Internet Archive Forums: News http://archive.org/iathreads/forum-display.php?forum=news The most recent posts from the IA forum: News en-us info@archive.org Sun, 29 Nov 2015 21:23:11 UTC KQED - Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle on Preserving Knowledge and Affordable Housing http://archive.org/post/1048461 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:16:05 UTC Brewster Kahle wants all knowledge to be accessible digitally. He has worked for over 25 years to make that dream a reality. Kahle is the founder of the Internet Archive, a free online library that pr...

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Forbes - Why We Need To Verify Our Big Data Results http://archive.org/post/1048405 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:19:14 UTC Last month I explored the question of whether the same analysis applied to different digitized book collections would yield different results. In the end I found that when studying trends in the perio...

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Tech Dirt - House Judiciary Committee Hears Concerns From Silicon Valley About Copyright Law http://archive.org/post/1048406 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:12:02 UTC Yesterday afternoon, for about two and a half hours, members of the House Judiciary Committee took part in what they're calling they're "Copyright Review Listening Tour" for a roundtable in Silicon Va...

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Open Source - How the Internet Archive maintains an information super highway http://archive.org/post/1048234 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:30:23 UTC I've been an avid user of Internet Archive since I found out about it five years ago. Since then, I've used their Wayback Machine to search for fun glimpses at the World Wide Web of yore, but I've als...

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Liliputing - Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to be searchable by 2017 http://archive.org/post/1047928 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:41:06 UTC If Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information, the Internet Archive‘s is to preserve that information. In addition to providing a huge archive of music, videos, software, and text, ...

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Huffington Post - Is America Bored With Election 2016 Already? http://archive.org/post/1047934 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:33:45 UTC Television watchers the last few weeks might be forgiven for thinking that perhaps America was bored with Election 2016 already, as number of mentions of candidates from either party dropped to their ...

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The Atlantic - What Will Become of Grantland's Archives? http://archive.org/post/1047883 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 23:49:25 UTC When a website is in its death throes, the preservationists at the Internet Archive don’t waste any time. The Archive, with its mission to catalog and store all the creative output of humankind on t...

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SF Gate - Will Judge Judy Watchers Sink Proposition F? http://archive.org/post/1047933 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:33:45 UTC If you've been anywhere near a television in the past several months, chances are you've been subjected to a No on Prop. F campaign ad. Airbnb's $8.3 million is paying for a lot of things, but the big...

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Decoding the new economy - Saving the records of our times http://archive.org/post/1047407 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 05:28:52 UTC The Internet Archive itself is in a restored church that seems almost custom built for the organisation. In her New Yorker piece, essential reading for those wanting to understand the project, LaPore ...

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Venture Beat - The Internet Archive is rebuilding the Wayback Machine to make web history easier to search http://archive.org/post/1047207 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:09:34 UTC The Internet Archive has been documenting the Web’s evolution since the dawdling days of dial-up — or 1996, to be exact. Anyone wishing to return to the Apple homepage of 1998, or the New York Tim...

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The Atlantic - Raiders of the Lost Web http://archive.org/post/1047158 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:26:37 UTC The web, as it appears at any one moment, is a phantasmagoria. It’s not a place in any reliable sense of the word. It is not a repository. It is not a library. It is a constantly changing patchwork ...

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The Verge - The Internet Archive will launch a modernized Wayback Machine in 2017 http://archive.org/post/1047157 Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:12:51 UTC The Wayback Machine, an essential and amazing tool that's preserved 19 years of the web's history, is getting a big redesign. The Internet Archive expects to launch a rebuilt and modernized Wayback Ma...

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Vice - Inside the Intense, Insular World of AOL Disc Collecting http://archive.org/post/1046490 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:33:07 UTC The discs came like a swarm of locusts, burrowing into post boxes and sliding through mail slots. They popped out of cereal boxes and appeared on meal trays during airline flights. They fell out of ma...

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Forbes - Do Big Data Results Depend On What Data We Look At? http://archive.org/post/1046417 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 20:23:58 UTC One of the greatest challenges facing the emerging world of “big data” analysis is the degree to which the results we see are dependent on the data we look at. Put another way, does big data analy...

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Forbes - History As Big Data: 500 Years Of Book Images And Mapping Millions Of Books http://archive.org/post/1045465 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:42:03 UTC ..Over the last several weeks I have been applying powerful algorithms to process over 3.5 million books English-language books dating back to 1800 from the Internet Archive and HathiTrust (which hold...

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The Daily Targum - Founder of Internet Archive Brewster Kahle 'bytes' into dream of making all information public, free on Internet http://archive.org/post/1045436 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:50:47 UTC Yesterday, about 75 students, professors and avid fans sat in Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus to listen to Brewster Kahle, 54, best known for founding a non-profit digital library, the ...

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Slate -The Creator of the Internet Archive Should Be the Next Librarian of Congress http://archive.org/post/1045343 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:49:12 UTC In January, James Billington, the Librarian of Congress, will retire after a long career in public service. He's held a post that carries tremendous influence: running the world's largest traditional ...

