Edu_RSS ~ September 24, 2003

Most recent update: September 24, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: JBoss Boss to Geronimo: Fork You There's been a lot of Java-based spin around the splintering of the team that developed the JBoss open-source Java app server this summer. Some of the developers on the core dev team for JBoss spun themselves off as The Core Developer Network LLC in August, reportedly unhappy with life under the JBoss Group flag. Then their access rights to the code versioning system were cut off. The result was a From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 24, 2003 at 10:49 p.m.. (27711) A Kindergarten Weblog A Kindergarten Weblog, by Mrs. Scholder, is yet another example of a teacher using a blog to share "Updates, News, and Reviews" with the parents of her class. From Edublog News on September 24, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. (27710) Blogs used in education settings: RFR I've an upcoming presentation at OATYC on weblogs in education. It's an introductory session and I'm looking for recommendations of some interesting weblogs currently being used in education settings, i.e.: K-12 through college/university classroom, admin, teams, research. Selected weblogs will be added to the presentation which is available online. There are several included in the presentation already here, b From carvingCode on September 24, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (27709) Personal Is it just me or does the Mozilla rich text editor not work with Firebird and News Items in Manila?aka - another post lost to the vagaries of one's internet browser. Let me rewrite it in brief: tired...busy...overwhelmed...sad...back pain...not keeping up... From Serious Instructional Technology on September 24, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (27708) What chills Wi-Fi hot spots From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (27707) W3C to study patent's threat to HTML With a patent threat looming over the Web's de facto standard browser, the Worldwide Web Consortium looks to evaluate the implications for the Web's standard markup language. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (27706) How Hard is it for a High School Student?This is a ... How Hard is it for a High School Student?This is an excellent post from an honest, reflective teacher who's questioning some of the basic premises of educating teenagers in schools. The implied comparison between the high-school experience and workplaces is interesting, and some of the comments address it further. It's not related to technology or instructional design...actually, I'm realizing that my last few entries don't either. I guess I'm in one of my back-up-a From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on September 24, 2003 at 9:51 p.m.. (27705) Blog of the Month Today, I got a truly pleasant surprise when I found my site being featured as the "Blog of the Month" over on the edtechnot.com site. The site lists "Mavens" of educational technology along with links to their articles and books. I visit this site often... you can always find some worthwhile ed tech reading there. Currently, the site has highlighted a featured guest, Bob Johnstone, and his article "Time Moves On". Johnstone's article discusses what concerns him about many of our laptop programs. "At the same time, however, several From Edublog News on September 24, 2003 at 9:48 p.m.. (27704) Slackware 9.1RC 2 Out, Mandrake 9.2 Soon Colin writes "The founder of Slackware, Patrick Volkerding, released version 9.1 RC-2 of the upcoming Slackware. Good ol' Slack comes with new versions of ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (27703) VoIP gets a hand over network chasm A telephone industry group settles on a standard way to help Internet-based phone calls travel between contemporary and century-old telephone networks. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (27702) VeriSign settles FTC complaint The company settles charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that its Network Solutions unit tricked consumers into registering Internet domain names with its service. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (27701) EU software patent plan gets thumbs up European lawmakers approve highly controversial legislation governing software patents--but some amendments appear to be a victory for critics of the proposal. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (27700) From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (27699) Micron lands large Intel investment The memory-chip maker receives a $450 million investment from the semiconductor giant in a deal designed to bring Micron's development plans in closer alignment with Intel technology. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (27698) El 95% de los trabajadores mejoran sus aptitudes y actitudes con programas de eLearning El 95 por ciento de los trabajadores que realizan programas de formación a través de Internet "mejoran sus aptitues y actitudes", según el "II Estudio sobre la valoración de la formación online en la ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on September 24, 2003 at 8:50 p.m.. (27697) The NSF has given a grant to Rutgers, the Universi ... The NSF has given a grant to Rutgers, the University of Washington, and Georgia Institute of Technology to develop Moving Image Collections, an open-access database of science-related moving images. Next year, the database moves to its permanent location at the Library of Congress. For more information, see the press release and Nancy Coh From FOS News on September 24, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (27696) Web 'Quiz' Compares California Candidates' Positions With the help of a public radio station in Boston, KQED, the excellent NPR station in the San Francisco Bay... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 24, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. (27695) Pachyderm:create interactive, Flash-based presentations D'Arcy and Brian (and I'm sure others) are talking about a new (to me) piece of software called Pachyderm. This allows combining static images into interactive, Flash-based presentations.Pachyderm is a project started by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, out of a need to create some kick-ass interactive pieces from their collection of assets (images mostly, but als From carvingCode on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (27694) Compatibility of Weblogs and ISSN I’ll have to file this one away for my presentation at Access 2003 which is… [AWK!!] next week… The issue People who publish and maintain Weblogs have applied for ISSNs. Some registrars have immediately registered the Weblogs; others have categorically... From Object Learning on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (27693) Shake it baby, shake it - In colour, by the miracle of destructovision I’ve always thought of the building I work in, UBC’s Main Library, as a prime piece of campus real estate. Centrally located, office windows that open, the core of the building is a lovely Gothic/Tudor hybrid, recently renovated for... From Object Learning on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (27692) Reliance On MS A Danger To National Security An anonymous reader writes "A panel of leading security experts Wednesday blasted Microsoft for vulnerabilities in its software, and warned that reliance on ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (27691) Kazaa Sues Record Labels dannyp writes "CNN is reporting that Kazaa is suing the record companies, claiming that they used an illegal client to log in to the P2P network - an ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (27690) Interview with iRATE radio Creator So many bands, so little time. How does one learn about new bands these days? Here's an interview with Anthony Jones, lead developer for iRATE radio , an open source radio/mp3 scraper application that drops legal MP3's onto your computer. It's less of a file sharing program than a music discovery program. From kuro5hin.org on September 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (27689) Happy (Belated) Birthday ..to Packets, a brand new cyberlaw newsletter by the good people @ Stanford's Center for Internet & Society. Born only the day before yesterday, it's already looking pretty smart. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on September 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (27688) Lycos critical of MSN chat room closure A Lycos executive says that chat is here to stay and greater investment could lead to a safer online environment. