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Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Sep 24, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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The beauty of a footnote in a book or an article is finding that getting to the original source only requires a trip to the library. But as more and more literature lives -- and is born -- online, there's a growing problem. Big enough that some of the most prestigious institutions in the country are banding together to try and fix it. 

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Microsoft's Surface 2 wants you to be productive

Sep 24, 2013
The Surface 2 tablet launched yesterday in New York.

Every scholarly article archived online

Sep 24, 2013
Prestigious institutions are joining forces to preserve literature.

For California minors, Internet regrets may be a thing of the past

Sep 24, 2013
A new bill passed in California aims to protect minors from having a permanent record of photos and phrases they might regret.

The beauty of a footnote in a book or an article is finding that getting to the original source only requires a trip to the library. But as more and more literature lives — and is born — online, there’s a growing problem. Big enough that some of the most prestigious institutions in the country are banding together to try and fix it. 

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