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style="">OPLIN 4Cast #105: <br>
The Economy, Bandwitdh Limits, World Records, Library
Competition<br>
</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">June 4, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b>1. The struggling economy: How is it affecting libraries?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2008/05/27/economics-of-new-media/"
mce_href="http://mashable.com/2008/05/27/economics-of-new-media/">Economics
of New Media: Pay to Play or Free?</a> (Mashable)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/BUSINESS/805220307/1003"
mce_href="http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/BUSINESS/805220307/1003">Libraries
fight economic woes with information</a> (Delaware Online)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/slowing_economy_means_online_ad_slowdown.php"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/slowing_economy_means_online_ad_slowdown.php">Report:
Slowing Economy Finally Catches Up to Online Ads</a> (Read Write Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/could_struggling_economy_help_second_life.php"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/could_struggling_economy_help_second_life.php">Could
Struggling Economy Help Second Life?</a> (Read Write Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>2. Bandwidth limits</b><br>
While OPLIN has absolutely NO PLANS TO DO THIS, some ISP's think it's
ok to
throttle internet usage. So if OPLIN isn't doing it, why is it
important to
you? Because if they can't get the bandwidth they need at home....<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_cap"
mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_cap">Bandwidth cap
defined</a> (Wikipedia)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080603-40gb-for-55-per-month-time-warner-bandwidth-caps-arrive.html"
mce_href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080603-40gb-for-55-per-month-time-warner-bandwidth-caps-arrive.html">40GB
for $55 per month: Time Warner bandwidth caps arrive</a> (Ars Technica)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/20/sprint-to-hop-on-the-5gb-bandwidth-cap-bandwagon/"
mce_href="http://mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/20/sprint-to-hop-on-the-5gb-bandwidth-cap-bandwagon/">Sprint
to hop on the 5GB cap bandwagon</a> (Mobile Crunch)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52585"
mce_href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52585">Proposed
Bandwidth Cap Looms Over Gamers</a> (Shacknews)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>3. <b>Setting world records </b>- some serious, some just for fun,
but all
with a technology focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord"
mce_href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord">Set a
Guinness World Record; Enjoy a Better Web</a> (Mozilla)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/20/corsair-breaks-world-record"
mce_href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/20/corsair-breaks-world-record">DDR3
SDRAM </a>(See definition <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM"
mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM">here</a>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.sun.com/featured-articles/2008-0311/feature/index.jsp"
mce_href="http://www.sun.com/featured-articles/2008-0311/feature/index.jsp">Systems
Grow Big in Texas</a> (Sun)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/vdunet/20080520/ttc-fuzz-flush-out-facebook-flashmobs-6315470.html"
mce_href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/vdunet/20080520/ttc-fuzz-flush-out-facebook-flashmobs-6315470.html">Fuzz
flush out Facebook flashmobs</a> (Yahoo News)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b style="">4. Competition is good - Here's what
your competitors are up to these days.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home"
mce_href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home">Borders now has a
separate website from Amazon</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/30/walmart-launches-classified-listings/"
mce_href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/30/walmart-launches-classified-listings/">Walmart
Launches Classified Listings</a> (TechCrunch)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/books/02bea.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin"
mce_href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/books/02bea.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin">Electronic
Device Stirs Unease at Book Fair</a> (NYT)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blockbuster_kiosks_still_a_bad_idea.php"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blockbuster_kiosks_still_a_bad_idea.php">Blockbuster
Kiosks: Still a Bad Idea</a> (Read Write Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
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