Ephemera: Organ donor programs often use the slogan, “The life you save may be your own.”  It turns out that these programs may have been more correct than they could have ever guessed.  Val Thomas had no brain activity for 17 hours and rigor mortis had set in.  Doctors kept her on a respirator to figure out who to donate her organs to when she suddenly woke up and started talking.  - MSNBC

A follow up to my earlier post: Microsoft has announced that it will shut down its program to scan and upload millions of books and journal articles.  The nonprofit organization that Microsoft was sponsoring to do the work is now looking for other sources of support.  This might be a sign that Microsoft intends to focus on a few core internet technologies, rather than competing with Google and others on seemingly every possible battlefield. - NYT

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