The National Institutes of Health have been encouraging researchers who have obtained public funding to make their publications available for open access. While publishers weren’t overly enthusiastic, they did for the most part go along. But earlier this year a … Read More
Rather than link to the site, since it doesn’t seem to be stable, here’s a bunch of personal experiences from various people who’ve tried the new Cuil (pronounced “cool”) search engine.
Although some people still claim software patents help foster innovation, a lot of people have come to conclude that software patents have instead done the opposite. Along those lines, the USPTO has become increasingly unfriendly to software patent applications and … Read More
Stephen Fry reminds me once again why he is without a doubt my favorite tech writer. Exchange and enterprise capability (for BlackBerry-style “push email”) has arrived, meaning that the iPhone is now a serious corporate contender: employee pester-power will see … Read More
The NY Times takes a look at the debate over whether reading online is really reading in the way that reading books is. For the record, I do both and my reading style changes depending on the media in question. But … Read More
Gallery: NASA’s Most Embarrassing Goofs
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