Daily Archives: 16 May 2009

Copyright Law, Love and Hate

Posted on 16 May 2009 by Rick Mason

Cory Doctorow has an interesting take on the differing attitude of copyright between those who wish to wish to honor a creative work and those who wish to diminish it.  An excerpt: “The upshot of this is that you’re on … Continue reading →

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Wolfram Alpha

Posted on 16 May 2009 by Rick Mason

Wolfram|Alpha is a new type of internet resource that has just gone “live”.  Many are calling it a new type of “search engine”, which it technically is, but it isn’t a search engine in the way we are used to … Continue reading →

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