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Wireless Philadelphia to Become Network-less Philadelphia on June 12 [UPDATED]

Today's Inquirer reports that EarthLink will end wifi service for the troubled Wireless Philadelphia project on June 12. Right now, it doesn't look like any other company will take over operations -- apparently, EarthLink couldn't even give the network equipment away. But you wouldn't know that from the latest post on the WP Web site by CEO Greg Goldman, dated May 9: "Wireless Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia continue to work together to ensure...

Submitted by Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian on 05-13-2008
Posted in: Business Internet Service Providers Philadelphia Local

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Plan Your Estate: Protect Your Loved Ones, Property & Finances

By Denis Clifford
Plan Your Estate covers everything from the basics of wills and living trusts to sophisticated tax-saving strategies. The authors give you explanations of every significant estate-planning option available, so you can make the best decisions for you and those you love.

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Submitted by Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator on 05-12-2008
Posted in: New & Noteworthy

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You may want to start thinking about Encrypting

Are your usual accessories these days a flash drive, laptop, BlackBerry, etc.? Do these devices have your personal information on them i.e. social security number, financial data, etc? Most importantly, do you carry around your clients' information on them? Then you need to read Dan Giancaterino's article published in The Legal Intelligencer on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, entitled Decrypting Ways to Encrypt Sensitive...

Submitted by Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services on 05-08-2008
Posted in: About Jenkins Privacy/Security Jenkins News

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Jenkins Internet Librarian Quoted

Dan Giancaterino's Internet expertise has once again been called upon by Michael Smerconish. Usually Dan is a call-in guest to his talk show, but this time Michael wanted a response to the Inquirer Currents column he was writing comparing two very different (and popular) YouTube videos: the farewell lecture by a college professor who's dying of cancer, and an online rant by a woman about her ex. The article appeared in this past Sunday's Inquirer,

Submitted by Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services on 05-08-2008
Posted in: Social Networking Jenkins News

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Health Care Meets Online Social Media

A report prepared by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn for the California HealthCare Foundation entitled The Wisdom of Patients: Health Care Meets Online Social Media, details how social media on the Internet is educating health care consumers and providers. Social media includes social networks (MySpace, FaceBook), blogs, wikis, picture-sharing (Flickr) and video-sharing (YouTube) sites, as well as web-based "communities" where patients with the same disease/condition can meet. Social media appeared as the Internet evolved from strict information retrieval with...

Submitted by Alice McCreary, Reference Librarian on 05-08-2008
Posted in: Medical

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The Public Library of Law makes legal search easier for non-lawyers

According to Popgadget, the new Public Library of Law (short name "PLoL") was launched by Fastcase in an effort to "democratize the law." PLoL is free so help yourself to it! Fastcase is the next-generation legal research system of choice for legal...

Submitted by RayAna Park, Web Developer on 05-08-2008
Posted in: About Jenkins Law Legal Research Tips

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