AMH's Information Station

Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for—thought they owned Read More

Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »

As a follow-up to its free, 50-user microblogging product, Socialtext is launching a new paid service for large to enterprise-sized companies that lets them run the Twitter-like service behind the firewall, and with many more users. Read More

Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »

For many people, the word “twitter” brings to mind birds rather than humans. But information professionals know that Twitter (www.twitter.com) is a fast-growing, free messaging service for people, and it’s one that libraries (and librarians) can make good use of—without spending much time or effort.  Read More.

Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »

In the National Atlas Map Maker, you can assemble, view, and print your own maps. You can choose from hundreds of layers of geographic information to make maps. Each map layer can be displayed individually or mixed with others as you tailor a map to your needs. For example, you can make a map showing [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »

Google chrome vs. Microsoft Windows video Google’s Chrome OS: Next Up, a Web Tablet? Google to launch operating system aimed at shattering Microsoft’s Windows What does the Chrome OS mean for education? Google’s Chrome OS: Next Up, a Web Tablet? Google Announces “Chrome” Operating System What Chrome OS has on Windows that Linux doesn’t

Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »