Google Plans New Service for Scientists and Scholars. Google Scholar is intended as a first stop for researchers looking for scholarly literature like peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and technical reports. By By JOHN MARKOFF. [NYT > Technology]

 

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The Circuits Holiday Buying Guide. Our annual special issue devoted to electronic gifts for work and play, along with a guide to the world of online shopping. [NYT > Technology]

 

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Enhanced Instant Messaging with IMSmarter. Zanek writes "Engadget has an article about David Weekly who has created IMsmarter. What is IMSmarter? David describes it as a 'secretary that helps you out by sitting between you and the rest of the world, letting you know about things that are interesting and taking notes'. Works on all computers, no software to install." Gaim and other clients have good logging and search capabilities, but this goes a few steps beyond that. [Slashdot]

 

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How to make a gigapixel picture. A Dutch team has created the world's biggest digital picture, assembled from 600 individual snaps. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

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Our kids deserve better than a Google[base ']Ñ¢ future. Letter Can collective database licensing cure this tragedy of the commons? [The Register]

 

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Novell revenue up as SUSE investment shows promise. Networking and Linux vendor Novell reported a profit of $57.1 million for fiscal 2004 and said its Linux offerings are allowing the company to reach new customers. [Computerworld News]

 

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Google sees benefits in corporate blogging. Google has seen many benefits from its internal Web log system and may consider providing blogging tools and expertise to corporate clients, a company executive said. [Computerworld News]

 

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Tacoma weathers ERP and CRM 'perfect storm'. Problems with a $50 million-plus rollout of SAP's ERP, CRM and other business apps in the city of Tacoma, Wash., have generated a storm of end-user complaints, bad press and a call for an independent audit of the situation. [Computerworld News]

 

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...got those engineering vs land_arch blues?...those left side vs right side of the brain blues?  Clear Pictures of How We Think. Functional MRI is helping researchers reveal how the human brain operates and the ways in which it affects emotion and reason. By Rowan Hooper. [Wired News]

 

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...into urban design?  Hollywood coffee notes.

1. Hello from Hollywood!

2. I hate LA.

3. Always have. Esp today. It's a sucky trashy city, but unlike NY (also sucky and trashy) this place is flat and insincere. I'm sitting outside using some free Wifi, nice, after staying in a hotel with no heat, hookers operating all night out of the room next door, the shower didn't work, reeked of cigarettes, and it's in LA, which makes it all suck all the more. But now I have a Starbuck's venti iced coffee, I'm in the heart of what they call tinsel-town, and it's kind of pretty, even if one in every four people seem like they must be trolling around trying to get discovered. I'm here to talk with Arianna Huffington, one of my heroes, and Joe Trippi, who I've never actually met. And speak with all kinds of Online News Associators.

[Scripting News]

 

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