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NewsGator right-click-subscribe for Firefox 1.0

Robert Bernstein did everyone a favour and created an install.rdf for the NewsGator subscriber extension, allowing it to be installed in Firefox 1.0. I actually had a problem getting Robert's package to install, but with a couple of minor tweaks we now have right-click subscribe for the latest release of Firefox.

About time too - thanks Robert for the legwork!

Download here. (You'll have to right-click -> Save Link to Disk... then execute.) 

Google Scholar

Just launched today, the beta version of Google Scholar. To quote the Google Blog:

"...a free service that helps users search scholarly literature such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. "

The results are ranked by number of citations. The correlation between the currency of the academic citation and the web link is one of those obvious strokes of genius that Google just keeps churning out. Also smart: literature that is often cited, but not available on the web, is still listed in its rightful place in the results.

This is a resource that will be invaluable for any student trying to find their own primary sources.

The MBA student sitting next to me nearly wet himself...