Ebook Google Newssecond generation digital libraries When Microsoft hired Qi Lu to run its online business last week, the company trumpted the fact that Lu holds 20 patents. It's not that patents are rare at Microsoft--many developers and researchers hold them--but the online business has typically Digital Noise: Music and Tech - CNET News In which the hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous meatspace of three continents, acquainting himself with the customs and dialects of the exotic Manhole Villagers of Thailand, the U-Turn Tunnelers of the Nile Delta, the Cable Mother Earth Mother Board - Wired There's a revolution in the air. Literally. As we upload our lives into cyberspace, we're finally unleashing the true power of the internet. It's the sort of thing science fiction has been grappling with for decades - and now it's coming true. There |