<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92"> <channel><title>Drexel Libraries Webmaster</title><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/libwebmaster</link> <description>Just another Drexel University Libraries Blogs Sites site</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:52:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs> <language>en</language><item><title>Dr. Henry Edward &quot;Ed&quot; Roberts, father of personal computing (1941 &#8211; 2010)</title> <description><![CDATA[In 1974, Dr. Ed Roberts&#8217; company, MITS, released a personal computer for $395 called the Altair 8800, Engadget reports. It was featured on the cover of Popular Electronics in the January 1975 issue (which cost 75 cents on the newsstand!) and from there, rocketed to success as a household machine. 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Not anymore. Now, anything you upload to Facebook [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/libwebmaster/2009/02/17/new-facebook-info-control-policy-requires-clarification/</link> </item> <item><title>New Java for mobile apps</title> <description><![CDATA[Sun has announced a new Java platform aimed at programming for mobile devices, JavaFX.  Among those said to be supporting this new language and pledging to use it are the likes of Sony, Sprint, and MobiTV. Adobe and Microsoft are also developing new and better ways to integrate their famous technologies into programming for mobile [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/libwebmaster/2009/02/13/new-java-for-mobile-apps/</link> </item> <item><title>Geek Feminism Wiki</title> <description><![CDATA[Geek Feminism Wiki is an interesting resource for women in technology, CS, gaming, engineering, and other &#8220;geek communities,&#8221; detailing the issues faced by women in these areas.  It provides a brief explanation of Feminism and how it applies to the &#8220;geek&#8221; aka technology community. Some of the most interesting reads on the wiki so far [...]]]></description><link>http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/libwebmaster/2009/02/12/geek-feminism-wiki/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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