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If your site is tired, dull, unvisited and unloved, then perhaps it's time to liven it up with a bulletin board. A well-run bulletin board can be the focus of […]

On August 15, 2001, Enron employee Sherron Watkins wrote a letter to Enron's President and CEO Kenneth Lay warning that Enron 'will implode in a wave of accounting scandals.' Four [...]

From the long ago past, when people first met in their caves, to the future, when holograms may meet in collaboratories, the latest technological changes are only as effective as [...]

The Internet can be used to facilitate education and support by linking nurses with patients in their homes and family caregivers. Two research projects involving 57 AIDS patients and 102 family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients are described. In both cases the participants were given computers and private access to a nurse-moderated bulletin board, an information module, and a module to guide decision making. The participants particularly valued the opportunity for peer support.

The American Society of Quality Control (ASQC) is ready to release ASQC Net and its bulletin board system graphical user interface for Microsoft Windows to the members. This dial-up quality information resource consists of 10 libraries, 169 files, and 26 discussion forums. An interview with Rusty Perkins highlights the origin of the BBS and its conversion into ASQC Net in videoconferences.

An investigation into the feasibility of using electronic bulletin boards as a vehicle for conducting research shows that they can be used for questionnaire distribution. Specifically, a postal survey and an online poll was carried out among several Usenet newsgroups and mailing list members, respectively. The results, which indicated that bias may be introduced by the self-selection phenomena, showed that bulletin board surveys can be valid as long as 'there is no sampling frame for the target population.'

A variety of companies, governmental agencies and trade associations maintain computer databases containing information about the petroleum industry. Such databases can be accessed via the Internet, the World Wide Web and through dial-up bulletin boards. Various Internet and Web sites are evaluated., The Internet and computer bulletin boards are making it easy for oil and gas industry workers to quickly access information. Almost without exception, within the past 2 years major industry [...]

Electronic bulletin boards have given people an instant means of communication with their local officials. Although technology has vastly improved the ability to exchange information, there are also numerous pitfalls.

The National Paint and Coatings Assn. is scheduled to have its first online bulletin board by early 1995. Its members will then be able to access such basic information as publication lists and related matter from the computer network. Information will be updated regularly and will be in the form of concise summaries. The service will also enable members to send their feedback and suggestions., Today's economic realities have created a business environment where trade associations are caught in a squeeze between flat or declining membership and demands for improved member services. The 1990s are [...]

Model airplane enthusiasts may obtain information about various aspects of their hobby via computer networks and online information services. Bulletin board systems, America Online, Prodigy, Compuserve Information Service and Delphi Internet are examples of such information resources.

Stanley J. Bright Iowa-Illinois has made use of the EBBs of its three pipeline suppliers for capacity-release transactions. This has proven an effective way in which to market capacity not [...]

Recent breakthroughs in computer bulletin boards and kiosks are making it easy for citizens to storm the once-inaccessible gates of government. Gary Werner is the mayor of Diamond Bar, Calif., [...]

Over the past three years, staff members of the Administrative Office's Technology Enhancement Office...with the cooperation of the various federal courts, have developed a series of electronic services to allow [...]

Hate waiting on hold? Tired of waiting weeks for a reply to your letters? Our guide to online services shows you how to let your modem do the walking. Let's […]

Still trying to figure out how to use your modem and telecom software? Here are eight ways to close the communications gap. If you have a Mac, a modem, and […]

A BBS for personal or business interests is easy to start. All that is needed is a computer with sufficient memory, a modem and a systems operator who has an understanding of how a BBS functions. Lists of sources and terms are included.

PCs and Politics From voters poring over a candidate's position papers to residents monitoring local city council activities, thousands of people throughout the United States are using computers to become […]

Another year has gone by, and once again, it's time to update my general information column. In January 1990 (CUJ Vol. 8, No. 1), I wrote about the internet, Internet, […]

Not many people realize the great value of WordPerfect's Bulletin Board System (BBS). It contains the most current printer drivers for all WordPerfect products, as well as other-often vital-information for […]

Is it possible to know too much? Looking at how quickly my hard drive fills up, it seems like it is. Where does all of the information come from? Lately, […]