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26Nov2008 Filed under: Web 2.0 Author: JW

Netbook – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now we are seeing a wave of personal computer devices designed specifically for cloud computing. The Asus EEE and Dell Mini 9 and others are selling extremely well and are often out of stock. They use Ubuntu or Windows XP and yes, they are yet another device that Web app creators have to optimize for.
Millennials Reshaping Work With Social Computing Says Report | SocialComputingMagazine.com
A new Accenture report tells us what we mostly new but it's good to have hard data: Younger workers much prefer newer communication channels such as IM, text messaging, and social networking than e-mail, in-person meetings, and phone calls.
The Building Blocks Of Enterprise 2.0 | SocialComputingMagazine.com
Matthew Hodgson explores the latest in thinking about Enterprise 2.0, riffing off of Stuart French's excellent work recently.
Rails 2.2 Released – 27 Links and Resources To Get You Going
The latest version of Ruby on Rails was released over the weekend and included many changes including internationalization, connection pooling, better thread safety, and dozens of other improvements. It's also aligned with the Ruby 1.9 language release, marking how close the two communities have been getting (Rails made Ruby popular much like Google App Engine revived Python.)
Making the Business Case for Mashups > > Intelligent Enterprise: Better Insight for Business Decisions
Best Quote: "Mashups aren't doing things that are already being done by IT; they're doing things that users wanted but IT didn't do." Good coverage of Mashup Camp panel with lots of mashup luminaries.

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