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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style="">4Cast #90: Google Health, Blu-Ray, Gaming, E-Books<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">February 21, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1. <span
style=""> </span>A Google A
Day Keeps the Doctor Away.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Google will begin its final phase of global
domination, er,
I mean personal medical records storage today as it begins testing its
long-awaited health service.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iSiytvdRjss9I7Yq3uCwrwttbQxQD8UUGCE80">Google
to Store Patients’ Health Records</a> (Associated Press)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/google-health-begins-its-preseason-at-cleveland-clinic/">Google
Health Begins Its Preseason at Cleveland Clinic</a> (The New York Times
Blog)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/21/google.records.ap/">Google
Ventures Into Health Records Biz</a> (CNN)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2008/tc20080220_109894.htm">Google
Goes to the Doctor’s Office</a> (Business Week)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <span
style=""> </span>Feelin' a
Little "Blu?"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You’re not alone.<span style="">
</span>Wal-Mart, Netflix, Amazon and others have recently announced
their
alliance with Blu-Ray.<span style=""> </span>It sure looks
like the end for HD DVD.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Netflix-Blu-ray.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">Netflix
Opts for Blu-Ray</a> (The New York Times)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9873029-7.html">Wal-Mart Puts
Stake Through HD DVD’s Heart</a> (CNET News)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/High-Def_Retailing/Amazon/Amazon_Names_Blu-ray_Digital_Format_of_Choice/1491">Amazon
Names Blu-Ray “Digital Format of Choice”</a> (High-Def Digest)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/dvd_wars_over.html">DVD
Wars Over</a> (Stephen’s Lighthouse)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <span
style=""> </span>Game On.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regardless of your own thoughts on gaming in
libraries, it's
hard to ignore the headlines.<span style=""> </span>Are games
drawing teens to libraries for the right reasons?<span style=""> </span>Do
"wrong" reasons exist?</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.lisnews.org/node/29212">Guitar Hero @ Your Library</a>
(LISNews)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/02/readers_should_get_gameliterat_1.html">Readers
Should Get Game-Literate</a> (Guardian Unlimited Arts Blog)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/02/19/what-do-games-have-to-do-with-literacy.html">What
Do Games Have to Do with Literacy?</a> (The Shifted Librarian)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.dailyorange.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=98344ca5-b445-4870-b613-ccd45fc08565">Professor
Receives Grant to Bring Gaming to Libraries, Other Campuses</a> (The
Daily <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Orange</st1:place></st1:City>)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4. <span
style=""> </span>More E-Buzz
on E-Books.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">New campaigns are under way to get more readers
interested
in electronic books.<span style=""> </span>While it could
significantly lower costs to big business and provide convenience to
consumers,
some speculate that for the most part, the e-book will never leave the
e-shelf.
</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/us_ebook_sales.html">U.S.
eBook Sales Up 23.6%</a> (Stephen’s Lighthouse)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article3371801.ece">E-Books
Will Never Be Our Friends</a> (Times Online)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23231453-15306,00.html">E-Books
Ready to Open Chapter One</a> (Australian IT)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/109580">Rip This Book? Not Yet.</a>
(Newsweek)</li>
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