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On this week's edition of the Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about Lafayette's electronics recycling event for Green Week, announce when the Fall and Summer 2008 courses will be created in Moodle, and ask for feedback on how faculty use multimedia online. In Tech News, they talk about PayPal's decision to block visitors using old Web browsers, speculate on addition of New York Times news stories to Google Earth, and check out some new web applications for Facebook. Finally, Help News has tips on evaluating the effectiveness of your web site, as well as announcements about upcoming brownbag lunchs and workshops.

On this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist talk about the newly-released Moodle 1.9 and its improved Gradebook module and Ken reports on his recent visit to DrupalCon Boston. In Tech News, they discuss the fate of college rumor site Juicy Campus, the merits of campus text alerts, and find out how some faculty are using Twitter.

Tech news dominates the podcast as Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist talk about Blackboard's elearning patent victory over Desire2Learn, a Tennessee bill that wants to force colleges to prevent online file sharing, Google's new forms tool, the death of HD DVD at the hands of Sony's Blu-Ray format, and a controversial new college gossip web site. In Help News, they look at how to generate a public RSS feed using tags in Google Reader, and preview upcoming technology workshops and brown bags sponsored by ITS.

In this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley take a sneak peak at Moodle 1.9, talk about the survey tool migration from Vovici to Opinio, and discuss the new portable audio kits available in Skillman. In Tech News they review the Harvard Arts & Sciences Faculty's arguments in favor of providing open access to their scholarly articles, and look at Research Blogging, a web site that chronicles academic blog posts and online peer-reviewed research articles. In Help News, they announce upcoming training workshops and offer tips on how to update a file resource within Moodle.

On the first ITS Coffee Break of the new year, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley recap Lafayette's Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, talk about changes to Moodle for Spring 2008, and take a look at the new web-based survey tool Opinio. In Tech News they talk about the MPAA admitting that college students aren't responsible for nearly as much lost revenues as they previously claimed, and experiment with GoodReads, a social networking site for folks who love books. Finally in Help News they explain how to change your name or e-mail address in Moodle, geek out about a Color Palette Generator that choses colors based on pictures users submit to it, and revisit the technology video podcast commandN.

In this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley announce that faculty can now access their Spring 2007 courses in Moodle and ask for feedback on the potential use of the online world Second Life at Lafayette. In Tech News, they have an update on the controversy over Facebook's Beacon advertising program, remember the Commodore 64 and visit the virtual Shakespearan world of Arden. Help news has some tips on how to better use RSS and a warning for Mac OS X Leopard users who run MySQL on their computers.

On this edition of the Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss the upcoming Moodle Hack/Doc Fest being held at Lafayette, let faculty know when they can expect spring courses to appear in Moodle and announce ITS's recommendation regarding installing the new "Leopard" version of Mac OS X. Misadventures with the 10.4.11 version of Apple's operating system lead off Tech News, followed by news of the new Firefox 3 Beta and commentary on Facebook's new 'social ads' system. In Help News, they discuss problems with sending messages to Yahoo! mail accounts, talk about new Moodle documentation and workshops.

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On this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, Ken Newquist and guest host Jason Alley talk about the HighEdWebDev conference, discuss innovative ways that schools are using GIS on campus and announce a new brownbag about understanding the Interent. In Tech News they review updates to the popular Quicksilver fast application launcher for Mac OS X and contemplate a CSI-spawned murder in Second Life. In Help News they offer suggestions for getting more out of search in Firefox and streamlining your Del.icio.us bookmarking experience.