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Paid Content has a story about a Hearst financed venture called FirstPaper, which has big ambitions. It is operating in stealth mode, and little is being said about what is up: but here is a glimpse from one of the recruitment ads:

A startup company which is well-funded by a huge media conglomerate located near Columbus Circle is looking for highly skilled, professional C# developers to help build software services around an innovative hardware product which will revolutionize the

The idea of seamless web access from a plane or a train has been ’round the corner’ for years. But it is not yet quite there. Perhaps 2008 is the year in which things really will change. There has been a flurry of reports which suggest that the dam could soon break.

It is not an easy matter to find out who exactly is doing something here, (as opposed to simply talking about it). Exact Editions is keen to work … Keep Reading

A band of experts has spent a lot of time constructing a thoughtful report on possible reforms to the US law of copyright. The excellent Open Access News blog gives you the essential links.

I have not read it all; it is a lot of reading — 150 dense pages. And it is all recommendations for the Copyright Office to consider before possibly asking Congress to change the law. But whoever was charged with finalising the report for publication … Keep Reading

Hart Publishing are using our platform to make their 2008 books catalogue more accessible and more searchable. The ISBNs link nicely through to the appropriate page on the Hart web site.

Mac Funamizu has a very interesting posting which you need to see, as the verbal description is not as compelling as his graphic mockup. Hat tip to Brantley, who emailed me the link.

The first example he gives, of a search on a skyscraper vista, is completely believable. Google has been beavering away with its rich cityscapes. You may have noticed that they added Little Rock, Anchorage and 11 other Metro areas last week. City-scape recognition will be a … Keep Reading