To celebrate its one year incept-date, Highbeam Research is this week opening up its entire service to all -- yes, that means you. Whether you've been reading this blog for a while or just now arrived, this is well worth checking out. There's some sort of simple registration involved, but I've been assured that no credit card data is required. There's a press release here that says more -- for instance, that...

The New York Times is sponsoring the HighBeam Research Anniversary Open House event. Starting today and ending Friday, January 29, HighBeam Research is celebrating its first anniversary by offering free access to its premium sources and research tools.

Once you're signed up and street legal, here are some searches you can try. I mean, you can search for anything you want, but I thought these might make for amusing(?) and/or enlightening(?) starting points....

• corporate blogging
• journalism and blogging
• internet and libraries
• Tim Berners-Lee
• Alexander Graham Bell (why not?)
• personality disorders (a personal favorite)
• artificial intelligence
• time travel (a nice bookend for the above)
• Digital Rights Management (check your blood pressure)
• Halliburton and Enron