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22 July 2011 0 Comments

Now you see it . . .

Several useful search features have been withdrawn from the Google site without explanation. Why?

22 July 2011 0 Comments

Threat to freedom of information on the Internet

Some governments are seeking to filter the use of the Internet because the information it carries can be used to challenge the authority of governments: could this threaten the future of the Internet as a carrier of information and freedom of expression?

21 July 2011 0 Comments

What do you remember . . .

A study has revealed that the way in which people remember information may be changing as a result of use of Internet technologies.

18 July 2011 0 Comments

All the news that’s fit to read . . .

Direct charges to users for the use of news-related sources may have a deleterious effect on the supply and use of news-related information in libraries.

18 July 2011 0 Comments

Facebook versus Google+: is it really a competition?

Google is always an interesting company to watch — but is its Google+ experiment in social networking sufficiently distinctive?

18 July 2011 0 Comments

Intellectual property rights: is South Africa failing?

In a recently-published article, Sharon Dell writes that “South Africa’s current intellectual property rights regime is failing to support the national system of innovation and is actively disadvantaging local inventors while facilitating exploitation by foreign interests”.

16 February 2011 0 Comments

The underside of Google?

Some companies have received very high ranking in searches through the manipulation of search results.

10 February 2011 0 Comments

Change and digital decay

The problems of preserving digital materials are acute and worrying; David Rosenthal considers them in his blog.

22 January 2011 0 Comments

Google “bias” survey — start of a flame war?

Results of a survey of bias in the search algorithms of Google, Yahoo, Bing, AOL, and Ask.

22 January 2011 0 Comments

Wikipedia — ten years old!

It has certainly courted notoriety since its implementation and has also received its share of plaudits. Wikipedia was founded on 15 January 2001. What is its future?