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Wireless Philadelphia to Become Network-less Philadelphia on June 12 [UPDATED] |
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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 a positive future for Philadelphia’s municipal wireless network and nationally-recognized Digital Inclusion program, the vision of which is to provide all citizens with access to essential technological resources for education, employment, and other life opportunities.” Click here for more background info on Wireless Philadelphia — plus a pretty decent rant – by our own RayAna Park. UPDATE (May 14) — WP now has a statement on their site: “Today we received an announcement that EarthLink intends to discontinue operation of its Municipal Wi-Fi Network in Philadelphia. The reason cited was that negotiations with a certain party failed to come to a positive conclusion. The transfer of the EarthLink network is by definition a complex, time-intensive, multi-party transaction. Despite today’s announcement, Wireless Philadelphia and the City are still working actively together to identify alternatives for preserving this network and applying it to numerous civic, commercial and social purposes. We remain optimistic for an orderly resolution of this matter. Regardless, Wireless Philadelphia is utterly steadfast in its determination to extend internet access to all members of the community, and we intend to do everything in our power to continue the momentum generated by WP in support of Digital Inclusion.” |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Comments (0)March 3, 2008
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Wireless Philadelphia - I knew it wouldn’t last |
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Who’s going to buy up this lost cause? Have they even set up those purported “Eye in the Sky” surveillance cameras yet in an effort to help reduce crime? Let’s face it, the closest thing to cutting edge technology in Philly was probably used in making my Dunkin Donuts coffee this morning. |
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Former Web Developer
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February 15, 2008
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Those pesky SAS’s |
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Need to locate one of the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS)? A great place to try is the Journal of Accountancy, which reprints many of the standards in full text. The journal is available on Lexis & Westlaw, as well as in Jenkins’ print collection! |
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Submitted by: Jenny Hohenstein, Reference/Electronic Services Librarian
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January 31, 2008
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Taking care of your taxes… and gadgets |
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So what are you going to do with the extra money you saved by reading this? The holidays are over so you can go ahead and splurge on yourself, guilt-free. This Rotating Stand for iPhone and iPod Touch may be the most elegant way to show off your iPhone at your desk. Or for the shutterbugs like me who spend way too much time retouching the dust out in all your photos, how about a Digital Sensor Cleaner? The makers of this gadget are pros in creating static control equipment so one shot of that anti-static air onto the camera’s sensor should get rid of those annoying, tiny spots that come out in your photos. Hm, I wonder if it could help me from being electrocuted by my light switch every morning… |
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Former Web Developer
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Here’s a useful article from Yahoo Finance concerning the December 14, 2007
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New Article e-mail Alert |
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Enter your search and request daily, weekly or monthly updates that are e-mailed directly to your desktop. Alerts can be customized to your preferred format: full text, customized citation or brief format. To receive them make sure to add search@hwwilsonweb.com to the whitelist in your SPAM filter. This service is available to Jenkins members. Not a Jenkins’ member? It is not too late to join us. I know that now you can’t wait to try this new feature, so log on to WilsonWeb and give it a try. You can learn more about using this database by checking this pdf tutorial. |
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Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
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Are you researching articles to publish your own article or book or just because ….. you want to know? WilsonWeb Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text has a “Create Alerts” feature that keeps track of newly published articles for the research topics of your interest.December 10, 2007
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NASD? Try FINRA |
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Looking for the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)? The NASD was consolidated with select functions of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to form a new organization, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). According to FINRA, they are responsible for: registering & educating industry participants, examining securities firms, writing & enforcing rules, and administering a dispute resolution forum for investors & registered firms. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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November 21, 2007
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This Baby Hasn’t Kindled My Interest |
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This week Amazon released Kindle, what they call a “wireless reading device”. Think of it as an eBook reader that also gives you access to newspapers and blogs. It’s generated a lot of buzz because you can download books wirelessly in a minute, preview them for free, and even send email to your Kindle. But it’s also got some problems. My favorite quote comes from an article in Forbes:
If given a choice, I’d go for the iPhone, too. My reasons are purely economic. Kindle costs $400. NY Times bestsellers and new releases are $10 a pop. (I’m rounding off here.) So to get started reading 10 eBooks, I’d have to shell out $500. The same $500 would buy me between 25 and 30 real, honest-to-goodness books — I tend to buy paperbacks — at my local Barnes & Noble. I think the break-even point would be at around 60 books, which would probably take me about 18-24 months. Not worth it, as far as I’m concerned. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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May 15, 2007
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The heck with education stuff let’s go for the dineros |
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Last week Thomson agreed to sell its Thomson Education unit for $7.75 billion dollars. That includes Thomson Gale, which publishes InfoTrac and LegalTrac, two databases that we make available to our members. Today Thomson announced that they have agreed to merge with Reuters. The new company will be called Thomson-Reuters. (Thankfully, they decided not to try to come up with a name that suggests synergy but ends up sounding more like the name of a prescription allergy drug. Cingular … Lucent … you get what I mean.) The current leader in the financial news market is Bloomberg, which has a 33% share. The combined Thomson-Reuters — numbers 3 and 2 behind Bloomberg — will be about the same size. Hmm … what does that remind me of? Oh yeah, the Yahoo-Microsoft merger rumors that were flying around last week, too. The deal is valued at $17.2 billion U.S. dollars. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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May 8, 2007
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Google Finance Adds New Features |
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Never miss an earnings call with Google Finance. You can view earnings calls, analyst meetings, and any other material event on your company and portfolio pages. Further, you can download these events directly to your Google Calendar. Other smaller features added to Google Finance include:
They are interested in receiving feedback on what else they can do to help you manage your finances using Google Finance. Let them know! |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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March 14, 2007
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Greed Leads to the Dark Side |
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Anakin: When I got to them we got into aggressive negotiations. Viacom, owner of MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central, has opened aggressive negotiations with Google over copyright infringement on YouTube. They’re suing them for a billion dollars in damages. Plus they want an injunction prohibiting YouTube from continuing to infringe. Maybe Viacom’s on to something. Search YouTube for star wars anakin padme. You’ll get almost 800 hits. Most of them are fan tributes to the Anakin-Padme love story — geeze, get a life! — with video from the movie mashed with goopy love songs. The top 5 alone have been viewed more than 130,000 times. All this hoohah over a couple of fictional characters? I mean, it’s not like they’re Lorelai and Luke. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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