASONS GREETINGS POOF!

The OA drama of it all.(Focus on Publishing)(White House Statement of Administration Policy )(Industry overview)
December 1, 2007... The open access (OA) movement has all the makings of a good opera. The drama heightens, and it looks as though the plot is about to turn into a happy ending, but then some politician comes around and dampens the mood. Interested parties...

The written word--in all its myriad forms.(Internet Waves)(Column)
December 1, 2007... I came home from work the other day and found a box from Amazon.com sitting on my front porch. Happy-happy, joy-joy! But I really couldn't remember ordering anything recently, so this was somewhat of a mystery. When I took the box inside...

The value of fair use.(Legal Issues)(portecting copyright of internet services)
December 1, 2007... As the Internet and digital content have grown, so has the threat to the fair use of copyrighted material. The ease in which digital content can be copied, published, and distributed works against the principles underlying the fair use...

Why pay for subpar music?(Intellectual Property)(quality management in Compact discs use by mass media industry)
December 1, 2007... Over the past few decades, several media formats have improved. Take still images, for example. The clarity, color, and resolution of images have improved considerably as the medium has evolved from analog to digital. As a result, consumers get...

True confessions: why I blog.(Library Stuff Revisited)(Reader's advisory services (Libraries) )(Viewpoint essay)
December 1, 2007... Early in October, the folks behind Google Reader (http://reader.google.com) released a new feature that caused an uproar in the blogging community. You could actually figure out (with numerous mathematical steps) how many users subscribed to...

Back to the future for publishers and content management.(Insider's Perspective)
December 1, 2007... Here we are at the end of 2007, and content management for publishers is as fragmented as it was in the early days of the Web. Publishers still have to organize their workflows around the capabilities of discrete single-source, print, and Web...

Time is right for ThinkFree.(IT Spotlight)(Company overview)
December 1, 2007... Here's another hightech company with an innovative new service that offers a platform-independent office productivity solution for companies and individuals. FOUNDER TJ Kang's interest in computer-related solutions began when he wrote...

New faces for the 2008 SLA board of directors.(NewsMakers)(Special Libraries Association appoints Gloria Zamora, Susan Fifer Canby and Tom Rink )(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The SLA announced the results of its 2008 board of directors' election. And here are the new winners: Gloria Zamora of Sandia National Laboratories will serve as the association's next president-elect (3-year...

'Tis the season.(NewsMakers)(DespairWear markets it's T-shirts)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Do you have a blogger on your gift list this year? Think about getting a T-shirt from DespairWear (www.despair.com), billed as "comfortably clothing you in uncomfortable truths." The big, bold capital letters announce the inevitable: "More...

A new role for Matt Dunie.(NewsMakers)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... In January, Matt Dunie will leave his 12-year post as president of CSA and then ProQuest. Dunie will continue to be an integral contributor to Cambridge Information Group (CIG), the parent company of ProQuest. As of the first of the year, he...

Name droppers.(NewsMakers)(Gerhard Ertl of Germany received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry)(Mario R. Capecchi, Martin Evans, and Oliver Smithies were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... When it comes to Nobel laureates, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is mighty proud of its collection. This year, nine more Nobel Prize winners were added to Wiley's list of 350-plus other authors who have published with the firm. * Gerhard Ertl of...

The anatomy of personalized Google results.
December 1, 2007... Your search results on Google may not be the same as my search results. Google actually tailors results for individuals to deliver the most relevant, useful results possible, which may sound like a good thing overall. But it may not be if you...

Serence's world of widgets.(Behind the Scenes)
December 1, 2007... Widget. It's a pint-sized term for a powerful tool that's now making a serious impact on consumer desktops and corporate bottom lines. The folks at Serence, Inc., an Ottawa-based company, have turned their sites to developing a full menu...

Safari: creating a real-time e-Reference solution.(talk with Jeff Patterson of Safari Books Online)(Interview)
December 1, 2007... Jeff Patterson was recently appointed CEO of Safari Books Online, a joint venture between O'Reilly Media, Inc. and The Pearson Technology Group. When I caught up with him recently, we discussed some of his first impressions in his new position....

