tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1 2006-05-29T06:58:59Z News and updates about search engines, databases, and other information collections. Since 1998. Movable Type 3.2 tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2794 2006-05-29T06:58:10Z 2006-05-29T06:58:59Z

Apparently 42 isn't enough. Yahoo announced 15 May that Yahoo Answers has reached more than ten million answers in the US since its beta launch last December. Yahoo has also officially launched Yahoo! Canada Answers, now available at http://answers.yahoo.ca. So...

RBuzz Apparently 42 isn't enough. Yahoo announced 15 May that Yahoo Answers has reached more than ten million answers in the US since its beta launch last December. Yahoo has also officially launched Yahoo! Canada Answers, now available at http://answers.yahoo.ca. So... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2793 2006-05-25T12:36:09Z 2006-05-25T12:37:45Z

I don't know if this has just been available a long time and I missed it, or what. But I thought it was kind of neat and I wanted to mention it here. Are you familiar with HubMed? (http://www.hubmed.org.) It's...

RBuzz I don't know if this has just been available a long time and I missed it, or what. But I thought it was kind of neat and I wanted to mention it here. Are you familiar with HubMed? (http://www.hubmed.org.) It's... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2792 2006-05-20T17:56:59Z 2006-05-20T17:58:07Z

Google "tweaks" Google Video -- no more special software required to upload video, video should appear more quickly. Details at the Washington Post. The Yahoo Interface Blog has an article about recent changes to the Yahoo home page. New Google...

RBuzz Google "tweaks" Google Video -- no more special software required to upload video, video should appear more quickly. Details at the Washington Post. The Yahoo Interface Blog has an article about recent changes to the Yahoo home page. New Google... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2791 2006-05-20T17:17:00Z 2006-05-20T17:17:56Z

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has announced WHOI ImageSource, an online image library that contains images spanning 75 years of ocean exploration. At the moment the library contains 36,000 images but many more are being added every week. You...

RBuzz The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has announced WHOI ImageSource, an online image library that contains images spanning 75 years of ocean exploration. At the moment the library contains 36,000 images but many more are being added every week. You... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2790 2006-05-20T16:25:44Z 2006-05-20T16:26:45Z

Th' Google people have announced that Google's blog search (http://blogsearch.google.com/.) Before I get into this and a couple of other things I must note that even though Google has recognized that date search is very very important when searching blogs,...

RBuzz Th' Google people have announced that Google's blog search (http://blogsearch.google.com/.) Before I get into this and a couple of other things I must note that even though Google has recognized that date search is very very important when searching blogs,... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2789 2006-05-20T15:15:30Z 2006-05-20T15:16:25Z

It was announced last week, and now it's available. The Google blog notes that Google Notebook is now live and kickin' at http://www.google.com/notebook. You'll need a Google account to use it, however. Once you're logged in, Google will take you...

RBuzz It was announced last week, and now it's available. The Google blog notes that Google Notebook is now live and kickin' at http://www.google.com/notebook. You'll need a Google account to use it, however. Once you're logged in, Google will take you... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2788 2006-05-17T13:46:39Z 2006-05-20T17:21:16Z

Sometimes I'm looking for certain kinds of sites. I might, for example, want to find several sites about soutwestern curling leagues. There are lots of tricks for doing this, including finding a relevant site and deconstructing who links to it,...

RBuzz Sometimes I'm looking for certain kinds of sites. I might, for example, want to find several sites about soutwestern curling leagues. There are lots of tricks for doing this, including finding a relevant site and deconstructing who links to it,... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2787 2006-05-16T13:33:24Z 2006-05-16T13:36:03Z

Yahoo has announced that they now have a new home page, which you can access at the usual Yahoo place -- www.yahoo.com. Look at it with something besides Opera, though, because with Opera all you get an error message and...

RBuzz Yahoo has announced that they now have a new home page, which you can access at the usual Yahoo place -- www.yahoo.com. Look at it with something besides Opera, though, because with Opera all you get an error message and... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2786 2006-05-12T12:41:25Z 2006-05-12T12:45:35Z

Yahoo has announced on its blog that it's added a new technology, Livesearch, to its AlltheWeb property. Unfortunately, it doesn't support Opera, but you can launch Firefox and try it at http://livesearch.alltheweb.com/. "Search Smarter. Find Faster." Pretty generic but it...

RBuzz Yahoo has announced on its blog that it's added a new technology, Livesearch, to its AlltheWeb property. Unfortunately, it doesn't support Opera, but you can launch Firefox and try it at http://livesearch.alltheweb.com/. "Search Smarter. Find Faster." Pretty generic but it... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2785 2006-05-12T11:13:02Z 2006-05-12T11:14:58Z

Before I get going, I guess I have to tell you what a heat island is. A heat island is the phenomenon when urban temperatures are higher than the surrounding country and land cover. (A more in-depth discussion is available...

RBuzz Before I get going, I guess I have to tell you what a heat island is. A heat island is the phenomenon when urban temperatures are higher than the surrounding country and land cover. (A more in-depth discussion is available... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2784 2006-05-12T10:34:21Z 2006-05-12T10:35:42Z

The Library of Congress has announced that all the negatives in the George Grantham Bain news photograph collection (about 40,000 glass negatives) have been digitized and are available in the LOC's Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. You can start at...

RBuzz The Library of Congress has announced that all the negatives in the George Grantham Bain news photograph collection (about 40,000 glass negatives) have been digitized and are available in the LOC's Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. You can start at... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2783 2006-05-11T02:38:02Z 2006-05-11T02:39:10Z

Oh, this is really cute. An animated talking language translator. It's a mashup between Google Translate and SitePal. Polly Glotto is available at http://www.pollyglotto.com/. When you first open the site, Polly will say hello. She's on the left side of...

RBuzz Oh, this is really cute. An animated talking language translator. It's a mashup between Google Translate and SitePal. Polly Glotto is available at http://www.pollyglotto.com/. When you first open the site, Polly will say hello. She's on the left side of... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2782 2006-05-11T02:18:58Z 2006-05-11T02:20:32Z

Are you familiar with the Google Zeitgeist? It's a regularly-updated part of the Google site that shows you trends that are becoming more and less popular, commentary, etc. There's a US version and other versions around the world. Google Trends...

RBuzz Are you familiar with the Google Zeitgeist? It's a regularly-updated part of the Google site that shows you trends that are becoming more and less popular, commentary, etc. There's a US version and other versions around the world. Google Trends... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2781 2006-05-10T21:30:55Z 2006-05-11T02:46:51Z

Many of you have probably already plumped to the huge Google press release that went out a while ago. There's way too much to cover in just one entry so keep an eye out tonight for a series of reviews,...

RBuzz Many of you have probably already plumped to the huge Google press release that went out a while ago. There's way too much to cover in just one entry so keep an eye out tonight for a series of reviews,... tag:www.researchbuzz.org,2006://1.2780 2006-05-09T13:54:09Z 2006-05-10T13:56:02Z

The Milwaukee Public Library has introduced a new feature: a digitized collection of "Remember When", a feature that ran in The Milwaukee Journal from 1963 through 1994. Over 150 of the columns are available at http://www.mpl.org/File/digital_remember_index.htm. According to an article...

RBuzz The Milwaukee Public Library has introduced a new feature: a digitized collection of "Remember When", a feature that ran in The Milwaukee Journal from 1963 through 1994. Over 150 of the columns are available at http://www.mpl.org/File/digital_remember_index.htm. According to an article...