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- Google InstantGoogleGoogle Instant, announced today, shows search results as you type.
- Australian Judge Rules There Is No Copyright In HeadlinespaidContent | Sep 8, 2010An Australian judge's ruling says headlines aren't literary works and aren't copyrightable.
- Montana tea party leader hints at violence against gays in Facebook postThe Lowdown | Sep 4, 2010Blog post from the Tribune detailing the flap over a Montana tea party leader's anti-gay comments on Facebook.
- Craigslist Removes Adult Services SectionNew York Times | Sep 4, 2010Craigslist, under pressure from states' attorneys general, has removed its Adult Services listings.
- Leno ratings: 'Tonight's' worst summer everThe Hollywood Reporter | Sep 3, 2010Jay Leno's Tonight Show ratings are worse than Conan O'Brien's at this time last year. Some might call this poetic.
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My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Category Archives: Entertainment
Improvements to Harper’s Index Web site: Many
So in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Harper’s Index, the magazine has spiffed up the Index’s Web site. The entire run of the Index is now searchable, and you can get permalinks to each factoid and even post them directly to Twitter. There’s also an option for e-mailing a page to your friends. Credit [...]
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“Coraline” review dust-up
The “Sunday Paper,” a weekly paper based in Atlanta, Ga., likely didn’t expect the Web traffic that its site has received this weekend. It’s all thanks to a movie review by Editor-in-Chief Kevin Moreau, in which Moreau draws a few too many connections between the movie “Coraline” and director Tim Burton. The problem is this: [...]
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Good link: Overheard in the Newsroom
I’ll take a moment out of the regular programming schedule to recommend a Web site that has entertained the hell out of me for the past few weeks, Overheard in the Newsroom. Check it out and see if you can start picking up some good out of context quotes.
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Apple may release jumbo iPod Touch this fall
TechCrunch has it from several sources inside Apple that the company is planning on launching an iPod Touch-like device this fall that has a 7– or 9-inch screen. I want one already.
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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