Boom times for Asian domains.(International REPORT)
December 1, 2007... Governments and companies became eligible to register Internet addresses in the new .asia domain in early October. Individuals will need to wait until February 2008 before they can apply. The sponsoring organization and registry operator for...

Conferences by the number.(Conference Circuit)(information industry)(Calendar)
December 1, 2007... December is traditionally a time to review the past year's accomplishments. However, for this column, I thought it would be interesting to provide some statistics on the conferences held during the past 2 years. All of this data has been taken...

Il 2007: it's all about 2.0.(REPORT FROM THE FIELD)
December 1, 2007... [This report was compiled from postings by the ITI blog team: Don Hawkins, Kathy Dempsey, Paula Hane, David Hoffman, and Dick Kaser.--Ed.] As librarians opened the doors to the 11th Internet Librarian (IL) conference on Oct. 28, they geared...

Conferences around the world.(Conference Circuit)(Pennsylvania Convention Center)(Louisville Marriott Downtown)(Stanford University, Stanford)(Hyatt Regency Newport Hotel & Spa)(Santa Clara Convention Center)(Conference news)(Calendar)
December 1, 2007... For information on ITI's conferences, turn to page 32. January 11-16: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center). Registration for the American Library Association (ALA) 2008 Midwinter Meeting includes attendance to more than 200...

Accessible archives announces new web site.(Product News & Reviews)(Website overview)
December 1, 2007... Accessible Archives, Inc. recently debuted its revamped Web site with enhancements to its databases of 18th- and 19th-century American newspapers, including full imaging for each page. The information retrieval system was also upgraded to a...

Wiley-Blackwell and INSAR to publish autism journal.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Wiley-Blackwell and the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) will launch a new journal, Autism Research. The journal will cover pervasive developmental disorders with a focus on genetic, neurobiological, and psychological...

Technorati logs the blogs.(know all about blogs)
December 1, 2007... I hate blogs. They are annoying, ignorant, solipsistic, inane, and puerile--and those are their good points. The worst thing about blogs is that they violate a first principle of good communication: They are boring; they are completely...

IntraLinks adds new features to on-demand workspaces.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... IntraLinks recently added two tools to its On-Demand Workspaces to help clients manage business-critical information more efficiently. Workspace Builder lets clients upload and organize large amounts of documents with automatic indexing. The...

Serials solutions connects to HeinOnline, enhances Ulrichsweb.com.(Product News & Reviews)(Serial Solutions Inc.)(William S. Hein and Company Inc.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Serials Solutions, in partnership with William S. Hein & Co., Inc., released the first authorized federated search connection to HeinOnline via its 360 Search service. HeinOnline, a legal database, provides access to millions of pages of...

Elsevier adds features to ScienceDirect platform.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Elsevier recently added development partner-tested features to its ScienceDirect platform. The Related Articles feature automatically displays citation information and abstracts for content relevant to the accessed article. The Fast Search &...

Hushmail: pocket-sized online security.(Product News & Reviews)
December 1, 2007... Online browsing just became a little more private and much more secure. And you don't have to be paranoid to realize that's a good thing. StealthSurfer, a new encryption tool from Hush Communications, allows users to browse or shop...

Credo adds cricketers' archive to collection.(Product News & Reviews)(Credo Reference to contract with John Wisden and Co.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer) recently added the Wisden Archive of Cricketers' Lives to its General Reference collection through an agreement with John Wisden and Co. The archive is culled from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, first published...

H.W. Wilson announces new health database.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Current Issues in Health, a new H.W. Wilson database, is now available on Wilson-Web. The database offers information on more than 60 health topics, and 20 more topics will be added annually. Each collection of articles is chosen by Wilson...

IAFN selects Wiley-Blackwell to publish forensic nursing journal.(Product News & Reviews)(International Association of Forensic Nurses)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... The International Association of Forensic Nurses recently chose Wiley-Blackwell to publish the Journal of Forensic Nursing, a new title that will cover healthcare, law enforcement, legal issues, forensic science, and other related news. Each...

