Search Engines & Research Tools

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Information Today August 4, 2008	LibLime Acquires Assets of CARE Affiliates LibLime says its acquisition of CARE highlights one strength of open source solutions -- no vendor lock in.
Information Today August 4, 2008	OCLC Offers Web Harvester for CONTENTdm OCLC is now offering Web Harvester, a new product that allows libraries and other cultural heritage institutions to capture and add web content to their digital collections
Information Today August 4, 2008	HP, Intel, and Yahoo! Announce Cloud Computing Test Bed HP, Intel Corp., and Yahoo! Inc. announced the creation of a global, multidata center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education.
Search Engine Watch August 1, 2008 Frank Watson	Look Out PageRank, There's a New Algorithm in Town Microsoft recently published research on a new algorithm it calls BrowseRank, which is based on user behavior instead of linking patterns. Microsoft thinks this could be the answer to increased relevance in search results. But is it?
Information Today July 31, 2008	Scopus Adds More Preprint Research Abstracts Scopus AiP abstracts are citable and precede the final published, printed version by up to 4 months, significantly accelerating the knowledge discovery process for researchers.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2008 Anders Bylund	Google Needs Your Trust Google is rolling out more insight into the wherefores and how-tos of those personalized results.
Search Engine Watch July 30, 2008 Kevin Ryan	What's Wrong With Being Cuil? Cuil may be a good search engine...someday. But launching it as a "Google-killer" was a mistake.
Popular Mechanics July 29, 2008 S.E. Kramer	Why Cuil Can't Keep Up With Google's Search Power: Analysis A new search engine launched yesterday, claiming to be the next, best alternative to Google. Cuil (pronounced "cool") garnered a ton of buzz.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Tim Beyers	Google Is Cooler Than Cuil With all the press Cuil (pronounced "Cool") is getting, you'd think the upstart search engine is already the Next Big Thing; a digital property so hot that Wired's editors must be salivating. Well, it isn't.
Information Today July 28, 2008 Kathy Dempsey	ThinkeringSpace Project Aims to Provide a New Way to Play in the 21st Century The idea is to design a place where young people can "tinker" and "think" at the same time, learning things outside of school while playing outside the box.
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