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Speed Up Adobe Acrobat Files - :: This is too cool, and needs to be mentioned. Via SearchEngineWatch via Anil Dash comes word of a utility created by programmer Joe Cox, called Adobe Reader SpeedUp:Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a simple application that was created to help... (11:05 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

TRN's Technology Research Advances of 2004 - :: TRN Technology Research News has released its list of Top Picks for Technology Research Advances of 2004. Areas covered include biotechnology, communications, computing, engineering, energy, security, nanotechnology, applied physics, and the Internet.... (18:52 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

Digital Reference Services Bibliography - FYI -- listserv posting from Bernie Sloan:This past weekend I finished a long-overdue update of my Digital Reference Services Bibliography: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/digiref.html There are now more than 700 items listed in this bibliography, related to the topic of online or virtual... (12:09 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

Web Sites of Interest - :: A couple of web sites discovered via the EEVL catalogue and the EEVL Current Awareness Service:E-STREAMS publishes "electronic reviews of science & technology references covering engineering, agriculture, medicine and science. Each issue contains 30+ STM reviews, covering new titles... (11:10 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World - :: "Technology Review unveils its annual selection of hot new technologies about to affect our lives in revolutionary ways—and profiles the innovators behind them." The technologies described are:Universal Translation Synthetic Biology Nanowires Bayesian Machine Learning T-Rays Distributed Storage RNA Interference... (22:59 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

Robots in the News - :: Researchers at MIT have constructed a robot whose top half is a robotic arm and bottom half is a Segway. The robot can move down hallways, find a door, and open it. Last week, the first walking robot capable... (13:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

New memory device could offer smaller, simpler way to archive data - :: "Engineers at Princeton University and Hewlett-Packard have invented a combination of materials that could lead to cheap and super-compact electronic memory devices for archiving digital images or other data." (via: EurekAlert.)... (08:46 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

CM Web and Annodex - new web tool to improve searching video, audio - From Nature science update: "A new web tool makes online video and audio as interactive as text, say its creators. The software could enhance surfing, and help individuals and organizations manage large quantities of footage" The new web tool, called... (13:28 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
STM Lit Access, Corporate Blogging, Project Halo - :: Bonita Wilson's editorial in the latest issue of D-Lib Magazine, v9, n4, June 2003, discusses improving access to STM literature. :: From the NYTimes: The Corporate Blog is Catching On. (via Karlin.) :: From Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends, mention... (12:18 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)

Mixed-Bag Special - :: "Scientific papers that are not widely read and that lack any great influence can end up being classed as high-impact, claim researchers in California". Read the story here. :: Karlin Lillington recently attended the ISC Symposium in Switzerland, and... (00:21 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)