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Library ebook lending stalls due to confusion, despite widespread interest
More than half of Americans have a library card, and many library systems offer ebook lending. But Continue reading…
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Link rot in 2012: keeping track of how web addresses go dead
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Can the 'Digital Public Library' ever exist?
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3M cloud library system debuts in Minnesota today
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Oxford and Vatican libraries to digitize 1.5 million pages of ancient texts
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The state of the library ebook, and how to use it
Ebooks are infinitely reproducible and almost instantly transmissible, so why is it so difficult to Continue reading…
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Movie Explorer acts as your film librarian for Windows
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How the word processor changed literature
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NEC developing 'super-resolution' camera technologies
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Palo Alto City Library to lend Chromebooks to patrons
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'Breaking Bad' star Bryan Cranston shows his dark side in Reddit AMA
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Tesla issues partial recall of Model S electric sedan
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Bath salts and booty: watch a drug-fueled John McAfee uninstall his antivirus software
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Microsoft planning improved Surface RT with Qualcomm processor
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Nobody listening? NSA agents don't need specific warrants to target individuals, says Greenwald
