IBSAF WORLD - January 2007

January 2007
Vol. I | Ensuring that you stay ahead

The Drudge Report is a popular U.S.-based news website run by none other than the newsbreaker himself - Matt Drudge. The site consists primarily of links to stories from the international mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and various current events as well as links to many popular columnists. If you go by statistics, drugereport is a must see – it got more than 3.5 billion hits in the past one year

Google Scholar (GS) is a freely-accessible web search engine that indexes the full-text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing genres and disciplines. You can search for digital or physical copies of articles, whether they are online or in libraries. As is the case with everything, there is a flip side to Google scholar also. With GS you won’t be able to follow articles by dates; nonetheless, it gives you an easy access to published articles.

	At MoMA, you can get a glimpse of special exhibitions or permanent collections. A must visit for people interested in Art.
Also available is MoMA Audio, a selection of museum tours as downloadable podcasts. Wear your own earbuds as you walk through the special exhibitions or the permanent collection; separate audio tours are available for kids and for the visually impaired.

Blog finder that keeps getting better while the blogosphere gets bigger. Searches are faster and more accurate, and now you can personalize the home page; a new Discover section provides a round-up of top posts by topic. Newcomer Sphere is also worth a look.