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Archive for May, 2006

Connections

Scan This Book
“Scanning technology has been around for decades, but digitized books didn’t make much sense until recently, when search engines like Google, Yahoo, Ask and MSN came along. When millions of books have been scanned and their texts are made available in a single database, search technology will enable us to grab and read […]

Malaise

Not sure I agree with it all.. but an interesting read nonetheless - The Microsoft Malaise
“The .Net framework that many believe is an example of how Microsoft can actually put together elegant and powerful architectures when it wants to, is being killed by Open Source systems that are free and almost just as powerful. Microsoft […]

Take Note

Neutrality of the Net
“The Internet is increasingly becoming the dominant medium binding us. The neutral communications medium is essential to our society. It is the basis of a fair competitive market economy. It is the basis of democracy, by which a community should decide what to do. It is the basis of science, by which […]

Finally

Superman returns trailer. In the sky chief.