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« August 1998 | Main | December 1999 » November 30, 1999Dialog Launches TradStat Web
Dialog announced yesterday the launch of TradStat Web at http://www.tradstatweb.com/ . The TradStat Web includes online trade data, and is aimed at organizations researching the potential of overseas markets. I can't find subscription costs on the site, but there is...
Backflip ... Cool!
Go thou, and check out Backflip, because if it can do everything it says it is going to be REALLY cool. http://www.backflip.com/ . Backflip is another online bookmark manager BUT integrates a save mechanism into one browser AND can automatically...
November 29, 1999Annoucing Traffick
Traffick -- the guide to Web portals. Very interesting! Go take a look: http://www.traffick.com/default.asp...
More Mozilla News
Is there a Mozilla 5.0 beta coming in December? (corrected) [Link corrected as of 11/16/2003: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-11-27-011-04-PS]...
November 27, 1999Berkeley has Google Tutorial Site
Berkeley has an extensive tutorial on using Google: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Google.html...
Virgin Going with Google
Virgin is going to use Google to power Virgin.net -- replacing Excite, which is currently being used: http://linuxtoday.com/stories/12916.html...
November 26, 1999Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Did you know the Cambridge dictionaries are online? From the link below you can search the following references: Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms....
November 25, 1999Russian State Library Unveils e-Book Program
The Russian State Library has unveiled a books-by-e-mail program. The Library will e-mail readers extracts from any of its books within 48 hours from request. WOW. Readers will be charged 12 cents a page, and they can get the text...
Continue reading "Russian State Library Unveils e-Book Program" » November 23, 1999DigitalMediaWorks Launches New Site
DigitalMediaWorks ( http://www.digitalmediaworks.com./ ) has launched a site to allow visitors to create Web page elements such as buttons or banners, and offline items such as business cards. You'll have to register for the service (registration is free) but once...
November 22, 1999RootsWeb Launches WorldConnect Project
RootsWeb ( http://www.rootsweb.com/ ) announced last week that they've launched the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/. The project is for hosting and sharing GEDCOM files. Over 5.5 million names have already been added to the project during its four week...
Google Doing the Ad Thing
Google ( http://www.google.com/ ) is doing the ad thing (and apologies if this is already obvious to a lot of you who use Google; I hadn't heard about it until CS mailed me.) Do a search for Disney and see...
Atomz.com Goes Multi-lingual
Free site search engine service Atomz.com ( http://www.atomz.com ) announced last week that it now supports fourteen languages, including Brazilian Portuguese, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovak and Swedish....
Karnak
Karnak ( http://www.karnak.com/ ) lets you do ongoing research on particular topic. Karnak will let you specify a topic and from then on will do ongoing Web searches on that particular topic, alerting you weekly via e-mail about any new...
November 17, 1999Genamic JournalSeek
It's apparently bonanza time for those of you interested in Academic journals. Genamic JournalSeek is a freely-accessible database of information on over 8500 journal titles. The information includes abbreviated titles, publishers, scope, and information on the availability of abstracts and/or...
Publishers Linking Up
Twelve scientific and scholarly journal publishers said yesterday that they're going to be linking up on the Internet. They will initially link up three million articles, and expect to launch this in the first quarter of 2000. Details: http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/17journals.html...
The Mother of all Shopping Directories
I usually don't cover shopping directories, because if I did it would take up the majority of my news. However, I had to note this one just because of its sheer size. WPBT has announced its Universal Commerce Directory at...
November 16, 1999Jeeves is Hot
Ask Jeeves ( http://www.askjeeves.com ) is hot. And they got hot without putting customized news and weather on their front page or turning themselves into a portal. In fact, they're going out and doing wacky things like advertising on apples...
November 15, 1999Announcing Search Engine Guide
Looking for specialty search engines? Search Engine Guide ( http://www.searchengineguide.com/ ) currently lists over 2000 search engines in a Yahooesque searchable subject index. This site also includes links to search engine software, newsletters, USENET newsgroups appropriate to searching, and more....
November 13, 1999Lycos Tunes Music Site
Lycos has launched a music site at http://music.lycos.com/ . The site features music news, a searchable MP3 database, a concert guide, and more....
San Diego Source Now Fee-based
The San Diego Source ( http://www.sddt.com/ ) has gone from free to a pay site. One year online & print subscription is $150....
