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Opera has released a second beta version of its next browser which addresses the IDN exploit problem. This lastest version, 8.0 beta 2, is now available at http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/800b2/ . The problem is addressed by using a security bar to display...
Continue reading "Opera Releases Updated Version of Its Browser" » Copernic Releases Updated Desktop Search
Last week Copernic announced a new version of its Copernic Desktop Search. The new version is 1.5; it now fully supports Mozilla and Mozilla Thunderbird. It also supports the ability to index Eudora e-mails and attachments. The new CDS is...
Continue reading "Copernic Releases Updated Desktop Search" » AP Has RSS Feeds!
Woo Hoo! The AP has some RSS feeds, as you can see at http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/RSS_FEEDS?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME. Feeds here include science, technology, and a featured feed....
Historical Pictures of the Florida Keys
There's a great article in the Miami Herald about a new collection of 900 photographs of the Florida Keys. These photographs represent over 90 years of history, from the 1890s to the 1980s. You can see them at http://www.mile-markers.org/ ....
Continue reading "Historical Pictures of the Florida Keys" » February 25, 2005An Index of Mad Magazine Covers
It's hard to believe that you used to be able to go to the Fast Fare and buy Cracked, Crazy, and Mad magazine at the same time. It's been ages since I've read any of them, so it was a...
Pupna the Puppy Search Engine
For the Friday weirdness there's Pupna the Puppy Search engine. It searches, it says, exactly what you're looking for and nothing else. It's at http://www.pupna.com/ . Of course, the gag is that it does fetch for just what you're looking...
February 24, 2005Reference Engine for Numbers
I don't know how to describe this, so I'll going to call it a reference engine for numbers. Its official name is Number Server, and you can find it at http://number.inelegant.org/ . It's simple; search for a number. The search...
Yahoo Expands Image Search, Transformed Queries
Yahoo announced in its search blog recently ( http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000083.html) that they've expanded Yahoo images and added a bit to its functionality....
Continue reading "Yahoo Expands Image Search, Transformed Queries" » Google Maps Walking Tour
Jon Udell has an uber-nifty walking tour using Google Maps. Be sure to catch the screencast of the walking tour, and his pointer to the guy who figured this out. Very cool....
Neil Goldschmidt Records Available Online
KATU is reporting that the records of former Oregon governor Neil Goldschmidt are now available online. From the article: "The records include reports and correspondence from state agencies, communications to and from various members of Goldschmidt's staff, scheduling and trip...
Continue reading "Neil Goldschmidt Records Available Online" » Google Maps Expands Support
Google Maps now supports Safari and Opera, according to the Google 'blog. Good!...
MT Blogroll Tool for Movable Type
Those smart folks at Movalog have come up with a blogrolling utility for Movable Type. MT Blogroll is available at http://www.movalog.com/archives/plugins/mt-blogroll/mt-blogroll-10.php . From the page: "Basically MT Blogroll is a blogroll manager, similar to blogrolling.com. You are able to store...
February 23, 2005LOC Adds Some Prints and Photographs
The Library of Congress has announced a few updates to its Prints and Photographs online catalog, the main page of which is at http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html . The new updates include:...
Google Adds Movie Special Syntax
Google keeps it going with the specialty syntax with a new offering: movie information....
February 22, 2005FindLaw Launches Real Estate Site
Legal information site FindLaw has announced a Real Estate Center, which as you might imagine focuses on real estate law. It's available at http://realestate.findlaw.com . The site is divided into three broad areas: tenant's rights, landlords, and home ownership. Pick...
This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra 022205
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and resources you won't find in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: the periodic roundup issue. Get more information on subscribing to ResearchBuzz Extra at http://www.researchbuzz.com/buzzex.shtml....
Collection of Digital Camera Tips
Are you a digital camera photographer? You might want to check out the collection of over 400 digital photography tips available at http://malektips.com/digital_cameras_help_and_tips.html . The tips are divvied out by category. Some of the categories are expected (buying a digital...
February 21, 2005Rhode Island Goes RSS
Rhode Island has a new initiative for sharing information called RSSonate. Press release at http://www3.sec.state.ri.us/PressReleases/PressRelease.2005-02-21.1660860484. From the release: "RSSonate uses RSS, Really Simple Syndication, to share content in a steady stream, making government information completely transparent. Through RSSonate, constantly updated...
