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The article discusses the online primary source texts. It says that since history voices are archived as text on online network, there is a challenge of finding them on the Web after being removed from museums and libraries. It mentions source text examples, including http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html, http://historymatters.gmu.edu, and http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc. Meanwhile, Found Poetry lesson can help students look for definition in primary source texts.

The article offers information on My NCBI, the webpage of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) that allows users to sign in through the account of partner organizations.

The article focuses on Zend's 5250 Bridge, a PHP solution which can be used to access the 5250 data streams to create web front results for original International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) applications. It states that the solution supports functions such as interacting with 5250 screen data and operating IBM applications 5250 session. It discusses how the solution works and its advantages. It adds that it offers solution providers with new functional choices for Internet deployment.

The article discusses the usage of Web technology to market products such as gifts and decorative accessories in the U.S. As such, retailers are involving electronic commerce, since most customers prefer to find, research and buy products online. The Web would allow for niche markets and individuals to be informed on consumers' behaviors and preferences and would offer cost savings, better customer services, personalize experiences and accessibility for customers.

The article offers several information on use of the Voice search. Topics include considered that the goal of voice search tools like Siri, Alexa, Google and Cortana is to use semantic clues to provide results that are as close to the exact answer as possible; and examines that optimized website for mobile, already worked on getting website to load in under two seconds.

The author offers opinions on the policies of the publication to charge a fee for access to some of the articles posted on its Web site and requiring registration for access to the site. It is argued that the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) which publishes the periodical is a nonprofit organization providing many valuable services to the community of computer science research and that it is of enormous value to its membership which is asked to pay the nominal charges.

The article covers various issues as of September 2009. An editorial published in "The Guardian" talked about the new restrictions to ordinary users of the Web site Wikipedia related to immediate changes to entries on living people. The U.S. Department of Energy has granted 100,000 dollars to Solar Roadways for the development of photovoltaic panels to be placed on roads and in parking lots. It is said that arteries are at risk for clogging as result of the consumption of mostly cheese and meat.

The article reports that Wikipedia contributors are disagreeable and closed to new ideas. According to a personality test given to 69 Wikipedia contributors by Yair Amichai-Hamburger and his team, contributors score low for agreeableness and openness to new ideas, given that contributing to the website is based on sharing knowledge. Moreover, Amichai-Hamburger suspects that Wikipedians make their contributions online because they struggle to express themselves in social situations.

The article reports on the launch of Senior Lawyers Division's website for the Women Trailblazers in the Law Oral History Project (WTP). The website has been created by Robert Crown Law Library of Stanford Law School and has agreed to house the WTP oral history collection. The site offers open access to the oral histories of more than 100 senior women who have made important contributions to the law and have opened opportunities for other women in the profession.

Case name: Letter to: Washtenaw Community College, No. 15‐16‐2142 (OCR 09/16/16). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the net neutrality rules and regulations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in U.S. According to the author the internet service providers (ISPs) is required to cancel the old rules by FCC including increase in speed and not blocking websites. The author suggests that changes will be done in terms of pricing and management.

The article discusses the challenges facing medical professionals running private counseling. Topics discussed include negative reviews by clients on the website, the need to avoid panic and look for solutions under any given circumstances, and the role of challenges in helping counselors learn and grow.

The article reports that the European Court of Justice has ruled that operators of websites are jointly responsible for compliance with data protection regulations if they include the like-button plug-in of Facebook on their site and personal data is forwarded by users to Facebook.

The article evaluates the Axe, web accessibility checking tool developed by Deque Systems, which mention that the tool navigates to the specific visual element on a webpages.

This section offers information technology news briefs. A 14 million-U.S. dollar- Series C round of venture funding was completed by LivingSocial with the help from Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Steve Case's Revolution. A pay-per-page pricing model was introduced by DocZone for its customers, where users still has the ability to access the full system of the product and its capabilities. An archived copies of every public tweet from March 2006 will be stored by the U.S. Library of Congress, which is aimed to preserved important historical events.

The article discusses the criteria that should be considered in choosing the proper web cleaning option. It mentions that the choice of web cleaning options for the web is dependent on a lot of factors but should take into consideration several steps including the identification of process contamination standards, one's operational principles, and the total cost of ownership.

Miscellaneous statistics are given including the maximum life span in years for most humans, the number of hours that girls ages five to 14 spend on housework worldwide each day, and the total number of websites accessible in North Korea.

The article offers the author's insights on the lost of control of the U. S. in web-based internet operation. Topics dicussed by the author include the surrender of the U.S. government on the role of the Domain Name System (DNS) in web addresses, decision of the government to pass the control of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and the annuncement of the Department of Commerce to hand the management of IANA to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

On May 9, the Justice Department issued a Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking postponing issuing regulations addressing website accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. DOJ previously postponed proposed rulemaking for websites under Title III until it completes Title II rulemaking. DOJ solicited additional public comment through August 8, putting off new web accessibility regulations until at least 2018, after the next president takes office. But DOJ's notice made clear its current view of web accessibility requirements for both public and private postsecondary institutions. Even more importantly, DOJ has asserted its position in litigation brought by the National Association of the Deaf against Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, seeking to establish by court ruling what it has not yet made law by rulemaking. Stated simply, DOJ believes that unless postsecondary institutions preemptively caption before posting any audiovisual or audio web content made available by anyone to the public on their websites, the schools violate the ADA unless they can prove that to do so for particular content would be an undue burden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the impact of social media to diplomats. Topics include the removal of Foreign Service officers from U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China from the Chinese question-and-answer website zhihu.com, the significance of social media to diplomats such as gathering information, gauging public opinion and communicating warnings, and the help offered by social media in shaping global debates.

The article presents several technologies which can be used by parks in the U.S. These include the Fund Your Park crowdfunding platform of National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). It notes the Quick Response (QR) Code which can improve educational experiences. It mentions the website located at www.chsfreewifi.com.

Earlier this year, Harvard University filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings in the complaint filed by the National Association of the Deaf on behalf of its members, private individuals on behalf of themselves, and a proposed class of similarly situated individuals brought pursuant to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against Harvard for failure to provide full and equal access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to the audio and audiovisual content Harvard makes available online to the general public by not providing captioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on increasing cost of cyber attacks, including denial-of-service attacks by cybercriminals affects firms, temporarily shutdown of websites in U.S. and Europe, and cyber attack neutralization cost major business losses and other harmful incidents.

The article presents information on several resources for the African American Genealogy Research in Pennsylvania. Topics mentioned include the access to the website of the Pennsylvania Department African-American Genealogy Sources, the book "Guide to African American Resources at the Pennsylvania State Archives" by Ruth E. Hodge and the genealogy resources of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

The article presents information on several resources for the African American Genealogy Research in Arkansas. Topics mentioned include the access to the website of the African American Heritage, the book "Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas: New Perspectives," by John A. Kirk and the genealogy resources of the Arkansas Genealogy and History Guide.

The article focuses on the higher institution Manipal University in Manipala, India. Topics mentioned include the restrictions on the website access of the institutions, the group's internet policy for the ocial systems and the integration of application-blocking solution to secure the customer's personal information.

The article offers information on what digital marketers need to know about web accessibility. Topics covered include how to remove the barriers around content for people with disabilities, benefits to having an accessible website and the need to read up on accessibility laws in one's country. It also discusses the need to consider outsourcing work to improve accessibility and the importance of layout and design for accessibility.