ProQuest partners with U.K. public sector to publish parliamentary papers.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... ProQuest is partnering with JISC, The British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS) at the University of Southampton, The British Library, and the University of Cambridge to distribute the Eighteenth Century...

Make room for Veropedia.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... If you like using Wikipedia, get ready to sample the nearly 4,000 articles--and counting--on Veropedia. While still in beta, Veropedia is a collaborative effort by "a group of Wikipedians to collect the best of Wikipedia's content, clean it up,...

Scitopia.org emerges from beta.(Product News & Reviews)(Scitopia.org to launch its search service)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Scitopia.org officially launched its search service. The beta version began in June 2007; since then cross-file searching was refined, the interface was modified according to user feedback, and libraries around the world have provided links to...

Infosolve introduces OpenDQ version 2.0.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Infosolve Technologies recently introduced OpenDQ V2.0, which is a data quality solution for both structured and unstructured data. This open source-based product focuses on data quality, data extraction, and transformation and loading...

Two British newspapers added to ProQuest historical database.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... British newspapers the Guardian and The Observer were recently integrated into ProQuest Historical Newspapers, a digital archive of more than 17 million pages dating from 1764. Users will be able to cross-search British and American papers,...

Analytics, anyone?(Product News & Reviews)(San Diego Software Industry Council to host a conference)
December 1, 2007... The nation's first conference on analytics was held Oct. 25 in San Diego. The 1-day conference, The Forum on Analytics: From Data to Decision, was hosted by the San Diego Software Industry Council. The morning sessions were devoted to business...

Thomson scientific publishes quarterly review of drug, therapy literature.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Thomson Scientific published a quarterly review of scientific literature on drugs and therapies from April to June 2007. Novartis was chosen as the company to "make the biggest splash," replacing GlaxoSmithKline in the top spot for the first...

Ironworks consulting launches e-knowledge site for AIA.(Product News & Reviews)(The American Institute of Architects )(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently enlisted Ironworks Consulting to develop an e-knowledge solution and Web site focusing on a collaborative online community. AIA Soloso provides AIA members and the building community with...

Elsevier provides free online access to two medical magazines.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Elsevier launched DoctorPortal, an online repository of current medical information, based on enhanced online versions of Doctor and Hospital Doctor magazines. DoctorPortal is advertiser-supported and aimed at the U.K.'s primary and secondary...

Teragram releases semantic term manager version 2.0.(Product News & Reviews)
December 1, 2007... Teragram released software that enables management of content and maintenance of ontologies in enterprise content repositories and databases. Semantic Term Manager (STM) v. 2.0 helps corporate librarians maintain ontologies and integrate this...

HistCite announces software package for sale online.(Product News & Reviews)
December 1, 2007... HistCite, a software package designed to help librarians search medical, scientific, and technical literature more effectively, is available for purchase online. The program helps users organize and analyze the results of a search by providing...

EBSCO's access services offers 17,000-plus Ejournals.(Product News & Reviews)(EBSCO Information Services)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... EBSCO Information Services has expanded the number of ejournals it offers through its access services for a total of more than 17,000 ejournals. EBSCO A-to-Z users can now access more than 10.7 million articles on EBSCO A-to-Z or EBSCO host...

Nature Publishing Group.(People Line)(appointment of Steven Inchcoombe)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nature Publishing Group announced the appointment of Steven Inchcoombe as its managing director. Most recently, Inchcoombe was Macmillan's international director. He has been on the Macmillan board for more than...

Columbia University Libraries.(People Line)(appointment of Robert Cartolano)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Columbia University Libraries announced that Robert Cartolano is its new director of the libraries information technologies office. In this position, he will coordinate and support the technology infrastructure for...

Cengage Learning.(People Line)(appointment of Patrick C. Sommers)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Cengage Learning has announced the appointment of Patrick C. Sommers as president of Gale (part of Cengage Learning). Before this, Sommers was president and CEO of SirsiDynix Corp. Prior to that, he was COO at Dialog Corp. Previous...

PALINET.(People Line)(appointment of Walt Crawford)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PALINET has announced that Walt Crawford is now director and managing editor for the PALINET Leadership Network. Currently in beta, the PALINET Leadership Network is an online wiki platform for members that provides...