A Directory for Competitive Intelligence
In light of my comments about competitive intelligence on another site, a reader wrote in and told me about CIseek, a directory for competitive intelligence at http://www.CIseek.com . This is standard searchable subject index stuff with categories including associations, education,...
Continue reading "A Directory for Competitive Intelligence" » Oregon Releases new Blue Book
Oregon has an updated Blue Book available at http://bluebook.state.or.us/. A Blue Book is an official state directory and fact book....
Penn State Searching Innovation
Penn State is announcing new searching software that uses implicit instead of explicit searcher feedback to narrow down searches. It's discussed in a paper, "Seeking and Implementing Automated Assistance During the Search Process," the free abstract of which is available...
New at LLRX 022205
It's that time again -- new stuff available at LLRX! New stuff includes a Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web ( http://www.llrx.com/features/refugee.htm ), FOIA Facts: Balancing the Budget, One FOIA Request at a Time ( http://www.llrx.com/columns/foia18.htm ),...
Hawaii Image Bank
Is it cold where you are? Me too. Imagine something warmer. The Hawai'i Visitors & Convention Bureau has announced a new online image library. Use a newer browser and make sure you have referrer logging enabled or it won't work....
White House Recordings on the Web
Tip 'o the nib to the C.A.R. Reporrt for the pointer to WhiteHouse Tapes, which is making 5,000 hours of presidential recordings available online. The site's at http://www.whitehousetapes.org/ . Nav's on the left, with information grouped by president and by...
Web Search Garage Wins Pandia Award
Pandia has awarded Web Search Garage their 2004 "Best publication on searching" award. Their writeup is available at http://www.pandia.com/post/025-5.html. Thanks Pandia! And thanks for the highly recommended status for ResearchBuzz (Gary "Resourceshelf" Price won.)...
February 18, 2005New Google India Zeitgeist
There's a new Google India Zeitgeist. Tsunami is the number one search. (Actually it's the number one search for several countries.)...
February 17, 2005Northumberland Rock Art
A long time ago, before the Internet, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age people hung out in Northumberland and carved on rocks. And since we have the Internet now, everyone everywhere can see the carved rock panels thanks to the Northumberland...
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Goes to Version 57
Version 57 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography has been announced. It's up to 2,325 articles, books, and related materials that provide information on scholarly electronic publishing online. It comes in PDF and HTML flavors. PDF: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf HTML: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html And...
Continue reading "Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Goes to Version 57" » Forest Laboratories Announces Clinical Trial Registry
Forest Laboratories announced last week that they've made available a clinical trial registry at http://www.forestclinicaltrials.com . It's free to access after you agree to the terms and conditions....
Continue reading "Forest Laboratories Announces Clinical Trial Registry" » February 16, 2005Is It the Return of Northern Light?
So yesterday I got an e-mail addressed to Former Northern Light Customer (which I was, years and years ago) announcing that Northern Light is back. I'm a little surprised that they sent me that and nothing at ResearchBuzz, but okay,...
Google Updates Its Toolbar
Google has released a new beta version of its toolbar with some new features. The new toolbar is currently available at http://toolbar.google.com/T3 ; unfortunately it's still only available for Internet Explorer (@*%!) The new toolbar is currently also available only...
Community Tool: Web Site Listing Newspapers With RSS Feeds
Kevin Reynen and Jackie Rejfek have put together a site that lists over 1100 newspapers and 78 RSS feeds for those newspapers. The twist is they're asking the community to help them fill in the blanks. The site's at http://www.sidewalktheory.com/newspapers/...
Continue reading "Community Tool: Web Site Listing Newspapers With RSS Feeds" » Firefox Up to 25 Million Downloads!
Firefox announced yesterday that there have been over 25 million downloads of Firefox! You GO Firefox....
February 15, 2005Train Schedules Through Google France
RC sent me a note with the interesting information that if you go to Google France and search for the word train and two cities (or the word horaire and two cities) you'll get a link to a train schedule....
Google Hack Honeypot 1.0 Released
Sigh. The whole idea behind the Hacks series, as I understand it, was to reclaim the word. Hacks are supposed to be quick, nonofficial ways of getting around problems and adding functionality....
MemoText Text Message Reminder Service
Note to myself: check out MemoText at http://www.memotext.com/. It's an SMS reminder service. Not free, though fairly inexpensive. Wish it was all-you-could-eat instead of a message number limit (either 50 or 100 a month depending on the service you get.)...