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (27687) Red Herring to resurrect Web site From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (27686) AMD-hosted WLAN used to infect security hack's PC So that's what a firewall's for... From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (27685) Home-brewing a 1.2TB IDE to Firewire Monster Delta-9 writes "Here is a writeup on how to combine 6 200GB IDE drives into a small tower and hack together some firewire controllers to give you one giant ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (27684) Untitled MedicineNet.Com unveils over 1000 new fabulous totally not-funky RSS 2.0 feeds. Very nice. Thanks! Via LibraryStuff. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (27683) Lawson checks into hospital software The software company says it's buying a supplier of hospital applications in a move to further concentrate on the health care industry. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (27682) Dell: Home is where the PC is Michael Dell argues that the PC should be the center of entertainment in the home, but how is his company planning to realize that vision? From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (27681) Reuters links with Lotus for IM From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (27680) Microsoft drops BellSouth DSL deal The software giant is ending a two-year-old broadband access deal with BellSouth, as it continues to reposition its MSN service for the high-speed Internet. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (27679) Corey's Corner Julie Corey blogs on Corey's Corner. She had taken a little break and now is back and ready to go. Julie is going to make a terrific teacher. She will be student teaching before too long and has lots of ideas. She is going to be a middle school teacher... From EdBlogger Praxis on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (27678) Resources of the Week This week 5 entries that un... From ResourceShelf on September 24, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (27677) If you play with fire, you're gonna get burned -- RIAA KaZaA sues RIAA for copyright infringement:Sharman Networks is suing the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for distributing replicas of its P2P file sharing software. Sharman says the RIAA has distributed versions of KaZaA Lite with warning messages to potential... From Tim Swanson on September 24, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (27676) Must-link-to: ISSN and weblogs More than a must-read, Joe Clark's Compatibility of Weblogs and ISSN is a must-link-to. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on September 24, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (27675) Donna on Let the Music Play/Pay Go here - I can't think of anyone better than Donna to do this job. From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 24, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (27674) "This is So Cool!" A few more Hunterdon Central Web logs were born yesterday including one for the Chorus and one for the Jr. ROTC. (And Ms. Higgins has really gone to town.) I had eight teachers in my workshop, and more than one of them at some point blurted out something about how easy or how cool or how useful this whole business is. I've gotten to the point where I really want to suspend the 45-minute intro on what Web logs are and how their used and the great ways people are already using them. I From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (27672) Seagate pops Lindows onto hard drives at no charge Whitebox delight From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (27671) New Anti-Swap CDs Hit Shelves floppy ears writes "Watch out for the new Anthony Hamilton CD, Coming From Where I'm From. The CD has two sets of tracks: one set of "encrypted" songs that can ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (27670) IBM, JBoss eye new Java plan Big Blue and open-source Java software company JBoss Group are mulling a Java standardization effort aimed at countering the growing popularity of Microsoft's C# language. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (27669) New chip device speeds up disk drives Marvell Semiconductor shows off samples of a chip system that allows data to be transferred at double the rate of the current Serial ATA interface. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (27668) International Talk Like a Cistercian Day [via antipixel] From Seb's Open Research on September 24, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (27667) Apple's Bad Update Wow, it looks as though Apple really blew it with the latest OS X update. Check out MacFixIt and Macintouch,... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 24, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (27666) Can Diebold Be This Stupid? BlackBoxBoting.org says lawyers for Diebold, maker of electronic voting systems, have forced the site to shut down on alleged intellectual... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on September 24, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (27665) Nokia 3650 carries US users out of the dark age Reg reporter upgraded From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (27664) New Palm Tungstens debut on Web Reseller lets slip specs, pics From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (27663) The Bionic Office hondo77 writes "Joel Spolsky has finally moved Fog Creek Software into their new digs. Read about what went into the design of "the ultimate software ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (27662) Untitled Scott Rosenberg: "Scanning the blogs this morning I came across an interesting dustup between Glenn Reynolds and Josh Marshall. Since I'm sharing a panel with them at Bloggercon next week this naturally caught my eye." From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (27661) Untitled Bloom is in the Lydon archive in three parts. Great stuff. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (27660) Untitled Harold Bloom: "The decision to give the National Book Foundation's annual award for distinguished contribution to Stephen King is extraordinary, another low in the shocking process of dumbing down our cultural life." From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (27659) 20 Tips to Minimize Shopping Cart Abandonment, Part 2 How easy is it for your customers to checkout online? Learn how to get shoppers to complete the sale. Part two of a two-part series. From E-Commerce Guide on September 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (27658) The future of instant messaging Reuters' IM boss David Gurle says instant messaging could turn MSN, Yahoo and AOL into the equivalent of phone companies. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (27657) Services sector buoys Web-ad spending Business and consumer services led an increase in spending on online ads, demonstrating that the Net is capturing the attention of traditional advertisers, a study says. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (27656) Beep Beep Beep, Bop Bop Bop - The Semantic Web The holy grail of machine talk:(CNN) -- The concept of machines talking to machines without any human interaction has long been a holy grail for the technology and commercial world. It is called Web services -- but it has nothing... From Tim Swanson on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 p.m.. (27655) "But Without Patents No One Would Invent!" ISO this:Historically, the ISO has levied fees from people who wanted to buy a copy of the standard but made their implementation free to everyone. Bucking the trend of making all standards royalty free, the ISO is now considering levying... From Tim Swanson on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 p.m.. (27654) [Vanguard] Dublin Core Stuart Weibel gives us an update on the Dublin Core, a metadata standard that can succeed because it's resolutely maintained its simplicity: 15 attributes of documents. You can imagine how interesting the conversations must have been about exactly which metadata to capture: Rating and Price aren't in, but Rights Management is. (The standard is extensible so if you want 'em, you can put 'em in yourself.) [Note: I've been totally spotty in blogging this conference. My fault, not the conference's. Sorry.]