The Compass http://comartslibrarian.wordpress.com Your guide to library and web resources in Communication & Arts Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:33:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/117aac25fe1c3ad0d16c89f4b3267e51?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png The Compass http://comartslibrarian.wordpress.com links for 2008-12-16 http://comartslibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/links-for-2008-12-16/ http://comartslibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/links-for-2008-12-16/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:33:08 +0000 comartslibrarian http://comartslibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/links-for-2008-12-16/ ]]>
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Wired Campus: Librarians Want to Out-Google Google With a Better Search Engine – Chronicle.com

The idea is to cull and promote recommendations from tens of thousands of librarians around the world. No word on the technical architecture that would power the search engine.

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US News & World Report to focus on Web

US News & World Report, long the number three newsmagazine in the United States behind Time and Newsweek, has become the latest US media outlet to abandon print for the Web.

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Michael Crichton dies of cancer

Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline” and “The Andromeda Strain,” has died of cancer, his family said.

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Is surfing the Internet altering your brain? | Tech News on ZDNet

Gary Small, a neuroscientist at UCLA in California who specializes in brain function, has found through studies that Internet searching and text messaging has made brains more adept at filtering information and making snap decisions.

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Netflix and TiVo to Partner on Movies – NYTimes.com

Netflix will place its Watch Instantly streaming-movie service on TiVo’s HD-compatible set-top boxes, furthering the technology industry’s goal of sending television shows and movies over the Internet — instead of over traditional cable and satellite networks — to ordinary TVs.

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