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>>   Book reviews
The world's richest bloody franchise 
The Independent - 48 Minutes ago
85 million books sold. The biggest opening of any film in US history. Guy Adams and Arifa Akbar investigate how the 'Twilight' vampire stories got their teeth into the minds â?? and purses â?? of teenage     Add Comment

Rebels and Traitors, By Lindsey Davis 
The Independent - 49 Minutes ago
Epic proves a battle to get through Reviewed by Marianne Brace Close Weighing in at 742 pages, Lindsey Davis's English Civil War epic is not â?? in any sense â?? a light read. How different from her jaunty     Add Comment

Noted Chinese translator dies at 95 
SINA - 6 Hours ago
(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Yang Xianyi, one of China's most well-known translators, known for rendering numerous ancient Chinese classics into English, including 'The Dream
Noted translator dies at 94 Straits Times
Noted translator of Chinese classics dies at 94 The Independent
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Recommended events this week 
Chicago Tribune - 4 Hours ago
For week of Nov. 28 through Dec. 4. Saturday reporter Rick Kogan and photographer Charles Osgood () will discuss and sign copies of their latest book, at 2 p.m. at , 7419 W. Madison, in Forest Park.     Add Comment
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>>   Online content
YouTube 'all you can eat' for Orcon customers 
New Zealand Herald - 46 Minutes ago
Orcon users will be able to access YouTube content without paying for data use. Big data use on YouTube will be free for Orcon users until the end of January. From today, customers can upload and download     Add Comment

MSNBC.com Taking Over @BreakingNews Twitter Feed 
Broadcasting & Cable - 48 Minutes ago
Becomes first client of BNONews wire service as part of deal By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/23/2009 12:15:32 PM MSNBC.com will take over one of Twitter's most popular feeds for news, @BreakingNews,     Add Comment

Lists & Rankings: The Most Cited Books in the English Language Wikipedia? 
Resources Shelf - 69 Minutes ago
Tim Spalding at LibraryThing has done some research (it included a complete data dump of Wikipedia) to find the most cited books in the English language version of the online encyclopedia. Spalding parsed     Add Comment

Climate change email hacking to be looked into by University of East Anglia 
Guardian.co.uk - 4 Hours ago
â?¢ Online publication seized on by denial bloggers â?¢ No evidence that data was falsified, says Met Office The University of East Anglia is to launch a review into the theft and online publication
New data loss reported as University is hacked with emails published online SC Magazine UK
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>>   Online information
IT Hiring: How Thomson Reuters' CIO Identifies Cultural Fit 
CIO - 13 Hours ago
Information experts CIO reveals their recruitment strategies Kelli Crane's philosophy on hiring is simple: "Find the most talented individual who has the best fit with the organization," says the senior     Add Comment

TMX Group's TMX Datalinx begins trading on TSX 
Stockwatch - 10 Hours ago
., Interactive Data Corp. and TMX Datalinx have confirmed that they will open trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Interactive Data is celebrating its agreement with TMX Datalinx to provide its clients
TMX Datalinx And Interactive Data Corporation To Open Trading On Toronto Stock Exchange  Mondo Visione Exchange Data
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Elsevier sponsors the Jacob-and-Wilhelm-Grimm Center of the Humboldt University  
Elsevier - 9 Hours ago
Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, promotes the new central library of the Humboldt University in Berlin with a generous donation.     Add Comment

Glasses-Free 3-D Set to Grow, Thomson Reuters Says [Voices] 
All Things Digital - 10 Hours ago
By Lauren Goode, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal The term â??3-Dâ? has been largely synonymous with Hollywood blockbusters, buttered popcorn and ill-fitting cardboard glasses since the 1950s, when     Add Comment
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>>   Book publishing
Bakesale and 50/50 draw for United Way at the Bookstore Friday Nov 27th 
St. Thomas University - 60 Minutes ago
11/27/2009 The Bookstore will be holding a Bake Sale and 50/50 draw on Friday Nov 27th from 10 am to 2 pm to raise money for the United Way campaign. 2005 St. Thomas University - Fredericton, New Brunswick,     Add Comment