... From Joho the Blog on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 p.m.. (27653) Pachyderm madness D’Arcy is all over this news on Pachyderm, but (I hope) these developments will have an impact on UBC as well, so I’ll do the echo thing here… Pachyderm is a piece of software developed by the San Francisco Museum... From Object Learning on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (27652) Virus takes out US visa-checking system for nine hours Welchia worm implicated in snafu From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (27651) Kazaa sues RIAA for copyright infringement Dog bites pigopolist (cont'd) From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (27650) MS bans mag cover discs for updates, blames Sun Nasty lawyers made us do it, honest... From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (27649) Sun gets behind Athlon 64 with Linux OS Intel warriors unite From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (27648) BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released JigSaw writes "After Be went down, 2-3 "distros" of BeOS 5 PE (the free version of BeOS) were created and continued making releases by literally tweaking the ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (27647) Michael Moore Responds to "Wackos" on Bowling for Columbine "Bowling for Truth", "Moore Lies", "Moore Watch", "Michael Moore Hates America" -- the right wing has been busy in its campaign to discredit filmmaker and author Michael Moore and his film Bowling for Columbine in particular. Last month, I wrote a response to the critique by NRA lawyer David Hardy, which has been the main source for many of the anti-Moore sites. But I was somewhat disappointed by Moore's responses to the criticisms -- Moore has always been Internet-Savvy, but up to this point, there was only a somewhat meager FAQ (the link is now dead; Google cache). In light of his p From E-Commerce Guide on September 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (27645) Silenced: a censorship study "Silenced: Censorship and Control of the Internet" is a new paper covering findings from a 12-month study of Internet censorship around the world. The study, published jointly by Privacy International and GreenNet Educational Trust, found that in the wake of September 11, 2001, over 50 countries stepped up efforts to control the Internet within their boundaries, among other conclusions. --> From Creative Commons: weblog on September 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (27644) RIAA's case of mistaken identity? Record labels' attorneys withdraw their first file-swapping suit after an apparent mix-up in Net identification. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (27643) Acrobat add-on targets regulatory files From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (27642) Japanese favoritism from Microsoft? From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (27641) The future of instant messaging Reuters' IM boss David Gurle says instant messaging could turn MSN, Yahoo and AOL into the equivalent of phone companies. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (27640) WoodwerkInTheBasementing I seem to either be working, sleeping or living in... From DeoBlog on September 24, 2003 at 3:52 p.m.. (27639) Intern: Umfragen ...findet man hier in Zukunft ab und zu unten rechts in der Spalte. Diese sollen lediglich dazu dienen ein besseres Bild über die LeserInnen zu bekommen. Um abstimmen zu können muss man angemeldet und eingeloggt sind, die Umfragen sind jedoch insofern anonym, dass auch ich als Admin des BildungsBlogs nicht in der Lage bin, zu sehen wer für was gestimmt hat. Natürlich darf hier jede(r) gerne eine Umfrage erstellen und als Beitrag posten, ich werde sie dann umgehend rechts in der Spalte eintragen. From BildungsBlog on September 24, 2003 at 3:52 p.m.. (27638) Umfrage: Führst Du ein eigenes Weblog? Weblog? From BildungsBlog on September 24, 2003 at 3:52 p.m.. (27637) Eolas v. Microsoft More on the Eolas v. Microsoft matter and its impact on the Web, e-Learning, and Life As We Know It. Patents: W3C on amber alert. Yesterday the W3C launched a Patent Advisory Group to "study issues ... raised by the court case of Eolas v. Microsoft." The group's FAQ is most interesting for what it does not say. [Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 24, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (27636) Learn to use your weblog for business. Learn to use your weblog for business. Weblog Workshop by BloggingWorks. There are still a few spots left for the Friday, October 3rd Chicago workshop. Sign up now! "Business blogs are taking off. Are you up to speed? Learn how your business can harness the power of weblogs to improve communication and efficiency at this hands-on workshop." [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 24, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (27635) Give Us a Break We just got one.  This is the perfect example to use in Congressional hearings about the subpoena provision - it's even better than the previous notice and takedown foul ups. Let's say 1 out of every 261 subpoenas is erroneous. That's small as a percentage, but, extrapolated over an entire population of copyright holders (which we all are to some degree), the potential total errors would be astonishing. From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 24, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (27634) Science tinkering resource Science Toys You Can Make With Your Kids. Best amateur science source [Recomendo]Another treat from Kevin Kelly's Recomendo site. [McGee's Musings] This is excellent - and free! Pretty much all of the expe From Seb's Open Research on September 24, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (27633) HP Clarifies Indemnification Offer For Linux Users After HP extended an offer of indemnification to users who purchase Linux through HP, SCO issued a strange press release: in it, SCO claims that HP's action ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (27632) Untitled Mike Lockwood tells the story of his last day at Apple working on the Dylan project. And there's a list of Apple history stories told by Apple insiders. A gold mine of now-it-can-be-tolds. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (27631) Streamies Proven Early Adopters, E-Shoppers The upscale, technically savvy, trend-setting Internet broadcast audience is more likely to try or buy new products or services before the general population. From CyberAtlas on September 24, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (27630) Study says hardware spending is up Standard & Poor's says there are early signs of growth in information technology spending and predicts Dell, Apple, IBM and Hewlett-Packard will be early beneficiaries. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (27629) Sophos snaps up spam fighter ActiveState The $23 million deal gives the software company stronger footing in the increasingly crucial antivirus and antispam markets. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (27628) Kriegsbilder von Kindern im Kindermuseum Wien Wie Kinderfantasie versucht, die unmenschlichen Schrecken von Krieg und Konzentrationslager zu fassen, ist ab heute, Mittwoch (24. September), bis zum 8. Oktober im ZOOM Kindermuseum in Wien zu sehen. Die Ausstellung "Ich hab' den Krieg gezeichnet" versammelt rund 40 Kinderzeichnungen von historischen und aktuellen Kriegsschauplätzen. [via ORF ON Kultur] From BildungsBlog on September 24, 2003 at 2:52 p.m.. (27627) Lehrerin gewinnt Kopftuchstreit in Karlsruhe Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat entschieden, dass eine muslimische Lehrerin im Unterricht weiterhin ein Kopftuch tragen darf. Für ein Verbot gebe es keine gesetzliche Grundlage, urteilten die Richter. Die muslimische Lehrerin Fereshta Ludin darf im Unterricht weiterhin ein Kopftuch tragen. