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Joanne S

The Deep Web - 0 views

  • defined as the content on the Web not accessible through a search on general search engines.
  • sometimes also referred to as the hidden or invisible web.
  • the part of the Web that is not static, and is served dynamically "on the fly," is far larger than the static documents
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  • When we refer to the deep Web, we are usually talking about the following:
  • The content of databases.
  • Non-text files such as multimedia, images, software, and documents in formats such as Portable Document Format (PDF) and Microsoft Word.
  • Content available on sites protected by passwords or other restrictions.
  • Special content not presented as Web pages, such as full text articles and books
  • Dynamically-changing, updated content,
  • let's consider adding new content to our list of deep Web sources. For example:
  • Blog postings Comments Discussions and other communication activities on social networking sites, for example Facebook and Twitter Bookmarks and citations stored on social bookmarking sites
  • Tips for dealing with deep Web content
  • Vertical search
  • Use a general search engine to locate a vertical search engine.
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    The Web not accessible through a search on general search engines..
Joanne S

BBC News - Delivering Finland's web 'human right' - 0 views

  • broadband internet connection was a human right, and that everyone in the country must have a connection with a minimum speed of one megabit
Joanne S

Page 2. Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality: Scientif... - 0 views

  • Several threats to the Web’s universality have arisen recently. Cable television companies that sell Internet connectivity are considering whether to limit their Internet users to downloading only the company’s mix of entertainment.
  • Social-networking sites present a different kind of problem. Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster and others typically provide value by capturing information as you enter it
  • The sites assemble these bits of data into brilliant databases and reuse the information to provide value-added service—but only within their sites.
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  • The basic Web technologies that individuals and companies need to develop powerful services must be available for free, with no royalties.
Joanne S

Page 1. Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality: Scientif... - 0 views

  • profound concept: that any person could share information with anyone else, anywhere.
  • Web evolved into a powerful, ubiquitous tool because it was built on egalitarian principles and because thousands of individuals, universities and companies have worked, both independently and together as part of the World Wide Web Consortium
  • Large social-networking sites are walling off information posted by their users from the rest of the Web.
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  • Wireless Internet providers are being tempted to slow traffic to sites with which they have not made deals.
  • Governments—totalitarian and democratic alike—are monitoring people’s online habits, endangering important human rights.
  • eb is now more critical to free speech than any other medium
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    6 pages long. see other links
Joanne S

20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web - 0 views

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    Chan, M. L., Holznagel, F., & Krantz, M. (n.d.). 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web. Retrieved from http://www.20thingsilearned.com/ Some material will be covered in later weeks. Please read: * Start with Thing 20 19 Things Later pp.60-61 * Thing 1 What is the internet? pp.4-6 * Thing 4 HTML, Javascript, CSS and more pp.12-14 * Thing 8 Plug-ins pp.24-25 * Thing 9 Browser Extentions pp.26-28 * Thing 12 Browsers and Privacy pp.33-36 * Thing 15 Using web addresses to stay safe pp. 43-47 * Thing 16 IP addresses and DNS pp.48-50
Michelle Pitman

Don Tapscott: Four principles for the open world | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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      This is AWESOME!  Socialmedia as SocialProduction! wow!
Joanne S

1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi - 0 views

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    Links outline the Finnish legislation that all citizens need to have access to high speed broadband:
Joanne S

webeval-QuestionsToAsk.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    Workshop for Topic 4.
Joanne S

Web Page Evaluation Checklist - 0 views

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    Links to downloadable RTF (Word) Workshop task for Topic 4.
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    Links to downloadable RTF (Word) Workshop task for Topic 4.
Joanne S

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 0 views

  • Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
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    "We also discussed the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
Joanne S

Cybersmart - Hector's World Safety Button™ - 0 views

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    "We had a look at the Australian Government's "Hector's World" cybersafety site for children:"
Joanne S

Page 5. Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality: Scientif... - 0 views

  • Debate has risen again in the past year about whether government legislation is needed to protect net neutrality.
  • Accessing the information within an Internet packet is equivalent to wiretapping a phone or opening postal mail.
  • Totalitarian governments aren’t the only ones violating the network rights of their citizens.
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  • “No person or organization shall be deprived of the ability to connect to others without due process of law and the presumption of innocence.”
Michelle Pitman

Quantum Computing - 0 views

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    Given the news that Australian researchers have developed a "qubit" - the building block for the future of Quantum computing (expected in about 10-15 years), this article may have some relevance for Library and Info Tech Managers.  
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