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Every university library should have one of these, but so far, only one does
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A wandering Yahoo: more knee action, modest progress
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STM & Legal
FindLaw launches UK-specific free legal information website
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British Library releases “Is copyright a help or hindrance?” report
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ICO toughens stance on FOIA breaches
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Academic & Humanities
Springer to publish scientific quarterly Demography
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German academic and information institutions join forces to support science
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Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn

Search firm announces stock deal for video-sharing site
Shaun Nichols, Information world review 10/10/2006
 
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Business
Government outlines plans for next-gen mobile and communication technologies
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Britons least willing to pay for online content
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Social Media
A study launched to analyse whether Tweets are all noise
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Social network-savvy professionals have better job prospects
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An app for an app
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You can press the panic button but not the wrong one
Patrolling, policing and regulating the social media is a giant step backwards. The idea of regulati...
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