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Submission + - Bookstore owner burns books in protest

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gollum123

on Monday May 28, 2007 @07:22PM

gollum123 writes: "Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books ( http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/28/bookbu rning.ap/index.html ). But when he wanted to thin out the collection, he found he couldn't even give away books to libraries or thrift shops; they said they were full. So on Sunday, Wayne began burning his books in protest of what he sees as society's diminishing support for the printed word. "This is the funeral pyre for thought in America today," Wayne told spectators outside his bookstore as he lit the first batch of books. he envisions monthly bonfires until his supply — estimated at 20,000 books — is exhausted."

Submission + - Wikipedia reveals plans for a web search engine

Submitted by jasonoik on Saturday March 10, 2007 @02:44PM

jasonoik writes: Wikia, the company behind wikipedia reveals plans for a new, editable search engine. They say that the goal of the project is to get 5% of the search market. The service does not yet an official release date. The article also leaves open the possibility that the search results may contain advertisments, and concludes by listing figures of the web advertisment market.

Submission + - Opera /. easter egg and new speed dial feature

Submitted by Thelomen on Saturday March 10, 2007 @02:02PM

Thelomen writes: Opera Browser contains a fairly unknown Easter Egg: Simply type /. in the address bar and you are taken directly to Slashdot.org. This easter egg was recently reported over at OperaWatch.com .

Other recent news from Opera is their new Speed Dial feature, precent in the most recent build from Desktop Team. Speed Dial is nothing more than 9 bookmarks you can open with CTRL+1 to CTRL+9, however the pages on the Speed Dial are shown as a thumbnail and automatically prefetched in background, making it ideal if you have some heavy pages among your top 10 bookmarks, and you may come to use this feature much more than you thought.

Feed Blogs Shift Mideast Dialogue (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 09, 2007 @08:12PM

Middle Eastern bloggers tackling everything from human rights to Islam are making it harder for governments to keep their monopoly on the media. By the Associated Press.

Feed MIT Cracks Fiber-Optics Conundrum (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 09, 2007 @08:12PM

Researchers say they've created a nifty optics-on-a-chip device that overcomes a major obstacle in harnessing the full power and speed of light waves. By the Associated Press.

Journal Journal: AsteriskNow: A Software Appliance?

Journal by Scott7477 on Friday February 09, 2007 @06:48PM

An article at serverwatch.com describes a "software appliance" which is essentially a complete system that you install on a PC.

Feed YouTube as Extremist Theater (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 09, 2007 @06:12PM

Clips of bombings, sniper attacks and kidnap victims show up regularly on YouTube -- some of them staged for the camera in order to post for a world audience. By the Associated Press.

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