Wired Campus: Nonprofit Library Group Will Share Book Records With Google - Chronicle.com

Wired Campus: Nonprofit Library Group Will Share Book Records With Google - Chronicle.com: "Nonprofit Library Group Will Share Book Records With Google

In an effort to increase the visibility of libraries’ holdings on the Web, Google and OCLC—formerly known as the Online Computer Library Center—have agreed to swap data."

Finextra: Qualcomm backs SMS charity donation service

Finextra: Qualcomm backs SMS charity donation service: "21 May 2008 - 13:33
Qualcomm backs SMS charity donation service
US wireless technology developer Qualcomm has become the founding patron of the Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF), a new service that enables people to make charity donations via SMS text message.

MGM says the founding donation from Qualcomm has been made through the telco's Wireless Reach initiative.

MGM aims to create a single 'mobile giving channel' that enables more than 250 million mobile users in the US to make charitable contributions instantly using their mobile phones. The MGF acts as a messaging gateway, compliance entity, billing settlement and records clearinghouse between operators and participating charities."

Today @ PC World OLPC Announces Next-Gen XO-2 $75 Laptop

Today @ PC World OLPC Announces Next-Gen XO-2 $75 Laptop: "The nonprofit One Laptop Per Child has just shown for the first time images of its next-generation touch-screen laptop that goes by the name XO-2. According to Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC, the laptop is under development and has a goal of costing $75. Negroponte showed off images of the XO-2 at an OLPC event here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He says the first XO-2 is slated to be built by 2010."

The journey to a wireless Boston - The Boston Globe

The journey to a wireless Boston - The Boston Globe: "As many cities have now learned, a corporate-driven, one-size-fits-all model for wireless may not provide the most effective solution. Well-publicized difficulties with such municipal WiFi plans have caused many to regard universal wireless models with skepticism. Yet at openairboston.net, we regard these difficulties as validation. Rather than throw millions of dollars at a citywide solution that might well fail, openairboston.net has employed discrete investments in small-scale rollouts that test technology against neighborhood needs to produce flexible systems that teach us how to do wireless right."

One Laptop, two systems - The Boston Globe

One Laptop, two systems - The Boston Globe: "THE GOAL of the nonprofit One Laptop per Child project has always been exciting: build a cheap, sturdy laptop and give it to poor children in developing countries to improve their educations."

Epilepsy charity condemns posting of seizure clips on YouTube | Society | guardian.co.uk

Epilepsy charity condemns posting of seizure clips on YouTube | Society | guardian.co.uk: "The posting of footage of people having seizures on the website YouTube has been condemned as the modern equivalent of Victorian freak shows.

The National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) is angry that the website features dozens of clips of sufferers having seizures and hundreds more showing people pretending to have seizures. Some videos have been watched by about 250,000 people."