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DimDim.com
(http://www.dimdim.com)

Allows you to deliver live presentations, whiteboards and Web pages while sharing your voice and video. No downloads required.

HearMe.com
(http://www.hearme.com)

Small business owners can conduct an online business meeting with clients and contacts in an affordable manner. Educators can use HearMe’s web meeting services to teach students around the globe.

paltalk.com
(http://www.paltalk.com)

Lets you explore your online world of chat sites with community chat rooms, lots of people and cool webcam technology that lets you see and be seen. Use for voice and video chat. All for FREE.

Gutenberg.org
(http://www.Gutenberg.org)

Project Gutenberg is the place where you (in the U.S.A.) can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone or other device.

Lifelong FREE e-Learning

In this tough global economy, online education — especially when it’s top caliber and free — is worth a serious consideration. It can never hurt to take a refresher course that might very well strengthen your competitive position in the world marketplace.

OpenCulture.com
(http://www.openculture.com)

The best free cultural and educational media on the web. This place is terrific. Take the time to dig and learn!

Hewlett Packard has entered the mini-notebook market with the Mini-Note PC, which ships next week. While mini-notebooks have been a popular category, HP’s entry marks an “acknowledgment that it’s a real market,” said Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, in a telephone interview.

The mini-notebook market has been dominated by the ASUS Eee PC, one of the top sellers on Amazon.com. The basic model lists for just more than $500, although it is discounted to $372 on Amazon, and features a four-gigabyte hard drive, an 800-MHz Intel Celeron processor and 512MB of RAM.

A Lifestyle Machine

HP’s Mini-Note 2133 is aimed at the education market and weighs under 2.5 pounds, the company said.

“Education shouldn’t end at the bell,” said Jeri Callaway, vice president and general manager for HP’s personal-systems group. “HP believes providing each student with an affordable, creative multimedia tool like the HP Mini will better prepare them to live, learn and work in an information-rich society.”

The machine’s features include a lightweight anodized aluminum shell, a clear protective coating over the keyboard, a scratch-resistant screen, hard-drive protection, an 8.9-inch display, Wi-Fi and BlueTooth connectivity, and an optional webcam.

Emerging Business Market

HP clearly believes there is money to be made in mini-notebooks, King said. The Asus Eee has been “incredibly successful,” he noted. And Microsoft’s announcement that it will extend Windows XP for use on the small machines breathes new life into the category. The PCs don’t have enough hard-drive capacity or memory to handle Windows Vista.

Aiming at the education market makes sense, King said, since it appeals to students who just want to toss a lightweight machine in a bag. But the category may also have appeal to a certain class of business worker, who doesn’t want or need to carry a full-blown machine. “There’s a class of road warrior…

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