"...The world used to be transformed by voyages of discovery, religious movements, epidemic globe-circling diseases, the whims of kings and the depredations of armies. But over the centuries, technology has emerged as the primary change agent, the thing that can shrink a planet, undermine dictators and turn 14-year-olds into publishers."

SAJA - South Asian Journalists Asso;- Sreenath's post in Indian online Media Forum yahoo group has a link to an interesting story on Google - obviously singing paeans for the search engine.

Long Live Google !! but the story also has quotes from significant number of critics too - particularly the dissenting voice of, - who else? - the librarians :-)

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