Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Google to Start Offering Book Downloads


Google announced that it is expanding its book search service to allow downloading of full text versions of out-of-copyright (i.e. public domain) books. The books will be available in PDF format and will also be printable. The service is set to go live Wednesday, August 30, 2006.

Previously, public domain books were available for reading on the Google book search site but off line storage was not possible. Google has said it will not allow downloading or printing of copyrighted books, even those for which it has obtained permission from the copyright holder to display the full text.

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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 7 RC1


On Friday, August 25, 2006 Microsoft made the first Release Candidate (RC1) version of Internet Explorer 7 available for download. Microsoft says this will likely be the last test version of Internet Explorer 7 released before the final production version ships later this year.

There are no new features or major changes to the User Interface from the Beta 3 version. However, it does include several bug fixes and tune-ups which offer noticeable performance improvements.

There is one change of note. When installing RC1, any older beta versions of the software will be automatically uninstalled first (which will require a reboot before installation will continue). With previous beta releases, any old version would have to be manually uninstalled first.

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