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Oxbridge offers iTunes lectures in a bid to make it more accessible to people across the world

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Coldplay and Amy Winehouse have long been iTunes favourites, but they are facing competition from unlikely rivals.

Oxford and Cambridge universities today launch a service that allows lectures, videos and podcasts to be downloaded from the iTunes website.

The move is intended to make the elite institutions more accessible to people across the world.

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{"commentId":3352112,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}

Very cool.  I am checking it out right now.  I like the fact that more & more universities are doing this...especially the "big boys". 

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Reply#1 - Tue Oct 7, 2008 7:33 AM EDT
{"commentId":3355349,"authorDomain":"djd"}

One of the reasons for seeding this was so that I could go and have a look this evening lauhal. You're right, this is good for everybody.

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#1.1 - Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:27 PM EDT
{"commentId":3355578,"authorDomain":"djd"}

Hmm, it seems the Cambridge site requires proprietary software (iTunes) - as a Linux user I know which one I shall be downloading from.

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#1.2 - Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:41 PM EDT
{"commentId":3355628,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}

Yup.  I'm on iTunes.

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#1.3 - Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:44 PM EDT
{"commentId":3355768,"authorDomain":"djd"}

I've got it running in virtual box under windoze, maybe Cambridge will get visits from me too, but Oxford will be my preference. Must check out the US universities' output too.

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#1.4 - Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:51 PM EDT
{"commentId":3355905,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}

iTunesU is pretty cool.  I really like it.  Check this out.

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#1.5 - Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:58 PM EDT
{"commentId":3356236,"authorDomain":"djd"}

Great Stuff. I'm installing iTunes in virtualbox on one of my laptops as I type. I shall use that specifically for storing and watching iTunesU.

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#1.6 - Tue Oct 7, 2008 1:16 PM EDT
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