MySpace announces 'Data Availability' project with Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, Twitter | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

MySpace announces 'Data Availability' project with Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, Twitter | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone: "Inaugural partners in the project are Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket (also owned by News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media), and Twitter. The program, available to MySpace's users worldwide, will be rolling out to a full version in the coming weeks.

'Historically, social destinations on the Internet have operated as independent, autonomous islands,' DeWolfe said. 'Today, MySpace no longer operates as an autonomous island on the Internet...We're hoping to create a significantly more social experience across the Web.'

This is a huge deal."

ABC News: Cyclone Relief Efforts Get High-Tech Help

ABC News: Cyclone Relief Efforts Get High-Tech Help: "As cyclone recovery efforts begin in a rural third-world country where even owning a cell phone is illegal, relief organizations turn to high-tech helpers: satellites."

Wired Campus: Co-Founder of Second Life Says Academics Are Biggest Trailblazers in Virtual Worlds - Chronicle.com

Wired Campus: Co-Founder of Second Life Says Academics Are Biggest Trailblazers in Virtual Worlds - Chronicle.com: "Co-Founder of Second Life Says Academics Are Biggest Trailblazers in Virtual Worlds

Cory Ondrejka, the co-founder of the virtual world Second Life who is now a visiting professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, said in a speech today that virtual worlds are here to stay, and that professors are among the most active pioneers."

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Helmets On, Social Citizens on the Rise

From onPhilanthropy

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Helmets On, Social Citizens on the Rise: "As the largest living generation of Americans, Millennials are using their passion for causes and their digital savvy to change the world in very practical ways; one purchase, one house built or mile walked at a time. Millennials are hands-on “experience seekers.” They want to experience change, to touch and feel it, and they want a menu of options for acting now and seeing results in real time for real people."

SiliconRepublic.com: Irish non-profits benefit from tech philanthropy

SiliconRepublic.com: Irish non-profits benefit from tech philanthropy: "07.05.2008 - Nearly 400 non-profit organisations and higher education institutions in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) are using donated licences from Salesforce.com to organise their work, according to the Salesforce.com Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the software-as-a-service company."

PC World - Business Center: OLPC Tries to Bridge Gap With Developer Community

PC World - Business Center: OLPC Tries to Bridge Gap With Developer Community: "A virtual uprising that broke out among developers questioning One Laptop Per Child's commitment to open-source software has prompted an official from the nonprofit effort to play peacemaker."

HaywoodCountyNews.com: HCC students design Web sites for 2 nonprofits

HaywoodCountyNews.com: HCC students design Web sites for 2 nonprofits: "CLYDE – Haywood Community College's Web Markup and Scripting class recently unveiled two web pages designed by students for two Haywood County nonprofit organizations.

Representatives of Spotlights Youth Theatre and REACH of Haywood County were both presented the designs by a blended class of traditional students and Haywood Early College students."

OLPC taps CFO Kane as president and COO - Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology:

OLPC taps CFO Kane as president and COO - Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology:: "One Laptop Per Child reports it has appointed Chuck Kane president and COO.

According to the Cambridge-based nonprofit, Kane will be responsible for operational matters and third-party negotiations. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte will focus on fundraising and promoting the project to governments worldwide, OLPC said."

Sugar on Windows looking inevitable | Education IT | ZDNet.com

Sugar on Windows looking inevitable | Education IT | ZDNet.com: "Now that Walter Bender has resigned from OLPC, Technology Review featured an article on the group’s new president, Charles Kane. The article makes it very clear that OLPC, under the direction of Kane and Nicholas Negroponte, will definitely be seeking to deploy Windows on XOs and future products from OLPC."