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CrunchGear Reviews the Samsung SC-MX20: $250 HD Camcorder
John Biggs Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:58:13 -0000
At $249, the Samsung SC-MX20 falls delicately between cheap flash-based camcorders and more expensive hard drive-based camcorders. It strips down some features that may not be necessary in the first place – high definition video, still photos, etc. – but adds something that most less expensive flash camcorders don’t have: an optical zoom. A big optical zoom, too, at 34x. That, coupled with long battery life, user-friendly codec support, and relatively low price make the SC-MX20 a winner.
MySpace And HP Team Up To Help You Print Out Those Drunken Photos
Jason Kincaid Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:33 -0000
MySpace has partnered with computer giant Hewlett-Packard to introduce a number of new print options to the popular social networking site. Beginning in November, users will be able to click an HP-branded "Print" box embedded on their MySpace pages to access a printer-friendly version of any portion of their profile that can be printed from their home printer. The announcement was made today by MySpace co-founder and CEO Chris DeWolfe and HP EVP of Imaging and Printing Vyomesh Joshi at HP's Imaging and Printing Conference in San Diego. Being able to print anything seems a little excessive - I can't imagine wanting to print out anyone's MySpace profile, and running promotions to print across the entire site isn't very green either. I wonder if MySpace's official Green site Our Planet will include the Print widget, too.
Facebook Rolls Out Live Search…Wait, Where’d It Go? Oh, There It Is.
Mark Hendrickson Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:14 -0000
Update: Web search is now back, as is Facebook's post about it. See our observations below. It's been a long time coming, but it appears as though Facebook finally has begun integrating Live Search into its main search bar, thereby providing web search in addition to its preexisting profile search capabilities. The functionality appeared earlier today for users, only to disappear again. Facebook published an official post about it only to take that down as well . Microsoft's own post, however, can still be found here.
Mozilla Geode Released With Support From Pownce and Fire Eagle
Mark Hendrickson Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:51:38 -0000
Mozilla has posted more information about Geode, the Labs plugin we foreshadowed yesterday that helps websites detect your current location. Geode is also now available for download here. Geode is a forerunner to Firefox's future implementation of the W3C Geolocation Specification, a standard that (once universally implemented) will allow websites to serve up localized content and services within any browser. Mozilla plans to let the user determine how they want to reveal their location (via GPS, WiFi, manual entry, or other methods) and how specific they want that information to be (exact location, neighborhood, city, etc).
Google Reminds You That Knol Exists With New Policy Debates
Jason Kincaid Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:25:09 -0000
Google launched Knol, a monetizable Wikipedia, last July, and since then most people seem to have either forgotten about it entirely or decided that it will never be as good as its Wiki predecessor. Today the site is launching a new section called Knol Debates, and while I don't think it will ever get me to use the site as a reference encyclopedia, it's a great idea. Google has brought together economists from the Cato Institute and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) who have written their opinions regarding the current economic climate. Users are encouraged to participate in the conversation by leaving their comments, reviews, and suggested modifications to the original arguments. Google is also allowing users to vote on future topics for Knol debates with its recently launched Google Moderator tool. For more information, check out the announcement on Google's official blog.
ZoomProspector Launches To The Public To Help Businesses Relocate
Jason Kincaid Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:00:41 -0000
ZoomProspector, the free site that allows businesses to search nationwide for the best places to relocate, has launched to the public. When we first introduced the site in April, we likened it to a Zillow for businesses. ZoomProspector rates cities across the country by a number of relevant criteria, including proximity to airports, commute times, demographics, or the availability of venture capital in the area (you can also choose to exclude some of these items if they aren't important to you). One of the more useful search functions is the ability to see what other businesses operate in the vicinity, so businesses can determine if they're going to be working close to a competitor, or even a potential client. Once a business has found an appropriate city, it can view individual properties that have been added by real estate agents.

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Technical Analysis: It's the Uptick Rule, Stupid
An SEC decision in July 2007 could well be contributing to the current financial crisis.
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11 Steps to Effective Searching - An extract from Niall Ó Dochartaigh, The Internet Research Handbook: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences (2002).

AskScott - Scott Nicholson helps you choose the most appropriate search engine for your needs, then shows you how to use it.
Meta Description: [ AskScott helps you choose the most appropriate search tool for your searching need through a simple, question-and-answer interface and Web search tutorial ]

BrightPlanet Search Tutorial - Practical steps to improve the quality of your Internet search results.
Meta Description: [ BrightPlanet - automating information from documents ]

404 Find it on the Internet - Tips on how to search and links to many search sites from Stan Rockwell.

Finding Information on the Internet - The University of California Berkeley recommends search strategies, explains search tools, and gives guidance on evaluating and citing web pages. Includes a glossary and tables comparing search tools.
Meta Description: [ Finding Information on the Internet, Tutorial on the Internet, World Wide Web searching, Choosing the best search tools or engines to refine searches and get the documents you want, Evaluating Web, Critical Thinking, Search Engines, Web Directories, Meta-Search, help searching ]

