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10 ways to become a better blogger
Insight Nobody reads your posts? Refer to this checklist to craft an engaging blog and build a loyal following.
Google seeks inroads into Asian libraries
News It remains to be seen if the search giant can attract a partner in Asia, but at least one national library has expressed interest in its library program.
Tags: Search, Web services, Copyright
Muslim authorities nix SMS divorces
News It may be legal in Dubai, but Muslim authorities here have annulled divorces via SMS.
No easy answers on China censorship
News Yahoo chief reiterates calls for the U.S. government to take leading role in asserting the rights of cyberdissidents abroad.
Tags: Politics
Microsoft reveals answer to Google Scholar
News Beta of Windows Live Academic Search currently covers physics, electrical engineering and computer science research.
Tags: Search
Berners-Lee, universities launch 'Web science' initiative
News With the Web now into its second decade, leading lights in the Web world want to turn it from a phenomenon into a science.
Tags: IT Management, Web sites, Data Management, Business applications
Solving Yahoo's identity crisis
News news analysis The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could stand to take a look at its past.
Microsoft's Live Search scraps book digitization project
News According to company blog, book search efforts are being disbanded and existing book search results will show up in regular searches rather than a separate section.
Tags: Search, IT project management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Book Digitization, Search Engine, Advertisement, Search Result, Books
SMS hits marriage traditions in India, M'sia
News In India, mobile phone text messages can be used to pair people up, but in Malaysia, messages can be used to divorce.
Islamic divorce, SMS style
News Under Islamic law, a man can divorce his wife by simply saying "I divorce thee" three times. Now, he needn't even say it out loud. A man in Dubai divorced his wife by sending her a text message: "Why are you late? You are divorced."
IBM targets students in Singapore
News Big Blue has rolled out new initiatives in Singapore, including two aimed at students, in hopes of familiarizing a new generation with its technologies.
Wireless seen as the key to global development
News Speakers at a conference on using technology to solve social and economic problems stressed that wireless communications can play a critical role in improving the lives of people living in poverty.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless
China's tech brain drain slowing?
News With China's high-tech economy taking off and the U.S. economy still in the doldrums, overseas Chinese students seem to be returning in greater numbers.
Lucent scientists charged in theft for Chinese firm
News Two Lucent Technologies Inc scientists and a businessman were charged with passing company secrets to a government-owned telecommunications firm in China, US Attorney Robert Cleary said Thursday.
Google targets health search market
News Google has launched a new initiative aimed at the health care market and major industry partners include universities, pharmacies and hospitals.
Tags: Search
