From - Thu Apr 10 22:16:45 2003 Return-path: <bounce-gweekly-1355623@listserv.unc.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:31:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Hart <hart@beryl.ils.unc.edu> Subject: [gweekly] Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter Sender: bounce-gweekly-1355623@listserv.unc.edu To: Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter <gweekly@listserv.unc.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.51.0304101228390.12283@beryl.ils.unc.edu> List-Owner: <mailto:owner-gweekly@listserv.unc.edu> List-Subscribe: <mailto:subscribe-gweekly@listserv.unc.edu> List-Id: Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter <gweekly.listserv.unc.edu> X-List-Host: The UNC List Server PGWeekly_April_9.txt ***The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, April 9, 2003*** *****eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers For Nearly 32 Years***** [The Newsletter is now being sent in three sections, so you can directly see the portions you find most interesting: 1. 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He's already volunteering to rename his product, to avoid confusion with Apple's iMac or iPod. What a guy. (San Jose Mercury News 7 Apr 2003) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5579129.htm YAHOO REVAMPS SEARCH ENGINE Yahoo is touting its new, improved search engine, which it hopes will lure users away from rival/business partner Google. Yahoo says the rebuilt version will combine Google's index with Yahoo's customized services spanning sports, driving directions and weather reports, and is designed to provide easier access to more useful information than Google. "We think this is going to change the game a bit," says Yahoo senior VP Jeff Weiner. "This is the first of many steps toward reinforcing our leadership in the marketplace." Battle lines are being drawn between the two companies, says Danny Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Watch. "They are going to be duking it out. 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(BBC News 6 Apr 2003) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2921413.stm [Good, but already pushing the price up from $1 per track, and by 25%] CUSTOM CDs Sony Music Entertainment has launched a site, www.custommixed.com, where music lovers will be able to purchase CDs of songs of their choosing from their favorite artists. A "mixed" CD of this sort will contain up to 12 songs or 78 minutes of music and will cost about $15. Forrester research music industry analyst Josh Bernoff says, "What consumers have demonstrated by their use of file-trading services is that they're very interested in assembling the pieces of music they want from a wide variety of sources for use in whatever format they want. What they're not willing to do is back up and have only certain stuff from certain artists from certain labels." (New York Times 7 Apr 2003 http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/technology/07SONY.html You have been reading excerpts from NewsScan NewsScan Daily is underwritten by RLG, a world-class organization making significant and sustained contributions to the effective management and appropriate use of information technology. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the text, html, or handheld versions of NewsScan Daily, send the appropriate subscribe or unsubscribe messages (i.e., with the word 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) to: Text version: Send message to NewsScan@NewsScan.com Html version: Send mail to NewsScan-html@NewsScan.com NewsScan-To-Go: http://www.newsscan.com/handheld/current.html *** >From Edupage NEW SEARCH ENGINE FROM YAHOO TARGETS GOOGLE In an effort to become the most widely used Internet search resource, Yahoo is offering a new search engine promoted as more powerful and easier to use than Google's. The new version will combine Google's index with Yahoo's customized services for sports, weather reports, and the like. Industry analysts expect a struggle for dominance to ensue between Yahoo and Google. Currently Google handles an average of 112 million searches a day compared to Yahoo's 42 million, which are generated by Google's software. Yahoo supported Google's creation and licensed its software three years ago for searches on Yahoo's portal. To wean itself from Google, Yahoo purchased Inktomi and will use its search-engine tools instead. Wired News, 7 April 2003 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58368,00.html NATIONAL ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS GO ONLINE Fifty million historical records in the National Archives are now available online. Instead of visiting the Archives or requesting records by phone, researchers, genealogists, and others can now search for records ranging from the details of battles to immigration information remotely and free of charge. Veterans in particular are expected to welcome the system to search for information on military action, casualties, and prisoners of war. The database of searchable records contains only a small portion of the archive's electronic holdings and is compiled from 20 federal agencies. To ensure their integrity, the records from the different agencies have not been altered, so some contain typographical and historical errors. Associated Press, 4 April 2003 (registration req'd) http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/840830p-5910961c.html ENGINEER DESIGNS MAC CLONE The last time anyone produced an Apple clone was in 1997, when Apple ended a three-year licensing program. John Fraser, an engineer in Minnesota, hopes to change that with an Apple clone he has designed, called the iBox. The iBox, which some have likened to a pizza box in appearance, is made of a case Fraser designed with components built by Apple that are sold to repair shops as spare parts. Fraser's plan is to offer customers many options for configuring the iBox, including processor speed, hard-drive size, and other pieces. Unlike the current iMac and eMac choices from Apple, the iBox can be substantially upgraded. Customers will provide the Macintosh operating system. Fraser hopes his approach to building clones will avoid licensing or patent problems, but those questions have yet to be answered. Intellectual property lawyer Mark Dickson noted there is a wide range of trademarks and patents that must be observed. He said the look of the machine or how the pieces are put together could be grounds for legal action if they fall under patents held by Apple or possibly even by another PC maker. 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