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The article explores resources for accessing space exploration imagery, focusing on open archives and repositories from prominent space agencies. Topics discussed include U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) vast public domain archives, technical reports, and special publications, the European Space Agency's curated image collections, and SpaceX's public domain imagery, with some restrictions on commercial use.

The article offers information on advanced Google search tips to improve search results. Topics include using the site: filter to include subdomains in searches, using quotation marks for single words to prevent Google from swapping out keywords, and simplifying Google Scholar searches for more effective results.

The article offers information on the growing prominence of voice search and its impact on SEO, highlighting the increasing number of digital voice assistants and the shift from text to voice in consumers' search habits. The article discusses the rise of voice search, citing forecasts that predict 8.4 billion digital voice assistants by 2024, surpassing the world's population.

The article focuses on the legal implications of the first sale doctrine and controlled digital lending (CDL) in copyright law. Topics include the basics of the first sale doctrine, the recent court ruling on CDL and fair use, and the contrasting views on the transformative nature of digital reproductions.

The article questions the default sorting of search results by relevance and suggests an alternative focus on sorting by date. Topics include the limitations of relevance-based sorting, practical solutions like userscripts for date sorting, and the potential for AI-driven improvements in search relevance and sorting methods.

The article delves into the perplexities of Perplexity, a conversational search engine, navigating its evolution amidst the AI chatbot landscape. Topics include Perplexity's foundation, its products Perplexity Ask and Perplexity Pro with distinct features, and a comparison of various AI chatbots including GPT-4, Google's Search Generative Experience, and Perplexity, suggesting a shift away from traditional search engine models towards consolidated web content solutions.

The article offers information on a town hall event by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) on February 29, titled "The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training and LLMs," which discussed whether large language models (LLMs) and generative AI applications infringe copyrights. Topics include technical principles of AI system development, legal arguments around copyright infringement, and a call for a licensing system to compensate content owners.

The article offers information on the significant updates to Yahoo Finance, presenting a range of enhancements that include improved financial metrics analysis, real-time market monitoring, and a consolidated virtual portfolio. Following a decade since its last major change, the revamped Yahoo Finance boasts a refreshed homepage, an updated news hub, increased personal finance content, and a substantial reduction in ads, marking it as the most substantial overhaul in ten years.

The article discusses the concept of an "answer machine" (AM) in the context of search technology. It highlights that the Holy Grail of search has always been a complete AM, which provides accurate, organized, and up-to-date answers to natural language queries, eliminating the need for users to extract information from various sources.

The article reviews the capabilities of ChatGPT, particularly when integrated into Microsoft's Bing search engine, highlighting its writing quality, sources, accuracy, timeliness and search modifications. It discusses the impact of AI-driven tools like ChatGPT on information professionals and the way they access and process information.

The article discusses the evolution of online search systems from command-driven ones to natural language search and, most recently, machine learning-based search systems like ChatGPT, which have the potential to reshape information retrieval but also raise concerns about alignment risk and control over the search process.

The article offers information on the 2023 Mozilla Festival, virtual event held on March 20-24, 2023. It further discusses about the 25th anniversary of the Mozilla Foundation; Mozilla's flagship products, the Firefox browser and perhaps Mozilla VPN; and Mozilla's artificial intelligence (AI) focus to bring together developers and those concerned with ethics, equity, multicultural perspectives and other social values to collaborate on human-centered and socially positive development.

The article discusses about the Bard, a conversational generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Google. It further discusses that Bard listed several modes of transportation (plane, train, bus, and car) along with a description of each for the cheapest way to get somewhere; Bard is powered by Google's LaMDA language model, which is one of the most advanced language models available; and Bard is still under development, which means that it is constantly learning and improving.

The article informs the author shares a new method they learned for using google translate to translate video content that was created in a different language without an existing english translation. It describe leaving a webpage with a foreign language video open and opening google translate in another window. It mentions the turn on the laptop's microphone and click the microphone icon in google translate, leaving it on the detect language setting.

The article focuses on using Trending Conversations and Popular Hashtags to Build Your Brand. Topics discussed include Hashtags allow marketers to tag their content to attract the attention of users who may be interested in a certain topic; and they can be generic terms such as #love, brand-specific terms such as #CocaCola, or ambiguous terms such as #smilingfood.

The article focuses on Prince Charles has thrown his royal weight behind a fundraising campaign to keep a treasure trove of literary manuscripts in the Grate Britain. Topics discussed include he is patron of the Friends of the National Libraries (FNL); and leading the campaign to keep the Honresfield Library Collection in the U.K. The collection was slated to be auctioned by Sotheby's in summer 2021.

The article explores how content marketers are using artificial intelligence (AI) for content development. Topics include consensus among digital marketers is that AI holds great promise for some content marketing tasks; and using AI-generated and tech-generated content for such things as reporting financial data and sports scores.

