Tag: instant messaging
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Facebook privacy and copyright issues
I know that there’s quite a lot of interest in using Facebook, the social networking site, as a platform for interaction with students (1, 2). Whether that interaction is going to be on a social level (and the implications of that alone are certainly food for thought) or academically, it’s worth taking note of Facebook’s…
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Open source alternatives to proprietary applications
in Technologycross platform, Discovery Channel, facebook, GIMP, instant messaging, Internet Explorer, Internet TV application, linux, microsoft, Microsoft Windows, National Geographic, open source, operating system, operating systems, proprietary, social networking, social networking service, software, software application, technology, TED, ubuntu, web browser, word processingI thought I’d take a moment to briefly mention a few open source alternatives to popular computer applications. The following programmes are all: Here is my incomplete list of the open-source software I use: Firefox – A very popular web browser that offers a more secure, more intuitive and faster alternative to Internet Explorer. OpenOffice.org…