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Chinese Classics Will Save Your Children From Internet Addiction

3:30PM Elaine Chow | A Chinese teacher has found the cure for Internet addiction, and for just 30,000 RMB (roughly $US4,380), he’ll make sure your youngster beats his or her LOLcat macro cravings. His remedy: studying Chinese classics. More »
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America’s Biggest Universities Build 78-Terabyte Library, Still Missing Front Door

4:40PM Wilson Rothman | Today, 23 of the biggest public and private universities in California, Michigan, Virginia, Illinois and other states* announced a 2-million book online library made of 78 terabytes of information, 16 percent of which are free of copyright and ready for public consumption. Even though the press release says “public domain materials will be available for reading online,” the search interface itself, however, has yet to be constructed. More »