Iraq Press Monitor summarizes the latest newspaper stories. It seems reasonably neutral, which is saying something in a place where there’s so little of it. Link via editorsweblog.org.
Category: Cool tools
100 most mispronounced phrases
Infomaniac links to this handy roundup. (Note to Mr. Bush: it’s not nu-cu-lar.)
Another new e-book platform
Three companies have joined forces on a new kind of e-book soon to debut in Japan. It has an intriguing innovation: Unlike more familiar LCD displays, the screen can be read at almost any angle and in bright sunlight as…
Nice online dictionary
And it’s all free. (Link via The Olive Press.)
Handy page of Google functions
Sheila Lennon linked to this page the other day. It amasses a whole bunch of Google functions in one location. Mega-handy.
10 great online data sources
Charles Bowen at Editor & Publisher describes his top 10 sites for working journalists. One entry: Gary Price’s List of Lists. Even before USA Today popularized statistical snapshots of America, we journalists have always been hungry for lists. Price has…
MS the pop-up killer
Mark Glaser says the Redmond Behemoth is about to get religion on killing popup ads. Microsoft is prepping a pop-up blocker in its next version of its dominant Internet Explorer browser, due out by next June, giving more readers than…
Reverse dictionary
Nifty post at JournoList. The OneLook Reverse Dictionary is ingenious, entertaining and might even be useful. You know there’s a word for something, but you can’t remember it. Type your definition into the box, and the dictionary comes up with…
Daypop
Lets you scan the hottest news and blog posts.
20 great Google tips …
… to help you search happily. Link via Subterranean Homepage News