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Unfortunate phrasing Heard on "All Things Considered" this afternoon: A lobbyist for the junk food industry replies to the idea that his ads ought to be banned from kiddie TV shows by saying that that would embroil us in a "fruitless conversation" about what constitutes junk food. Fruitless, indeed. Isn't that the point?... From Joho the Blog on February 24, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..

Progress on Stopping Spam, or New Intrusions? I'm happy to see that spam fighting is getting more serious. But will the fixes just create an illusion of progress? Authentication of e-mail is the latest idea to grab attention. Several companies, including Yahoo and Microsoft, used this week's big RSA security conference in San Francisco to float their own versions. One purpose is to prevent spammers from putting non-existent return addresses in their slimy messages. Some e-mail systems already do this, and larger Internet service providers are rolling out various versions of this ide From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 24, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

RSS Addiction Runs in Families My older, wiser brother Steve is buried in RSS feeds. Oh, boy, do I know what he means... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 24, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

Offline for a Few Hours This blog will go offline for about six hours tonight. It's being moved to a database and infrastructure that should make it respond much faster both in reading and posting comments. URLs won't break, I'm assured. See you tomorrow. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 24, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

Avoiding repeat calls in getter/setter functions After an intensive component development period, I've been racking my brain to come up with ways to reduce the extra but unnecessary method calls that are produced at component instantiation time. So far, no particular insights, but is anyone else concerned about this? From FlashSim on February 24, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

Group Journal: email lesson plan The beauty of email is that pretty much everyone knows how to use it so you can just get down and dirty :o) This plan shows how you can use email to (hopefully) enhance your class dynamics... getting learners reflecting, empathising, organizing drinks and generally bonding as a group. All it takes is setting up a Yahoo Group and you're away. This is a great one for those looking for quick, easy, tech-simple electronic enhancem From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 24, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..

"When I said I was a uniter, not a divider, I assumed you'd understand I meant a heterosexual uniter" Cross-posted at Loose Democracy: If I were getting married today, I think I'd opt for a civil union instead. Limiting marriage to heterosexuals feels so arbitrary that it's, yes, weakening the institution for me. I could argue in favor of my position, and you would hear nothing that you hadn't heard from others. But I don't think we change our minds about moral issues through argument... More...... From Joho the Blog on February 24, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

So Let's See What the Tech Geeks Do So at the behest of the tech coordinators in the sending districts I created a Weblog today for us to share ideas about district tech plans and whatever else is on our collective minds. Four out of seven people have already posted or commented. That's a good start. Oh and by the way, here's my new favorite banner for the Website. From weblogged News on February 24, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Untitled "Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child." - Charles Handy From Seb's Open Research on February 24, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

CDNow, SightSound settle download patent suit From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Autodesk expands engineering software From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Sun pushes standardized cell phone Java Problems creation of a single Java program that can run on most Internet-enabled handsets, but the company and its allies have begun two efforts to fix the problem. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Septugenarian Scholars Three adult learners in their 70's explain how they continue to find satisfaction and joy by acquiring knowledge and skills.... From Adult/Continuing Education on February 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Fannie Mae Mitch has a column at Red Herring alerting us to the Bush administration's opening shovel-loads in its undermining of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Yes, I'm confused by the issue also. That's why I'm recommending Mitch's column...... From Joho the Blog on February 24, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Six steps to better interviews and simplified task analysis Indi Young discusses how to conduct effective interviews, as part of a needs analysis process. Her five suggestions: Focus on Deeper Goals Slow Down Ask Why Forget the Clock Dig for Details Scrap the Questionnaire [Thanks to elearningpost.]... From Column Two on February 24, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Revisiting knowledge management : presence, communication, collaboration = flow Dina Mehta has written a fascinating blog entry on her review of a corporate intranet. To quote: Picture this scenario - you have a project on and are racking your brains about how to approach it - you check your... From Column Two on February 24, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft Updated 2004-02-24: The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has released the second Working Draft of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. The guidelines are written to help developers create accessible authoring interfaces that produce accessible Web content. Resulting content can be read by a broader range of readers. Visit the Web Accessibility Initiative home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 24, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

Froogle loses its wires From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Hitachi puts new twist on small drives The 1-inch "Microdrive" is not removable but offers the potential to create smaller and cheaper consumer electronics devices. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

California lawmaker introduces RFID bill A California state lawmaker introduces a bill meant to address consumer privacy concerns related to the commercial use of radio frequency identification technology. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

FindWhat.com buys Comet From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

When scarcity is a useful resource Nowadays, computer memory isn't a problem. You could write for hour upon hour, and day upon day and still not fill up your hard drive. Even then, if you did run out of space - and if your fingers were... From Monkeymagic on February 24, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

