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• Picking a Dead Man's Pocket

  Published: July 19, 2007, 12:23 pm

  Tags: Prevention, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Archive, Caching, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Internet Archive, Meta Tags, Plagiarism, Robots Txt, Rss, Scraping, Spam, Spammers, Splogs

  archiving site such as The Internet Archive Lookup an old site that you know to be deceased Find an old, but still relevant, article Check to make sure that the article has not been posted elsewhere Copy/paste it onto your site As the original article points out, there are ways to automate this process, such as using sitemaps, but the process

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• iPhone 101: Browser-based playlists

  Published: September 10, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Internet Archive, Internetarchive, Iphone, Iphone101, Playlist

  a browser-based playlist.The Internet Archive is a tremendous source of streaming music files (among other things) that play just fine on the iPhone. Here's how to set things up. Create a new bookmark folder in Mobile Safari. I named mine "Rock." Navigate to the Internet Archive, and find some music you'd like to listen to (I chose

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• Old Websites Sure Are Funny [Gallery]

  Published: January 26, 2008, 11:59 pm

  Tags: Apple, Best Buy, Circuit City, Gallery, Internet, Internet Archive, Microsoft, Nike, Wayback, Wayback Machine

  to take a gander through the Internet Archive's Wayback machine (a service that started saving pages in 1996). Needless to say, we found some funny stuff.My personal favorite might be the LEGO site, but really, there are no winners on this list. What do you think? Oh, and special (nonexistent) prize to anyone who digs through the Wayback archives

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• Where Do You Get Your History?: Primary Sources

  Published: April 17, 2008, 6:14 am

  Tags: The Pen And Spindle, Internet Archive, Primary Sources, Chicago History

  "Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented. Often these sources are created at the time when the events or conditions are occurring, but primary sources can also include autobiographies,

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• Gavin Newsom insinuates himself into latest San Francisco wireless Internet plan [Wi-Fi]

  Published: June 13, 2008, 11:20 am

  Tags: Wi Fi, Gavin Newsom, Internet Archive, Meraki, Metrofi

  connections the non-profit Internet Archive is providing to a new public housing development. Meanwhile, along the Peninsula, MetroFi's routers will go dark over the coming weeks in Valley hubs like Cupertino, which can now chalk up the city's second failed attempt at a public-private partnership to bring free Wi-Fi to residents. (Photo by

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