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There has been some talk for a while, but the rumor has resurfaced that Yahoo! may buy Digg for nearly $30M.  In case you haven’t heard of Digg, it’s a technology news site that uses peer-approval for editing posts. Digg has grown incredibly fast in the past 4 months, and they may need some help […]

Social bookmarking is an activity performed over a computer network that allows users to save and categorize (see folksonomy) a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. Users may also take bookmarks saved by others and add them to their own collection, as well as to subscribe to the lists of others. - […]

wURLdBook’s mission is to help people stay connected to information on the Web. wURLdBook is a free web based information aggregator. wURLdBook offers you a new way to unobtrusively navigate, collect, categorize, annotate, clip, archive, find, publish RSS (including enclosures) and share information with others that is important to you on the web. Using wURLdBook’s […]

Lingua MOO was created in 1995 by Cynthia Haynes (UT-Dallas) and Jan Rune Holmevik (University of Bergen, Norway) to serve primarily the University of Texas at Dallas Rhetoric and Writing program and their School of Arts & Humanities and the University of Bergen’s Department of Humanistic Informatics. Lingua MOO functions as both a learning environment […]

MediaMOO is a professional online community for media researchers. It is a place to come meet colleagues in media studies and related fields and brainstorm, to hold colloquia and conferences, and to explore the serious side of this new medium. MediaMOO is a research project of Amy Bruckman started at the Epistemology and Learning Group […]

International Journal of Computational Intelligence (IJCI) is a scholarly peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, quarterly, international scientific journal focusing on theories, methods, and applications in computational intelligence; artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, and hybrid systems.
All submitted articles should report original, previously unpublished research results, experimental or theoretical, and will be peer-reviewed. Articles submitted to the […]

China Information presents timely and in-depth analyses of major developments in contemporary China and overseas Chinese communities in the areas of politics, economics, law, ecology, culture, and society, including literature and the arts.
China Information pays special attention to views and areas that do not receive sufficient attention in the mainstream discourse on contemporary China. […]

The Center For Jewish History Genealogy Institute helps new and experienced family history researchers learn about the world of their ancestors. It helps you learn about your ancestors by providing reference and educational services, and creating programming on family history and its connections to the broader sweep of Jewish history.
The Institute also leads researchers […]

Wikipedia can be a great tool for learning and researching information. However, like all sources, not everything in Wikipedia is accurate, comprehensive, or unbiased.
Many of the general rules of thumb for conducting research apply to Wikipedia, including:

The October 2005 V3N10 Awareness Watch Newsletter is a freely available 37 page .pdf document (717KB) by clicking here.
The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features a comprehensive listing of Astronomy Resources on the Internet including astronomy, astrophysics, bioastronomy, radio astronomy, roboscopes, and related sources on the Internet.

The motto of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) encapsulates the nature and work of this disaster management organisation which serves the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This regional inter-governmental agency established in September 1991 by an Agreement of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM to be responsible for disaster management.
There are presently […]

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics is an international, peer reviewed journal of advanced technological developments based on the science of biological systems.
While artificial body parts and related devices (both implantable and extracorporeal) will be a strong focus, other applications of synthetic bionic systems also fall within the scope of the journal, particularly those that are […]

The IFPMA Clinical Trials Portal Search is provided by the IFPMA, on behalf of its Member Companies and Associations. The portal has been designed as a single entry allowing you to search for comprehensive information on on-going clinical trials (registry) or results of completed trials (database) conducted by the innovative pharmaceutical industry.
This has been […]

Gerry McKiernan is pleased to announce the availability of his PowerPoint presentation titled “Wikis: Disruptive Technologies for Dynamic Possibilities” by clicking here that was delivered at Digital Libraries à la Carte: Choices for the Future, an international workshop held at Tilburg University, The Netherlands late last month.
The presentation reviews the general nature and […]

Community Internet - High-speed Internet access is fast becoming a basic public necessity - just like water, gas or electricity. But far too many Americans are finding themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide, unable to get connected or afford expensive commercial service.
Community Internet is the answer.
Soon, all media - TV, […]

Austrian Journal of Statistics - The journal is published approximately quarterly by the Austrian Statistical Society, Institut für Statistik, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Its general objective is to promote and extend the use of statistical methods in all kind of theoretical and applied disciplines.
Special emphasis is on methods and results in […]

Interest in distance education within institutions of higher learning dates as far back as the correspondence programs first offered by the University of Chicago and Columbia University in the late 19th century. There are a host of organizations currently involved in disseminating and promoting the cause of distance education, The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC), […]

Peggy Garvin examines the cautious nature with which the federal government is embracing RSS feeds. She highlights RSS feeds currently available from a range of agencies, and also suggests useful tools and sources to locate feeds as they become available.
This has been added to the presentation resources of my Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators […]

Peggy Garvin examines the cautious nature with which the federal government is embracing RSS feeds. She highlights RSS feeds currently available from a range of agencies, and also suggests useful tools and sources to locate feeds as they become available.
This has been added to the presentation resources of my Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators […]

The goal of SemaPedia.org is to combine the physical annotation technology of semacode with the availability of high quality information using the free encyclopedia Wikipedia. Imagine your cellphone as your smart travelguide. Its promise is to provide free relevant ad-hoc high quality information to mobile users in the real world.
This has been added to […]