[political-research] Europeana crashes due to its popularity

2008-11-21 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Europeana crashes due to its popularity via TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home by Paul Biba on 11/21/08 In a project that I am sure is close to David’s heart, Europeana opened on November 20. Here is the object of the site, as stated on its Web site:

[political-research] So, will you make the leap to LeapFish?

2008-11-21 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: So, will you make the leap to LeapFish? via AltSearchEngines by Charles Knight on 11/21/08 LeapFish, a multi-dimensional search aggregator, announced today the launch of its beta search engine, LeapFish.com, that promises to conveniently surprise use

[political-research] Scowcroft and Brzezinski Tell Obama Israel/Palestine Is Issue #1

2008-11-21 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Scowcroft and Brzezinski Tell Obama Israel/Palestine Is Issue #1 via Mondoweiss by Philip Weiss on 11/21/08 A forceful piece in today's Washington Post by the realists: We believe that the Arab-Israeli peace process is one issue that requires priorit

[political-research] IBM gets DARPA Cognitive Computing Contract

2008-11-21 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: IBM gets DARPA Cognitive Computing Contract via Alex Constantine's Blacklist by Alex Constantine on 11/19/08 The contract was just handed out to IBM, but it's certain that cognitive computing already exists in the classified sector. DARPA works that

[political-research] Google Personalizes Search with SearchWiki

2008-11-21 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Google Personalizes Search with SearchWiki via KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News on 11/20/08 Google has introduced a new feature called SearchWiki that will allow people (in a gradual rollout to all users) to modify and save their results