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Encyclopedia Britannica Might Be Free, Or Not

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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If you “write a lot” on the web and you would like to have a chance to read Encyclopedia Britannica for free (something that you can already do with wikipedia) than go submit your URL and they just might consider you a publisher!
I agree with Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, this is a dying [...]

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Tags: Business · Miscellaneous · Software · Tech Blogroll · World News

Yahoo! NewsGlobe

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I just came across another interesting mashup, this time with Yahoo maps.  The title of the page is “Yahoo! NewsGlobe” and it pinpoints the top news stories around the globe using varying length bars that indicate how popular the story is.  There are two modes that you can use to browse the “top stories”, “autoplay” [...]

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Leave Your Tylenol At Home

February 8th, 2008 · No Comments

If you plan on traveling to the United Arab Emirates you would be well advised to leave your cold medications, prescription drugs, or anything that’s drug related at home. According to a BBC article the UAE doesn’t tolerate even the smallest amounts of drugs, even some over the counter medicines are illegal. To [...]

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Tags: World News