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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Cisco Nabs Navini for $330M (Red Herring)

Networking gear giant Cisco Systems on Tuesday said it plans to acquire WiMAX device maker Navini Networks for $330 million in cash and assumed options. The planned acquisition of the seven-year-old Richardson, Texas-based company is Cisco’s entrée into a technology field it has long eschewed in favor of Wi-Fi for wide-area wireless broadband communications.

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Q&A: Could Politics Threaten to Short Out the Power Grid? (eWeek)

Lobbyists have blocked meaningful reform and left the North American power grid vulnerable, Joe Weiss, a cyber-security expert, tells eWEEK's Lisa Vaas.

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T-Pain takes crown as king of ringtones (Reuters)

Enter most any dance club and odds are you'll soon hear "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" by R&B sensation T-Pain before the night is through.

But the hit single gets most of its spins as a 30-second clip.

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Apple Announces Record-Breaking Q4 Earnings (Wired Epicenter)

Apple watchers expected more good news out of Cupertino this afternoon, and they weren't disappointed when Apple released the best fourth quarter results it's ever posted.

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