Via Mashable (“Firefox 3 Beta 2 Now Available :
“The holy grail of all us people who work in Firefox day in, day out (and, unfortunately, often endure slowdowns and lockups) – Firefox version 3 – seems to be near completion. As of today, Firefox 3 beta 2 is available for download and testing purposes; however, don’t get your hopes up just yet. As the folks of Mozilla say, ‘with this second beta, you’ll get a taste of what’s coming in Firefox 3, but there’s still more to come, and …

This discovery just in:
“Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to seven introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.”URL: http://open.yale.edu/courses/index.html
Wow, ok this is impressive. The few course sessions I looked at included MP3 audio downloads, streaming video, video downloads (hi and lo bandwidth), and HTML transcripts. I haven’t looked at the quality of the video yet, but George Siemens indicates they have “Great video quality …

Via Mashable (“Gmail Chat Adds Groups and Smileys“):
“Group chat has finally found its way to gmail’s instant messaging system. So right there while you have your email inbox open, you can chat with multiple people at one time. Start a group chat by clicking on the Options link at the bottom of a conversation window. You’ll now see “Group Chat” as a new option. Once that’s selected, just type in the name of the person you’d like to add to your current conversation. If you don’t see the group chat …

Via Mashable (“The United Nations Goes Green–Streams Climate Summit Online“):
“The United Nations is going green in an appropriate manner for its Climate Summit, which is being nicknamed the Virtual Bali Conference due to its green efforts–the organization will be streaming the Climate Summit live, beginning tomorrow and through December 14th. This is part of the United Nations’ efforts to emphasize the importance of the global plight by encouraging participants to view the conference online instead of flying in for the events.”
I’m seriously impressed with the web presence the UN has …