Google to Scan Books from Libraries
Material from the New York public library as well as libraries at four universities Harvard Stanford Michigan and Oxford will be indexed on Mountain View Califbased Google under the ambitious initiative announced late Monday
The Michigan and Stanford libraries are the only two so far to agree to submit all their material to Googles scanners
The New York library is allowing Google to include a small portion of its books no longer covered by copyright while Harvard is confining its participation to volumes so it can gauge how well the process works...
Google to scan books from big libraries
amp Stacks of hardtofind books are being scanned into Google Incs widely used Internet search engine in its attempt to establish a massive online reading room for five major libraries
Material from the New York public library as well as libraries at four universities amp Harvard Stanford Michigan and Oxford amp will be indexed on Mountain View Califbased Google under the ambitious initiative announced late Monday
The Michigan and Stanford libraries are the only two so far to agree to submit all their material to Googles scanners...
Microsoft: We Must Grow Search Share
I think what weve done in the past 20 months is quite humbly amazing Mehdi said referring to the less than two year turnaround for the desktop search program from concept to beta release The charge to do something with Search came directly from the top Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates
Well never be as cool as them Every conference you go to there they are dressed in black and no one is cooler Mehdi told a Newsweek reporter last summer regarding the bigwigs at Google But behind the scenes the gears were working overtime at Microsoft...
Google Bets Big on Bringing Libraries to Web
By Lisa Baertlein
Reuters Google Inc said on Tuesday it would digitize some of the worlds most important libraries in a bold effort that could profit the company by attracting more viewers to its site and its ads
Analysts said the payoff would come over the years of the potentially decadelong project if Web searchers are drawn to Google because it is perceived to have more information
Google Quote Profile Research said it would pay for the project but declined to comment on the expense It plans to digitize millions of volumes at costs librarians estimated at 10 to 20 per book...
Searching for Holiday Profits
This year marks the 10th anniversary of online holiday shopping and ecommerce sites are bracing for what could be a recordbreaking rush of Internet sales In this threepart special report the ommerce Times looks at how some of the most popular shopping sites have prepared for what some analysts are predicting could be the biggest online shopping season yet
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