The article focuses on picture is worth a thousand words, but it's true, especially for moving pictures (i.e., videos), and not all content marketers are equally adept at communicating via video. Topics include the views of Ken Kerry, the co-founder of Script to Screen, on the we live in a video world, period, and the potential customer's attention span is just seconds, why would you waste those precious seconds forcing them to do anything they are not naturally drawn to.

The article reports on efforts in specifying privacy in the big data era worldwide. It mentions retail firm Target Corp. and its creation of algorithms for determining pregnant teenagers. An overview of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) rating system for the user privacy protection capability of social media sites and Internet search engines is also presented.

The article evaluates the Google Fi Unlimited Plus plan as an inexpensive alternative to phone and Internet services.

The article discusses ways to translate foreign languages using Google. It shows how to use Google Translate, Google Translate Chrome browser extension, and translation tools available in Google Docs and Gmail. It also considers how these options from Google could influence the research and service practices of information professionals.

The article reviews the web site BoardReader, located at boardreader.com).

The article discusses professional success in creative industries depends heavily on confidence and confidence, ideas take shape quickly, projects get delivered, and clients have happy. Topics include the views of creative director, Andy Hutchinson, on the same; and in web content management versioning presents similar challenges.

The article presents news concerning information industry products. It states that information services company Gale, a part of Cengage Learning has released its Classroom in Context curriculum-based resources. It mentions that library customers will now be able to use information aggregator EBSCO Publishing to access millions of images from the Associated Press. It comments that online reference content company Credo Reference has expanded agreements with other publishers to offer more titles.

An interview with chief executive officer Jay Jordan of the nonprofit organization Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) is presented. When asked how OCLC doubled the number of libraries it serves in 12 years he explained that OCLC invested in a new computer infrastructure that could accommodate non-Roman scripts and expanded its sales presence. He comments on OCLC's expansion into integrated library systems and reasons for its acquisitions of information access companies.

The article presents information technology news briefs as of May 2012. The Software and Information Industry Association has signed an agreement with InfoCommerce Group Inc. to produce the commercial data product conference DataContent 2012. Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. has acquired the online structural and civil engineering database Structurae. Educational publisher Britannica Digital Learning has entered a partnership with information aggregator EBSCO Publishing to license content.

The article provides an update on lawsuit between the Google Books project and copyright owners. It examines the history of the lawsuit starting in 2004 when Google formed the Google Print Library Project. It outlines the players who sued the company for copyright infringement. It cites the settlement negotiations and motions carried out by the parties and the response of the courts.

This section offers news briefs on the information industry as of April 2011. Wiley-Blackwell is teaming up with the British Educational Research Association to publish the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET). Cengage Learning's Gale joined scholars from the Economics for Equity and Environment on a series of essays and bibliographies on environmental topics geared toward a collegiate audience. McGraw-Hill Education acquired private software company Bookette, known for its smart-scoring engine that evaluates high volumes of student writing.

This section provides news briefs on the information services industry as of December 2010. Serials Solutions has enhanced its 360 services suite for discovery. ISYS Search Software plans to update its text extraction, printing and viewing platform. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) plans to introduce its IEEE eLearning Library.

This sections offers news briefs related to the global information industry. The reactions of people to an article on the so-called death of the World Wide Web that appeared in the September 2010 issue of "Wired" are presented. Several publishing companies have introduced online platforms that cater to providing electronic textbooks, courseware and e-learning including XanEdu, Cengage Learning and Elsevier. Updates on the latest offerings of Yahoo! and Google are also provided.

This section offers news briefs related to the information services industry worldwide. An enhanced version of the standard Google search engine has been released by Google which is called Google Instant. ProQuest announces that interested parties are no longer required to pay a fee if they want to submit their graduate research work in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database. Information on the new bookstore opened in Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Government Printing Office is also presented.

The article offers a look at the emerging trends and innovations in web content that are having a significant effect on Internet use. One Internet trend is analytics-driven content where topics that are likely to attract a large number of search hits are posted on Web sites. Another innovation is the Goggle TV platform which has the potential to allow certain Sony television sets to access the Internet. The advantages and disadvantages of niche social networking sites such as UniPHY and BiomedExperts are also mentioned. INSETS: Apple Updates Its Own Set-Top Box;On the W3C's Agenda.

The article discusses how internet has radically transformed the way that people obtain information and share it with each other, affecting users' basic social relationships and the way that they work, learn, research, and shop. It reports the increasing number of the internet user with the use of increased internet speed around the world.

The article discusses approach needed to prevent cyberattacks at a global scale. Topics include cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee and voter registration systems in the U.S. conducted by Russia; views of David Shipley, a cybersecurity expert, on challenges related to ransomware and extortion for universities and colleges, and growth in cybercriminal entrepreneurism; and views of author Scott Shackelford on need for multi-stakeholder system of governance to address cyberattacks.

The article discusses the biannual Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference held in Zadar, Croatia from June 13-17, 2016 with the theme "Making Digital Library Content Available Now and in the Future." Topics discussed include the presentation on the importance of digital curation and preservation in library science, the panel discussion on digitized data collection, and the aspects of digital library education.

