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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Nicole Webb

Nicole Webb

Google Sidewiki encourages annotations - 0 views

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    Google's latest application Sidewiki is subverting the roles of users and allowing them to partake in the creative process by posting comments in the sidelines of webpages.
Nicole Webb

'The Lost Symbol' pirate copies hit the internet - 0 views

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    Dan Brown's latest selling novel "The Lost Symbol' has become available in its entirity online just days after it hits shelves in bookstores globally.
Nicole Webb

Google acquires web security firm reCAPTCHA - 0 views

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    GOOGLE has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that produces the squiggly words used by websites to guard against spam and fraud. reCAPTCHA's technology would be used to increase fraud and spam protection for Google products "but also to improve books and newspaper scanning process."
Nicole Webb

Anonymous Blogging No More - 0 views

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    Vogue model Liskula Cohen sought the identity of the blogger so she could sue her for defamation against claims that she was the 'skankiest in NYV.' Manhattan Supreme Court rules that Google who hosted the blogger, turn them over. Is this the demise of anonymous blogging?
Nicole Webb

Making Search Prettier - Bing Launches Visual Search - - 0 views

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    Bing positions itself as a 'decision engine' with the launch of 'visual search in Bing.' Instead of providing a list of blue hyptertext links, now Bing will visualise their search results on a 3D grid including icons and photos.
Nicole Webb

Insurers Shun Multitasking Speech Devices - 0 views

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    Devices like iPhones and netbook PCs that can help the speech-impaired are not covered by Medicare or insurers.
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Caring robots learn to relate | Herald Sun - 0 views

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    THEY may look more like vacuum cleaners with eyes, but Matilda and Jackson are the next generation of nurses and "emotionally intelligent" babysitters.
Nicole Webb

Germany's Ph.D. Scandal: Were Degrees Bought? - TIME - 0 views

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    The reputation of Germany's higher education system has been shaken by the revelation that investigators are looking into a PhD scam in which professors were paid to help students gain their doctorates.
Nicole Webb

A Pair of Ragged Claws ALR Blog | The Australian - 0 views

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    The University acts as a renowned institution for disseminating information and knowledge. Should this role include an account for moral education?
Nicole Webb

Wikipedia Testing New Editing Restrictions - 0 views

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    Collaborative Encyplopedia Wikipedia is test-driving a new editing scheme to enahnce its credibility, making it subject to screeing and altering before it is published online. Doesn't this not defeat the purpose of it in the first place?
Nicole Webb

Week 2 Presentation (Paradigms of Publishing) - 0 views

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    Rebecca Blood and John Quiggin readings
Nicole Webb

Creative Commons - 0 views

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    Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
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