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"April 17, 2009 - This is dedicated to all fans of Queen. No effects and no sampling was used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?) Atari 800xl and Floppy Drive 0$ 3.5 Inch Hard Drive 1$ Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Card $5 TI-99/4A and Tape Drive $15 8 Inch Floppy Drive $20 HP ScanJet 3C $25 Eico Oscilloscope $28 1,000,000 Hits on YouTube - Priceless"

"Web 2.0" in just under 5 minutes.http://mediatedcultures.netThis is a slightly revised and cleaned up version of the video that was featured on YouTube in F...

A number of excellent YouTube Tutorials

Good Webbly tutorials on YouTube.

"http://www.warcosts.com Since 2004, up to 884 innocent civilians, including at least 176 children, have died from US drone strikes in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan. A new report from the Stanford and New York University law schools finds drone use has caused widespread post-tramatic stress disorder and an overall breakdown of functional society in North Waziristan. In addition, the report finds the use of a "double tap" procedure, in which a drone strikes once and strikes again not long after, has led to deaths of rescuers and medical professionals. Many interviewees told the researchers they didn't know what America was before drones. Now what they know of America is drones, death and terror. Follow the conversation @WarCosts #UnderDrones"

"The Obama Administration has approved five times the number of covert drone strikes that his predecessor did. Thomson Reuters Digital Editor Chrystia Freeland sits down with Reuters' Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David Rohde to discuss his special report detailing the quiet expansion of presidential power under Obama."

First presented at the Google Efficient Data Centers Summit, hosted at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA on April 1, 2009.

A very funny video about the stereo-typical sysadmin. Again, some language issues...

"June 01, 2007 - Joe Barnick was born with spinal muscular atrophy and cannot use a keyboard or mouse, yet thanks to assistive technology he can use his computer to do all those things he cannot do in real life"

"May 30, 2007 - Mike Phillips is a gamer and freelance technology writer born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Using his thumb and a proximity switch to access his computer he is a prolific journalist and has contributed chapters to several books. Assistive technology has opened the world for him. "

Videos that explore the frontiers of assistive technology.

"July 02, 2008 - How an employee who is blind can work in an office setting with technology"

"August 02, 2007 - Ellen uses Assistive Technology to go about her day to day life - both at home and in college. Ellen has Cerebral Palsy and has difficulty controlling her body - she is able to access her Assistive Technology using two head switches. Through these head switches, Ellen is able to drive her powered chair, communicate with people, access the computer and internet and control her TV and household equipment."

This is an interesting topic - as this has been broadcast on TV, it is not that graphic to be shown in a class of 16-18 year olds. The legality of this is discussed. Tracey Smith from the CBS Early Show explores the "steamier side of SL" SexGen Escorting and Virtual Sex are high...

"Small video made in After Effects about the globalisation of McDonalds. Light hearted video." Although this does not directly relate to an IT system, it is a good introduction for students new to ITGS to help explain the term globalization.

June 28, 2008 - This stop-motion animation depicts the changing geography of the globalizing world. "It is based on the percentage of the population with internet access, which in China is quite low while in Latin America it is quite high."

"March 21, 2009 - This is a Cnet Tv Prizefight in high-definition between the Amazon Kindle 2 and the Sony Reader PRS-700."

"April 29, 2010 - Intel Corporation today unveiled the most flexible and durable Intel-powered convertible classmate PC reference design yet. Supported by local computer manufacturers which are part of the Intel® Learning Series, this new addition combines aesthetics with ruggedness, full PC functionality with enhanced e-learning capabilities and improved performance with energy efficiency."

Synopsis: Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University provides this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms. Really good resource for explaining copyright in an entertaining way.

"February 11, 2009 - Here is the review for the new Amazon Kindle 2, Amazon's new e-book reader and the successor to the highly popular Amazon Kindle. This new e-book reader from Amazon is more lightweight, features more shades of grey and has a slightly different interface, better battery life and more memory for storing e-books. "