Monthly Archives: November 2011

Adobe Software just got cheaper

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Adobe is discounting their already-discounted student and teacher prices on their software through december 3. Check out the details here.

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Cleaning Up Your Excel Data

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Lynda.com has a great new set of videos out that teach you how to clean up your Excel tables to look their best. In this course, you’ll explore the functions, commands, and techniques in Excel that restructure data, remove unwanted … Continue reading →

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Wacom Inkling

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Wacom has produced a new, unique product that we are very excited to try out. It is called the “Inkling” and it has the ability to capture what you draw with a physical ink pen on any plain sheet of … Continue reading →

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Which is the best Music Service?

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Life Hacker has a new post up evaluating the 3 major music services: iTunes, Google Music, and Amazon Mp3. In addition to a straightforward evaluation of each service, looking at the pros and cons of each, it goes a little … Continue reading →

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User Storage Down

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Our User Storage drive has crashed, so the files on it are currently unavailable. We are hoping to have it working again next week, but we can’t make any guarantees. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please … Continue reading →

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Cory Doctorow tonight!

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Author, activist, journalist and blogger (co-editor of BoingBoing.net) Cory Doctorow will be giving a free talk tonight at Huntsman Hall, open to the general public. You should go. https://undergradmediaentertainment.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/cory-doctorow-best-selling-author-for-the-win-jmhh-245-on-111711-at-5pm/

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iPads in the Library too!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

iPads in the classroom and in the library! Librarians at Penn recently had a chance to explore mobile technology with the iPads at WIC.

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New Equipment available to borrow

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

We have recently added a second Nikon D3100 DSLR camera to our equipment lending list. This camera can shoot 14 megapixel images that are stored to an SD card. This model has been extremely popular, and we’re happy to have … Continue reading →

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Cloudy, With a Chance of Internet

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Cloud computing has been an increasingly hot topic over the past few months. Services like Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive and Google Docs are seeing more and more use, and Apple is getting in on it too, announcing iCloud as one … Continue reading →

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Gadget Day is back! Join us on December 7th

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Join us at Weigle Information Commons for another Gadget Day on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. We have a day of workshops on the latest gadgets and tools including Google Hangout, Evernote, Firefox Extensions, Audience Response Sytems (like PollEverywhere, TurningPoint and … Continue reading →

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