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Oldest Movable Metal Hangul Type Found Scholars say they have identified the earliest metal type in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. The movable type dates back to the mid-15th century. The National Museum of Korea said Thursday the museum recently rearranged the 752 oldest out of hundreds of thousands of letters in its collection. Among them, 30 letters were probably used for the “Neungeomgyeong Eunhae” published in 1461 during the time of King Se-jo, a Korean translation of the Shurangama Sutra Buddhist text, and for the “Dusieeonhae”, a translated poety book published in 1481. Movable Hangul metal type probably dating...

May 17, 2005, 12:21AM COMPUTING News by the people, for the people defines eraBy DWIGHT SILVERMANCopyright 2005 Houston Chronicle When the Houston Chronicle joined the growing number of newspapers establishing Web sites a decade ago, we knew we were part of a revolution.But I don't think anyone grasped just how profound a revolution it would be.Today, the ability for anyone with a computer and a connection to the Internet to disseminate news and information is shaking the foundations of the news business. Traditional news organizations are competing both online and off with thousands — potentially millions — of people who...

February 15, 2003 Google Buys Pyra: Blogging Goes Big-Time • posted by Dan Gillmor 07:41 PM• permanent link to this item NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a special column running in tomorrow's San Jose Mercury News. We're posting it early to get the story out. Weblogs are going Googling. Google, which runs the Web's premier search site, has purchased Pyra Labs, a San Francisco company that created some of the earliest technology for writing weblogs, the increasingly popular personal and opinion journals. The buyout is a huge boost to an enormously diverse genre of online publishing...