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CBC Radio -Why I spent my summer rescuing thousands of vintage manuals http://archive.org/post/1045378 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:48:38 UTC Find out why Internet Archive's free range archivist Jason Scott just rescued thousands of vintage electronics manuals from the Manuals Plus warehouse in Finksburg, Maryland. Check out Jason's <a hre...

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The Atlantic - Introducing the Archive Corps http://archive.org/post/1044891 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:31:16 UTC ...

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Popular Science - Can we save all the physical media in the world as digital data? http://archive.org/post/1044912 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:28:14 UTC As technological advances surge ahead at lightning speed, piles of floppy disks, VHS tapes, and even stacks of old papers will likely become impossible to extract information from. Even if the treasur...

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Washingtonian - The TBD.com Archives Vanish Again, Maybe for the Last Time http://archive.org/post/1044793 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:14:52 UTC TBD.com has died once again. The Washington-area news site, launched with not a little hoopla, sputtered to its grave in August 2012 after a star-crossed and brief existence that saw: Founder Jim Bra...

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The Atlantic - The 2016 Candidates Who Are Making Headlines http://archive.org/post/1044791 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:05:31 UTC In an effort to visualize the number of media mentions each candidate receives, we put together a daily dashboard that tracks national television coverage of the 2016 presidential election, updated ea...

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TechCrunch -The Internet Is Failing The Website Preservation Test http://archive.org/post/1044607 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:58:29 UTC ..And it’s not just law, this online amnesia can extend across disciplines, says Jason Scott, Free Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. “This [Internet] memory loss extends to science, law, ed...

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The Guardian Is Donald Trump dominating media coverage of the Republican race? http://archive.org/post/1044301 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 05:33:26 UTC Last month Donald Trump was the most searched-for candidate in every state in the country except Oregon, Vermont and Washington, which all went to Democratic leftwinger Bernie Sanders. Yet, over the s...

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NYMag Offline After Cosby Cover Story Publishes http://archive.org/post/1043243 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:21:19 UTC Last night, New York Magazine debuted this month’s cover story, detailing the experiences of 35 women who have publicly accused Bill Cosby of rape. The piece is powerful and moving, a brave act on b...

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Transcript Of Abbott's Assault On Slipper Over Parly Expenses Removed From Liberal Party Website http://archive.org/post/1042951 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:12:46 UTC Van Onselen’s follower was able to locate the transcript from the Liberal Party page via a web archive tool know as the ‘WayBackMachine’. It archives content, and currently houses more than 400 ...

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Mashable - How to recreate your childhood game library with the Internet Archive http://archive.org/post/1042792 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:15:35 UTC Gamers have had the pleasure of jumping, racing, puzzling, and fighting their way through some amazing titles over the years. But so often the technology that brought us those early favorites isn’t ...

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Laughing Squid - Lacuna, A Public Art Installation and Free Library Made From 50,000 Books http://archive.org/post/1040980 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:33:46 UTC Lacuna is a public temple to books that is made from 50,000 books itself. The 80-foot diameter art installation acts as a free library by encouraging observers to participate by browsing and choosing ...

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East Bay Express - Berkeley's Living Library http://archive.org/post/1040979 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:32:24 UTC The wonder of reading is impossible to define and incredibly difficult to capture. It's that feeling that comes from getting lost in a book — from looking up and realizing that you were totally imme...

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Curbed - This Temporary Tent in Berkeley is Literally Made of Books http://archive.org/post/1040978 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:31:01 UTC When Berkeley's Bay Area Book Festival got a donation of 50,000 books from the Internet Archive, someone had to have thought, is this a blessing or a curse? Luckily, the group found an unconventional ...

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Mentalfloss - A Free Library Made Out of Books Could Be Coming to the Bay Area http://archive.org/post/1040977 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:29:15 UTC Lovers of old-book-smell are in for a treat: The good people at the new Bay Area Book Festival have plans to make a library with walls made of books. The festival received over 50,000 books from the...

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Adweek - Library Made of Books Will be Built at Bay Area Book Festival http://archive.org/post/1040976 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:27:25 UTC A nonprofit art group called FLUX Foundation will build a giant library made out of books at the inaugural Bay Area Book Festival this June. The project is called Lacuna and will be constructed of 50...

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CityLab - The Bay Area Plans a Free Library Built out of Books http://archive.org/post/1040975 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:06:54 UTC Some say physical books are dead. Others say heck no, and not only want to read them but build an inhabitable library with them, too. That's the dream of the folks at the new Bay Area Book Festival, ...

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Good - This Pop-Up Library Will Be Built Entirely of Books http://archive.org/post/1040974 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:05:14 UTC Bibliophiles in Berkeley, CA are dreaming up a library completely made of books. The pop-up installation, called Lacuna, will be constructed from 50,000 books they hope to give away for free at the fi...

