Computer tutorials based on pictures. Free!

In Pictures

In Pictures online tutorials are based on pictures, not words. They're the easiest way to learn computer subjects.

Unique book & ISBN database

ISBNdb.com

ISBNdb.com gets the book data in a unique way - it scans libraries all across the world for book information. The scanning is random and similar in a way to how general purpose web search engines scan web sites. Scanned results are then parsed and stored in a searchable and browseable database.

Algorithms Are Terrific. But to Search Smarter, Find a Person.

Wired 3.24.08

The vogue for human curation reflects the growing frustration Net users have with the limits of algorithms.

Data, at your service

Numbrary

Collections of numbers need as much attention online as do collections of words.

OCLC adds 21 publishers to NetLibrary

Business First of Columbus

OCLC Inc. on Monday said it has added another 21 publishers in recent months to its slate of more than 400 NetLibrary partners.

The Dublin-based company's NetLibrary links 15,000 libraries worldwide with more than 160,000 titles in electronic book or audiobook format.

Microsoft Looks to Buy Yahoo

Next major milestone in Microsoft's transformation

Microsoft nnounced a $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, looking to combine forces in a move to combat Google's dominant position in search and Internet advertising.

Full Content of Atlantic Monthly Site Now Free to All

TheAtlantic.com

TheAtlantic.com is dropping its subscriber registration requirement and making the site free to all visitors.

Now, in addition to such offerings as blogs, author dispatches, slideshows, interviews, and videos, readers can also browse issues going back to 1995, along with hundreds of articles dating as far back as 1857, the year The Atlantic was founded.

Investing Simplified

Wikinvest

"An investment website that explains the deeper story behind a company, giving investors the context they need to understand what they are betting on when they purchase a particular stock or invest in a specific sector."

ProQuest Search Widget Expands Access to Library Resources

ProQuest Search Widget

Available now, the ProQuest Search Widget - a portable search box - allows instant searching of most ProQuest platform databases on any page of a library or university
web site.

Product Reviews Simplified

iNods

iNods aggregates user reviews and expert opinions on products you buy, and drastically simplifies your product research.

World’s largest online newspaper kiosk

PressDisplay.com

Browse and read hundreds of full content premium newspapers and magazines from around the globe.

Popular New Year's Resolutions

List of 13 common New Year's resolutions with links to related government websites.

Holds Barred

Milwaukee Public Library “holds”

Apparently, they won’t be allowing holds anymore (starting in Jan ‘08) on the following:

1. All feature films and television programs on DVD and VHS
2. Music CDs in the young adult and adult collections

What do you get if you cross a search engine with an encyclopedia?

Factbites
A search engine more interested in content analysis than link popularity.

Amazon Works to Kindle Interest in Its New Digital Reader

Firestorm
While Amazon clearly hopes that it kindles folks’ interest in reading books sold by Amazon, the launch of the reader has sparked a veritable firestorm of comments and reviews that range the gamut—from gushy praise (how about that Nov. 26 Newsweek cover story), to lust for the new gadget, to outright dismissal due to price (a hefty $399) or the features it doesn’t offer—and all this intense interest came during Thanksgiving week in the U.S. when people’s thoughts usually turn to family gatherings.