The tools share the worker From Networking, Knowledge & the Digital Age, interesting twists on how the Internet is shaping social norms. Thanks for the pointer, Seb. When I heard this on NPR this evening while driving to the Chinese squid market, I was hoping for second-source confirmation. Eschaton provided... From Internet Time Blog on February 24, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Blackboard Releases APIs Built on the Microsoft .NET Framework (2/16/04) Blackboard Inc. today announces the release of Building Blocks built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, which give clients an easy new way to customize their Blackboard Learning System(TM) installation and further enhance the e-Learning experience for students and faculty. Blackboard clients can use Building Blocks to build their own .NET applications or integrate the Blackboard Learning System with Microsoft's powerful server and productivity applications. From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on February 24, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

Blackboard Passes Latest ADL/SCORM Certification Tests With Content Player Building Block (2/16/04) Blackboard Inc., a leading enterprise software company for e-Education, today announces that it is releasing the ADL certified "Content Player Building Block," continuing its tradition of compliance with the SCORM 1.2 specifications. Demonstrating Blackboard's ongoing commitment to meeting the unique needs of the e-Education market, the company's SCORM 1.2 compliant Content Player Building Block is compatible with the latest release of its course management software, the Blackboard Learning System(TM). From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on February 24, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

ATutor 1.3.2 released with SCORM content support (2/19/04) The latest release of the open source CMS ATutor now supports the importing and exporting of SCORM conformant packages. From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on February 24, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

Blushing... ... like a cheshire cat at the nice things Roland, McGee and Stephen have said about the plans :o) Thanks for the encouragement guys! From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 24, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

RSS, Blogs & Wikis in Educational Settings - Pink Flamingo Good set of links (with summaries) to stuff about weblogs, RSS and wikis in educational contexts from Pink Flamingo which looks like a pretty funky resource in itself! Interesting too, reminds me of some of my early encounters with the web & resources such as Dave's ESL Cafe and alike... there are a lot of links, but notalotta personality. Guess that's a distinguishing character of weblogs (plus that they're usually no w From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 24, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

People whose subscription lists are like mine From Dave-Andrew Here's the latest feature on Share Your OPML... whose subscription lists are most like yours... Here's my top 5 (and the rest): People whose subscription lists are like James Farmer's: 1.  --> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 24, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

Using OpenURL to make OA literature move visible Walt Crawford, OpenURL Meets Open Access, American Libraries, February 2004. On an OpenURL resolver built by Giles Caron, library director at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi. Caron's resolver offers to check OAI harvesters in addition to the library's licensed holdings. Walt is right that this makes OA literature in OAI archives more visible and accessible to student researchers who might not know to try OAIster or myOAI. From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

New topic map tools Peter Van Dijck has pointed out a few new topic map tools and approaches: tinyTIM: a very small easy to use (50kb jarsize) in memory Topic Map engine. It implements the TMAPI interfaces, so one can work with TopicMaps via... From Column Two on February 24, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Overdue Scrutiny for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac The Red Herring blog claims it's "open season" on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac because senior federal officials are -- finally -- facing up to serious questions about federally chartered financial institutions that have become too powerful for our collective good. I hope it's open season, all right -- on the immunity from serious scrutiny these giant mortgage entities have enjoyed for so long. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

E-Learning's Burden on Work-Life Balance. What should we do? Fast komme ich mir etwas befangen vor! Doch: nein! Wir Wissensarbeiter des 21. Jahrhunderts haben doch die Unterscheidung von Arbeitszeit und Freizeit schon lange und gerne hinter uns gelassen! Arbeiten, Lernen, Freizeit - wo sind die Grenzen, alles ein einziger... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on February 24, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..

Ethnography applied to new product development Elizabeth Sanders has written an article on applying ethnography to product development. To quote: Applied ethnography is gaining widespread acceptance as a research technique. But many companies are still puzzled by it, or do not know how to use it... From Column Two on February 24, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Sales on upswing for faster wireless gear Gear based on the 802.11g specification is poised to outsell equipment using the 802.11b Wi-Fi standard, as prices fall and consumers hook up wireless LANs at home. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Covering tracks: New privacy hope for P2P Programmers seek the path to anonymous file-swapping, hoping to evade RIAA lawsuits. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Is security getting any easier? Although companies are making headway on many security problems, don't expect headaches like spam to disappear anytime soon, security experts say. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

AskNSDL A project of the National Science Digital Library, AskNSDL takes questions posed by users (children, parents, teachers, learners), library builders and others with a need for information about science, science education, and the evolving National Science Digital Library. The answers are produced by volunteers with a wide range of expertise. From Elearnopedia on February 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Roy Disney and Stanley Gold Letter to Walt Disney Company Board of Directors. BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ - Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold today sent the following letter and attachment to The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors: From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..

