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West Va. Internet consultant paid $512k in federal stimulus funds

flickr / UConn Libraries MAGIC Earlier this year, reports emerged that West Virginia had become the home of the $22,000 router. Using federal stimulus money, state officials decided to install more than 1,000...

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Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Supreme Court seeks a way around "perpetual copyright" on foreign goods

flickr / deltaMike If the Supreme Court is looking for a middle ground in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, it's going to be hard to find. That copyright case, argued this morning, could have a...

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Court rules book scanning is fair use, suggesting Google Books victory

Chris Bennett The Author's Guild has suffered another major setback in its fight to stop Google's ambitious book-scanning project. The Guild lost a key ally when Google settled with a coalition of major...

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Thursday, October 11th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Internet Archive Starts Seeding 1,398,875 Torrents

The Internet Archive ‘s mission statement is to provide “universal access to all knowledge,” which is not all that different from The Pirate Bay’s ethos. BitTorrent is the fastest way to share files...

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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

6 iPad Reading Apps

A list of iPad reading apps covering books, magazines, newspapers and articles. The iPad is a great alternative to a dedicated e-reader like the Kindle or Nook. Although it doesn’t have the same...

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Sunday, July 29th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment
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