[WEB4LIB] Re: technology news sources

[Hambleton, John S.]

I recently signed up to join "TechRepublic". I like it.
So far I get a monthly bulletin suitable for putting in a
3 ring binder--it gives you all sorts of good information on
Windows 9x, NT, 2000.
Plus I get stuff like: Vi (UNIX editor) command cheat sheets
that save you from having to look up arcane Vi commands.
And more.
JH



At 04:33 PM 1/31/01 -0800, you wrote:
>It is frustrating how the IT press tends to cover the money aspects and to
lose
> the technology aspects.  I subscribe to the ZDNET Anchordesk mentioned
below,
> but to me the reporting style and the "teases" are often more sophomoric
than
> local TV news -- and that's not a compliment.  "The Top Five Reasons Why You
> Have to Have Wireless" and such.
>
>Lately I've been impressed with ACM Technews. It's roughly analogous to
Salon's
> summary of the front page of major daily newspapers for AvantGo subscribers.
> You get capsule summaries and can follow hyperlinks to the full text in
> whatever publication (e.g. NY Times, Washington Post, various Net media
> outlets).
>
>Technews comes out 3 times per week.  Subscribe here:
>
>http://www.acm.org/technews/
>
>Here are recent headlines:
>
>ACM TechNews
>Volume 3, Number 158
>Date: January 29, 2001
>Site Sponsored by Gateway (http://www.gateway.com)
>
>Top Stories for Monday, January 29, 2001:
>http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
>"Unions Address High-Tech Workers"
>"Tech Industry in Turmoil Gets a New Top Lobbyist"
>"The Odyssey of a Hacker: From Outlaw to Consultant"
>"Contracting Grows in Popularity as Option for Out-of-Work Techies"
>"Software Companies Rise Above Tech Pessimism"
>"Companies' Spending on Communications Is Seen Rising 10 Percent"
>"Congress Opens Debate on Online Privacy"
>"New ICANN President: Learning, Listening Are Top Priorities"
>"Intranets Nurture Companies From the Inside"
>"U.S. Senate Reintroduces Permanent R&D Tax Credit"
>"Study: E-Business Is Top Concern for CEOs"
>"Report Outlines Path to Secure E-Government"
>"Union Leader Targets Tech Industry"
>"Standardizing Linux--It's a Good Thing"
>"Bush Expected to Rattle Federal IT"
>"IT Industry Opposes Impending Ergonomics Rules"
>"Clues to Bush's High-Tech Plans"
>"California Energy Woes Affecting High-Tech"
>"With Accessibility for All"
>
>******************* News Stories ***********************
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>"Unions Address High-Tech Workers"
>Organized labor is meeting with a variety of challenges as it
>tries to form unions in the high-tech industry.  One reason, says
>Microsoft's Dan Leach, is because high-tech workers generally
>have an entrepreneurial spirit that does not correspond well with . . .
>http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/0129m.html#item1
>
>"Tech Industry in Turmoil Gets a New Top Lobbyist"
>The tech-industry lobbying organization TechNet has named Rick
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>------Original Message------
>From: Joy Schwarz <schwarz at AXP.WINNEFOX.ORG>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
>Sent: January 31, 2001 5:45:14 PM GMT
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: technology news sources
>
>
>I subscribe to these free daily e-mail services that you may find
>useful as well:
>
>Tomalak's Realm < http://www.tomalak.org/ >
>"...a daily source of links to strategic Web design stories".
>You can subscribe at
>< http://www.tomalak.org/todayslinks/newsletter.html >.
>
>ZDNet AnchorDesk
>"...a concise digest of computing news in your email box
>every business day."
>< http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/filters/subscribe/ >
>
>Joy Schwarz
>Web Coordinator
>Winnefox Library System
>Oshkosh, WI  USA
>http://www.winnefox.org
>
>"A computer lets you make more mistakes
>faster than any invention in human history --
>with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
>                        -- Mitch Ratliffe
>
>At 08:14 AM 1/31/01 -0800, Drew, Bill wrote:
>>Reading Walt Crawford's latest musings and reading Infobeat in my e-mail
>>this morning leaves me pining for the days when technology news, especially
>>computer and information technology, was about the technology and how it
>>would or could be used instead about stock performance and IPOs.  Does
>>anyone know of an online source, preferably free, that sends out real
>>information and computer technology news, not mixed with business news?
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