links for 2007-10-08

• Google and I.B.M. Join in ‘Cloud Computing’ Research - New York Times
  Google, IBM and some top universities are investing to build large data centers that students can use to develop “cloud computing” know-how. Smart idea.
  (tags: Google IBM cloud)
• VentureBeat » Intel launches a company-ranking site: CoolSW
  Intel is launching a Web site that lets people rank the most compelling software business ideas.
  This is another crowdsourcing program (see Dell’s IdeaStorm which we worked on). Intel’s program can be found at www.coolsw.com.
  (tags: intel crowdsourcing)
• YouTube - Why facebook works for me…
  Good video on Facebook and why it’s important and useful. Matt Monahan is a Stanford student enrolled in the school’s new course on Facebook.
  (tags: facebook stanford)
• Virgin Laptop Airlines (Scripting News)
  Dave Winer reviews some of the new features on Virgin planes, including USB chargers and chat rooms.
  (tags: Virgin)

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