West – News Room – Check out the ‘Listen to Westcast’ section on the right. It contains 3 podcasts, but nothing new since April, 06. Seems somebody had an idea, but there doesn’t appear to be any real committment. Via BlogQuist.
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Plone Founder Goes Google
Alexander Limi – one of the Plone founders – has been approached with an offer to join Google as a User Interface Designer, and has accepted the offer. Read on to see how this affects Plone.
Google hires Plone Founder — plone.org
This will certainly fuel more speculation about Google on desktop and the Google OS.Blogged with Flock
$899 iMac for Education
Apple® today introduced a new $899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac® designed specifically for education customers featuring a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, a built-in iSight™ video camera and iLife® ‘06, the next generation of Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications. The 17-inch iMac for education is available immediately and will replace the eMac®, Apple’s last CRT based computer, providing students and teachers everything they need to learn and create in today’s digital classroom, all in the ultra-efficient iMac design.
Apple Introduces $899 Education Configuration for 17-inch iMac
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Another One Bites the Dust
Library Stuff – Podcast on School of Informatics Dissolution – University of Buffalo is in the process of dissolving its School of Informatics, spinning its MLS into the School of Education. Students, alums are not happy.
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DIY Linux Box
The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Linux Box | Linux Journal – Great article for building a Linux box starting at just over $1500. Gives a lot of details that you’ll need to get Linux going on a real hot system.
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U of Maryland Law Open Electronic Archive
Thurgood Marshall Law Library Launches Electronic Scholarship Repository – powered by BePress, it even includes an RSS feed.
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MSFT Office 2007 Beta Runnable from Browser
You are just a few clicks away from a free online test drive of the latest version of Microsoft Office programs. Take them out for a spin in this quick, easy-to-use, browser-based trial experience.
2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Test Drive
This test drive requires IE5.5+ and installs the Citrix ActiveX plugin to provide access to the Office Suite.Blogged with Flock
Putting Needles in a Haystack
Haystack will allow us to deliver very robust storage solutions for users at a very low marginal cost.
Forward Looking Statements: More on Haystack
Haystack is the storage technology that backs allyoucanupload, a new venture from CNet. It uses commodity hardware, including 400 gb SATA drives, and software to power a cutting edge object storage and replication system.
I am fascinated by the movement away from tradational data storage schemes to more open, commodity based solutions that actually scale quickly and effectively.
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