This week's episode is brief as it touches upon high points in the news as we enter into the 12th month of 2011.

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Will the Little Printer make it big? | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

We’ve taken websites, that we used to print out on full-sized paper, and shrunk them down to fit on handheld devices. So shouldn’t we shrink the print down,

Facebook Buys Gowalla [REPORT]

Facebook has purchased location-based services provider Gowalla for an undisclosed sum, according to a report.

About Those "Record" Black Friday Sales... | ZeroHedge

Chair in Astrobiology Established - The Library Today (Library of Congress)

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced today the establishment of the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.

Defending SOPA - Lamar Smith - National Review Online

Library use in Canada up due to e-books and other e-media | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

The Canadian Press reports that Montreal’s largest library, the Grande Bibliotheque, is thriving, and Canadian library usage in general is up 45% over the

Netflix rules out Kiwi launch • The Register

Internet-free Facebook comes to Portuguese-speaking Africa

Communication is vitally important for most users, and with Facebook adding more users by the day, ForgetMeNot Africa has come up with a solution to keep the

librarian.net » Blog Archive » Trademark battles – Koha, LibLime, US, New Zealand

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Occupy Irrelevance: Is Movement Already Fizzling Out? - Latest Headlines - Investors.com

Despite claims in the media and by supporters, Occupy Wall Street appears to be faltering just two months after the protests started, a big contrast to the Tea Party movement.

Police in LA, Philly raid Occupy camps - Yahoo! News

From Yahoo! News: Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia stormed Occupy Wall Street encampments under darkness Wednesday to arrest or drive out some of the longest-lasting protesters since crackdowns ended similar occupations across the country.

Web-first workflows let publishers focus on the stuff that really matters - O'Reilly Radar

In a recent keynote, PressBooks founder Hugh McGuire said web-first workflows streamline book production so publishers can focus on more important matters, such as writing, finding, and editing great books.

Complaint: medical "copyright over your comments" contracts are illegal

US judge orders hundreds of sites "de-indexed" from Google, Facebook

SOPA on the ropes? Bipartisan alternative to 'Net censorship emerges

Althouse: Bloggingheads collapses.

Althouse: Whatever happened to Occupy [Your City]?

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