RAIN 060401 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Judge Sanctions Gateway For Destroying Evidence Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA ... But he sanctioned the company, ordering it to pay Mr. Adams's attorney fees incurred in connection with the litigation over the alleged document destruction. ... <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114376541013812957.html?mod=googlenews_w sj> What's next for fountain? City archives shed light on origins of ... Kalamazoo Gazette - Kalamazoo,MI,USA ... or his protege. According to city archives, Iannelli's first architectural design wasn't unanimously embraced. After some modifications ... <http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-17/114389057318 5810.xml&coll=7> The latest installment of the St Nicholas Diary - week 9, March 27 ... Aberdeen City - UK ... Sarah is engaged in research in the City Archives looking at events after the fire while Emma is going through the relevant newspapers of the day to see how ... <http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ACC_Data/news%20item/ppu_news_060331c.asp > National Archives to put Titanic records on the net Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom ... 1837online.com, the family history website, has signed a £2.5m deal to scan and place online the National Archives' entire historical database of passengers ... <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/04/02/cnarch 02.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/04/02/ixcitytop.html> Documentary filmmakers decry Smithsonian-Showtime deal CBC North - Canada ... the deal "terrifying." Burns said the agreement means he would have been prohibited from making some of his documentaries that rely on archival material from ... <http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/04/01/smithsonian-showtime.ht ml> Govt to introduce law on electronic transaction Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal ... 31: The government will soon enact the Electronic Transaction Ordinance (ETO), which will give legal recognition to electronic records and digital signatures ... <http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/pageloader.php?file=2006/04/01/topstories/ main6> University of Melbourne University News, Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:14 PM PST Uni helps Benalla recover rich legacy in early photographic image collection http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/unarticleid_3286.html An important collection of historical images documenting Benalla and its surrounding district is to be made available for the first time to the local community through a project launched recently by the University of Melbourne Archives in partnership with the Benalla & District Family History Group. The images are on dry plate glass negatives created by Benalla-based professional photographer Louisville Courier-Journal, Sat, 01 Apr 2006 2:55 AM PST The Drink: Sampling diversity of American whiskey http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060401/SCENE0 2/604010332/1011/rss05 For many of us, the world of American whiskey includes Jack Daniel's and Coke or Kentucky bourbon. Period. But for archivist and bourbon historian Mike Veach, it's a much wider world. New York Times 3/27/06 Windows Is So Slow, but Why? By STEVE LOHR and JOHN MARKOFF Back in 1998, the federal government declared that its landmark antitrust suit against the Microsoft Corporation was not merely a matter of law enforcement, but a defense of innovation. The concern was that the company was wielding its market power and its strategy of bundling more and more features into its dominant Windows desktop operating system to thwart competition and stifle innovation. << http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/technology/27soft.html?>> The Telegraph Auctioneer sells old photos he valued at £80 - for £75,000 By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent (Filed: 28/03/2006) A small country firm of auctioneers has been left embarrassed but elated after selling a box of photographs it valued at £80 for £75,000. Alan Atkinson, the saleroom manager of Penrith Farmers & Kidds, which until recently specialised in livestock sales, was asked to sell the box by "an old chap I know in the south of Cumbria". << http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/28/nauct28.x ml>> Information Week Internal E-Mails Detail More Questionable Behavior At Morgan Stanley New E-mails filed as evidence in a wrongful dismissal suit apparently show IT executives receiving hard-to-find sports tickets and other favors from vendors, trying to use IT spending to lure customers for Morgan Stanley's banking business, and trying to electronically wall off top executives from being contacted by whistle-blowers. Morgan Stanley says the allegations are rubbish. << http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184400367 >> Wall Street Journal 3/24/06 Laptops Prove Weakest Link In Data Security << http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114312257582406293.html?>> Wall Street Journal Fidelity Employee Left Laptop With H-P Data in Car Before Theft << http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114343080300608825.html?>> Wall Street Journal Software Helps Find Stolen Computers By STUART WEINBERG March 29, 2006; Page B3A Every year, as many as 5% of laptops used by companies are stolen, according to Absolute Software Corp. And Absolute, which makes software that helps pinpoint the location of stolen computers, would like nothing better than to recover them all. << http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114359396084510652.html?>> Wall Street Journal Security Fears Prod Many Firms To Limit Staff Use of Web Services By SHAWN YOUNG March 30, 2006; Page A1 Companies are clamping down on employees' workplace use of the expanding range of free Internet services, such as instant messaging and video downloading, to protect themselves from viruses, communications traffic jams and regulatory missteps. << http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114369288512912073.html?>> Forensic Collections: On-Site or Remote? By James E. McKenna Special to Law.com March 21, 2006 Copying data is copying data, right? Wrong. And I'll ask you to take my word that "right click, copy and paste" can cause a complete litigation disaster. << http://www.law.com/jsp/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1141898571540>> Peter A. 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