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Google Earth Application Maps Carbon’s CourseFrom the Article: Google Earth — the digital globe on which computer users can fly around the planet and zoom in on key features — is attracting attention in scientific communities and aiding public communication about carbon dioxide. Recently Google held a contest to present scientif... |
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German Book Trade Slams EU Stance on Google BooksFrom the Article: Google has agreed a settlement with U.S. publishers who had accused Google of copyright infringement for scanning libraries full of books but, last week, the U.S. Justice Department urged a New York court to reject the deal. “It is shameful that the European Union did not ... |
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57 College Presidents Declare Support for Public Access to Publicly Funded Research in the USFrom the Announcement: Presidents of 57 liberal arts colleges in the U.S., representing 22 states, have declared their support for the Federal Research Public Access Act (S. 1373) in an Open Letter released today. The letter is the first from higher education administrators to be issued in suppor... |
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Study: Microbloggers are Really BoringFrom the Article: A study from the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology has found that most microbloggers are updating their status with “mundane” messages. Curiously, the Finnish institute chose to examine the also-ran microblogging platform Jaiku. In sifting through 400,000... |
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FCC Wants to Ban Internet Traffic Screening, Anti-Torrent Measures [Net Neutrality]Julius Genachowski is the honorable Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. And Julius Genachowski is in to kick some telecommunications companies' ass, because he wants to introduce legislation to forbid content or traffic throttling. To avoid more comcasting, you know. Adding to previou ... |
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Sending Science Down the Phone: New Technology Will Map Research Across the WorldFrom the ACM News Summary: Research from Imperial College London scientists indicates that new smartphone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists in the field analyze data remotely and map findings across the globe. The study authors also say the software will allow the public to functi... |
