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Google Book Search Gets Commendable UI Update
I keep a list of books and stories that I’d like to read, and, thanks to an update to Google Book Search,…
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Yahoo ‘Peanut Butters’ Their Podcasts Site
The pruning of extraneous services at Yahoo continues, as news emerged that the Yahoo Podcasts Beta will shut down on Halloween.
A Car In Every Garage, Fast Internet On Every PC
It's a slow, but moving boulder. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) called on the Bush administration to make a commitment to making high-speed Internet access more widely available to small businesses and all Americans.
Hong Kong’s Broadband Is How Fast?
In case you're still convinced there's a true open market in broadband space and the handful of companies running it are sufficient competition for each other, consider this: in Hong Kong, you can get a fiber-to-the-home connection 20 times faster than Verizon's FiOS connection for about the same price.
Sina Strengthens Its Search Engine And Portal
We all know about Internet censorship in China - search engines may or (more probably) may not return results for any sensitive queries. But now, when Sina wants to deliver an answer, it will be able to do so more reliably.
Navy to Redesign Building Due to Google Maps
Quite some time back, I came across this Swastika-shaped building via Google Maps, and posted the screengrab in my Flickr account. Since then, it became one of my most popular Flickr pictures, since strange stuff like this can become quickly viral.
