Category Archives: Announcements

Knight Foundation Strengthens Support for Television News Research Service

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Roger Macdonald

Thanks to a recent $1 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, we will be expanding our TV News Search & Borrow service that enables everyone to search, quote and borrow U.S. television news programs. Launched … Continue reading →

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National Security Agency ❤ ❤ ❤ Internet Archive?

Posted on May 18, 2013 by brewster

An unclassified document from the National Security Agency from 2007 has some nice words to say about the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle, and the Wayback Machine. “The Wayback Machine is, very simply, one of the greatest deep web tools ever … Continue reading →

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Brewster Kahle to be Honored with 2013 Amer Lib Assoc LITA/Library Hi Tech Award

Posted on May 10, 2013 by brewster

Brewster Kahle is honored to receive the 2013 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology this year.   It will be awarded at the American Library Association meeting in Chicago in June. http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=13005  

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Free and Fast ‘Roof2Roof’ Internet Available in Richmond, CA

Posted on May 8, 2013 by brewster

As a free service to Richmond residents, the Internet Archive has installed a 70 foot tower on its physical archive building in Richmond California to offer free and fast Internet to those with roofs that can see the tower.  Those … Continue reading →

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Archive of Historical Computer Software is here

Posted on April 14, 2013 by brewster

Thanks to Jason Scott, lots of deep collecting communities, and volunteers, Jason is announcing that the Internet Archive now hosts some very large software and computer documentation collections, maybe the largest overall host. Yippie! Now we all have to make … Continue reading →

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450,000 Early Journal Articles Now Available

Posted on April 11, 2013 by brewster

Internet Archive announces today the addition of over 450,000 journal articles from the JSTOR Early Journal Content collection. Early Journal Content is a selection of pre-1923 materials from more than 350 journals and includes articles in the arts and humanities, … Continue reading →

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How the Internet Archive is having Great Time with Bitcoin

Posted on April 3, 2013 by brewster

The Internet Archive jumped into bitcoin in 2011 after many people asked to donate bitcoins– a non-techy set up our wallet (good sign), and we got about $2,000 worth of donations that first year.  In 2012 we got about $6,000 … Continue reading →

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Riding with the Bit Savers

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Jason Scott

Since 1997, a dedicated team of scanners and curators have been assembling a collection of historical computer and technology-related items. This collection, called BITSAVERS.ORG, contains tens of thousands of documents and software products dating back from the 1950s and into … Continue reading →

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Friday March 22nd Movie and Panel about Anonymous: We Are Legion

Posted on March 5, 2013 by cameron

Please join filmmaker Brian Knappenberger, journalists Quinn Norton and Ryan Singel and lawyer Thomas Nolan for a showing of “We Are Legion: the Story of the Hacktivists.” (trailer) The documentary about the hacker/activist group ‘Anonymous.’ Recorded Video of the Panel Friday, … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin <-> Cash Converter Box

Posted on March 5, 2013 by brewster

Bitcoin to Cash Converter Box          (Please leave this page visible on the computer next to the cash box).  To help us try out bitcoins, I am putting up $200 ($100 cash and $100 worth of bitcoins) … Continue reading →

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Employees to be Paid in Bitcoin: Please Donate

Posted on February 21, 2013 by brewster

(Press about this:  Bitcoin Magazine, The Next Web, arstechnica) As Bitcoin is becoming the “local currency” of the Internet, the Internet Archive would like to help support it and use it.    In the last 2 years, over 300 people … Continue reading →

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New Uploader Handles Bigger Files

Posted on February 12, 2013 by brewster

Today we are launching a new uploader that handles much larger files.  We’ve tested files well over 100GB in size, so if you’re using the right browser it should be able to take care of all your uploading needs.  We … Continue reading →

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Aaron Swartz, hero of the open world, dies

Posted on January 12, 2013 by brewster

Aaron Swartz Memorial Thursday, January 24th at the Internet Archive. Downloadable version, and links to speakers. Aaron’s girlfriend Taren’s and Open Access activist Carl Malamud’s gripping calls to action.   Eulogy by Brewster Kahle, written January 12, 2013: Aaron Swartz, … Continue reading →

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Wayback Machine: Now with 240,000,000,000 URLs

Posted on January 9, 2013 by brewster

Today we updated the Wayback Machine with much more data and some code improvements.  Now we cover from late 1996 to December 9, 2012 so you can surf the web as it was up until a month ago.  Also, we … Continue reading →

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Thanks a Million!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by brewster

Thanks to the generous support of our users we raised $250,000 in donations during the month of December, and with the 3-to-1 match from one of our donors that gives us $1,000,000!  We raised enough to purchase 4 petabytes of … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive & EFF successfully block Washington State law

Posted on December 7, 2012 by internetarchive

Earlier this year the Internet Archive with EFF’s help joined a suit to challenge the enforcement of a new Washington state law, SB 6251. While the law was intended to curb advertising for underage sex workers, the language was overly … Continue reading →

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3-for-1 Match for Internet Archive Donations: Please Help

Posted on November 30, 2012 by brewster

Dear Friends, The Internet Archive has received a generous offer this holiday season. For every dollar we raise before December 31st, one of our supporters will match that money three to one. Please consider donating now. Every day three million people around the … Continue reading →

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10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes archived!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by drinehart

Ten Petabytes (10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) of cultural material saved! On Thursday, 25 October, hundreds of Internet Archive supporters, volunteers, and staff celebrated addition of the 10,000,000,000,000,000th byte to the Archive’s massive collections. We also announced full 80Terabyte web crawl to researchers; … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Chronicle profile (Page 1!)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by brewster

  We are honored for Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive to be profiled in today’s San Francisco Chronicle on page 1. Thank you, Chronicle! http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Brewster-Kahle-s-Internet-Archive-3946898.php

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Launch of TV News Search & Borrow with 350,000 Broadcasts

Posted on September 17, 2012 by brewster

Today the Internet Archive launches TV News Search & Borrow.  This service is designed to help engaged citizens better understand the issues and candidates in the 2012 U.S. elections by allowing them to search closed captioning transcripts to borrow relevant … Continue reading →

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