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1. Overview of 2006 Faculty Support Programs for the Advancement of Teaching through Instructional Technology... Find out what instructional technology workshops and fellowship awards are available to UO faculty. Application forms and eligibility information are also available on this site: http://oaa.uoregon.edu/itif/
2. Macsupport, the UO's Mac-specific email list... This campus listserv offers a forum for the university's Mac technical support staff to discuss Apple news, products, problems, and solutions. To subscribe, visit: http://rowell.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/macsupport/
3. "Wireless Networking in the Developing World"... A good intermediate-level book on wireless networking. You may download single chapters—or the entire book—for either screen viewing or printing: http://www.wndw.net/download.html
4. Linux information online... Useful web resources for anyone looking for an introduction to Linux RedHat:
5. UO Scholars' Bank... A digital archive for UO research, including preprints, technical reports, working papers, student terminal projects, datasets, and more: http://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/
6. "Effectiveness and Enforcement of the CAN-SPAM Act..." The Federal Trade Commission's report to Congress on efforts to counter the rising threat of malicious spam: http://www.ftc.gov/reports/canspam05/051220canspamrpt.pdf
7. Anti-Spyware Coalition workshop... You can watch videos of this public workshop, which was held in Washington, D.C., last February. Topics include a discussion of spyware's impact on business and individuals, as well as proposed solutions to the growing problem: http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/events/feb2006agenda.htm
8. "SiteAdvisor blog..." A forum on web safety for webmasters and developers: http://blog.siteadvisor.com/
9. AJAX topics... "Accessibility of AJAX Applications."
Learn about some of the accessibility issues you may encounter when designing websites with Asynchronous Java Script and HTML (AJAX): http://www.webaim.org/techniques/ajax/
"AJAX Security..." Stewart Tynham's article discusses some of the security risks of AJAX coding and offers five important security tips: http://www.it-observer.com/articles/1062/ajax_security/
10. Blackboard news at the University of Oregon...
- Current status of Blackboard and other key UO computing systems: http://status.uoregon.edu/
- Blackboard news source: http://blackboard.uoregon.edu/
11. "Mac OS X Hints..." A troubleshooting resource for Mac OS X: http://www.macosxhints.com/
12. "Amazon S3: Simple Storage Service"... A new product with a simple web interface that can be used to store and retrieve data. See http://aws.amazon.com/s3/
13. "Macs do Windows, too"... Mac's new operating system lets you install Windows XP on your Mac. See http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/