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voilating copy right act
by vasanth raj 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear sir, Yes with out prior permission of the author u cant digitise it. If u do so definitely it is violating of copy right act. The author of that text book can take a legal action. If the author died and the material is 60 years of old after the death of the author then that text book will be concedered as public property.U can take the photo copy of some pages of that text book under the term "fair use". Vasantha Raju N e-mail : gooche _1981(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir, Yes with out prior permission of the author u cant digitise it. If u do so definitely it is violating of copy right act. The author of that text book can take a legal action. If the author died and the material is 60 years of old after the death of the author then that text book will be concedered as public property.U can take the photo copy of some pages of that text book under the term "fair use". Vasantha Raju N e-mail : gooche mailto:_1981@yahoo.co.in _1981(a)yahoo.co.in http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Lecture on Internet Informetrics
by I.R.N.Goudar 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, The Society for Information Science, Bangalore Chapter cordially invite you for an interesting lecture. Topic: Discussions on Informetrics of the Internet and other Social Networks Speaker: Dr. (Prof.) Leo Egghe LUC Library Limburgs Universitair Centrum Universitaire Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek Belgium Venue: British Library, Prestige Takt, 23 Kasturba Road, Bangalore Date & Time: Tuesday the 7th December 04 at 4 p.m. Prof. I.K. Ravichandra Rao I.R.N. Goudar President Secretary Society for Information Science, Bangalore Chapter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html with regards, I.K. Ravichandrar Rao _________________________________________________________________ NRIs! http://creative.mediaturf.net/creatives/citibankrca/rca_msntagofline.htm Choose values with free money transfers!

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FW: Is I voilating copy right act ?
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Mr Vijaykumar Please find out the year in which the book was published and the year of death of author. Copyright for the book exists from the date of creation/publication of the book through out the lifetime of the author and up to fifty years after the death of the author - (enjoyed by his heirs). This means that during an author's lifetime and upto fifty years after his death, you can not copy without obtaining a permission to do so. In simpler terms, as of today (- we are in 2004), books whose authors are dead and gone before 1954 are safe to be copied. Once the copyright expires as indicated here, You can freely digitise and make available digitised version for use among your customers. This applies to Books published in India. Merely because a book has gone out of print you can not copy or digitise a book. ICICI Knowledge Park houses an Intellectual Property Cell dealing with Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks etc. For further help you may contact : Mr Subhajit Shah at: subhajit(a)icicikp.com Hope this is useful. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 <mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com> -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:33 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [iatlis] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 <mailto:library@mvjeducation.com> library(a)mvjeducation.com _____ Do you Yahoo!? Take <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/mobile/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mai…> Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=1291tml1t/M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=gr…> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=grplch/S=…> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iatlis/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: iatlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <mailto:iatlis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . Dear Mr Vijaykumar Please find out the year in which the book was published and the year of death of author. Copyright for the book exists from the date of creation/publication of the book through out the lifetime of the author and up to fifty years after the death of the author - (enjoyed by his heirs). This means that during an author's lifetime and upto fifty years after his death, you can not copy without obtaining a permission to do so. In simpler terms, as of today (- we are in 2004), books whose authors are dead and gone before 1954 are safe to be copied. Once the copyright expires as indicated here, You can freely digitise and make available digitised version for use among your customers. This applies to Books published in India. Merely because a book has gone out of print you can not copy or digitise a book. ICICI Knowledge Park houses an Intellectual Property Cell dealing with Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks etc. For further help you may contact : Mr Subhajit Shah at: mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com subhajit(a)icicikp.com Hope this is useful. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:33 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [iatlis] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 mailto:library@mvjeducation.com library(a)mvjeducation.com Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/mobile/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mai… Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=1291tml1t/M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=gr… http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ne/netflix/111704_1104_g_300250a.gif http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=grplch/S=… Yahoo! 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FW: Special Lectures on Informetrics at DRTC
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

-----Original Message----- From: DRTC General [mailto:drtc@ns.isibang.ac.in] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:23 PM To: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Special Lectures on Informetrics INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 59 Cordially invites you to attend the Special lectures on Informetrics. The lectures will be held at DRTC Class Room on the following dates at the ISI Campus: Name of the Speaker : Dr. Leo Egghe, LUC Library, Limburgs Universitair Centrum Universitaire Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium 1. Topic: A Universal method of information retrieval evaluation: the "missing" link M and the universal IR surface. Date & Time 3rd December 2004, 11:30 A.M. 2. Topic: The First and nth citation distributions and applications. Date & Time 6th December 2004, 11:30 A.M 3. Topic: Duality revisited: construction of fractional frequency distributions based on two Dual Lotka Laws. Date & Tim 8th December 2004, 11.30 A.M. (I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO) Professor and Head, DRTC

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Is I voilating copy right act ?
by Aman Jha 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Mr Kumar If a document/book is copyrighted, please read the copyright instructions carefully and go ahead with the instruction only. Digitization is another kind of reproduction method and you need to take prior aproval from author or publisher. Aman Jha Librarian CII -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:03 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 library(a)mvjeducation.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