Waterbox redux The music of Waterbox, part of this site's Classics department, is back online for your listening pleasure. Tracks were cut in the 1980s, using a prototype Akai MG1212 integrated 12-track recorder/mixer. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on February 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Internet Tax Debate Rages With much at stake for e-commerce businesses, lawmakers continue to clash on the Internet Access Ban as the country's governors visited Washington this week. From E-Commerce Guide on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

HP plans Opteron servers, AMD partnership The computing giant strenuously argues that the move doesn't undermine servers using another processor, Intel's Itanium. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

ByteBot.net Training Materials Package of training materials for Open Office (the Linux world's equivalent to Microsoft Office), distributed under Creative Commons so "people don't charge crazy prices for open source training." More installments in this series are due for future release. By Colin Charles, February 24, 2004 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Select All In yesterday's OLDaily I talked a bit about having a non-cognitivist theory of perception. Let me expand on that a bit with this short item. Connectionism and neural networks become cognition, in my view, through similarity. While similarity is usually caricatured in cognitive texts, a proper analysis may be found in the work of Amos Tversky, who, as this article notes, proposed a feature-based 'contrast model' of similarity, in which common features tend to increase the perceived similarity of tw From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Push to Change Piracy Laws in Unwise Responses to a column on copyright in Canada last week in the Globe and Mail. The authoprs are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about author Jack Kapica's stance against the music industry, with the exception of one recording industry executive who contributes a letter containing 'corrections' of questionable veracity. Wrote Kapica, "The desperation to protect copyright was emphasized a few months back when the Canadian Recording Industry Association disingenuous From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Elsevier's Comments on Evolutions in Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishing In this position paper on open access publishing released by Elsevier the authors warm of increased proces (per paper view, on an aggregate basis) for British researchers and "challenges to the integrity of STM publishing". Statistically selective and in some cases misleading, this article should only be read hand in hand with Peter Suber's criticism. Writes Suber, "This whole section on how much it costs to publish an article is largely moot. It can't cost the global scientific community any more to From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

The Culture of Power Because the website is so infrequently updated (the last post appears to be from 2002), I rarely link to items from Rick Reis's quality "Tomorrow's Professor" email newsletter. But a recent post was reprintent on the edResource Yahoo Group, and is well worth reading. This article crafts a convincing picture of the nature of power imbalance and provides advice on how to redress its ill effects. It should be required reading by all educators, and especially those in positions of authority. By From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Revisiting Knowledge Management - Presence, Communication, Collaboration = FLOW The lesson here should be taken to heart by designers of educational environments as well as corporate intranets: while people continually stress that they need better communication systems, what they get, time after time, is a document management service (I hope people here at NRC are reading this post). We don't need a virtual pile of paper to go with the one on our desks, stacked with official memos in PDF. We need ways to keep ourselves informed in a timely manner through informal channels, "a system that allows them to dialogue and converse effortlessly and seamlessly, brainstorm on From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Microsoft and Sendmail Launch "Email Caller ID" Authentication may be coming to email shortly. From the article: "Email technology provider Sendmail is launching a sender authentication plug-in which is hoped will combat email fraud and spam." This will slow down some of the mail fraud schemes, but not spam in general which is, after all, sent by companies that want you to know who they are. By Unknown, Internet Magazine, February 23, 2004 [Refer][- From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

CS Underground Good example of group blogging by students at the University of New Brunswick. Something like this should be available for every student group, even if they're not computer science students. By Various Authors, February, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on February 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Mars dada Mars dada passage for today: "MER-A ratted Adirondack yestersol while solar groovy, even though it was high tau in Gusev". Translated from NASA's MARS lingo means, "Spirit Mars rover, used its rock abrasion tool to grind into rock named Adirondack... From Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education on February 24, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..

The crappy picture you took yesterday is okay today because you took a cooler picture just now Amen! As always, the Japanese lead the way with mobile phones and camera phones are no exception! From How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Camera Phone QUOTEmost people would just publish stuff - not much editorializing. - The crappy picture you took yesterday is okay today because you took a cooler picture just now. UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 24, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

Store everything in RAM RAM is so cheap that Google uses RAM for its database. Relational databases are only used for backup! From Memory Resident: QUOTEA while ago I was chatting with my old boss Wade about a nifty algorithm I found for incremental search engines, which piggybacked queued writes onto reads that the front end requests were issuing anyway, to minimize excess disk head seeks. I thought it was pretty cool. Wade smacked me on the head (gently) and asked why I was even thinking ab From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 24, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

There is no such thing as Knowledge Management - Scott Young of UserLand Laugh out loud. I agree. From Revisiting Knowledge Management - Presence, Communication, Collaboration = FLOW. QUOTEI enjoyed Dina's piece and have tried to understand the relevance of blogs in the context of knowledge management (KM) software - even though, seriously, there is no such thing as knowledge management. What seems most meaningful is the ability to provide people with tools that allow them to communica From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 24, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..

IFLA statement on OA Today the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) released the IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation, an important endorsement of OA by an important voice for libraries. Excerpts: IFLA affirms that comprehensive open access to scholarly literature and research documentation is vital to the understanding of our world and to the identification of solutions to global challenges and particularly the redu From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..

