First iPad reviews roundup at Kottke.org

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iPad first reviews

from kottke.org by Jason Kottke

Apple’s iPad is a touch of genius

from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin

What will the net do to institutions in the next 10 years?

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

The latest Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project report is out: “The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future” surveys 895 tech experts on the way that technology will change institutions (government, business, nonprofits, schools) in the next ten years. The responses — presented as a series of free-form survey answers — range from the incandescent to the outraged, but every one is thought-provoking. Unsurprising, given that respondents included Clay Shirky, Esther Dyson, Doc Searls, Nicholas Carr, Susan Crawford, David Clark, Jamais Cascio, Peter Norvig, Craig Newmark, Hal Varian, Howard Rheingold, Andreas Kluth, Jeff Jarvis, Andy Oram, Kevin Werbach, David Sifry, Dan Gillmor, Marc Rotenberg, Stowe Boyd, John Pike, Andrew Nachison, Anthony Townsend, Ethan Zuckerman, Tom Wolzien, Stephen Downes, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jim Warren, Sandra Brahman, Barry Wellman, Seth Finkelstein, Jerry Berman, Tiffany Shlain, and Stewart Baker.

12 Fresh Web Tools for Getting the Most Out of Google Buzz

from Mashable! by Jacob Gube

Is Digital Media Worse for the Environment Than Print?

from MediaShift

Public opinion polls show that concern about the environment rises and falls based on the state of the economy and other factors, but concern about the negative impacts associated with using paper and printing continues to rise. Nothing captures the essence of these feelings more vividly than the signature line appearing at the foot of more and more emails: “Please consider the environment before printing this email.”

The Student?s Guide To Using Facebook During Exam Time

from All Facebook by Lauren Dugan

20,000 US BitTorrent users sued; 30,000 more lawsuits pending

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

The number of Americans targetted by entertainment industry lawsuits nearly doubled this month, as the the US Copyright Group (“an ad hoc coalition of independent film producers and with the encouragement of the Independent Film & Television Alliance”) brought suit against 20,000 BitTorrent users. 30,000 more lawsuits are pending, bringing the total number of US entertainment industry lawsuit defendants up to 80,000 (when you include the 30,000 victims of the RIAA).

6 Ways Gmail Revolutionized Email

from Mashable! by Pete Cashmore

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