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David Karp Paid $81 Million too much for Tumblr - 0 views

m.entrepreneur.com/227784 Tumblr David Karp Money Power
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    This article discusses a power struggle between David Karp and the new CEO of Tumblr.
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Future of the Internet - Future Internet Scenarios | Internet Society - 0 views

www.internetsociety.org/...future-scenarios scenarios future internet society
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    A neat page by the Internet Society depicting their potential scenarios for the future of the internet with cool little videos.
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Some Thoughts on the Whole "Artists' Books in the Digital Age" Thing | The Binding Agent - 0 views

thebindingagent.com/...books-in-the-digital-age-thing books digitization controversy
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    This article proposes that digital technologies actually AID in keeping the book a widely spread and accessible media, rather than hurting its future.
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The dangers of Webcrawled datasets | Bell | First Monday - 0 views

firstmonday.org/...2456 dangers datasets web crawling
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    Potential problems with data collected by a web-crawler that would not, in theory, be present if the data were collected by hand.
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5 Dangers of Using Proxy Websites - 0 views

www.techmaal.com/rs-of-using-proxy-websites.htm proxy server risks
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    Five risks you may not have known about using proxy servers to access websites.
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List of "Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals" - 0 views

scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals open access false scholarly journal
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    This is a list of open access journals which do not meet the standards to which scholarly journals must be held, including, but not limited to, undergoing peer review. This list also contains a link to criteria scholarly journals must meet.
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What is DRM? | Digital Restrictions Management - 0 views

drm.info/what-is-drm drm restrictions management interesting read unexpected
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    This article gives a definition of Digital Restrictions Management in terms that everyone can understand. More importantly, it teaches us why we should avoid using business that use DRM and how to do so.
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Say No to Google: Alternative Search Engines - 1 views

articles.software.informer.com/lternative-search-engines.html google alternative search engines
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    This article describes the benefits of search engine alternatives to the mighty Google. In doing so, it also reveals how much information Google keeps on you every time you do a search. 
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OSS vs Proprietary Software - 0 views

www.cmswire.com/...-is-no-clear-winner-021752.php open source software proprietary software wordpress
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    Which is better, OSS or Proprietary Software? This article poses both sides of the arguments, mainly that OSS is lauded for it's "community" support, while Proprietary Software is backed by professional, tried and true support. The main conclusions were that OSS and Proprietary Software essentially match in content quality until the codes become longer. In that case, Proprietary Software comes out on top.
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HowStuffWorks "Internet vs. World Wide Web" - 0 views

computer.howstuffworks.com/...net-versus-world-wide-web1.htm internet world wide web networks
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  • The Web isn't the only system out there, but it's the most popular and widely used. (Examples of ways to access the Internet without using HTTP include e-mail and instant messaging.)
  • The World Wide Web, on the other hand, is the system we use to access the Internet
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    This article explains the difference between the internet and the WWW by describing the internet as a network of computers and the WWW as one of the modes we use to access certain files within this network. It also states that-- as we had discussed in class-- though the WWW is probably the most widely-used mode of accessing the internet, other ways, such as through email and instant messaging, are also available.
  • cmarion2 on 05 Sep 13
     
    This article explains the difference between the internet and the WWW by describing the internet as a network of computers and the WWW as one of the modes we use to access certain files within this network. It also states that-- as we had discussed in class-- though the WWW is probably the most widely-used mode of accessing the internet, other ways, such as through email and instant messaging, are also available.
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