Seminargestützes Weblog alt="Rushkoff Seminar" /> Douglas Rushkoff : sein Seminar läuft weblogunterstützt oder läuft das Weblog seminarunterstützt. Jedenfalls generieren die Studentinnen Webspace mit Inhalten, der ansonsten nicht da wäre. Als Aut... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 24, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Mark Bernstein @ "bt2" Mark Bernstein ist ein weiterer Keynote-Speaker bei "bt2". Er ist zwischen der Software-Fraktion und den Phänomenologisten positioniert. Tinderbox ist nur ein Gesicht. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 24, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Seeing more of each other here I like Ross White's idea of asking visitors to his blog to send in a picture and posting them so much that I can't help but steal it. So please send me a picture (along with a URL if you want a link) at paquetse2001 - at - yahoo - dot - com, and I'll post it! From Seb's Open Research on February 24, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Bush: Put Discrimination Back into Constitution It'll be a wedge issue for the Republicans, but Bush's endorsement of an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment (Mercury News) is shameful. The crowd that loves states' rights balks when those rights don't fit the right-wing agenda. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 24, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Spreading Net Democracy MassDemocracy.org calls itself a "Web of Mass Democracy" aimed at providing:

"A directory of grassroots groups and software projects, to help us stay in touch and coordinate our efforts.

"An idea forum where we can post our plans and resources, and rate them to filter out the best ideas." From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 24, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

T-Mobile USA taps European hot spots From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Finding a way to fry spam Author and consultant John Levine has made the elimination of annoying junk e-mail his life's work. But is he close to realizing his dream? From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Yahoo, Sendmail to test antispam system The companies are developing an authentication system to reduce the common spam practice of spoofing, and they plan to test it by March. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Personal Blogs Over the course of the past few months, I have seen some very personal entries in quite a few Microsoft blogs on various health ailments, such as azoospermia (zero sperm) and hemorrhoids. And I thought I was a little too... From .NET Undocumented on February 24, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..

Embedding Transcripts in Handwritten... What are the benefits of embedded transcripts vs. external transcripts? There are three: 1. You can put the cursor over a word you have trouble reading, and the transcript of that word will appear in a tooltip. You can also display the entire line of text for better contextual understanding. 2. You can copy and paste selected text from handwritten pages to another computer document, such as a Word file, as part of your research and knowledge discovery activities. 3. You can perform search and retrieval operations on handwritten pages, allowing h From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..

Fortune Magazine: The Walt Disney Company Is America's Most Admired Entertainment Company. BURBANK, CALIF., FEB 23, 2004 - Fortune magazine reported today that The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is America's most admired entertainment company based on a survey of top entertainment industry executives, directors and securities analysts. The results were reported as part of Fortune's "America's Most Admired Companies" issue, which is being distributed this week. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Whoopi Goldberg Signs Multi Book Deal With Jump At The Sun/Hyperion Books For Children. New York, NY - February 23, 2004 - Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children dedicated to the mission of creating high quality children's books that celebrate diversity, has entered into a multi-book publishing program with Whoopi Goldberg. The announcement was made today by Lisa Holton, senior vice president and publisher, Hyperion Books for Children. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

oeSnow White " An Enchanting New Musical Captivating Audiences At Disneyland. ANAHEIM, Calif., February 23, 2004 " oeSnow White " An Enchanting New Musical, an all-new stage show that brings to life the lovable characters and memorable songs that make this one of Disney's all-time classics, is now performing at the Fantasyland Theatre inside Disneyland in Anaheim. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

'Lion King' roars into city, dazzles young and old. The Saturday matinee crowd clapped, laughed and oohed at the parade that opens "The Lion King," Disney's wondrous human-and-puppet musical. I cried. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

If fired, Eisner won't go hungry. The Disney boss will still be paid, and he holds stock options worth millions more. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Disney Says It's Not Losing Creative Edge. BURBANK, Calif. - With the Walt Disney Co. under attack from former board members, a former partner and a company that wants to buy it, one of the complaints is that Disney has lost its creative spark, especially when it comes to the animated films that are its heritage. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Disney CEO Michael Eisner visits Disneyland. ANAHEIM, Calif. - Michael Eisner, the embattled CEO of the Walt Disney Co., made a surprise visit to Disneyland to promote the park's latest attraction and deflect criticisms that the company's parks have declined in recent years. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Eisner Defends Disney Performance. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The war of the words at Walt Disney Co. continued Friday as embattled Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner went on CNN's "Larry King Live" to take on his former boardroom rivals. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Wharton alumnus humbly leads Disney takeover effort. Humility is not the first word that comes to mind when thinking about a man who would have the guts to attempt a takeover of Walt Disney Co. Yet that is exactly how those close to Brian Roberts characterize him. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Comcast's Burke: Disney bid isn't personal. Steve Burke, president of Comcast Corp.'s cable division, isn't surprised - or even too annoyed - by all the attention he's been getting since the company launched its bid to acquire the Walt Disney Co. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..