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht urteilte am Mittwoch in Karlsruhe, das Verbot für Lehrerinnen in Baden-Württemberg sei rechtswidrig. Ein solches Verbot finde im geltenden Recht des Bundeslandes «keine hinreichend bestimmte gesetzliche Grundlage&raquo From BildungsBlog on September 24, 2003 at 2:52 p.m.. (27626) Hessen plant Verbot von Kopftüchern in Schulen Da haben wir's schon: Als erstes Bundesland hat Hessen nach der Entscheidung des Karlsruher Bundesverfassungsgerichtes (BVerfG) im Kopftuch-Streit angekündigt, muslimischen Lehrerinnen das Tragen von Kopftüchern im Unterricht zu verbieten. Kultusministerin Karin Wolff (CDU) sagte am Mittwoch in Wiesbaden, die Landesregierung werde so schnell wie möglich eine entsprechende Gesetzesinitiative starten und «das Problem» lösen. [...] Die CDU-Politikerin, die auch Vorsitzende der Kultusministerkonferenz ist, warf dem B From BildungsBlog on September 24, 2003 at 2:52 p.m.. (27625) Nach dem Karlsruher Urteil: Länder planen Anti-Kopftuch-Gesetze Nach der ersten allgemeinen Verunsicherung reagieren die Bundesländer prompt auf die Aufforderung des Verfassungsgerichts, ihre Gesetze präziser zu fassen. Quer durch die Republik wollen vor allem unionsregierte Länder Lehrerinnen mit Kopftüchern vom Unterricht ausschließen. [via Spiegel Online] From BildungsBlog on September 24, 2003 at 2:52 p.m.. (27624) hollow - lensflares rule (sorry hollow) From Unfocused.Net on September 24, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (27623) Resource Based Learning Blog Resource Based Learning Blog is a blog for the University of Winnipeg class: "Special Topics: Resource Based Learning". They are involved in webquests.... From EdBlogger Praxis on September 24, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (27622) NewsFan 1.0 - RSS web news aggregator. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] NewsFan is a new OSX Tool on the RSS Block... From Disruptive Technology on September 24, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (27621) BolinOS - 3.5 Bolin OS is 3.5 revisions old. Web operating system/multimedia authoring platform [VersionTracker: Mac OS X]... From Disruptive Technology on September 24, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (27620) The Calicut Medical Journal .The Calicut Medical C ... The Calicut Medical Journal .The Calicut Medical College Alumni Association, one of the strongest Medical School Alumni Associations in India has announced that it would publish an open access Medical Journal.The Journal would be the second Online Open Access Medical Journal from India[after OJHAS ]. It is envisaged to become the premier Open Access Biomedical Journal. Inaugural issue debuts October 2003.It seems that Indians are all set to capitalise on the Open Access oppurtunity.It should be a role model From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (27618) Socionomics: the Science of History and Social Prediction Fred Reynolds writes "You'd think that predicting human behavior would be easy. A moment or two's reflection, and it's obvious that people act to further their ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (27617) Untitled Here's a serious question. Is anyone else doing Lydon-style interviews? I'd settle for the BBC World News available in MP3 form. I'm all caught up on the Lydon interviews and I want to go for a walk. I'm looking for news shows that are distributed over the Internet in MP3 format. Any clues? From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (27616) At MIT conference I'm at MIT today for the Emerging Technologies Conference and a reception for the TR100 award. Afternoon panels are kicking off, I skipped the morning to enjoy breakfast and coffee with my mom. Audience is 85% male, if not more. This panel is on wireless technology, and is all male, but I'm not surprised. Hopefully it will be interesting. Also, it's FREEZING in this auditorium. Why oh why do HVAC systems get set at 60? My nails are turning blue! From megnut on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (27615) About Pachyderm (and reusability of learning objects) I've mentioned Pachyderm a few times, and hinted at it more than that. So, what is Pachyderm, and why is it interesting? For starters, take a look at some sample projects completed using Pachyderm 1.0. Pachyderm is a project started by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, out of a need to create some kick-ass interactive pieces from their collection of assets (images mostly, but also audio and video). They built a tool that took what are now called learning objects, and with some input from a curator, generated a highly interactive Flash piece that was way more than... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (27614) HP outlines Linux indemnity plan The company announces details of its plan to take on legal liability for Linux customers in lawsuits filed by the SCO Group. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (27613) Nintendo cuts GameCube price The Japanese video game giant drops the price of its home console to $99 in time for the holidays. Does the move signal a shorter life cycle for the machine? From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (27612) Professional Reading Shelf Digital Libraries The... From ResourceShelf on September 24, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (27611) Libraries--Grants Institute of Museum and Library... From ResourceShelf on September 24, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (27610) Instant Messaging and Weblogs If you're running a weblog these tools might be interesting to you:BlogchangebotBlog Change Bot is a blog monitoring service which updates you via AOL Instant Messanger when a blog you are interested is updated. It is available with the screen name blogchangebot on AOL IM.BlogPlanetWith BlogPlanet, updating your blog while you're on the go is as easy as writing an SMS. It runs on your mobile and lets you write new blog entr From owrede_log on September 24, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (27609) California's Anti-Spam Law and Unanticipated Consequences Mercury News: Davis signs nation's toughest anti-spam bill. Yet even anti-spam advocates and lawmakers cautioned that the law and its... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on September 24, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (27608) Judge Axes Do-Not-Call Registry AP: Court Rules Against Do-Not Call Registry. A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission overstepped its authority... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on September 24, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (27607) Loosely-coupled publishing I've long admired the way my favorite book site, All Consuming, pulls book discussions out of thin air. For example, yesterday I posted an item pointing to my current InfoWorld column, which riffs on the themes of Michael Lewis' book, Moneyball. In that posting, I included an image of the book, and I linked the image to the Moneyball page at All Consuming. Alternatively, I could have linked the image to the Moneyball page at Amaz From Jon's Radio on September 24, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (27606) Palm, Symbian and Windows apps to spread from Visual Basic source MobileVB 4 From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (27605) MSN chat stand is 'nothing short of reckless' - Freeserve 'PR coup...' From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (27604) MSN Chat: It's the child protection lobby wot's to blame - LINX 'Knee-jerk calls' From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (27603) European Parliament castrates software patent regs Big Biz 0 - 1 Penguinistas (HT) From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (27602) Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence Anonumous Coward writes "Not one, but two anti-spam services announced their closure yesterday due to DDoS attacks, massive Joe jobs, threats, and the total ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (27601) U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List DirkDaring writes "Yahoo is reporting that a U.S. court in Oklahoma has blocked the national 'do not call' list that would allow consumers to stop most ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (27600) Untitled Eugene Volokh is the latest confirmed presenter. He will lead a Day 2 discussion on weblogs and law. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (27599) Infineon unveils new Fibre Channel transceiver From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (27598) Digital devices spark storage growth Hard drive shipments for consumer electronics devices are set to escalate, as consumer demand to store favorite TV shows and films heats up. