{"id":229,"date":"2010-02-24T00:32:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T04:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=229"},"modified":"2010-02-24T00:32:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T04:32:17","slug":"weekly-bytes-for-223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Bytes for 2\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The links in this week&#8217;s edition of Weekly Bytes were brought to you by these sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarystuff.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Library Stuff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisnews.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">LISNews<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.resourceshelf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">ResourceShelf<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/theshiftedlibrarian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Shifted Librarian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No worries about a monopoly &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.resourceshelf.com\/2010\/02\/18\/its-official-microsoftyahoo-search-deal-approved-by-u-s-and-euro-regulators\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">U.S. and European regulators approve Microsoft\/Yahoo search deal<\/a>. On an unrelated note, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-30684_3-10458328-265.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google resumes talks with China<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/magazine\/2010\/02\/ff_google_algorithm\/all\/1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">A closer look at Google&#8217;s search algorithm (and a few cases where Bing would be a better choice)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/Reports\/2010\/Future-of-the-Internet-IV.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">new study from the Pew Research Center<\/a> tackles a question we all should have asked sooner: &#8220;Will Google make us stupid?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Is <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-1035_3-10454133-94.html\" target=\"_blank\">lack of broadband<\/a> another type of &#8220;digital divide&#8221;? A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/reports\/2010\/0223_broadband_west.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">new study from the Brookings Institution<\/a> considers the international use and impact of broadband.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/22\/business\/media\/22textbook.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Textbooks that professors can remix<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org\/features\/02092010\/10-technology-ideas-your-library-can-implement-next-week\" target=\"_blank\">Ten technologies ideas your library (or a library you care about) can implement next week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The links in this week&#8217;s edition of Weekly Bytes were brought to you by these sources: Library Stuff, LISNews, ResourceShelf, and The Shifted Librarian. No worries about a monopoly &#8211; U.S. and European regulators approve Microsoft\/Yahoo search deal. 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