[political-research] 3-2-1 123people search launches off!

2008-10-27 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: 3-2-1 123people search launches off! via Alt Search Engines by Charles Knight on 10/27/08 Today next generation people search tool, 123people (http://www.123people.com) hits the web with its US public beta launch. 123people, is a high performance

[political-research] World's smallest storage device lies in the nucleus of an atom

2008-10-27 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: World's smallest storage device lies in the nucleus of an atom via KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News on 10/26/08 Scientists at Princeton University, Oxford University, and the U.S. Department of Energy have demonstrated the ultimate

[political-research] Search Wikipedia Faster As-You-Type [Wikipedia]

2008-10-27 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Search Wikipedia Faster As-You-Type [Wikipedia] via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on 10/27/08 Developer Chirag Mehta wanted a better way to search Wikipedia, so he put together a fast, dynamic as-you-type search box that loads results in a sidebar and

[political-research] Bacevich, and Spinoza, on the Error of Exceptionalism

2008-10-27 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Bacevich, and Spinoza, on the Error of Exceptionalism via Mondoweiss by Philip Weiss on 10/27/08 Last night I watched Andrew Bacevich on C-Span's About Books program. (Some of it anyway; I surf.) The most interesting point he made is that the U.S.

[political-research] Zviewer Aggregates Online TV in a Full-Screen Browser [Featured Windows Down...

2008-10-27 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Zviewer Aggregates Online TV in a Full-Screen Browser [Featured Windows Download] via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on 10/27/08 Windows only: Free application Zviewer is a one-stop shop for all your web video needs, integrating everything from Hulu and

[political-research] Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech

2008-10-27 Thread Sean McBride
Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech via NYT Technology on 10/27/08 Companies like Microsoft and Google plan to introduce Wednesday a global code of conduct that they say will better protect online free speech and privacy