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December 14, 2009 – 2:52 pm

operating system: a program that manages computer activities and is necessary in order to run other programs. The operating system manages the various hardware and software resources of a computer. Examples of operating systems include: Microsoft’s Windows 7 Apple’s Snow Leopard Linux Mint To learn more: Dictionary.com entry Wikipedia entry Webopedia entry How Stuff Works read more »

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Google Chrome

December 11, 2009 – 4:07 pm

My current default browser isFirefox. I like how my add-ons are set up and I’m comfortable with it. I also have Safari and Camino on my MacBook as sometimes things don’t work in Firefox, and it’s nice to have more than one browser for troubleshooting purposes here in the office. But a couple days ago read more »

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November 30, 2009 – 11:06 am

Cyber Monday– the Monday immediately following Black Friday. It used to be the case that many people would do most of their online shopping for the holidays when they got back to work on Monday (during a time when more people would have faster internet connections at work than at home). The term was created read more »

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What’s going on in ITD

November 22, 2009 – 3:58 pm

It’s nearing the end of the semester and that means final projects! For those of you who are preparing to present in Elluminate, check out our Presenters tutorial here: Presenting in Elluminate We also have our new Elluminate Meeting room for you to meet with people to work on group projects. For more information on read more »

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November 3, 2009 – 5:09 pm

API (Application Programming Interface).   An API is simply defined as an interface that allows software interaction.  It achieves this through defining the vocabulary and calling conventions necessary for the communication. Web APIs provide a basis for mash-up technology, utilized in many Web 2.0 applications.  To learn more about this term, see PC Magazine’s article read more »

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Social Farming?

November 2, 2009 – 1:03 pm

I kept hearing both in the real world and the virtual world about Farm Ville. It’s a game that you play through your facebook page that simulates a the life of a farmer. Growing fake crops takes place in real time (although much less than growing real food) so users have to keep logging back read more »

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October 19, 2009 – 3:41 pm

AJAX is an acronym for “asynchronous JavaScript and XML.”  It is comprised of a number of technologies, including: XHTML and CSS The DOM (Documents Object Model) accessed with JavaScript, which according to Bruce Sterling is “the duct tape of the Web.”  (see http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2009/03/what-bruce-ster/) An asynchronous exchange of data between the server and the client, made read more »

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MSDNAA: Windows 7 Now Available to GSLIS Students via Webstore

October 14, 2009 – 2:52 pm

The Webstore now has an MSDNAA (Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance) version of Windows 7 available for GSLIS students to download free of charge!  Windows 7 is set to be released to the general public on October 22nd, but select departments can get it before the release date through the MSDNAA program. The file is read more »

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October 12, 2009 – 11:29 am

This week marks a few milestones in the Fall 2009 semester here at GSLIS.  First, it is midterm week.  Second, the LEEPers are coming!  Finally, and in a completely unrelated thread, Champaign County Public Health is happy to announce that H1N1/swine flu/whatever you feel like calling it vaccines are now available (if, of course, you read more »

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Ninja Frog DS game booms local economy–from ITD Onion Weekly News

October 6, 2009 – 5:32 pm

Frog image from www.clipartof.com/details/clipart/42377.html Tuesday October 6, 12:44 PM— The newly released DS game Ninja Frog by GSLIS ITD and Help Desk has boomed the local game market. During the past weekend, thousands of Ninja Frog products has been sold by local stores and Amazon.com. “There are two kinds of people in the world, those read more »

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