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Dungeons and Dragons, the role-playing game system introduced in the 1970’s that launched a generation of lunch room gaming, is coming firmly into the 21st century with its next update.

One MySpace exec has even surprised himself by friending a potato. This particular russet has 2,965 friends.

Short videos are engaging to watch on mobile devices, and can be quickly shared or downloaded; and the developers of Animoto are currently working on tools to allow users to download videos directly to mobile devices

Short videos are engaging to watch on mobile devices, and can be quickly shared or downloaded; and the developers of Animoto are currently working on tools to allow users to download videos directly to mobile devices

The Powerhouse Museum is the first museum in the world to release publicly-held historical photographs for access on Flickr, one of the largest online photo communities in the world.

The Powerhouse Museum is the first museum in the world to release publicly-held historical photographs for access on Flickr, one of the largest online photo communities in the world.

A new directory listing Victoria's various multicultural organisations and service providers was launched at the State Library of Victoria, providing opportunity for diverse community groups to communicate, share knowledge and create new relationships.

Though it maybe unexpected, entry-level mobiles these days do have the processing power and display screen appropriate for emulating a graphing calculator.

Though it maybe unexpected, entry-level mobiles these days do have the processing power and display screen appropriate for emulating a graphing calculator.

I was particularly rapt to check out some pico-projectors in the metal… and what’s even cooler is that these ones are Aussie designed and made, with a release due later this year.

I was particularly rapt to check out some pico-projectors in the metal… and what’s even cooler is that these ones are Aussie designed and made, with a release due later this year.

At the recent NERCOMP SIG, "Educational Mash-ups 2," a number of presenters offered persuasive evidence that educators are already making good use of mashups, even if it is also clear that as a group we have only begun to explore what we can do with them

This plugin allows you to insert tags to pages too and not only to posts.

This plugin allows you to insert tags to pages too and not only to posts.

Create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet!

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Excellent article in the Wall Street Journal today (Net Gain) that lays out pretty starkly why high speed Internet service in the U.S. largely - well let's just say it -- sucks.

Lifemapper uses online geospatial species occurrence data to create distribution maps .. to predict where an individual species should exist based on where it is documented to live.

Tweetcube allows you to share files on Twitter. Blast out your images, videos, music and more with just a couple of clicks.

Introduced earlier today, the Google News feature for Google Earth (pardon the partial redundancy), which can be found within the Gallery section of the Layers menu, offers users the option to view headlines through geographically aligned data windows.

Introduced earlier today, the Google News feature for Google Earth (pardon the partial redundancy), which can be found within the Gallery section of the Layers menu, offers users the option to view headlines through geographically aligned data windows.

I wanted to be able to add an event to Google Calendar by text message like our American friends can using GVENT. I figured I could hook my Twitter account up to Google Calendar using their APIs. I tinkered with it for a couple of hours and it works!

The aim of the program is to contribute sustainable and meaningful change to teaching and learning in Australian schools that will prepare students for further education, training, jobs of the future and to live and work in a digital world.

I’m a big fan of Ning, and lately I’ve been gearing up to launch an Alumni site in it. The first email invites will go out tomorrow.

I’m a big fan of Ning, and lately I’ve been gearing up to launch an Alumni site in it. The first email invites will go out tomorrow.

Yokway is a free service to share and discuss your finds with your friends

Shyftr stands for Share Your Feeds Together. What sets Shyftr apart is how we uniquely tie together RSS and social networking. We've built a networking community solely focused on feeds.

Seesmic, the video discussion site, has gone wild this morning as Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, George Lucas and more big names from Indiana Jones 4 join a Q&A session on the site.

The goal of the research conducted in this group is to learn about how people use the Web in their everyday lives and in particular, how differences in Internet use may contribute to social inequality.

Creates visual map of relationships between authors based on readers collections