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There’s a new site called Techbargains.com which appears to have great deals on computers and other stuff
http://www.techbargains.com/
As with any new website: Buyer beware!
Posted by Rich

Nicholas Carroll has published a book called Law of the Blog: a blogger’s guide to copyright, defamation, trademarks and other online legal issues:
http://www.law-of-the-blog.com/index.html
Link via What I Learned Today:
http://www.web2learning.net/
Posted by Rich

NotebookReview.com had a user review of the OLPC XO laptop:
“Conclusion
The OLPC is a very good tool for a classroom setting. All the interfaces in each application interact extraordinarily well together. At a price of $400 you certainly get a lot of value for your money. If you’re the only one you know […]

The Sydney Morning Herald had an article called Journalism’s new order: one hit wonders need not apply about a Australian journalist who was sacked because his stories were not generating enough website hits.

http://tinyurl.com/335or7
Link via LISNews
http://www.lisnews.org/
Posted by Rich