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Library News & Notes —
July 25, 2008

Internet Sites of the Week

Best Desktop Replacement Laptops
http://compreviews.about.com/od/deskreplace/tp/DesktopReplace.htm

The Changing Newsroom
http://journalism.org/node/11961
(Source: beSpacific)
See also: The Internet Is No Substitute for the Dying Newspaper Industry
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/92284/

Crimeware Pays
http://spectrum.ieee.org/jul08/6375

The crowd within
"A battle of ideas is going on inside your mind"
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11614183
(Source: Science in the News)

E-Persona Non Grata: Strategizing Your Online Persona
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_ (Shortened url)

The field narrows for e-books
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/11/(Shortened url)

'Free sharing' sites expand on Internet
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/07/01(Shortened url)

Free site lets you build your own social network
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/24(Shortened url)

The Future of Web 2.0
https://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20918/?a=f
(Source: SLADSOL)

Google Presents Wikipedia Competitor
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3190/google(Shortened url)

How Scientists Are Using Google Earth
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3144/(Shortened url)

Medpedia Project aims to create an online encyclopedia of health information
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/(Shortened url)
(Source: iHealthBeat)

MIT TechTV
http://techtv.mit.edu/
(Source: The Scout Report)

ProQuo
"Stop Junk Mail and Protect Against Identity Theft for Free"
http://proquo.com/
(Source: Beyond the Blackstump)

RepairPal
"We take the mystery out of auto repair"
http://repairpal.com/
(Source: Internet Legal Research Weekly)

Research Publications Online: Too Much of a Good Thing?
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ(Shortened url)

Researchers Develop Free Tool to track Stolen Laptops
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3182/(Shortened url)

Thinking outside the inbox
http://slaconnections.typepad.com/info_center_blog/(Shortened url)

Turning the page on the disposable book
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/(Shortened url)
(Source: PAMNET)

10 Great Tech Books
http://spectrum.ieee.org/jul08/6354

60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes
http://www.llrx.com/features/gadgets-june2008.html
(Source: beSpacific)

 

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