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Digital Planet: 24/06/2008

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24/06/2008

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, 24/06/2008

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Firefox flies
Firefox 3.0 exceeded 10 million downloads in just days of its release, but will it break into the corporate world?

As the latest open source browser goes online Digital Planet asks if it will ever replace Internet Explorer as part of the desktop in big business.


Open MRS 
Also in the programme open MRS; no it’s not a wife that will let you do whatever you want but an open source software system especially designed to make access to health records both cheap and easy.

A meeting in Durban South Africa last week brought together software developers and healthcare professionals to design and build just such a system to compile and maintain records for HIV patients.


Psychology of Facebook
What does your Facebook profile say about you?  If you are a serious fan, perhaps you may consider studying it at University?

Professor BJ Fogg, from Stanford University, is running courses about what your picture, applications and activity on the social networking site can reveal about you.

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