We have a new Blackboard @ Palomar podcast; Microsoft makes an offer for Yahoo; Darwin Day is next week; Google introduces a new anti-spam product, while spam continues to increase; the Kindle is sold out; band-aids enter the 21st century; Windows Vista SP1 will be released in March; Apple doubles the capacity of the iPhone and iPod touch; ICANN turns on IPv6; the Lego brick turns 50; shape-shifting microrobots are just around the corner; and we feature an online book on Adobe InDesign and XML. David's Blackboard feature of the week is brought to you by the letter B and the number 8, as in Bb8. Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment contains tips on getting off to a good start with students. Our Tech Talk Topic is titled "Three for Free," where we put together three how-tos that might appeal to different audiences.

The library announes some new online databases; a digital picture frame with a virus; last call for 3C Media Solutions film festival; Apple is riding high, in more ways than one; blu-ray is winning at the cash register; the Library of Congress releases 3000 pictures on Flickr; Sun buys MySql; tje CIA warns about grid hackers; and we feature Wikipedia, The Missing Manual, online. David's Blackboard feature of the week describes how to name a link in Blackboard and what you can do with those names. Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is about helping online students off to a great start. Chris does our Tech Talk Topic this week with Part 2 of his review of the Amazon Kindle.

A reminder to faculty to install the MS compatibility pack; Panasonic shows off a 128GB SSD; Patch Tuesday came and went uneventfully; Apple released a new Mac Pro this week, and soon Office 2008 will be out; Zink is new at CES; Pew says people use YouTube; Sunny the weather robot speaks; Newsgator makes their previously for-sale products free; Microsoft pursues two large companies; and they sign with the Smithsonian; Blu-ray wins the fight with HD-DVD; Sony signs with Amazon; and we feature a book on digital photography. David's Blackboard feature of the week describes how to use language packs. Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is about communicating with your students. Chris does our Tech Talk Topic this week about his first infatuation with the Amazon Kindle.

Plenary day moves from Jan. 10 to 17; Microsoft wants you to try FolderShare; 3CMedia film festival deadline is Jan. 31; Office 2007 SP1 was delivered; new version (5) of Google Toolbar; AT&T sells an RFID-GPS student tracking system; Murray Gell-Mann talks about the theory of everything; Barracuda says 95% of email is spam; the word of the year is w00t; and we feature a book on advanced PowerPoint. David's Blackboard feature of the week is titled "'Twas the Night After Finals..." about AT technical tasks to be accomplished over the winter break. Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment features an informal assessment of SafeAssign vs. TurnItIn. Shay does our Tech Talk Topic this week and tells us all about FolderShare.

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