Complexity Digest 2004.16 - 01.01

20-April-2004

On 01-May-2004 Complexity Digest will co-sponsor a panel discussion with leading scientists on cultural factors affecting impact of science in Taiwan.(http://www.comdig2.de/conf/ntsec04)

Old School Search, NPR Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: Search technology, once relegated to library science departments and remote corners of computer science labs, went mainstream with the Internet, spawning such once-giant brands as Lycos, AltaVista and Yahoo. These engines proved that the Web could be indexed, but they failed when it came to giving users what they wanted.