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WebJunction - Online Community of Libraries.
by Sukhdev Singh 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Members, The following link could be of your interest. http://webjunction.org It is an online community of libraries and other agencies with the aim to share knowledge and experience to provide the broadest public access to information technology. It is from parterners like OCLC. Perhaps someone can evaluate it for the benefit of LIS-FORUM Community. Regards Sukhdev Singh

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[ARL-EJOURNAL] eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_ I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest eProfile in _Library Hi Tech News_ - "Z as in Zillman." '"Z as in Zillman" is a descriptive review of the publications and (mostly free) information resources and services provided by Zillman: "Z as in Zillman," Library Hi Tech News 21, no. 9 (November 2004): 25-30. Self-archived at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] The products and services I profile in my review include: *** Zillman Columns *** [ http://www.zillmancolumns.com ] "Since 1996, Zillman has also published regular columns that focus on timely Web topics (www.zillmancolumns.com) In 2004, for example, his columns included: * Student Research Resources on the Internet (October) * Grid and Distributed Computing Resources on the Internet (September) * Financial Sources on the Internet (August) * Data Mining Resources on the Internet (July) * Healthcare Resources on the Internet (June) * eCommerce Resources on the Internet (May) * Survey Resources on the Internet (April) * Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet (March) * Finding People Resources and Sites on the Internet (February) * Finding Experts on the Internet (January) *** Awareness Watch* Newsletter *** [ http://www.awarenesswatch.com ] As exemplified by the Awareness Watch* Newsletter (www.awarenesswatch.com) a major theme in the work of Zillman is related to current awareness about quality information Web resources. His Awareness Watch* Newsletter is "a free monthly publication that * highlight[s] * . First published in December 2003, issues of this newsletter have profiled a range of Web sites and resources that include: * Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet * Browsers and Information Visualization Tools * Business Intelligence Resources * Deep web and the Invisible web * Demographics and Statistics Resources * Information Alerts * Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Harvesting Sources * Niched Blog Search Engines, Blog Directories, and Web-based News Aggregators * Quality Information Resources, and * Subject Directories, Gateways, and Portals. *** Subject Tracer* Information Blogs *** [ http://www.subjecttracer.com ] One of the most innovative publication series developed by Zillman is his Subject Tracer* Information Blogs (www.subjecttracer.com) As described by Zillman, "a subject tracer is a blog created with the help of bots that monitor/collect the latest information on a subject on the Net" and "then update the [Subject Tracer*] blogs after determining the quality and competency of the source and data" (Murali, 2004). *** Books *** Zillman's publication efforts are not limited to compilations of quality Web-based resources. He is also the author of two major books: Internet Sources* Manual and Mining the Invisible Web. The Internet Sources* Manual (www.internetsources.info) is "a 378 page manual listing all the very latest and greatest sources and [Web] sites * that have been compiled over the [course] of the last ten years *. ." [SNIP] Coauthored with Sundar Kadayam, Mining the Invisible Web (www.miningtheinvisibleweb.com) provides a comprehensive and detailed review of significant Hidden Web resources and the tools necessary to identify and harvest such resources. *** Internet MiniGuides * *** [ http://www.internetminiguide.com/ ] Many of the topics found in Zillman's Web-based compilations are covered more extensively in a 'miniguide' series. The current Internet MiniGuides (www.internetminiguide.com) include: * Academic Resources * Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Resources * Business Resources * Competitive Intelligence Resources * Education and Distance Learning Resources * Healthcare Resources * International Trade Resources * Legal Resources, and * Security Resources. Each Internet MiniGuide contains "... hundreds of the very best links to relevant and competent resources. All links are listed with complete URLs and verified for activation. The resources, services that are profiled include White Papers [http://www.whitepapers.us/] Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet [http://listentomarcus.blogspot.com/] Watch Marcus* [ http://www.watchmarcus.com/ ] and a personal blog [ http://www.zillman.us/ ]. Thanks (again) Marcus for All Your Great Resources and Services!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Marked Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <ARL-EJOURNAL(a)arl.org>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <ARL-EJOURNAL-off(a)arl.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <ARL-EJOURNAL-digest(a)arl.org> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <ARL-EJOURNAL-index(a)arl.org> Send administrative queries to <ARL-EJOURNAL-request(a)arl.org> Vist the web archive at <https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/ARL-EJOURNAL/>

