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Friday, September 26, 2008, 07:00 PM: Truthiness and Agnotology

Does the massive increase in communications, brought about by cable and satellite television, and, especially, the internet, help us find truth? Or does it help spread doubt, confusion, lies, mythology, crackpot conspiracy theories, and the like? As internet bandwidth continues its upward spiral into the future, what should we expect in the future?

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SAP faces dilemma with new Web software

SAP will be forced to cannibalise its own customers by offering new software that is delivered over the Web as it adapts to a world irrevocably changed by Google. Hasso Plattner, a co-founder of the world's biggest maker of business software, said SAP's on-demand A1S software, slated for launch early next year, would be one of SAP's best-ever products but would compete with its current way of doing business. "This model will compete with our current model, and 99 percent of our installations are on site."

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