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Yahoo! Seach has created a new search engine which scans the net for content covered by Creative Commons licence. Useful if you're looking to build your own content and want to reuse. http://search.yahoo.com/cc to search and for more details

A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and analysts finds that most internet experts expect attacks on the network infrastructure in the coming decade as the internet becomes more embedded in everyday and commercial life. They believe the dawning of the blog era will bring radical change to the news and publishing industry and they think the internet will have the least impact on religious institutions.

armyrations.co.uk is a website where you can buy all sorts of military based foodstuffs. whether you need them for leisure or as part of a emergency preparation plan, be prepared!

Google is launching a massive effort to begin digitizing the collections of major research libraries, including New York Public Library and the collections of Harvard University, Stanford University and the University of Michigan. Google, which will underwrite the project's cost, plans to digitize and render searchable at least 15 million books in the public domain. visit http://www.smartbrief.com/latestIssue.

Koha is the world's first free Open Source Library System. Made in New Zealand by the Horowhenua Library Trust and Katipo Communications Ltd, the Koha system is a full catalogue, opac, circulation, member management and acquisitions package. Koha is used by public libraries, private collectors, university faculties, not for profit organisations, churches, schools and corporates. visit http://www.koha.org for more information

No matter what your beliefs are regarding how Crop Circles are created, they sure look spectacular from the air! Many thanks to the guys at Fast Helicopters [ http://www.fast-helicopters.co.uk ]for the opportunity to see these wonders from the air - if you're in the area, check these guys out for the best view in town. I didn't make "The Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group Annual Conference" at Alton Barnes, Wiltshire - perhaps next year. note: some pics have parts of the helicopter and reflections - for professional quality images, book, calendars and a spectacular DVD of the crop circles in UK check out the Steve Alexander collection [ http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk ] Click on photo gallery in the menu above or visit http://www.aliak.com/module.php?mod=gallery to view the images

ResearchChannel demonstrated the first successful transmission of full bandwidth High Definition (HD) 1080i video between two desktop computers using high speed networking technology at the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) conference in Cairns, Australia, July 6, 2004. visit http://www.researchchannel.org/ for details

Warchalking is the practice of marking a series of symbols on sidewalks and walls to indicate nearby wireless access. That way, other computer users can pop open their laptops and connect to the Internet wirelessly. It was inspired by the practice of hobos during the Great Depression to use chalk marks to indicate which homes were friendly. visit http://www.warchalking.org for more details and to find out what the warchalking symbols mean.