I have been working on upgrading some staff machines from XP/office 2007 to windows 7 enterprise and office 2010. I decided to use KMS activation because I thought it would be more flexible when moving Office from an old machine to a new machine.
I have a KMS host set up on a windows 2003 server. One thing I did not realize is that for office to activate via KMS you need a minimum of 5 clients ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624355.aspx ) Windows 7 didn't seem to have a problem activating via KMS.

I have been looking into the latest offerings from Microsoft. The library I work for is currently running windows XP with a 2003 server domain environment. I haven't played around with windows 2008 server, but I have played around with windows 7. My opinion is that windows 7 seems better than Vista. Microsoft moved some things around in windows 7 that makes it easier to find things.

I also have not used office 2010 yet.

It looks like Vimeo and Youtube are taking advantage of the new html 5 standard. HTML 5 uses ogg vorbis to display audio and video. That means that these types of multimedia should display within supported browsers without using a flash plug in from adobe.

The Skiff e-book reader is planned to come out this year. It has a large touch screen display, 3g and wifi wireless built in, and uses a type of metal e-ink screen. It is only 1/4 " thick and with a large screen is more suited for viewing magazine and newspaper pages.
More information about it can be found here:
http://www.skiff.com/skiff-reader.html
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Skiff-Reader/?kc=rss

This is a utility that lets you easily create a virtual machine from an existing machine. This looks like it can be handy moving some physical machines to virtual machines. Below is more information about it.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

BBC Article about a new desktop to make it easy for senior citizens to use a computer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8352606.stm
You can visit the Italian site eldy.org for more information about it. It may be useful to use google translate http://translate.google.com to be able to read the site in English
There is also an english site for it that can be found here http://www.eldy.eu/

According to this article http://www.wauwatosanow.com/news/64220697.html the Wauwatosa Public Library is getting the most out of their investment in RFID and selfcheckout machines. The technology allows patrons to quickly check items out, lets staff easily read shelves and weed. Scanners also check in books when patrons place them in the book return.

**UPDATED 1/23/10 **

Microsoft Security Essentials is ONLY licensed for home use. It is NOT licensed for use within a library according to their EULA.

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

I came across an article about a school library getting rid of their printed books in favor of technology. They are purchasing several e-book readers to load books on along with adding other things to allow for easy internet access by students along with a coffee shop. Did I mention it was a prep school for grades 9-12?

I came across an article here about a Canadian director releasing his new documentary about mushrooms on a usb flash drive. That is a pretty interesting idea considering he is encouraging people to share it! I think this is a really good way to distribute movies. There are more and more people connecting a PC to their High Def LCD/Plasma tv to play streaming video/audio from the web and also to listen to music.