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Inter Alia
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An argument for metasearch (Oct 02 2003 12:14 GMT) - A (probably intended) consequence of the Internet is the dominance of Google as the premier search technology available. In Trumping Google? Metasearching's Promise, Judy Luther makes a strong argument that meta-search tools hold great promise to be the future of search on... |
Inter Alia
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Librarians and the Internet (Oct 02 2003 12:14 GMT) - Marylaine Block has a terrific article on How Librarians can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet in this month's Searcher magazine. |
Gut Rumbles
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robert heinlein (Oct 02 2003 12:14 GMT) - I've read every book (TWICE, at least) that sucker ever wrote and I'm going to read the "new" one when... |
MacNETv2
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Napster 2.0 gets ready to kick some Apple Ass Dont tell me youre surprised (Oct 02 2003 12:12 GMT) - Okay, I said it would happen the very day Apple launched its own music downloading service. I believed it then and I believe it now, but even so, I find myself seething at Roxios Napster 2.0 announcement this morning. Leave it Apple to come up with a brilliant way to sell digital music legally, only to allow the competition to come in and take it away from them. Worse, Apple showed the competition just how to do it, then drags its feet while their largest potential market slips away. |
Zeropaid - The File Sharing Portal
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Sharman and P2P United (Oct 02 2003 12:12 GMT) - Recent months have shown some interesting developments in the P2P world. We've seen the RIAA launch its campaign against the American people, with largely ineffectual results. In response to the buildup and follow-through with this campaign we've also seen the creation of P2P United.P2P United is a trade organization that represents some of the major players in the P2P world. They include: |
Halley's Comment
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Gonzo Kick-Off (Oct 02 2003 12:12 GMT) - Gonzo Kick-OffFun dinner last night at Legal's with Chris Locke and others as BloggerCon folks are beginning to arrive and it's going into full throttle. Chris told a funny joke based on the famous efficiency expert Frederick W. Taylor. I was looking around the table thinking there was a serious pile of IQ there, when you can tell a joke based on scientific management theory. Only in Cambridge, I thought to myself. |
The Agonist
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NORTH KOREA MAKING ATOM BOMBS (Oct 02 2003 12:12 GMT) - NORTH KOREA MAKING ATOM BOMBS North Korea raised the stakes in the nuclear standoff today, claiming that it had produced enough weapons-grade plutonium for half-a-dozen atomic bombs and suggesting that it was already building new weapons. |
Tom's Weblog
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The Incredible Shrinking Studio. Musicians ... (Oct 02 2003 12:11 GMT) - The Incredible Shrinking Studio. Musicians are no longer tied to the studio when they want to make recordings. Now that laptops are so powerful, music can be made anywhere, freeing musicians and changing the music landscape. By Mark McClusky. [Wired News] |
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Limbaugh Quits ESPN Over McNabb Comments (Oct 02 2003 12:11 GMT) - (US) She said that Limbaugh had abused OxyContin and other painkillers. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $narcotic(100%), $opioid(100%), $oxycodone(100%), $OxyContin(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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Limbaugh Quits ESPN Over McNabb Comments (Oct 02 2003 12:11 GMT) - (US) She said that Limbaugh had abused OxyContin and other painkillers. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $narcotic(100%), $opioid(100%), $oxycodone(100%), $OxyContin(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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Drink-drive deaths reach new high (Oct 02 2003 12:11 GMT) - (UK) She added: "We need more high profile anti-drink and anti-drug advertising all year round to combat a rise in young drivers impaired behind the wheel. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(70%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme3(55%), $drugs(90%), $prohibition(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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Dream matchup nearly set (Oct 02 2003 12:11 GMT) - (US) Swedish goalie Caroline Joensson was pulled just before the Sweden-Brazil quarterfinal because the Swedish Football Association was fearful she might test positive for a banned substance in a possible post-match drug test. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $narcotic(100%), $opiate(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
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Traffic stop leads to city drug bust (Oct 02 2003 12:11 GMT) - A Mansfield man is "Drug Free .[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(55%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $gateway(55%), $propaganda_theme4(55%), $propaganda_theme7(55%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $prohibition(55%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $police_related_news(70%)] |
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Sports Digest (Oct 02 2003 12:11 GMT) - (Canada) Trail Blazers guard Damon Stoudamire was reinstated to the team yesterday. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $cannabis(100%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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