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Modern Luxury - Berkeley Hosts the World's Most Public Library http://archive.org/post/1040972 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:00:04 UTC What do you do with 50,000 books? Build a temple to literature. That was the reaction of Cherilyn Parsons, founder and director of the Bay Area Book Festival, a two-day tribute to literature in Berkel...

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SF Gate - A bubbly toast to latest entry in Bay Area book festival scene http://archive.org/post/1040946 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:53:21 UTC “Reading and writing are usually solitary activities,” said author Wendy Lesser, happily holding a flute of Champagne. “It’s nice to come together face-to-face as a community and party every o...

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Berkeleyside - First Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley a soaring success http://archive.org/post/1040945 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:52:10 UTC How do you decide if an event is a success? One clear indicator is how many people turn up, but the day after the inaugural Bay Area Book Festival came to a close, its creator and executive director C...

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EFF - Hundreds of Tech Companies to Congress: TPP and Fast Track Harms Digital Innovation and Users' Rights http://archive.org/post/1039357 Sun, 24 May 2015 21:27:25 UTC In a joint letter to Congress released today, more than 250 technology companies and user rights organizations say that the extreme level of secrecy surrounding trade negotiations have led to provisio...

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Psychology Today - Turning Back Time http://archive.org/post/1039515 Sat, 23 May 2015 00:04:52 UTC Faced with the prospect of loss—in our natural environment, of our legacy of language, and even on our computer screens—diverse preservationists are rebelling against inevitability and saving what...

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Wired - Area Man: 'Yes, I Want Your Goddamn AOL CDs' http://archive.org/post/1039356 Sat, 23 May 2015 00:04:29 UTC When Verizon announced that it will spend $4.4 billion to acquire AOL—née America Online, the company that introduced millions upon millions of people to the Internet—it stirred the collective un...

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MotherJones - This Is Actually the First Tweet @POTUS Ever Sent, Back in 2008 http://archive.org/post/1039276 Tue, 19 May 2015 19:46:23 UTC A social-media frenzy greeted President Barack Obama's announcement on Monday that he had "finally" joined Twitter with a verified @POTUS Twitter account. Of course, the president has long used the of...

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AtariPodcast - ANTIC Interview 45 - Jason Scott, Internet Archive http://archive.org/post/1039252 Tue, 19 May 2015 16:02:53 UTC Jason Scott is a digital historian and documentary filmmaker who for several years has worked for the Internet Archive, a nonprofit that has worked to save as much online - and offline - culture as po...

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VgChartz - Ctrl + Alt + Deleting History - P.T. &amp; Beyond - Article http://archive.org/post/1039250 Tue, 19 May 2015 16:01:56 UTC Come July 2015, PlayStation Mobile will also be shut down. There won't be that big of an outcry because we still look down on mobile games. Undoubtedly many of those games will be preserved through pi...

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TechTimes - Game Over: Twitter Kills MS-DOS Game Embeds Of Classic Video Games http://archive.org/post/1038745 Mon, 11 May 2015 23:13:03 UTC Twitter KO'd the ability for users to embed MS-DOS games in tweets, just as people were starting to have fun. The finisher came over the weekend. Now, links to MS-DOS games hosted by the Internet Arc...

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Weburbanist - Big Free Library: Public Pavilion Built of 50,000 Stacked Books http://archive.org/post/1038685 Mon, 11 May 2015 17:40:25 UTC Stacked books form the structural columns of this remarkable structure while support beams in between serve as shelves for even more volumes that can be borrowed, all scanned and donated by the Intern...

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Gizmodo - The Internet Archive Has Grown Up With A Gorgeous New Design http://archive.org/post/1038681 Mon, 11 May 2015 17:30:01 UTC If you’ve logged onto the Internet Archive recently, you might’ve noticed that humanity’s ultimate information dump has a pretty new face. And about time too. The Internet Archive is a digital ...

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Eschoolnews - Oregon Trail and the true value of immersive gaming in the classroom http://archive.org/post/1038683 Mon, 11 May 2015 17:28:52 UTC Walk into any bar and ask if someone remembers Oregon Trail. They’re bound to launch into a story about fording the river and losing all their supplies, how little Mary died of dysentery, or how the...

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Joplin Globe - Internet Archive's digital collection is impressive http://archive.org/post/1038229 Mon, 04 May 2015 17:09:34 UTC Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, collaborates with library institutions around the world in an attempt to provide the public with free, online, digitized copies of books, journals and oth...

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Tech Radar - Embeddable video game tweets have become your new time suck http://archive.org/post/1038049 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:01:00 UTC Twitter can be tricky when you don't have anything interesting to say, but then who needs to say anything when you can just embed a whole video game inside one of your tweets? Yes, you can actually d...

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CNet - How to embed playable MS-DOS games in your tweets http://archive.org/post/1038048 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:56:40 UTC Twitter has a neat little trick that lets you embed playable versions of classic MS-DOS video games in your tweets, allowing you to play classic platforms directly from your feed. The social media pl...

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