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Around the Web
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Google Charity Chief Steps Down
via Around the WebLarry Brilliant steps down at Google.org as the philanthropy tries to align projects it funds with technologies it produces.
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What Goes Up Must Come Down
via Around the WebNASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite fails to reach orbit and plunges into the sea.
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Interscope Brings Artists to iPhone
via Around the WebInterscope brings some of its most prominent artists to the iPhone. Will it convince people to buy the music?
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Wikipedia Book Finds its way onto Wikipedia
via Around the WebWikipedia: The Missing Manual ends up where it belongs, on Wikipedia.
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Make Money, Cut Jobs
via Around the WebMicrosoft and Intel post profitable quarters and cut over 10,000 jobs. Sony loses billions. Duck.
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Britannica 2.0
via Around the WebThe 241-year-old Encyclopedia Britannica embraces Web 2.0 and says they’ll allow users to edit and update articles.
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Will the US Government go Open Source?
via Around the WebThe BBC reports that Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy has been tapped to submit a paper outlining how the US government can implement open source solutions.
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Can Google PageRank Predict Nobel Prize Winners?
via Around the WebTwo researchers ask whether citation patterns in scientific papers can be analyzed to figure out future Nobel Prize winners. And the answer is… sort of, kind of, yes.
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Belkin’s Dirty Laundry
via Around the WebThe Internet has made the world an increasingly transparent place. A lesson electronics maker Belkin should have known before paying off reviewers on popular sites like Amazon.
