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Sony's e-book reader will now have easy access to specially-formatted copies of public domain books scanned by Google. Can free (in both senses) content help Sony in its battle against Amazon's Kindle juggernaut?

"Professor of molecular biology and public policy in the Woodrow Wilson school of Public & International Affairs at Princeton University"

WiZiQ is a place where you can teach and learn using an easy-to-use Virtual Classroom. You are welcome to give private and public live online sessions, teach for free or earn money teaching. As a learner you can attend public sessions on various topics from academics to anything under the sun.

This fine academic tool was designed to assist in the writing of reports, grant applications, and other documents related to public schools. I believe that it will be particularly useful for people involved in writing reports for WASC accreditation. Amaze your colleagues with finely crafted phrases of educational nonsense! The javascript code is adapted from Dack.com's Web Economy BS Generator. I would be remiss if I did not thank my district's Professional Development staff for introducing me to many of these gems.

Using a webquest generator is a quick and easy way to get your webquest ready for online publication.

File-sharing is a complicated beast. Some files are too big to send in emails; some need to be seen by a lot of people; some need to be private; some should be public. There are a ton of different applications that want to be the host for all of your files, but drop.io stands ahead of the pack.

The Manual Works Prompter is a tiny standalone, no-install HTML Application which turns any PC into a 'prompter' just like the TV, radio, and public speaking 'pros' use.

some good new tech about every categories of tech

public exoskeleton.. now ! a bit lite, but to help , right... good, no improvement to walk but to carry

he new program provides for the cancellation of the remaining balance due on eligible federal student loans after the borrower has made 120 monthly payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed in certain public service fields.

Great tool to understand what is and isn't in public domain

Capture your family's stories so they are never forgotten. Save your favorite photos and videos from graduations, weddings, births, family gatherings and funerals. Connect with your relatives and show future generations where they come from. Honor the memory of a loved one by creating a public tribute. Make his legacy a permanent part of your family history.

Ever wanted to take a crack at making a better version of the Yahoo search engine? Now's your chance. Yahoo announced a new initiative Thursday called Build Your Own Search Service, or BOSS. It's a set of programming tools developers can use to tailor Yahoo's search index for their own use. As part of the program's launch, Yahoo is making its web, news and images index available to developers immediately. BOSS will allow developers who sign up for a public API key to manipulate rankings and the overall appearance of the search pages, as well as create mashups of the data with other data sources.

"bioethics.com is a public service provided through the collaboration of many individuals and organizations to improve the discussion of issues in bioethics."

Twitter is a software tool that allows users to continually post (or "tweet") very short text messages to the Web from computers or mobile phones. These quick public messages simply describe what a user is currently doing. Twitter's appeal has mushroomed, making it a much-discussed new tec

Explore a world of publications by people and publishers alike. Collect, share and publish in a format designed to make your documents look their very best.

Grant Program that provides grants of up to $4,000 per year to students who intend to teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income families.

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction.

Buffalo Public Schools (NY) recently selected DimensionM™ education video games to supplement their math curriculum for 12,000 students in 45 schools. The district will begin using the games during the upcoming summer school session and continue in the fall.