The article reports that Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari, ending the writer's organization Authors Guild's lawsuit against technology company Google. It states that Google Books was not created as a way to seize copyrights of authors or for Google to benefit economically and it scans books available at major libraries creating digital card catalog for users. It mentions that Google has argued that it would help boost book sales by making it easier for readers to locate.

The article provides information on the Yahoo News Feed dataset offered by Yahoo Labs.

This section offers news briefs related to the information industry. A new website was announced by Microsoft that enables consumers to gauge symptoms and receive guidance via an H1N1 self-assessment service. Relationship management firm Gist has a new online service that analyzes a user's email to deliver aggregated content about individuals from the user's inbox, social networking sites and the web. A new search engine called Ask Deals that hunts down coupons and sales was launched by Ask.com.

The article offers details about a social messaging service called Twitter available at the Web site Twitter.com. Those who use Twitter will be able to find short updates on a variety of issues. Any information posted on Twitter can be viewed by anyone and can be shared with the entire network of the so-called followers. The search engine of Twitter or other tools can help users find people posting information about certain topics.

The article features several products in the information industry including Tsavo Media's Twithority search engine, protectedpdf Small Business Edition, a web-based application from Vitrium Systems, and the online version of the "Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism" from ProQuest LLC.

The article offers updates on research-sharing tools and search engine improvements. Fred Howell, co-founder of software Textensor Ltd., a software company based in Scotland, wrote about two collaborative solutions that the company provides for working with online documents, including A.nnotate, an online web service for sharing notes on documents and webpages that lets users attach notes to precise places in the text. Textensor is also involved with the Enhanced Metadata (EM) Loader project in collaboration with EDINA. Bay Arinze, senior editor of MyNet-Research, wrote about the project's rapidly growing global collaborative research website that currently has more than 1,500 individual researchers from 95 countries and 17 participating universities.

This section offers news briefs related to information technology. Microsoft Corp. has acquired Medstory, a vertical search engine for health information. Google added a new feature on its local search engine product that lets users mark and annotate maps, add photos and videos, and then share them with friends. IBM and Yahoo! joined forces to release the free IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition.

The article informs about ongoing algorithmic changes that Google and other search engines make to deliver a positive search experience for users. Topics include how a Google search engine results page (SERP) is focusing on legitimate backlinks to grow domain authority and publishing super-valuable and specific long-form content on your website; and Quality content, relevance, and a positive user experience are the focus of Google and other search engines.

The article highlights top content marketing strategies for companies including use pillar pages; develop evergreen, reusable content; and research first, write second.

The article offers information on the Search engine optimization (SEO) focuses on practical tactics to help site rank higher in the results pages. Topics include negative SEO tactics may make feel helpless, mainly because it's often impossible to identify the responsible parties; cyber security is essential aspect of prevention against negative SEO; and Google's algorithms also make it difficult for negative SEO attacks to pay off for those who attempt them.

The article offers world news briefs related to the information industry as of April 2006. The information industry continues to show its concern and generosity in providing relief to institutions that were hit by Hurricane Katrina. The Exalead search engine has reached its four-billion Web page milestone. The Topix.net Web site added new features that allow its users to contribute news articles and join discussion forums for all news channels on the site.

The article offers news briefs related to information technology in the U.S. as of April 2006. A search service for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions was launched by Vivisimo Inc. A grant was received by John Hopkins University from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Sheridan Libraries. Blackwell Publishing is trying to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions in response to its commitment to comply with the standards of CarbonNeutral Co.

The article presents a review of events of special interest to the U.S. information technology industry in 2005. FirstGov.gov, the government search engine, has added a section on podcasting, with government information delivered either by RSS or podcast. The free, science-specific search engine Scirus announced a partnership with Institute of Physics Publishing to index the full text and metadata of its journals. Topix.net announced the launch of new features and a user interface that lets users contribute original news articles to the site. Wolters Kluwer Health announced PubFusion, an online content management solution designed to streamline the scholarly publishing process. Reuters is testing a streaming video service. It is freely available to Web sites that register for access to tools for embedding the Reuters video player.

This article features the Watson desktop search tool from software company Intellext. The tool keeps pace with whatever the user is working on, supplying online references in context and tabulating results in seconds. Intellext was named one of Gartner, Incorporated's Cool Vendors in a report released in late March. At the C3--Corporate & Channel Computing--Exposition in New York in June 2005, the buzz about Watson 2.0 earned it star billing in a television news feature by CBS 2 network's technology editor Brett Larson. He described Watson as a strong Google that pays attention to users. Initial industry reports have also called it revolutionary and brilliant. Watson 2.0 features two major changes from the first version: the Information Source Wizard--which lets users connect Watson to their preferred sources of information such as premium news sites, corporate intranets, paid research sources--and the side-pane interface--which shows users a snapshot of information that is most relevant to what they are working on. Search results are compiled automatically and continuously so users can see content without interrupting their work. INSET: Semetric: Building a Bigger, Better Query.