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eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_ I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest eProfile in _Library Hi Tech News_ - "Z as in Zillman." '"Z as in Zillman" is a descriptive review of the publications and (mostly free) information resources and services provided by Zillman: "Z as in Zillman," Library Hi Tech News 21, no. 9 (November 2004): 25-30. Self-archived at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] The products and services I profile in my review include: *** Zillman Columns *** [ http://www.zillmancolumns.com ] "Since 1996, Zillman has also published regular columns that focus on timely Web topics (www.zillmancolumns.com) In 2004, for example, his columns included: * Student Research Resources on the Internet (October) * Grid and Distributed Computing Resources on the Internet (September) * Financial Sources on the Internet (August) * Data Mining Resources on the Internet (July) * Healthcare Resources on the Internet (June) * eCommerce Resources on the Internet (May) * Survey Resources on the Internet (April) * Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet (March) * Finding People Resources and Sites on the Internet (February) * Finding Experts on the Internet (January) *** Awareness Watch* Newsletter *** [ http://www.awarenesswatch.com ] As exemplified by the Awareness Watch* Newsletter (www.awarenesswatch.com) a major theme in the work of Zillman is related to current awareness about quality information Web resources. His Awareness Watch* Newsletter is "a free monthly publication that * highlight[s] * . First published in December 2003, issues of this newsletter have profiled a range of Web sites and resources that include: * Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet * Browsers and Information Visualization Tools * Business Intelligence Resources * Deep web and the Invisible web * Demographics and Statistics Resources * Information Alerts * Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Harvesting Sources * Niched Blog Search Engines, Blog Directories, and Web-based News Aggregators * Quality Information Resources, and * Subject Directories, Gateways, and Portals. *** Subject Tracer* Information Blogs *** [ http://www.subjecttracer.com ] One of the most innovative publication series developed by Zillman is his Subject Tracer* Information Blogs (www.subjecttracer.com) As described by Zillman, "a subject tracer is a blog created with the help of bots that monitor/collect the latest information on a subject on the Net" and "then update the [Subject Tracer*] blogs after determining the quality and competency of the source and data" (Murali, 2004). *** Books *** Zillman's publication efforts are not limited to compilations of quality Web-based resources. He is also the author of two major books: Internet Sources* Manual and Mining the Invisible Web. The Internet Sources* Manual (www.internetsources.info) is "a 378 page manual listing all the very latest and greatest sources and [Web] sites * that have been compiled over the [course] of the last ten years *. ." [SNIP] Coauthored with Sundar Kadayam, Mining the Invisible Web (www.miningtheinvisibleweb.com) provides a comprehensive and detailed review of significant Hidden Web resources and the tools necessary to identify and harvest such resources. *** Internet MiniGuides * *** [ http://www.internetminiguide.com/ ] Many of the topics found in Zillman's Web-based compilations are covered more extensively in a 'miniguide' series. The current Internet MiniGuides (www.internetminiguide.com) include: * Academic Resources * Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Resources * Business Resources * Competitive Intelligence Resources * Education and Distance Learning Resources * Healthcare Resources * International Trade Resources * Legal Resources, and * Security Resources. Each Internet MiniGuide contains "... hundreds of the very best links to relevant and competent resources. All links are listed with complete URLs and verified for activation. The resources, services that are profiled include White Papers [http://www.whitepapers.us/] Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet [http://listentomarcus.blogspot.com/] Watch Marcus* [ http://www.watchmarcus.com/ ] and a personal blog [ http://www.zillman.us/ ]. Thanks (again) Marcus for All Your Great Resources and Services!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Marked Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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KALA Vetarans Day
by I.R.N.Goudar 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) proposes to felicitate all the veteran Librarians (already retired/retiring before January 29, 2005). Vetaran Librarians to be felicitated include Librarians: 1. From Karnataka/out side Karnataka, but served/serving in Karnataka. 2. From Karnataka served and serving any where in the world. The probable date for this program is January 29, 2005. IN THIS CONTEXT I REQUEST YOU TO KINDLY INTIMATE ME THE DETAILS OF VETARAN LIBRARIANS KNOWN TO YOU IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ONE HAS SERVED YOUR ORGANISATION OR NOT, PREFERABLY WITH DETAILS LIKE POSTAL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, E-MAIL ADDRESS, ETC. I also request all the professionals in Karnataka to communicate their willingness to work as member of the Organizing Committee or Volunteers of the event. I feel that respectful felicitation to all senior professionals is responsibility of all of us. I sincerely request all the fellow professionals to be part of this respectful event, the details of which will be intimated later. With regards Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah, Ph.D. President, KALA Principal Librarian and Information Officer NIMHANS, Bangalore-560029, India phone: 91-080-26995031 91-080-26995035 91-080- 26995031 www.nimhans.kar.nic.in www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/ila

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Fw: [bytesforall_readers] $100 Green/Solar PC
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Here is a news story of great interest to poor countries. Please spread the word. Arun SolarPC Announces the $100 green PC & promotes world harmony* http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 *If SolarPC's were the standard PC in the US every year it would result in the saving of more than 138 million barrels of imported oil, prevent 25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and landfills would have a reduction of more than 100 tons of e-waste! A Maintenance Free PC until 2025 LAS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC. In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony. According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place." "This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age. The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs. The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes. The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw. Here is a news story of great interest to poor countries. Please spread the word. Arun SolarPC Announces the $100 green PC & promotes world harmony* http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 *If SolarPC's were the standard PC in the US every year it would result in the saving of more than 138 million barrels of imported oil, prevent 25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and landfills would have a reduction of more than 100 tons of e-waste! A Maintenance Free PC until 2025 LAS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC. In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony. According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place." "This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age. The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs. The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes. The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw.

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