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New Web site to amplify debate on Google book deal

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Caroline Vanderlip believes the escalating debate over Google Inc.'s plans for a vast Internet library of copyright-protected literature will yield enough compelling material to fill a book.





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Gen Y logs on at the library

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created Jan 01, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More Americans turn to the Internet for issues such as illnesses, finances, taxes and careers rather than look to other information sources, a survey found.


Anyone can now download files relating to the EU dating back to 1952

EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book Fair

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created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.


Briefs: Library of Congress starts digital library

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created Nov 22, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Library of Congress Tuesday kicked off a campaign to work with other libraries across the globe to build a world digital library.


A Google stand at a Book Fair in Frankfurt

Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book settlement

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance Wednesday opposing the legal settlement which would allow Internet giant Google to digitize and sell millions of books.


Libraries eye stimulus money for their Web access

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The libraries in Delaware County, Pa., are trying to shift into warp speed. The county is hooking eight branches to a fiber-optic network to help meet library patrons' ever-rising demand for high-bandwidth tasks like ...


Probing Question: How is the computer age changing libraries?

Probing Question: How is the computer age changing libraries?

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created May 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

For those of us of a certain age — no need to put a number on it, thank you -- the word "library" still conjures forth memories of solid wood cabinets filled with hand-typed cards, each pointing to a book ...


Pages of the Codex Sinaiticus are pictured on a laptop in Westminster Cathedral, central London

World's oldest surviving Bible published online

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday.


Oxford survey on internet use in Britain

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created Jul 26, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Oxford Internet Institute has released the OxIS Report 2007, the latest report in a series OII surveys that examine internet access, use and attitudes in Britain. A key finding is that a digital divide continues to exist.


Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.


Web site recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time

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created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.



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