Metadata and institutional repositories The presentations from the workshops, To Have and to Hold: Metadata and Institutional Repositories (Washington and Chicago, December 9 and 12, 2003), are now online. From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Course weblogs on PEI The University of Prince Edward Island uses both professor and student-edited weblogs in courses such as Networking, Knowledge & the Digital Age and MIS for the Information Age. On the main blog for the former course I found this post by prof. Mark Hemphill lists a number of socio-technical shifts that we are experiencing as the Internet makes its way into many aspects of our life: as content goes from contr From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Gemstar licenses tech to Mitsubishi From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

This isn't related to learning in any obvious way, ... This isn't related to learning in any obvious way, but it's pretty neat. It's a service/site called Guzzlefish that lets people post their media collections (games, movies, music) -- just titles and reviews, not the media itself for download -- then discuss, compare and trade. At first it seemed like a lame idea to want to show off your consumer excess, but I think it's more interesting than that. Most of us feel that the movies and music we enjoy reflect something about our identities. Our tastes in movies and music are From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on February 24, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..

Südost-Asiatische Nachrichten Die Asia-Pacific News, aufbereitet von der Australian National University, liefern von den größten Agenturen der Nation Nachrichten aus sieben Regionen... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..

Botablog http://www.botablog.com Dieser kostenlose Service informiert, wenn ein beliebiges Weblog (z.B.ARCHIVALIA) mit RSS-Feed aktualisiert wurde. Man erhält dann eine Mail wie folgt: The following blog has been recently updated: Archivalia http://archiv.twoday.net/ In der letzten Zeit habe ich das Angebot selbst getestet. Ich selbst setze seit längerem erfolgreich http://www.blogarithm.com ein,da From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..

E-Learn 2004 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education November 1-5, 2004 * Washington, DC CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ** Submission Deadline: April 29, 2004 ** Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) (http://www.aace.org) International Journal... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 24, 2004 at 2:50 p.m..

Myths about myths Rudy Baum, The Open-Access Myth, Chemical and Engineering News, February 23, 2004 (only accessible to subscribers). An editorial on OA surprisingly uninformed about the subject. Excerpt: "The dangerous, usually unspoken, myth that makes the argument [for OA] seem reasonable is this: STM publishers add little value to the research they publish and therefore should not charge institutions for subscriptions to the electronic versions of their journals, or, at the very least, they should provide open access to From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Knowledge is paralyzing From the wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes.... From carvingCode on February 24, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

Course Weblog on Theoretical Perspectives on Interactivity Douglas Rushkoff has started a weblog to support a course that he’s teaching at New York University, “on the emergence of and reactions to interactivity in technology, literature, art, society and our perception of reality.” Via Seb’s Open Research... From Object Learning on February 24, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Solum on Keenan on "limited times" Lawrence Solum, who has done great work interpreting the text of the Progress Clause (ignored by the Court in Eldred), has an interesting and useful comment on Doug Keenan's effort to interpret the meaning of "limited times." Solum's basic strategy is to interpret "limited" in light of the actors the clause envisions -- authors. What's interesting about that is that it throws into relief the fundamentally important change Cong From Lessig Blog on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Hyperion eases business 'dashboards' From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Panasonic touts mini flash cards From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Alcatel readies video for 3G phones The French telecommunications company is working with SK Telecom and a unit of Universal Music to develop mobile video and other services. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Gates: "Everything" impacted by security concerns During Chairman Bill Gates' speech at the RSA Conference, Microsoft shows off an update to Windows designed to make the operating system more secure. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

New Feeds in Auricle RSS Dispenser I've added a few new feeds to the RSS Dispenser in the right-hand column of Auricle. These inevitably reflect our current interests but I'm quite happy to include other feeds suggested to me that fit our learning technology brief and which are likely to be of broad interest. If so, just post a comment and I'll consider it. What's really good here is that by syndicating their content the publishers can reach a larger audience than would be possible otherwise and, of course, Auricle is... From Auricle on February 24, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

Netzwerkinfrastrutur JurPC geht in seiner neuesten Ausgabe der Frage nach, unter welchen Voraussetzungen es sich bei einem Vertrag über die Einrichtung... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Foto For Free Masani's Ambient Media hat die neue Werbedienstleistung "Foto For Free" lanciert, berichtet marketingmall. Unternehmen können ihre Slogans und Logos auf... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Scrineum Etliche hilfswissenschaftliche Beiträge der Festschrift Costamagna (italienisch) sind via SCRINEUM online verfügbar: http://scrineum.unipv.it/miscellanea-costamagna.html Übrigens stehen in der Emeroteca Digitale zahlreiche ältere italienische Zeitschriftenbeiträge archivkundlicher Art aus der Lombardei und Mailand online zur Verfügung. Beispiel: http://snipurl.com/4p49 From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Chemical and Engineering News attacks OA models Rudy M. Baum, The Open-Access Myth, Chemical and Engineering News 82(8), 3 (February 23, 2004). (Access restricted to subscribers.) Baum writes: "Open access is predicated on an obvious truth and a dangerous myth." By the former he means the reality that public monies underwrite the majority of scientific literature, while the latter, the myth that the CEN editor seeks to jettison is that publishers "add little value to the research they publish." Rather than detailing the costs of producing a high-quality pu From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..

