The development of the SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) protocol has enabled repositories to start accepting deposits from remote systems and interfaces.

The H has quite the interesting story up, "Emacs and the Birth of the GPL," tracing how Emacs developed, and how that in turn led to the development of the GPL. Seeing the Future I quite enjoyed seeing how Richard M. Stallman tempered prophetic statements with unfortunate real-world experience.

Today, all eyes are on Haiti -- the island that was devastated by a natural disaster -- but in closely looking at the problems there, one has to wonder how human right issues have been overlooked. The slave trade cannot be tolerated. Poverty is no excuse for abuse.

As calls increase for the the Pope to resign over his alleged role in not dealing with pedophiles as the Cardinal Archbishop of Munich and subsequently head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, I was wondering if it has any historical precedent.

The recent discovery of contaminating porcine circovirus 1 DNA in Rotarix underscores the power of deep sequencing to ensure the purity of viral vaccines. The price of deep sequencing is now low enough that it is possible to use this technology to examine not just viral vaccines, but any biological product produced in mammalian cells for the presence of adventitious agents.

Talking recently with an avid Fox News viewer, she told me of the government's take over of the student loans, and how regular banks would no longer be a part of this. Critics have said that this revision will cut out the middleman, and effectively make the government the only real place to go to get an affordable loan.

The iPad brings to market a whole new form factor that has a number of major use advantages over smartphones, laptops and netbooks, the largest of which is this: it fits in a purse or any small bag -- where it doesn't act just like any of those other devices.

As an avowed public interest type, I have had no real occasion to work with the Office of Career Services (OCS) until recently. But since deciding that I might be interested in judicial clerkships after graduation, I've realized they really do have something for everyone.

The U.S. auto market may just have just got its mojo back. Four major automakers and 10 individual brands recorded sales jumps of more than 40 percent this March over the same period last year. Such spikes aren't unheard of, but given the present economic climate, it appears to be nothing short of remarkable.

Direct To Fan Marketing, or D2F, is an increasingly prevalent way for bands to reach people who like their music cheaply and with a real sense that they may just buy the band's record as a result using emerging social technologies. The way the bands go about this will vary: from offering free downloads by sending an e-mail to fans on their mailing list, or sharing a tweet with a link to a video with their fans, for example.

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