Wolters Kluwer Health.(People Line)(appointment of Gordon Macomber)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Wolters Kluwer Health announced the appointment of Gordon Macomber as president and CEO of its professional and education business unit. He will be responsible for the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins product lines. Previously, Macomber was...

Technorati, Inc.(People Line)(appointment of Richard Jalichandra)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Technorati, Inc. announced that Richard Jalichandra is now its president and CEO. Most recently, he was an M&A and strategy consultant for several Internet properties and investment firms, and he also served as...

Thieme Publishing Group.(People Line)(appointment of Thomas Krimmer)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Thieme Publishing Group announced the promotion of Thomas Krimmer, Ph.D., to director of institutional marketing. In this position, he is responsible for worldwide marketing for Thieme Chemistry and institutional sales. Additionally, he will be...

Eric Hansen, Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress.(People Line & the Executive Profile)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... A preservation scientist certainly has his or her hands full in today's marketplace, especially if that person works for the largest library in the world. "One of the biggest challenges facing a preservation department at the biggest...

Advice on fattening your piggy bank: but even though Feed the Pig is aimed at younger adults, resources on the site could help all age groups.(Link-Up@Home: Your Personal Guide to the Web)
December 1, 2007... It's the most basic and the most frequently repeated financial advice you'll hear: Save, save, save. But many of us still struggle to follow this simple suggestion. Seventy percent of U.S. adults "report living paycheck to paycheck,...

Video games can be hazardous for athletes.(CyberSports)
December 1, 2007... As anyone who has been around your Field Correspondent knows, he has an almost pathological aversion to two things: video games and fantasy sports. It turns out that there is a good reason for this. (We can also simply point out that we...

Reaching out to the global library network.(International Librarianship: A Basic Guide to Global Knowledge Access)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... International Librarianship: A Basic Guide to Global Knowledge Access by Robert D. Stueart Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-8108-5876-3 245 pages; $45, softcover Globalization is a buzzword we've all been hearing whether we...

December buys: novel ideas for your favorite info pros.(In Other Words)
December 1, 2007... OK, the titles that I'm about to recommend from Information Today, Inc.'s book department are all nonfiction (if you're looking for some good mystery and suspense thrillers, check out ITI's sister company, Plexus Publishing,...

Top enterprise applications.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Mark Logic Corp. Company Basics: As the leading XML content server, Mark Logic Corp. helps information providers accelerate new product creation, deliver products through multiple channels, integrate content from different sources,...

Top content management.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: RSuite CMS Company Basics: Really Strategies' RSuite CMS is an XML-based content management system designed specifically for publishers. It provides a full suite of editorial capabilities, including search, retrieval, and content...

Top consulting services.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Really Strategies, Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Company Basics: Privately held Really Strategies, Inc. has been providing publishers, media companies, and other companies with content solutions and services since June 2000. It...

Top new innovator (individual).(2007 People's Choice awards)(Tim O'Reilly)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Tim O'Reilly Profile Basics: Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., which is considered by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. He is also an activist for open standards. Since he first...

Top new social networking tool (other).(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Facebook [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Company Basics: Facebook is the digital take on those booklets given out the first day of freshman year as a who's who on college campuses. It began as a social networking site for college...

Top new Technology.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Newstex Blogs on Demand Company Basics: According to Newstex, "sometimes simply knowing what's going on isn't enough." If you're one of those people who like to dig a bit deeper, Newstex may provide what you're looking for. It...

Top content creation.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Adobe Systems, Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Company Basics: From the design of your daily newspaper to the ebook you're reading on your laptop, you've likely had some experience with Adobe Systems, Inc. Adobe creates...

Top new IT enterprise.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Ads-Click [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Company Basics: Ads-Click, referred to by some as the "eBay of online advertising," provides solutions for search and contextual advertising. Its technology serves more than 5 million page views...

Top information services.(2007 People's Choice awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Winner: Answers.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Company Basics: Answers.com is an ad-supported free site with a collection of more than 4 million answers from more than 180 titles from brand-name publishers plus original content from...