They Are Sleuths Who Weigh Prose
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Trying to authenticate documents or uncover forgeries is an increasingly technical pursuit.
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Someone in the scheduling department must have a sly sense of humor.
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Of pimps, government officials and what makes a translator laugh.
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PITTSBURGH -- A few simple keystrokes may soon turn blather into books. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered a way to enlist people across the globe to help digitize books every time they solve the simple distorted word puzzles commonly used to register at Web sites or buy...
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The author and two associates are accused of violating copyright laws.
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Internet sleuths are turning their attention to the mystery of Lonelyboy43
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By Jennifer C. Yates, Associated Press  PITTSBURGH -- A few simple keystrokes soon may turn blather into books.
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A UC Santa Cruz prof designs a tool to give Wikipedia users a better idea of how trustworthy entries are. The software flags questionable lines by turning the text orange -- the more it's been tinkered with, the deeper the orange. This, on the heels of the Wikipedia tracker that reveals who has edited the entries.
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Some writers wonder whether the guildâs militant tactics are actually doing more damage than good.
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Researchers claim to have solved the mystery of the people who simply do not count. It could be because they are lost for words.
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How Lawrence Weiner transforms text into works of art.
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Authors are in an annual competition for the eyes of the busy executive.
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Two new books provide ambitious overviews of complicated topics.
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A breakthrough in computer-assisted mind reading brings us closer to predicting criminality. Should the justice system adapt? Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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How to tell the real meaning of words you don't know.
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SECURITY EXPERTS MessageLabs say that there is evidence that virus writers are working hand in hand with spammers.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and its sister paper are giving readers a digest that offers a quick summary of the newspapers.