Help Making Blogging Tools Better Excellent question: Dave Winer is asking for users' ideas on how to improve blogging tools. I encourage you to post a comment, and expect to quote some of the suggestions in a chapter in my upcoming book. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 24, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Google, EFF rally in trademark case From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

VeriSign eyes international wireless market The company is beefing up its security and bill paying products in an effort to connect international networks more seamlessly. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

StrengthsFinder One of the things I like about Moscow is public transport. It could be crowded (and even life-treatening :(, but it gives you a lot of time for reading. This time my one of my public transport companions was a book by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton - Now, discover your strengths. The book is written around the idea that our performance is guided by talents, which are "highway" connectio From Mathemagenic on February 24, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..

This is the most in-depth account I've seen of wha ... This is the most in-depth account I've seen of what it's like to learn in one of the new high schools funded by Bill and Melinda Gates' small schools initiative. One girl's work-experience journal is interesting, and I love the emphasis on project-based learning. From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on February 24, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..

Vertrag von Nizza Die bei SCADPlus zusammengestellten, umfangreichen Themenblöcke sind dazu bestimmt, die wichtigsten Änderungen, die mit dem Vertrag von Nizza in Kraft... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..

Redes sociales + RSS = The next big thing Lo plantea Stephen Downes en The Semantic Social Network: Two types of technologies are about to merge. The technologies are content syndication, used by blogging websites around the world, and social networking, employed by sites such as Friendster and Orkut.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 24, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..

Digitale Stamboom http://www.digitalestamboom.nl/ Dieses niederländische Archivprojekt soll die genealogische Recherche in (überwiegend kommunalen) Archiven vereinfachen. Man kann in Datenbanken z.B. der Kirchenbücher suchen. From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..

The Black and White about Grey Tuesday The Grey Album is a remix of Jay-Z's Black Album and the Beatles' White Album by DJ Danger Mouse. It is a remix without permission. In our legal system, permission is required to remix others' art (except if the work is in the public domain, and of course, nothing enters the public domain anymore). The Grey Album is therefore illegal art. Today is Grey Tuesday -- a day set by many to protest the war waged on the Grey Album. Sites across the net are posting the Grey Album. Go --> From Lessig Blog on February 24, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Untitled From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on February 24, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

RSA polishes RFID shield The security software maker announces a cloaking technology designed to protect information emitted by radio frequency identification tags. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Away I'm in Moscow, that's why I wasn't writing... From Mathemagenic on February 24, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Genealogen in Bern arm dran http://www.sta.be.ch/staatsarchiv/indexd.html Mit der Genehmigung des SAR-Berichtes haben Regierungsrat und Grosser Rat des Kantons Bern dem Staatsarchiv den Auftrag erteilt, im Bereich Lesesaal, Genealogie und Familienwappen jährlich rund 100 000 Franken einzusparen. Genealogische Forschungen werden deshalb im Staatsarchiv künftig nur noch in kleinerem Umfange durchgeführt werden können. Interessierte Forscherinnen und Forscher können aber in jedem Fall zum Selbstkostenpreis Kopien der Kirchen From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

IBM survey shows businesses set to spend Big Blue's interviews with CEOs around the globe indicate that companies are shifting from a cost-cutting mode and are willing to spend on revenue-creating projects. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Critical psychology in South Africa Critical psychology in South Africa: Looking back and looking forwards is a paper written by Desmond Painter and myself and intended for publication in the Greek journal Utopia. Comments welcome. By Martin Terre Blanche 24 Feb 2004 From Collaborative Learning on February 24, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..

More on the Sabo bill In January the American Association of Publishers (AAP) released a public statement opposing the Sabo bill. On the one hand, it makes a good point that I made myself when analyzing the bill last July, namely, that copyright-holder consent works as well as the public domain in creating the legal basis for open access, and maybe even better. On the other hand, it naively undereestimates the pressure that aut From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Swedish article on OA Stig Larsén, Open Access! Sydsvenskan, February 20, 2004. In Swedish. (Thanks to ScieCom.) From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Level 3 problem leads to Net slowdown Some of the world's most popular Web sites experience a slowdown stemming from a hardware problem at the hosting giant, according to an Internet measurement firm. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Telepolis: 'E-Learning braucht... Karl Ulrich Lippoth und Manfred Schweres 19.02.2004 [...] In derzeitigen Systemen zum Wissensmanagement ist grundsätzlich festgelegt, welche Informationen angeboten werden. Es gibt einen feststehenden Lernstoff, der Lernenden so vermittelt werden muss, dass er sich als nützlich erweist. Zu einem aktiven Lernen aber gehört es auch, dass man selbst herausfindet, was gelernt werden soll, d.h. welche Informationen man benötigt, um dann in Erfahrung zu bringen, wie man sie sich beschaffen kann. Das heißt nicht, dass ein Unternehmen die Wei From BildungsBlog on February 24, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology Again Stephen Downes's OLDaily provides helpful commentary on published works, in this case the fall issue of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology. From Auricle on February 24, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

Asia-Pacific News Feeds Asia-Pacific Newshttp://arktos.anu.edu.au/apn/This live news feed, updated every fifteen minutes, aggregates Asia-Pacific news, reported as it happens, from the BBC, the World Press Review, and many other online sources. This site complements an Asia-Pacific Newsfeeds site hosted by the ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and is available by clicking here. These sources have been added From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..

