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Jun 12, 2001
Special Report
Microsoft's Smart Tags: Redefining Online Content
Education, Redmond Style
Microsoft's new smart tag feature, introduced in Windows XP, adds a whole new meaning to the concept of learning on demand. By Stephen Downes, June 12, 2001.
Submitted on Jun 12, 2001
[Refer] Windows XP May Steer Users' Web Choices
Overview of Microsoft's smart tags with reactions and criticisms from internet analysts. By Joe Wilcox, Staff Writer, CNET News.com. June 6, 2001
Submitted on Jun 12, 2001
[Refer] Smart Tagging in Office XP - What Melissa did Next?
Overview of security and privacy issues associated with Microsoft's smart tags. By John Lettice, The Register, April 6, 2001.
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[Refer] XanEdu to Supply Content for Microsoft's New Office XP
XanEdu, which has a huge library of subscription based educational content (see my article in Technology Source, July, 2001), has announced that it will be a content provider for Microsoft's Smart Tag system... what this means is that people will be able to access, for a fee, journal articles, teaching multimedia, and more, directly from their operating system (when the link expires, and it will, search Xanedu's news archives at http://www.xanedu.com/news_archive/smarttags.shtml )
Submitted on Jun 12, 2001
[Refer] New Windows XP Feature Can Re-Edit Others' Sites
They take the concept of linking to the next level - smart tags, part of the new Windows XP system, are hyperlinks added by XP to any web page, Word document, or similar application. But the smart tags, it seems at first glance, all lead to Microsoft resources. And so they are raising the criticism that Microsoft software is altering other people's web pages with its browser to create a competitive advantage for itself. By Walter S. Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2001.
Submitted on Jun 12, 2001
[Refer] Are Smart Tags Part of an MS Plot?
In response to Walter Mossberg's article in the Wall Street Journal criticising Microsoft's smart tags, this article describes smart tags and makes two major points: first, they can be turned off by the site designer, and second, they can be created by anybody.
Submitted on Jun 12, 2001
[Refer] Smart Tags
Microsoft launch page for smart tags. Note that there is a category specifically devoted to learning. Nothing is ready to roll, however; the links (as of now) lead only to page mock-ups.
Submitted on Jun 12, 2001
[Refer] XanEdu to Supply Content for Microsoft's New Office XP
XanEdu, which has a huge library of subscription based educational content (see my article in Technology Source, July, 2001), has announced that it will be a content provider for Microsoft's Smart Tag system... what this means is that people will be able to access, for a fee, journal articles, teaching multimedia, and more, directly from their operating system (when the link expires, and it will, search Xanedu's news archives at http://www.xanedu.com/news_archive/smarttags.shtml )
Submitted on Jun 12, 2001
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