Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Either a Borrower or a Lender Be. A new U.K. website called Zopa aims to hook up two distinct groups of people -- those with spare cash and those looking to borrow some. The auction-style exchange could give banks a run for their money. By John Papageorge. [Wired News] 10:11:29 AM      Google It!.

Sponsors 'manipulate' scientists. University scientific researchers are put under pressure to tailor their results to suit their sponsors, a survey finds. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 9:59:59 AM      Google It!.

From open source to open services to open information. My March 21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition because, on the same day, a new events database called EVDB was announced and shown at PC Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among others: Dan Farber, Ross Mayfield, Om Malik, David Weinberger, and Paul Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes). The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style, Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public. ... [Jon's Radio] 9:56:07 AM      Google It!.