This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and resources that you won't find in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: WWSED? Get more information on subscribing to ResearchBuzz Extra at http://www.researchbuzz.com/buzzex.shtml ....
Search Engine for iPod Information and Items
All the cool kids have iPods these days, it seems. If you're a cool kid or want to be a cool kid, check out the new search engine for iPods, FINDiPod.com ( http://www.findipod.com/ ) Looks like it's a meta-search engine...
Continue reading "Search Engine for iPod Information and Items" » February 14, 2005Online Archive of Folk Remedies
UCLA has established an online archive of over 200,000 folk remedies at http://www.folkmed.ucla.edu . It's searchable by simple keyword, with a switch allowing you to specify whether you want to do AND or OR searches. You can view between 5...
Google Redefines Beta
Google is redefining the idea of beta, as this article from CNET notes. "Google co-founder Larry Page on Wednesday told investors that the beta, or test, stage for its products would last as long as its engineers expected to make...
Yahoo Toolbar Now Available for Firefox
Yahoo announced last week that their toolbar is now available for Firefox. The toolbar, which you may download at http://toolbar.yahoo.com/firefox , is available for Windows only at the moment though versions for MacOS X and Linux are supposed to be...
Continue reading "Yahoo Toolbar Now Available for Firefox" » Search the Statistical Abstract with Facster
The Statistical Abstract of the United States has been mixed for better searching and results displaying at Facster ( http://www.facster.com )....
Continue reading "Search the Statistical Abstract with Facster" » February 11, 2005Yahoo Offers Hints for Webmasters
The Yahoo 'blog has a page of hints for Webmasters who want Yahoo's crawler, slurp, to visit, but don't want slurp to take up too much of their bandwidth. Suggestions include using compressed files and smart caching. The full article's...
Google Maps Not Integrated into Google Search?
Google Maps is really lovely! I'm kinda surprised that if you enter an address in Google you're still getting linked to Yahoo Maps and MapQuest: Huh?...
Continue reading "Google Maps Not Integrated into Google Search?" » Spoofstick Updated Against IDN Exploit
Spoofstick, covered in ResearchBuzz last June, has been updated to counteract the IDN vulnerability to which Firefox is vulnerable. You may download the updated Firefox extension at http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/....
February 09, 2005Mark Jen Fired From Google
Was Google employee Mark Jen dooced by Google? It appears he was fired, but it's not clear why. At any rate he's not at Google any more. For those of you playing along at home, Mark had a Weblog called...
Atomz Gets Bought by WebSideStory
This is more for my own reference: WebSiteStory bought Atomz. I was a Atomz customer for something like five years. (I stopped being a customer long before now; it had nothing to do with this acquisition.) Good luck Atomz......
About.com on the Block
About.com, which used to be The Mining Company, is being sold by Primedia, Internet News story at http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3481826 . The bidders for it are Google, the New York Times, Yahoo, the AOL unit of Time Warner and Ask Jeeves. My...
PubSub Offers Earthquake Updates
PubSub ( http://www.pubsub.com ) is offering earthquake data from the USGS (US Geological Survey.) Signing up for updates is simple; go to http://www.pubsub.com/earthquakes.php , select the area you want to be alerted on, and the magnitude of activity you want...
Bloglines for Librarians in 3.5 Easy Steps
Okay, librarians, now you've got no excuse for not getting into RSS......
Continue reading "Bloglines for Librarians in 3.5 Easy Steps" » Hey, Ask Jeeves Did Buy Bloglines
I heard the rumor and thought, hmm, okay. Might be interesting if it's true. Ask Jeeves to buy Bloglines. Don't have a very long-lived blog, I can't recall that they've provided any kind of RSS tools, but all right....
February 08, 2005Google Announces Google Maps
Late last night? Early this morning? Anyway, Google has recently added something to Google labs ( http://labs.google.com ) -- Google Maps....
Google Updates Its Image Search
Google has updated its image search ( http://images.google.com ) in two ways....
February 07, 2005Google Makes Buckets of Money, I Get Nervous
Let me start this little writeup with the observation that I don't own any Google stock, I don't want any Google stock, yadda yadda yadda, gabba gabba hey....
Continue reading "Google Makes Buckets of Money, I Get Nervous" » February 04, 2005Firefox Extensions in PC Magazine
PC Magazine has a nice roundup of 15 Firefox extensions. Don't forget to check out the reader comments for even more extension recommendations....
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