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No worries about a monopoly – U.S. and European regulators approve Microsoft/Yahoo search deal. On an unrelated note, Google resumes talks with China

A closer look at Google’s search algorithm (and a few cases where Bing would be a better choice)

A new study from the Pew Research Center tackles a question we all should have asked sooner: “Will Google make us stupid?”

Is lack of broadband another type of “digital divide”? A new study from the Brookings Institution considers the international use and impact of broadband.

Textbooks that professors can remix

Ten technologies ideas your library (or a library you care about) can implement next week