Monthly Archives: January 2010

Peacekeeping/Stabilization Mission Simulation

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

The Peacekeeping/Stabilization Mission Simulation on January 26 and 30, 2010 provided a unique real-time, human-digital simulation for more than 40 Penn students of the challenges facing governmental and non-governmental organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other unstable regions, using Geographical Imaging … Continue reading →

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iPad

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

Ok, so who’s getting one? Links: The official iPad site Watch the entire Apple Keynote 11 things that suck about the apple iPad Adobe responds to the lack of Flash The Gadget we never knew we needed iLounge’s iPad photo … Continue reading →

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Google Voice comes to iPhone and Palm WebOS

Posted on January 27, 2010 by

It’s about time. Apple previously denied Google’s application for a Google Voice iPhone app, so this is a web-app. See video and web link below for details. http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/01/google-voice-comes-to-iphone-and-palm.html

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Apple Tablet Placeholder

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

Some recent tweets on tomorrow’s rumored Apple tablet. No joke, less than 3 minutes later there were already 600+ more tweets on the same topic. We’ll post here when we get the news, but I have a feeling you’ll have … Continue reading →

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Apply for $1000 Technology Grant Soon!

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

Thanks to the generosity of Jeff Seltzer W’78 and his wife Annie, the Penn Libraries (Weigle Information Commons) is proud to offer undergraduate research awards for up to six students to conduct research using new media and information technologies. Each … Continue reading →

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Got Visual? (1/23/10)

Posted on January 23, 2010 by

Got Visual? Try our poster contest – deadline of February 22.

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Upload anything to Google Docs

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

GoogleDocs now gives you the ability to upload any file type, store it online, and share it with others. You can upload anything (audio, video, images, text, etc.), but you can also continue to convert certain file types (spreadsheets, word … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Workshops

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

Upcoming WICshops are: Excel Charts, Sat. Jan. 23, 2 to 3:30 pm Audacity, Mon. Jan. 25, 10:30 am to noon – free audio editing software PowerPoint Basics, Tues. Jan. 26, 10:30 am to Noon BlackBoard Basics, Tues. Jan. 26, 1 … Continue reading →

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It’s totally true.

Posted on January 20, 2010 by
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Largest Fountain in the World

Posted on January 18, 2010 by

One of our most frequent lab users, Aaron Peck, helped to design the Dubai Fountain at the recently opened Burj Khalifa building in Dubai–the world’s largest fountain, and located in the tallest structure ever built by man. Plus, the fountain … Continue reading →

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