Washington Post Reviews National Geographic Map Machine
The Washington Post has a review of National Geographic Map Machine at the URL below (it's the 2nd item): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A54300-1999Nov11.html...
Continue reading "Washington Post Reviews National Geographic Map Machine" » November 12, 1999FamilySearch Genealogy Site Announced
The Latter-day Saints' genealogy site, http://www.familysearch.org/ , has announced that as of Monday, November 22, it will add 240 million new names to the genealogy database. The addition will represent international data from primarily Western Europe, Scandanavia, and Mexico. The...
November 10, 1999Mailing List Sites Merge
Free mailing list sites OneList and eGroups have agreed to merge. Details: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1433412.html...
November 09, 1999Dr. Dobb Launches DevSearcher
Dr. Dobb's Journal has launched a search engine aimed at programmers. DevSearcher ( http://www.devsearcher.com/ , formerly known as CodeCranker) covers information on programming languages (perl, Java, etc.) algorithms, operating systems, etc....
Reuters + Dow Jones = Factiva
Reuters and Dow Jones have renamed their joint service Factiva. This name takes the place of the more unwieldy Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive. They hope to have their Web-based service launched by next summer. Check out the site at:...
November 08, 1999Guide to California Companies
From LIIWeek comes a pointer to the Insider's Guide to Northern California Companies at http://www.norcalcompanies.com/ . The over 30,000 companies in this database are searchable by name or ticker symbol. Basic searching (one company at a time by name or...
November 05, 1999Asia Source
The Asia Society has launched a clearinghouse of news and information about Asia at http://www.asiasource.org/ ....
Historic Stock Quotes from Yahoo
Yahoo has a new resource for historical stock quotes. Check it out: http://chart.yahoo.com/d?s= . Thanks BD for the pointer....
Article on UK Resources
The latest issue of Free Pint has a good article on finding UK library and information science resources. Lots of links. http://www.freepint.co.uk/issues/041199.htm#tips...
Lois Law Announces Vermont Series
Loislaw.com ( http://www.loislaw.com/ ) announced yesterday the Internet release of the LOIS Professional Library Vermont Series. The series includes the following databases: Vermont Supreme Court case law from 1946 to present Vermont State Court Rules Vermont Statutes with electronic annotations...
Webspector Releases New Version
A new version of Webspector has been released that allows the user to monitor an apparently unlimited number of Web pages for changes. There's a free version and a Professional version that costs $49.95. Webspector's page is at http://www.webspector.com/webspector.htm....
November 04, 1999Ancestry Reaches Milestone
Ancestry.com announced today that they have over 500 million records on their site -- speaking of the invisible web! Genealogy buffs, check 'em out. http://www.ancestry.com/ ....
Philips Announces FreeSpeech Browser
Philips has announced the Philips FreeSpeech Browser, an add-on to Internet Explorer that allows one to surf the Web via voice commands. The software will be available the week of November 8 from http://www.speech.philips.com/ ....
November 03, 1999New Index on Association Central
Association Central ( http://AssociationCentral.com/ ) has an index of associations and association-related information at their Web site. Their index is browseable and searchable....
Danny Sullivan Challenges AltaVista Claims
Danny Sullivan takes aim at AltaVista's new and improved claims in this column: http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/99/11-avclaims.html...
Continue reading "Danny Sullivan Challenges AltaVista Claims" » November 02, 1999Legal Form Source
Check out this search engine for legal forms on the Internet. (Just remember, I'm not a lawyer, and forms are not a substitute for adequate legal counsel. Or something. :->) http://www.findforms.com/ ....
AltaVista Index Getting Stale
AltaVista's index is temporarily not accepting new additions as they upgrade their technology. This means their database is stale and getting more so. Details: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1426414.html ....
Babylon Introduces Babylonet
Babylon ( http://www.babylon.com/ ) has announced Babylonet, a free translation service for Webmasters. Visitors to a site can get on the fly translations without leaving a Web site. The translation service requires that your visitors have JavaScript. The demo I...
November 01, 1999Information Site for Global Sites
Looking for locations of official city information? Check out http://www.officialcitysites.org/country.htm -- Official City Sites. This is nowhere approaching complete and at the moment it only covers Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, UK, US, and New Zealand. That having been...
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