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (27597) Screen shot of Radio's enclosure... Screen shot of Radio's enclosure prefs page. [Scripting News]... From Radio on September 24, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (27596) OCLC Posts Announcement Concerning Law Suit Against NY City Hotel From ResourceShelf on September 24, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (27595) [Vanguard] Me I just gave my presentation. Basically, since this conference is talking about Knowledge Management, I tried to shout the words "flesh" and "desire" as often as possible.... From Joho the Blog on September 24, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (27594) The good of file sharing As we try to balance the rights of artists to be compensated, let's be willling to blurt out a plain truth: It is good that we can find millions of songs on the Internet and listen to them for free. This is a good thing. That's not to say that it is the ultimate good that must be honored or that it's more important compared with the rights of creators. But can we at least acknowledge that living in a world where we can listen to the world's music is a good thing?... From Joho the Blog on September 24, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (27593) Claim Your Cell Phone Number! Fight for Your Cell Phone Rights NOW "One of the things users hate most about cellular service is that the telephone number belongs to the carrier, not to the customer. This means that changing carriers also means changing your phone number. That's supposed to change on Nov. 24, when new rules requiring number portability are supposed to go into effect. I say "supposed to" because many carriers are dragging their corporate feet and lobbying to From The Shifted Librarian on September 24, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (27592) Idea a day Ingo found this site that collects ideas about anything.Ingo still needs an RSS feed... From owrede_log on September 24, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (27591) GeoTrust takes on VeriSign for Euro -certs business Opens UK office From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (27590) So why is MSN Israel keeping its chatrooms open? Not just about protecting children From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (27589) RIAA Sues the Wrong Person Cildar writes "In the 'oops' category, the RIAA was forced to withdraw its suit against a 66 year old computer neophyte (read Apple User for god's sake) when ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (27588) Virus strikes State Department A computer virus hits the federal department, affecting the performance of the government's IT system that manages visa approvals, according to published reports. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (27587) Untitled The post-hurricane biking report: wear shin guards. On Monday morning, I got out for my first bike ride post-Isabel. And for some reason, I decided this was the day I was going to take the boondock route around the back of Druid Hill Park.... (more) [Mobtown Project] From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 24, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (27586) Translating Bush-Speak redux: The UN address unspun My fellow...er, I forgot, you're not Americans. Once again, I'm invoking September 11th in a transparent play for your sympathies. I don't know why; you folks here don't matter a hoot, really. But I've got to do something about my slide in approval, and I figure if I can get some of you to kick in for the bill on this Iraq thing, it might help. It's sad that that guy from Brazil who worked for the UN got blown up. I'll say his name to try to convince you I care about the UN, and show off my Texican pronounciation of a Portugese name. And the security From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on September 24, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (27585) Coalition to Curb Drinking the Campus Community Coalition of Tompkins County met in an effort to address alcohol use and abuse among college students From Alcohol Research Center on September 24, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (27584) RIAA withdraws $300m lawsuit against innocent pensioner 'Mistaken identity' - and they're not sorry From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (27583) Virus Knocks Out U.S. Visa Approval System GillBates0 writes "According to this story and many others, the State Department's electronic system for checking every visa applicant for terrorist or ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (27582) Paid Content Paying Off Driven by broadband, streaming media, and online personals, the paid content market experiences more growth. From CyberAtlas on September 24, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (27581) Symantec buys storage software maker The security software maker expands its disaster recovery portfolio with the acquisition of PowerQuest, which sells storage management applications. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (27580) Behind Microsoft's latest PR blitz Jon Oltsik says that instead of conducting a charm offensive to still critics, Microsoft should rethink the way it writes, tests and packages its code. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (27579) PurchasePro execs plead guilty Two senior executives from now-defunct PurchasePro.com have pleaded guilty to corporate fraud, according to the Justice Department. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (27578) Anschriftenverzeichnis der Staatsanwaltschaften "Das BMJ hält auf seinen Seiten ein aktuelles Anschriftenverzeichnis aller deutschen Staatsanwaltschaften vor." (LAWgical vom 24.09.2003)... From Handakte WebLAWg on September 24, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (27577) Public Libraries--Canada Source: Montreal Gazette... From ResourceShelf on September 24, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (27576) Real Estate Sources on the Web From ResourceShelf on September 24, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (27575) Patents: W3C on amber alert Yesterday the W3C launched a Patent Advisory Group to "study issues ... raised by the court case of Eolas v. Microsoft." The group's FAQ is most interesting for what it does not say. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on September 24, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (27574) addedValues Plug-In I just learned about the addedValues Plug-In for Manila. It is a successor for the metaData Plug-In (and obviously a complete rewrite).Looks very interesting! From owrede_log on September 24, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (27573) Northants villages set up own BB network Hip, hip... From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (27572) A back door to Poindexter's Orwellian dream Monster miscreant database now in state hands From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (27571) EU Parliament Approves Software Patents AnteTempore writes "The voting has just ended. Few good and several bad amendments were accepted. The directive proposal was accepted: 361 for, 135 against, 28 ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (27570) Untitled Three years ago today, OPML 1.0. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (27569) Bilaterale Investitionsabkommen Die Europäische Kommission, acht beitretende Länder und die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika haben sich auf eine Anpassung der sog. bilateralen... From Handakte WebLAWg on September 24, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (27568) Sophos buys ActiveState Anti spam gig From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27567) Apple recalls OS update My Mac isn't working anymore... From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27566) Help! I wanna leave AOL and can't find my way out FTC comes calling From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27565) HP Offers Linux Purchasers Indemnification PnViking writes points out this story in the Detroit News, writing "HP is now covering any claims from SCO if you bought Linux and have a support contract from ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27564) Untitled I then called the official pledge line, 800-909-9287, and talked with one of the volunteers. I asked for an accounting of how my money is spent, she said she didn't know if it was available. I asked if she'd be interested in seeing it, and she said yes. That's one of the cool things about putting volunteers on the phone, since they aren't getting paid, they're not scared of the truth. You can call too, but I'd recommend only doing so if you've already contributed to WBUR, or are seriously considering it. You can also call your local NPR station and ask the sa From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27563) Untitled Disclaimer: My friend and Harvard associate Chris Lydon is a former WBUR star. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27562) Untitled Cornell Daily Sun: "Between 50 and 100 Cornell students gathered on Ho Plaza for the University's first-ever flash mob." From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27561) Untitled Radio's enclosure prefs page. