Rowland Institute Library Blog

the importance of … compiles a listing of sites relating to
yesterday’s Grokster decision, in which a Federal Circuit of Appeals
Court ruled that companies providing file-sharing software were not
liable for infringements made by its users.  (Source: Furdlog)

and its inventor Chester Carlson… no company would take an interest
for about twenty years, many were convinced it wouldn’t work …
(Source: LISNews)

The Rowland Institute doesn’t advertise itself.  You can pass by
the building without any inkling of what takes place here.  Now,
however, we have signage. ( I miss the simple gold 100, though.)

The BBC has posted recordings of the complete Beethoven piano sonata
cycle from a series of London concerts by Portuguese pianist Artu
Pizaro from 2003. 

Wired profiles BugMeNot and similar services, which enable the user to
manipulate a canned registration form and save the recurrent hassle of
divulging personal info. 

who are concerned about potential lost royalties… A boon for customers, though…. (Source: ResouceShelf)

PC Magazine profiles Opera 7.52; and from Mozilla Foundation, Firefox 0.9.1. (source: ResourceShelf)

Hiawatha Bray’s Boston Globe column considers the wikipedia, an online
encyclopedia  that is considered a model of open source
collaboration, except for questions about its reliability. 

A rollicking article from Time Out New York quivers at the irony of
increased convenience and access afforded by internet leading to an
overwhelming morass of information.  Hard to stay astraddle of the
metaphors, never mind having time to read the thing.  Blogs are a
big part of the problem, they say.  That’s right, shoot the
(instant) messenger.  (Source: the (sci-tech) Library Question ; actually read Randy’s thoughtful post)

Another NYT article examines widespread scouring of personal data by
government agencies, practices that would be restricted with private
companies.