ResearchBuzz: About 3000 volunteers doing OCR cleanup for Australian newspaper digitization project: http://bit.ly/48lIS lb SO AWESOME!

ResearchBuzz: Behind the Scenes of Google’s Search Options Panel: http://bit.ly/pXRfZ
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ResearchBuzz: Oh look, another laptop battery recall: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09221.html lb #hp #compaq #pavilion

ResearchBuzz: WebProNews: Does DMOZ still have a place in search? http://bit.ly/uEnDZ I’m seriously shocked that there are *99* comments. lb

ResearchBuzz: USA Today has a new "Most Influential Doctors" database: http://bit.ly/OCWCj
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ResearchBuzz: Public school payroll database now online in New York State: http://bit.ly/kWpzn
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ResearchBuzz: Yahoo: If you could ask Carol Bartz 1 thing – submit q’s @ http://bit.ly/SZ86h
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ResearchBuzz: SEW: The Great Google Fail of May 2009: http://bit.ly/7HxmF
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ResearchBuzz: Huh. Cloud computing for genealogy: http://www.genealogycloud.com/ lb

ResearchBuzz: New Martin Luther King Jr database gets public launch on May 19: http://bit.ly/jAM8A
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ResearchBuzz: Greening the Grape: New database of lightweight wine bottles: http://bit.ly/3nJzl
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ResearchBuzz: Wolfram|Alpha: test launch Friday pm, maybe official launch Monday: http://bit.ly/17Jm0C
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ResearchBuzz: Google Blogoscoped has some screenshots of the upcoming Google Squared: http://bit.ly/1yiwro
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ResearchBuzz: Google’s standalone contacts manager gets some updates: http://bit.ly/QLArO
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ResearchBuzz: Use Google’s "rich snippets" in custom search http://bit.ly/EkuRp
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ResearchBuzz: ChemSpider finds a new home: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/May/12050901.asp lb #science #chemistry #database

ResearchBuzz: Database of historic Scotland paths and trails: http://bit.ly/4Itkt
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ResearchBuzz: Find the nearest location to apply for a passport! http://iafdb.travel.state.gov/ Search by city/state or zip lb #travel

ResearchBuzz: New comparison engine for finding cheap bus tickets: http://www.busjunction.com/ . Markets seem limited. lb #transport

ResearchBuzz: New York Times announces API Silverlight Toolkit: http://tinyurl.com/oevvhr lb #api #coding

ResearchBuzz: State of Oklahoma starts offering severe weather alerts to its residents (e-mail, SMS, registration req.) http://www.weatheralerts.ok.gov lb

ResearchBuzz: Twittering from Space: http://tinyurl.com/pkya8w Hi @astro_mike ! lb

ResearchBuzz: Thanks to @cyberjournalist for the pointer to the live Twitter conversation tracker Tinker: http://www.tinker.com lb #conversationsearch

ResearchBuzz: Hey, does anybody remember FishBase? Here’s an update: http://bit.ly/W5294
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ResearchBuzz: Yahoo London Hack Day Winners: http://tinyurl.com/qmruvo . That OpenCycle looks like it could be funnnnnn. lb

ResearchBuzz: FindLaw launches a "Foreclosure and Alternatives" Web site: http://foreclosure.findlaw.com/ lb State-specific info, FAQs, videos, etc.

ResearchBuzz: Ooo! Nice. Zillow has a free iPhone app: http://www.zillow.com/iphone/ lb #realestate #zillow #iphone

ResearchBuzz: Google has announced a Google Photography Prize for students: http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/ lb #photos #google

ResearchBuzz: Vote for the Doodle 4 Google winners! http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html lb #google

ResearchBuzz: Mozilla launches Prism 1.0 in beta: http://bit.ly/mXqXZ
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ResearchBuzz: Byte Size Biology Test-Drives the Wolfram Alpha: http://bit.ly/JoaXa
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ResearchBuzz: 3 new online @ Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research http://www.news.wisc.edu/16689 . Edith Head costume design, Gary Cooper, more lb

ResearchBuzz: Rogers Cadenhead has a VERY depressing blog entry about the state of Bloglines: http://watchingthewatchers.org/read/3517 lb #ask #rss