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Library News & Notes —
May 30, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

Brain Scans as Mind Readers? Don't Believe the Hype
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-06/mf_neurohacks
(Source: SciTechDaily)

Dell deceived customers, judge says
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/27/dell.lawsuit/index.html
(Source: Cassandra Eckhof)

Does Time Run Backward in Other Universes?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm (Shortened url)
(Source: Open Access News)

Google Health Now Available in Public Beta
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/wndReader.asp?ArticleId=49304
See also: A Google Health Clinical Exam
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008 (Shortened url)
Google Health -- A View from the Inside
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008 (Shortened url)
Google Health beta -- What's really new and different?
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008 (Shortened url)

Harvard medical researchers to pool work
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008 (Shortened url)
(Source: Harvard in the News)

How Predictably Irrational Are You?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ (Shortened url)
(Source: SciTechDaily)

Journals Find Fakery in Many Images Submitted to Support Research
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/05/3028n.htm (Shortened url)
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Structures of Participation in Digital Culture
http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/2007/12/31/structures (Shortened url)
(Source: Boing Boing)

6 Degrees of Wikipedia
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3041/ (Shortened url)

 

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