infrastructure support

Google Voice released in private beta

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/here-comes-google-voice.html Google has launched a voice communication platform, called, unsurprisingly, Google Voice. This set of services has been built upon...

Competing iPhone stores about to launch

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123629876097346481.html Three new iPhone application stores are about to launch, and none of them are authorized by Apple, according to the Wall Street Journal. Cydia...

Facebook explores the realtime Web

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=57822962130 The popular social networking site Facebook is piloting a new format, one which reflects the "real-time Web" concept. First, users can arrange...

Netbooks vs laptops on campus: which will predominate by summer?

http://markets.nitle.org/markets/18311 Laptops or netbooks - which device will lead on campuses? A new NITLE prediction market proposition: Campuses will support as many laptops as netbooksby 15...

Economic crisis means more open academic content: Lev Gonic

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3632/lev-gonick-how-technology-will-reshape-academe-after-the-economic-crisis One side effect on academia of the economic crisis could be a boom in free, open...

Kindles in the library: one Florida case

http://kindlepbcc.blogspot.com/ A Florida campus library is exploring using the Kindle e-book reader. Palm Beach Community College's library technologist is blogging about their experiments,...

iPhone apps store: research on user behavior

http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/63034/app-store-grows-apps-are-seldom-used Most iPhone users tend to stop using most downloaded applications within a day or two, according to new research....

Facebook terms of service controvery erupts

http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever A controversy has broken out this week over a legal change in Facebook. The popular...

Student-created campus IT iPhone app

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3608/students-at-georgia-tech-create-unofficial-campus-iphone-application A Georgia tech undergrad created an iPhone application aimed at connecting users...

College music site Ruckus shuts down

http://www.ruckus.net/notice/final.html Ruckus, a legitimate music downloading service aimed at colleges, has closed. Current subscribers will continue to have access to some audio, but not...