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Wired.com

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Blurb.com’s Book Smarts

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Those who can’t publish, blog. It’s one of the enduring knocks against the blogosphere. But what happens when any blogger, or blog reader, has one-button …

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Roll Your Own Google

Originally in: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/12/69817

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In a move with potentially far-reaching implications for the search market, Alexa Internet is opening up its huge web crawler to any programmer who wants …

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The Science Behind Acts of God

Originally in: [Wired News, November 15, 2005]

Interview with Simon Winchester

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In a year in which Mother Nature has served notice to its terrestrial tenants with one natural disaster after another, Simon Winchester regrets his notoriety. …

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Killer Buzz Flocks to New Browser

Originally in: [Wired News, September 14, 2005]

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Perhaps the world does not need another web browser — but it may want Bart Decrem’s.

Decrem and a small cadre of programmers in Palo …

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Riding With the Urban Mappers

Originally in: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/08/68405

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PALO ALTO, California — “I didn’t think it could be done,” says Tim Caro-Brice, a Stanford University graduate student and pioneering member of Amazon.com’s A9.com …

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