Gmail delivers a knockout punch: IMAP changes the "freemail" game (Ars Technica)

Google has sweetened its e-mail offerings by rolling out IMAP capabilities in all Gmail accounts, and for free. While casual users may not look twice, the addition makes Google's software-as-a-service much more attractive to businesses looking for easy e-mail solutions.

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Drexel Puts Course Capture To Work on Desktops (Campus Technology)

Audio and even video capture of lectures is becoming more common on college campuses, which post the material to their Web sites so that students can revisit a lecture after the fact. But Drexel University in Philadelphia, long known as a technology powerhouse, is using the university's academic capture product in another way. There, instructors are far more likely to produce recordings from their desktops, including individual commentaries to a student from a professor.

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EBay: The Place for Microfinance (BusinessWeek)

On the online auction giant's new MicroPlace site, investors can lend as little as $50 to would-be small business owners around the globe

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