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   Review - Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit

   Beta (Jan 10, 2009)

   There is no way to upgrade from XP. You need Vista SP1 "or higher." Are they punishing people who did not buy Vista?

2. Comment - EC hopes to beat US, Google in book-scanning race, may rewrite law to do it

   Beta (Oct 19, 2009 - 6:24 PM)

   This is crazy, but good. The more books are digitized, the better. I just wonder were did they get the idea, that Google wants to provide their services in US only. I don't think Google minds to be paid in Euros. Their book search available everywhere in Europe. I also wonder where did they get the idea, that books are not 3D objects. They have to be recorded as artifacts, as well.

3. Comment - Justice Dept.: What right does Google have to e-book exclusivity?

   Beta (Sep 22, 2009 - 10:13 PM)

   What surprises me that people talk about authors and publishers, money, copyright, monopoly, privacy ... but very few talk about books, libraries and their problems. Let's start with the books.
   
   We have two categories of books: a) Those not covered by copyright published up to 1870s which are mostly located in rare book departments of major libraries and not available on the inter-library loan. People need to travel to see them (some times very far). By scanning those books and making them and making them indexed Google provides a magnificent service to all readers, including authors and publishers.
   b) Books covered by copyright and published from 1870a up to 1960s have a huge problem. They are printed on acid paper and and quickly deteriorating. The libraries receive millions of dollars from the government, states and foundations for their preservation projects. Google saves the books by digitizing at no cost to the libraries. The Libraries made Google a monopoly! Without their permission Google would not be able to scan 10 million of books.
   Now about fair use and the lost authors. As we all know in all the libraries the users are permitted to xerox parts of the books for their personal needs. Does anybody asks publishers and authors for their permission? No! Do libraries benefit from this operation? Yes! Xeroxing is not free.
   Finally about advertisements related to books in the Google project. Do many people talking about it actually saw them? Do they know how ridiculous they are. Try to search for Leonardo da Vinci. You might get an advertising from a company informing you that they found Leonardo, his address and phone number. Happy monetizing!

4. Comment - Kindle users get Amazon offer for returned deleted books, gift certificates

   Beta (Sep 6, 2009 - 2:23 PM)

   Well, I would love to see Orwell estate taking people to court for illegally reading and annotating his works. It would be a nice final touch to the whole story. There is nothing nice about Amazon's handling of this affair. They stole somebody's property without asking first and without returning the money. They stole people's notes on the books which they did not own. The whole thing is very bad.

5. Comment - Yahoo, Microsoft team with rival trustbuster against Google Books settlement

   Beta (Aug 21, 2009 - 10:48 PM)

   The train is not there anymore.

6. Comment - Xerox Reignites Interest in Semantic Networking as a Search Tool

   Beta (Jun 21, 2007 - 2:05 PM)

   Here is the tool:
   http://fileforum.betanew...rismFinder/1106927885/1