Polnische Archive mit Internetseiten Diese werden in HUMBUL mit englischem Kurztext vorgestellt (nach "Archiwum" suchen!): http://www.humbul.ac.uk/ From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Mythos papierloses Büro Die NZZ widmet sich dem Thema: http://www.nzz.ch/2003/12/19/em/page-article9APY6.html [Via Rotula] Siehe dazu auch: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/releases/01-1119paperless.html From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Mega Byte Britannia: 12 Million Brits 'Would be Lost' Without Computer - UK first research from Tesco Research released today, to coincide with the launch of Tesco Computers for Schools, shows that millions of us Brits are developing unique relationships with our computers, admitting to feeling strongly attached to them and reacting to them as if they From Techno-News Blog on February 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Translation in the Age of Terror - Michael Erard, Technology Review A new U.S. government center will connect linguists on the front lines of the war against terror with translation assistance technologies that can digitize, parse, and digest raw intelligence material. In a Washington, DC, conference room soundproofed From Techno-News Blog on February 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Wireless Smorgasbord - Cynthia L. Webb, washingtonpost.com A big wireless phone industry conclave in Europe this week will undoubtedly feature multiple announcements of new cell phone gadgets and services, but it will also provide a unique opportunity to take the pulse of an industry that's aiming to serve up From Techno-News Blog on February 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Annual report finds number of for-profit schools continues to increase - Arizona State University The 2003-2004 Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Companies released today by Arizona State University From Educational Technology on February 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Mount Currie school honoured - Whistler Question Students and staff at Xit From Educational Technology on February 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

eCollege(SM) Announces 2004 Student Enrollment Projections eCollege(SM), a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education market, today announced its 2004 student enrollment projections. The projections are in addition to and consistent with the Company's 2004 financial gu From Online Learning Update on February 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Soldiers laud online college - JOHN WELSH, Pioneer Press Minnesota National Guard soldiers serving overseas are now getting a chance to earn college credits. Since last fall, citizen soldiers have been able to participate in an online learning program developed by the Guard and the Minnesota State Colleges a From Online Learning Update on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Semantic Web Metadata for e-Learning - Some Architectural Guidelines - Mikael Nilsson, Matthias Palmér, Ambjörn Naeve; WWW 2002 Abstract: Meta-data is the fundamental building block of the Semantic Web. However, the meta-data concept is too loosely defined to provide architectural guidelines for its use. This paper analyzes important uses of meta-data in the e-learning domain, From Online Learning Update on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

IBM to expand Linux push on servers The company says it will begin selling Linux on more of its Unix servers, cut prices and boost performance through faster chips. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Is broadband set to make power lines sing? After years of failed promises, the time may be right for accessing the Net over power lines, now that an FCC proposal is galvanizing backers. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Will IM be the next security culprit? Q1 Labs CTO Sandy Bird cautions that the number of instant messaging attacks is likely to worsen over time. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

RSA Conference 2004 Hackers are devising clever ways to sneak into personal and office computers. The security companies and experts gathering at the RSA Conference 2004 in San Francisco are working to stop them--but can they? From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

An Epic approach to blended learning Epic Group plc describes themselves as "the UK market leader in e-learning, blended learning and knowledge solutions."; they are certainly involved in a number of major 'e' initiatives. They are now making some of their material available in a series of 'white papers'. From Auricle on February 24, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..

Dissertation zum Linking Die NETLAW-Liste teilt mit, dass die Dissertation "Urheber- und wettbewerbsrechtliche Probleme von Linking und Framing" von Stephan Ott (Februar 2004)... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

CRISP CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) is a searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. The database, maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health, includes projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), Heal From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

E-Cell Project E-Cell Projecthttp://www.e-cell.org/E-Cell Project is an international research project aiming to model and reconstruct biological phenomena in silico, and developing necessary theoretical supports, technologies and software platforms to allow precise whole cell simulation. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

Religion Sources on the Web Religion Sources on the Webhttp://www.aarweb.org http://www.aarweb.org/other/sitemap.aspThe American Academy of Religion now has its free referral service on-line. Journalists can access sources on virtually any religion topic, including world religions, religion and politics, ethics, and much more. The Religion Source Referral Service provides quick access to more than 5,000 American and Canadian scholars, including contact information, titles of their relevant pub From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Serverhttp://ntrs.nasa.gov/The NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program'smission is to collect, archive, and disseminate NASA aerospace information, and locate domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises. Examples of NASA's STI include research reports, journal articles, conference and meeting papers, technical videos, mission-related operational documents, and preliminary data. NASA&ap From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