A Kindle, Gentler Nation 
Forbes.com - 14 Hours ago
Like many other forms of technology, the Kindle has changed the game for book publishers and media outlets. The evolution will likely continue, with book-selling companies getting their own e-readers,     Add Comment

Borders bookshop looks for buyer 
BBC - 15 Hours ago
Borders has 45 stores across the UK The Borders bookshop chain in the UK has appointed advisers to try to find a buyer for the business. Reports have said WHSmith walked away from a takeover deal on Friday,     Add Comment

The Kindle Era 
Forbes.com - 18 Hours ago
Like many other forms of technology, the Kindle has changed the game for book publishers and media outlets. The evolution will likely continue, with book-selling companies getting their own e-readers,     Add Comment
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>>   Media
Hello Bing: News Corp's search for search 
Fortune - 51 Minutes ago
(breakingviews.com) -- News Corporation is searching for revenue. Rupert Murdoch has made it clear he wants internet search engines to pay for online content produced by his company's outlets, including     Add Comment

Fox says will make profit with sci-fi epic Avatar 
Reuters Canada - 6 Hours ago
ATHENS (Reuters) - 20th Century Fox will make a profit with James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic 'Avatar,' Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos said in an interview, and dismissed reports the movie
Fox says will make profit with sci-fi epic Avatar (Reuters) Yahoo! News Australia
Fox says will make profit with sci-fi epic Avatar (Reuters) Yahoo! News
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Extra editions and blanket coverage: how local press dealt with Cumbria floods 
Guardian.co.uk - 6 Hours ago
Papers step up efforts to cover devastation caused by huge flooding - and pledge: 'We'll be here when everybody goes home'. Local newspapers in Cumbria have gone to extra lengths to provide essential     Add Comment

Twitter's retweet confusion 
Guardian.co.uk - 9 Hours ago
Twitter has updated the way its users pass on tweets â?? and bloggers are not amused As well as Twitter asking "What's happening?" rather than "What are you doing?" it has recently introduced a retweet     Add Comment
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>>   Blogging
Police arrest exec for not using Twitter 
CNET News.com - 49 Minutes ago
Well, according to Newsday, Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber was due to conduct an album signing at the Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City, N.Y. It seems that thousands of teenage girls turned up     Add Comment

@Biz: Twitter Could Go IPO Route 
Private Equity HUB - 113 Minutes ago
OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Twitter, the social internet firm that tracks trends through individualsâ?? updates of events around them, may eventually go to the stock market for funding if necessary, its
Twitter may go to market; no interest in selling Vancouver Sun
Twitter's Stone could IPO, no interest in selling IT Business Net
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Blackhats Unleash Fake Blog Campaign Spreading Rogue AV 
Infosecurity Today - 51 Minutes ago
Areas of expertise: Web threats, email threats, social networking, web filtering Biography: Patrick has over 10 years of experience in computer security and software development and holds a Bachelor of     Add Comment

Twitter geolocation app is activated 
Techworld.com - 60 Minutes ago
Twitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end-users, after announcing its intention to do so in August. The functionality is provided via a specific     Add Comment
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>>   Search Engines
Google Buys Ad Start-Up Teracent 
Information Week - 2 Hours ago
In keeping with its preference for automated solutions over manual ones, Google on Monday said that it had acquired Teracent, an online advertising start-up that has developed way to serve computer-configured
Google buying display advertising startup Reuters Canada
Google Buys Teracent to Boost Display Ads BusinessWeek
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Hello Bing: News Corp's search for search 
Fortune - 51 Minutes ago
(breakingviews.com) -- News Corporation is searching for revenue. Rupert Murdoch has made it clear he wants internet search engines to pay for online content produced by his company's outlets, including     Add Comment

Google places ad explaining offensive image 
CNET News.com - 54 Minutes ago
Google has reserved one of its valuable ad spaces on Google Image Search to explain why an offensive image of Michelle Obama appears as the first result for searches on her name. noted that last week,     Add Comment

Android 1.6 officially receives Google Maps Navigation 
ZDNet - 71 Minutes ago
Own a Google Android phone and feel a little miffed that the Motorola Droid got all the good stuff? Google that its Google Maps Navigation software, which offers turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your car     Add Comment
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