Fravia's Web Searching Lore - Fravia describes the nature of the web, and offers advanced searching strategies and techniques, including designing your own searchbots.
Meta Description: [ This totally advertisement-free **AND UPDATED** site teaches basic and advanced Internet search techniques for people interested in finding any kind of information on the web. Here are informations, documents, links, etc. related to web-searching ]

How Stuff Works: Internet Search Engines - Curt Franklin's article explains in detail how search engines work. It includes a diagram of the indexing process.
Meta Description: [ Internet search engines do your research for you. Learn how internet search engines like Google work, how internet search engines build an index and what Boolean operators are. ]

iNet Investigation - Learn how to conduct your own people search and background checks.
Meta Description: [ Free background check and people search tips and tutorials. Learn how to use public records in a background check or people search. ]

Information Research FAQ - How to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail.
Meta Description: [ Information Research FAQ, how to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail. ]

Internet Search FAQ - Charles Harris explains how to find information, people, and pictures on the Net and gives hints on evaluating the reliability of Web-based sources.
Meta Description: [ The Internet's own FAQ on how to use the Net for Searching, compiled by Internet users and researchers. ]

Net.Tutor - Interactive tutorials from The Ohio State University Libraries to help you search the Web effectively, evaluate information and incorporate it into research projects.
Meta Description: [ Learn how to use Internet tools such as e-mail, browsers, discussion groups and how to do research effectively using the Web and key library sources. ]

NoodleTools - A suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research, from selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources.
Meta Description: [ NoodleBib: MLA and APA bibliography composer with notecards. Free software to help students with the research process. ]

Research Launchpad - Introduces various resources for Web searching from Ric Shreves.
Meta Description: [ The logical place to start your search! Internet search resources, features, news, reviews, tips, tools, and tutorials., ]

Research Tips - Collection of search resources and tips for college students from Oakton Community College, including Boolean searches, copyright and citing sources.
Meta Description: [ Vietnam: Yesterday and Today provides information on the Vietnam War and Vietnam today and includes a timeline of the Vietnam War, bibliographies of books about the Vietnam War on many subjects, a list of characteristics of the Vietnam War, annotated links to related sites, and help for students... ]

Search Easy - Summary of indexing techniques and drawbacks of various search engines and how to perform effective searches tips.

Search Engine Dictionary - A comprehensive guide to search engine terminology from Pandecta Magazine.
Meta Description: [ A comprehensive guide to search engine terminology - from Pandecta Magazine. ]

Search Engine Terms - A multi-lingual glossary of search engine terms as suggested by members of the I-Search Digest.
Meta Description: [ Glossary of search-engine terms as used by I-Search discussion list members ]

500 Searching on the Web - Outlines the history, functioning, features and types of search engines. Includes resources, news and search tips for web users.
Meta Description: [ Welcome at Searching on the Web!! Here you can find everything about web searching, like directories, search engines and more! ]

Searchingspot - Mark Wennning describes how to use search engines, directories and newsgroups, covering simple and advanced techniques. Includes a search engine control features chart.
Meta Description: [ Explains how to do research and search for information using the internet ]

Sreetips - Tips on smarter web surfing from a Columbia University journalism professor and WABC-TV's technology reporter Sreenath Sreenivasan.

The Spire Project - Explores Internet search theory, the work of David Novak, a researcher bridging library science to computer science. Covers search strategy, new techniques and choreography.
Meta Description: [ The Spire Project, the work of David Novak, has explored the leading edge of how we find internet information since 1997. Embedded forms, context, Link Companions and many more fine search techniques all originate here, as does the Information Research FAQ and the book, Internet Informed. ]

404 Using the Internet for Research - Part of an online guidebook from the State of Victoria Department of Education and Training. Includes all stages of planning, executing and evaluating a search.
Meta Description: [ SOFWeb is the Victorian Department of Education's intelligent signpost to the Internet and learning technologies for students, teachers, school leaders, school administrators, parents and the school community. ]

Web Search Guide - Gwen Harris explains web searching, strategies and tools from a Canadian perspective. Includes also Internet Explorer (5.0-5.5) basics, e-mail communication, and discussion groups.
Meta Description: [ This guide to the Internet has been prepared especially for people who would like to become quickly adept in using the Internet for talking with other people, finding information on anything, getting software, doing some shopping from home, and just getting around. ]

Web Search Strategies - Debbie Flanagan's interactive tutorial on using search engines, subject directories, and specific databases to find information on the Internet fast and effectively.
Meta Description: [ A free, interactive tutorial on how to search the Internet using basic and advanced search techniques. ]

Web Searching - The Internet Public Library advises on which search engine to choose and how best to use them.
Meta Description: [ The Internet Public Library (IPL) features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service. ]