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (27560) Report: Microsoft dominance poses security risk A paper written by three security researchers and funded by an organization critical of Microsoft argues that the giant's dominance in key software technologies threatens national infrastructure. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (27559) Enclosure Extractor allows you "to easily... Enclosure Extractor allows you "to easily extract and download enclosures from newsfeeds." [Scripting News] New Tool! The Bad... only does... From Disruptive Technology on September 24, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (27558) 20 lessons learned from 9-11 Unfortunatly this article seems to be only available in German (and unfortunatly it is not a followup to the numerous consipracy-theory rants). From owrede_log on September 24, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. (27557) Atos Origin: tough turnaround for Sema Digestif From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (27556) Sex and the City, Google-style Location, location, location From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (27555) On mobile phones and spam Over complicated minds From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (27554) Opera releases 7.20 browser for Windows Linux RSN... From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (27553) Untitled I'm trying to reach Ms Christo by phone right now. I explained the purpose of my call to the receptionist, basically the information above. I've paid up. I'm listening to Christo pitch us, saying in general terms how much it costs to provide the news, and I'd like to know how much she costs relative to the talent. I asked to be transferred to the studio so I could ask her myself. The phone has been ringing, but there's no answer. I think I got transferred into the bit bucket. I called back, and she said "They didn't pick up at the studio." Okay I knew that. So she From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (27552) Untitled A search for "Christo" on wbur.org returns no matches. The navigation system on the website appears to have no information about the management of the station or its finances. I admit to being a neophyte here. What reporting responsibilities do public radio stations have? How open do they have to be? I should disclaim that my good friend Chris Lydon is a former WBUR star. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (27551) Untitled I'm listening to the WBUR pledge drive this morning. I paid them $120 in April, a generous amount according to the station. So I listen to the pledge drive guilt-free. They say we get both sides of the story on WBUR, but then I just realized, we don't, they don't expl From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (27550) Distance Learning: Step by Step »New to teaching online? Consider this resource via Ray: Distance Learning: Step by Step (.pdf)...covers many areas of consideration for the online environment (including assessment and issues in moving to online).« [via elearnspace blog: Distance Learning: Step by Step] [BildungsBlog] From owrede_log on September 24, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. (27549) Kids targeted in mobile phone theft lesson You better learn this From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27548) RIAA pushes ahead with suits, sues iMesh, stirs up Senate Busy bunnies From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27547) Skype: putting the hype in VoIP KaZaA founders target telephony From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27546) Sun presents chip-design breakthrough - Reuters Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. researchers will report on Tuesday that they have devised a way to dramatically increase the speed at which semiconductors can talk to each other. By placing the chips edge to edge, directly touching, so da From Techno-News Blog on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27545) Opera Unveils New Browser for Windows - Matt Hicks, eWeek Opera Software ASA, one of the only commercial Web browser competitors to Microsoft Corp., rolled out its latest browser for Windows on Tuesday. With Opera 7.20 for Windows, Opera is promising improved performance and support for additional languages. From Techno-News Blog on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27544) PowerPoint, Robomanagers and You: The Growing Intimacy of Technology - Diane L. Coutu, Harvard Business Review Even five years ago, technology seemed external, a servant. These days, what's so striking is not only technology's ubiquity but also its intimacy. On the Internet, people create imaginary identities in virtual worlds and spend hours playing out parall From Techno-News Blog on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27543) Schools Rule on Classroom Gadgets - Associated Press For better or worse, handheld devices and laptops are now seen as essential back-to-school supplies for students across America. And many schools have only begun to weigh their educational benefits against their potential for text messaging, photo swap From Educational Technology on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27542) A Beginner's Guide to School Security - Wesley A. Fryer, techLearning While the creation of a global computer network has brought a wealth of new resources and opportunities to education, it's also opened a Pandora's box of security concerns for district technology staff and other administrators. From students downloadin From Educational Technology on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27541) UNL Receives Grant To Boost Distance Learning Program - The Omaha Channel The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's distance learning program will receive a National Science Foundation grant to boost its programs. The grant will be used to establis and maintain 400 high-performance Internet satellite network locations. The Americ From Online Learning Update on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27540) Web classes delivered to the hinterlands - VICKI LEE PARKER, News and Observer At Beaufort County Community College, administrators are taking the idea of the information superhighway literally. For years, the college was limited in its ability to set up distance-learning centers for people in some of the most rural parts of th From Online Learning Update on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27539) Internet cheating on the rise - Adam Zelsdorf, Daily Tar Heel Cases of Internet plagiarism at UNC are on the rise one year after the University revamped its Honor Code and as it kicks off a yearlong focus on honor and integrity. In the past six years, the number of academic dishonesty hearings at the Honor Cour From Online Learning Update on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27538) Untitled Glenn Reynolds is now part of the special Lydon RSS feed. From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (27537) Lehrerin mit Kopftuch Ein Verbot für Lehrkräfte, in Schule und Unterricht ein Kopftuch zu tragen, findet im geltenden Recht des Landes Baden-Würt. keine... From Handakte WebLAWg on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27536) NSF - Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) NSF - Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS)http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htmThe Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) fulfills the legislative mandate of the National Science Foundation Act. SRS Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and provides a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government. To carry out this mandate, SRS designs, supports, and directs From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27535) NatureEvents NatureEventshttp://www.nature.com/nature-events/natureevents.com is a free, fully searchable, multi-disciplinary scientific events database. Browse events, order brochures, register and purchase proceedings papers online.The most relevant conferences, meetings, courses, symposia, fora and programs are here at your fingertips. From apoptosis meetings to zoology conferences we've got the lot. Plus meetings and conferences in hot areas like oncology, biotechnology, pharmacology, nanotechnology and neuroscie From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27534) Terascale Cluster Terascale Clusterhttp://computing.vt.edu/research_computing/terascale/Combining the power of 1,100 Apple computers, the Terascale Cluster project is bringing Virginia Tech to the forefront in the supercomputing arena. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27533) National LambdaRail (NLR) National LambdaRail (NLR)http://www.getlight.net/National LambdaRail (NLR) is a major initiative of U.S. research universities and private sector technology companies to provide a national scale infrastructure for research and experimentation in networking technologies and applications. NLR aims to catalyze innovative research and development into next generation network technologies, protocols, services and applications. NLR puts the control, the power and the promise of experimental network infrastructure in the hands From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27532) Google - Search By Location Google - Search By Locationhttp://labs.google.com/locationSometimes you want to search the whole worldwide web; sometimes you just want to find a pizza place close to home. Google's search by location service helps you focus your search on a specific geographic location. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27531) Yahoo Shopping Yahoo Shoppinghttp://shopping.yahoo.com/Yahoo! Shopping - Compare Prices, Compare Products, Read Reviews and Merchant Ratings from millions of products and thousands of stores. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27530) Q - lensflares rule (sorry hollow) From Unfocused.Net on September 24, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (27529) The Results Are In In the race for those who would be mayor, Pat McCrory held on to get the Republican nomination by a pretty significant margin. For the Democrats, Craig Madans soundly thumped Leonard "Preacher Man" Harris. This means Madans will meet McCrory in November to see who will lead Charlotte for the next two years. In the City Council district 1 primary... From Don't Back Down on September 24, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (27528) NASA Safety Panel Members Resign All nine experts on a NASA space safety advisory panel step down in the wake of sharp criticism concerning the Columbia tragedy. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27527) Fliers File Suit Against JetBlue Passengers are filing a class-action lawsuit against JetBlue Airways for fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract and invasion of privacy. Meanwhile, the FTC reviews a privacy group's formal complaint against the airline. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27526) Definitions Impede Stem-Cell Work Researchers thought they found a way around the embryonic stem-cell controversy by using a technique that doesn't use embryos. They thought wrong. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27525) Microsoft to Shut Down Chat Rooms Citing concerns about pedophiles and spam peddlers, the company plans to eliminate unmoderated MSN forums in more than two dozen countries. U.S. chat rooms will remain open, but only to subscribers. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27524) Low Rates and Bankruptcy for All Irrational exuberance in the late '90s led to the excess of network capacity today. The result: a finanical crisis for telcos and rock-bottom prices for customers. By J. Bradford DeLong from Wired magazine. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27523) 'Push-to-Talk' Spreading Fast Legislators trying to ban cell-phone use in cars and other places will soon have something else to gripe about: walkie-talkie chatting on cell phones. The new service is expected to be a hit. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27522) A Bleak Peek at Hard Time Think inmates in maximum-security prisons loll around their cells all day reading magazines and watching TV? These virtual tours are for you. By Julia Scheeres. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27521) Will You Need AMD When It's 64? Advanced Micro Devices joins Apple Computer at a flashy marketing event to hype the 64-bit desktop business. The move to advanced machines is upon us. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27520) Pop-Up Scam Beats AOL Filter Annoying pop-up ads aren't AOL users' biggest problem. Scammers take advantage of the Windows Messenger feature and a hole in AOL's blocking software to try for users' identities. By Brian McWilliams. From Wired News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27519) MSN Cuts Unmonitored Chatrooms Around the Globe letxa2000 writes "According to MSNBC, Microsoft will be shutting down its unmonitored chat services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and much of Latin ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27518) Untitled BBC: "MSN is closing all its chatrooms in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and most of Asia from 14 October, and changing the way others are operated globally." From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27517) Untitled Enclosure Extractor allows you "to easily extract and download enclosures from newsfeeds." From Scripting News on September 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (27516) Auslands-GmbH Seit dem Urteil des BGH vom 13.03.2003 sind im europäischen Ausland gegründete GmbH's rechtsfähig. Immer mehr Unternehmensgründer machen von diesem... From Handakte WebLAWg on September 24, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (27515) Vier neue Jura-Portale gehen online Anlässlich des 12. Deutschen EDV-Gerichtstags werden unter anderem vier neue Online-Projekte in Kooperation mit dem Saarbrücker Institut für Rechtsinformatik eingeweiht:... From Handakte WebLAWg on September 24, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (27514) Movies with iSight Derrick Story describes applications to record movies with iSight: iRecordnow is a little application that allows direct video recording from an iSight webcam. BTV does this as well (and more). From owrede_log on September 24, 2003 at 5:47 a.m.. (27513) [World Intellectual Property Organization] WIPO Assemblies Open From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (27512) Learning Objects Conference to Create Global Online Learning Community From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (27511) UNL receives distance education grant From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (27510) WebCT selects courses in the fourth annual Exemplary Course Project From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (27509) Virtual school: Can logging on and chat rooms replace high school hallways? From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (27508) Distance Open Learning In The Developing Asian Countries: Problems And Possible Solutions From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (27507) Symantec stumps up $150m for PowerQuest data recovery play From The Register on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (27506) Writers Closet Announces New eBook on MeditationTitled "Meditation - Beginners Questions & Answers", By Lonny J Brown, PhD TALLAHASSEE, FL: Writers Closet, a publisher of quality electronic books, today announced the September 22nd release of a new eBook on Meditation, titled "Meditation - Beginners Questions & Answers", by Lonny J. Brown, PhD. (Writers Closet, Publisher; $9.95 eBook; 15 chapters; Sep. 2003) [PRWEB Sep 24, 2003] From PR Web on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (27505) Are You Ready for Back to School? New Weblog Gives College Students and Parents College Safety News and Information College students across the US are more likely to be the victim of many different crimes than others not in school. Get your kids ready to go to school in complete safety. Www.CollegeSafe.com is releasing a series of guides for college safety. To help parents stay on top of news and developments on campus safety and campus crime they released a new weblog - www.collegeSafeBlog.com. This new weblog has college and campus safety information, tips, news and links to college safety products. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2003] From PR Web on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (27504) InstantCert Academy announces a revolutionary way to convert working experience into College Credits saving thousands of dollars in the Process On-line CLEP Preparation Courses Reduces Coursework up to Two Years [PRWEB Sep 24, 2003] From PR Web on September 24, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (27503) Savvy Technologist and Hop Blog Savvy Technologist: Great Teaching and Learning with Technology. is Tim Wilson's Blog. Besides being the instructional technology integration specialist for the district, he also administers the Movable Type Blog Space for the professional community at Hopkins School District in Minnesota. Their school district blog is known as Hop Blog. Wishing... From EdBlogger Praxis on September 24, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (27502) New Horizons Goes Live with Its Integrated Learning Manager Platform for up to 15 Million Users, Powered by Click2learn's Aspen From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (27501) Plateau Systems Continues to Dominate Training for Energy Market with Indiana's Largest Natural Gas Distribution Company From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (27500) 'Star Wars Kid' school video raises web privacy issues From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (27499) Schools tackle PDA problem From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on September 24, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (27498) Is There An OS On My Hard Drive? stm2 writes "Thanks to an agreement between Lindows and Seagate, from October you will be able to choose a hard drive with or without an Lindows. Michael ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (27497) Air Force Ignored Academy Abuse A civilian commission found that top leaders of the U.S. Air Force disregarded persistent warnings that sexual assaults were undermining the academy. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (27496) What Would Teachers Do if They Had the Chance? This In a bold and costly bid to attract and hold professors, Columbia has created one of the most ambitious private elementary schools in the city. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (27495) Smart Sofa Recognizes Occupants by Weight I am Kobayashi writes "According to CNN.com scientists at Trinity College in Dublin have created my dream couch. And yes, I admit to being a couch potato... ... From Slashdot on September 24, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (27494) Harvard Adds a New Biology Department Harvard Medical School is setting up a new department, the school's first in two decades, devoted to the emerging field of systems biology. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27493) Social Expectations Pressuring Women at Duke, Study Finds Once in college, many female Duke students feel they are supposed to be "effortlessly perfect": smart, accomplished, fit, beautiful and popular, all without visible effort. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27492) A Private School That Thrives on Rules In a bleak corner of Brooklyn stands a 20-year-old private school where poor black and Hispanic youngsters consistently excel, compared with their public school counterparts. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27491) Pataki Signs Sweatshop Bill Public colleges and school districts will be able to shun those who sell sporting goods made in sweatshops even if the firms have the lowest bid. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27490) Survey Shows Girls Pass Boys in Education Girls are advancing steadily ahead of boys in educational achievement and aspiration, according to a report released on Tuesday. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27489) New Federal Battle Over Disciplining Students Parents and school administrators are waging a battle over a bill that could make it easier for schools to transfer disruptive students from classrooms to segregated settings. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27488) 2 English Tests Speak Many of the same students who failed New York State's new English as a Second Language test passed their English Regents diploma test. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27487) The Snapple Deal: How Sweet It Is As part of a deal that made Snapple New York City's official beverage, the company won the right to sell new all-juice blends in public school vending machines. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27486) Cameras Watching Students, Especially in Biloxi Fears of violence have spurred a trend to outfit public schools with the same surveillance cameras used in Wal-Marts to catch thieves. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27485) On Front Lines, Casualties It is the third week of school, and the Booker T. Washington Middle School on 107th Street is still short of books, chairs, computers, science laboratory materials and space. From New York Times: Education on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27484) Computex unshaken by SARS The big Taiwanese show was delayed three months from its usual June time slot by the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Even so, attendance is up. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27483) HP to indemnify Linux customers The company plans to announce Wednesday that it will indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal actions by SCO Group. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (27482) Horseless Carriages, Moving Pictures, Healing Bandaids -- The Future It's clear how this bandage works:A transparent adhesive bandage, or plaster, which protects a wound while allowing air and moisture to circulate so that it heals faster, tops the list of innovations made by one of the newest research institutes... From Tim Swanson on September 24, 2003 at 1:48 a.m.. (27481) More Missed Opportunities for Mainstream Radio The Trickle up Economics of Radio "From Criminal Records, an article from the Sunday Times Magazine on UK pirate radio: 'There is a studio mobile too. It vibrates every few seconds like a faulty alarm clock, as listeners call and text. Scrolling through its inbox, I notice scores of 'missed calls'. Big N explains that this is how pirates gauge a record's popula From The Shifted Librarian on September 24, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (27480) IBM inks grid computing deals One of the loudest advocates of pooling computing resources with grid technology, Big Blue secures a half-dozen new customers. From CNET News.com on September 24, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (27479) Briefly Major Donation [$1.7 Million] to Enable U... From ResourceShelf on September 24, 2003 at 12:49 a.m.. (27478) More iSight Video Tricks Lots of good things have happened since I wrote Making Movies with the iSight, in which I explained how to... From Digital Hub on September 23, 2003 at 11:50 p.m.. (27477) Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success First published in 1982, The Adult Student's Guide to Survival and Success (5th Ed.) has stood the test of time. Find out why here.... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 23, 2003 at 11:49 p.m.. (27476) Keeping an eye on Live Meeting Keeping up with Live Meeting. Microsoft touts communications services. An executive at the software giant talks up the new Live Meeting Web conferencing service and future technologies aimed at helping office workers share information. [CNET News.com - Front Door] Still to be seen how useful this will be to those of us who provide services to organizations, and for training. The pricing will be a key element, and it could open up another op From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 23, 2003 at 11:48 p.m.. (27475) Streaming media patents being enforced. Streaming Media Patents Being Enforced. Patent holder unplugs porn network. A holding company that has a stack of streaming media patents briefly shuts down a network of pornography Web sites in an ominous sign for mainstream providers of streaming Web content. [CNET News.com - Front Door] Is this really "ominous"? If you read the article, you find that most of the mainstream providers have already bought the requisi From Bill Brandon: eLearning on September 23, 2003 at 11:48 p.m.. (27474) Nature has launched NatureEvents, a multidisciplin ... Nature has launched NatureEvents, a multidisciplinary, open-access database of scientific "conferences, meetings, courses, symposia, fora and programs" --and their proceedings and presentations. From FOS News on September 23, 2003 at 11:48 p.m.. (27473) Paul Vixie And David Maher On VeriSign Wildcarding chromatic writes "The O'Reilly Network has just published an interview with Paul Vixie, chairman of the board of the Internet Software Consortium and a primary ... From Slashdot on September 23, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. (27472) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]