UCI Machine Learning Repository Content Summary UCI Machine Learning Repository Content Summaryhttp://www.ics.uci.edu/7Emlearn/MLSummary.htmlThis international machine learning database repository is an archive of over 100 databases used specifically for evaluating machine learning algorithms. A comprehehsive listing has been created by the UCI Machine Learning Group. This has been added to the Subject Tracer Informati From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

M.I.N.D. Labs M.I.N.D. ( Media Interface and Network Design Labs)http://www.mindlabs.org/M.I.N.D. Labs are dedicated to research on how technology can augment human ability. They subscribe to the principle that minds linked via intelligent virtual environments can work better than minds alone. They study technology-augmented human cognition and action, human computer interaction, and communication applications of emerging technologies. In short, the interaction between the mind and medium is the core of their research. The MIND Labs From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

PubSub NNTP Topic PubSub NNTP Topichttp://www.pubsub.com/nntp/PubSub's newest service lets you create susbcriptions to newsgroup (NNTP) posts. The PubSub newsgroup service works just like their weblog subscription service - you can create subscriptions to the content of postings, and get matching results in an RSS file. They have started with a small set of technical newsgroups but we'll be adding more groups over the next few weeks. If you're interested in a particular gro From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

Design Science to Enhance Search Technology Design Science to Enhance Search Technologyhttp://www.researchinformation.info/news.html#feb4Design Science has announced that it will lead a project aimed at enhancing search technology for science, technical and medical (STM) documents. Funded in part by the US National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library programme, it will begin with a workshop in April, bringing together researchers and managers of STM document collections from academia and industry. The goal is to fac From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

Literary Studies: Most Prolific U.S. Universities, 1998-2002 Literary Studies: Most Prolific U.S. Universities, 1998-2002http://in-cites.com/research/2004/february_16_2004-1.htmlOf the top 100 federally funded U.S. universities, those listed contributed the greatest number of papers to the field of literature over a recent five-year period. Based on each university's percentage of the 19,980 papers processed from Thomson ISI-indexed literature journals between 1998 and 2002. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

V2N8 February 23, 2004 Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet: SourceSeries Internet Research Workshops This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. (February 23, 2004 V2N8) is dedicated to my latest series of workshops titled SourceSeries Internet Research Workshops. Click on the below audblog link to hear a two minute audio describing these workshops. These resources are available from the following URL:SourceSeries™ Internet Research Workshopshttp://www.SourceSeries.com/--> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

Elance Online Elance Onlinehttp://www.elance.com/c/static/main/displayhtml.pl?file=eol.html&module=home&Elance Online is the quick, easy and secure way for businesses to outsource projects to a global pool of high - quality service providers. This will be added to Business Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

All About Facets & Controlled Vocabularies All About Facets & Controlled Vocabularieshttp://snipurl.com/4oenInformation architects are fascinated with faceted classification and its application to information architecture problems. However, facets remain difficult to understand and there are few options for learning about them. This is the first in a series of articles that aims to correct this situation. They intend to explain both facets and the more general concept of controlled vocabularies. They want to make the subject accessible to those who don't have From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

dbMHC dbMHChttp://www.ncbi.nih.gov/mhcThe dbMHC database provides an open, publicly accessible platform for DNA and clinical data related to the human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). The need to share research and clinical data focused on the MHC has led to a series of meetings such as the International HLA WorkShop & Congress (IHWC). The data generated within these workshops has proven to be valuable for the international HLA research community. To make these data easily available, the NCBI has committed itself to From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Internet2 Completes Abilene Upgrade Internet2 Completes Abilene Upgradehttp://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i25/25a03002.htmInternet2 has completed an upgrade to its Abilene network, raising the network's speed to 10 billion bits of information per second. Abilene's capacity for data transfer is four times as fast as it was prior to the upgrade and 15,000 times faster than a typical dial-up connection. According to Internet2, hardware and services for the upgrade were provided by Indiana University, Juniper Networks, an From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

GGF Papers Availability GGF Papers Availabilityhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ggfFive groups have worked very hard to complete their working drafts and welcome you to publicly comment on them! With each draft posted for public comment, GGF further establishes itself as the leader of the global standardization of grids. The GGF Editor reminds you that the public comment period is both a critical step in the open standards process as well as the community From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

MoveableType bei "bt2" Ein schöne Neuigkeit hilft mir über meinen neurlichen Grippeanfall hinweg. Mena und Ben Trott werden zu BlogTalk 2.0 kommen und keynoten. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 24, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

U.S. Still Mining Terror Data When Congress deep-sixed the Total Information Awareness program for fear it would compromise individual privacy, the government simply moved its research to various intelligence offices. From Wired News on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

321 Studios Forges Ahead The maker of DVD-duplication software was ordered to stop selling its copying products in one week. Still, 321 Studios vows to continue selling the software sans descrambler, and begin directing customers to other sources for similar tools. From Wired News on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

SARS Forgotten But Not Gone SARS might be mutating extensively and spreading silently. Researchers say thousands of people could be carrying the virus without knowing it. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Net Dissidents Jailed in China As part of an ongoing attempt to clamp down on Internet speech, the Chinese government sentences five members of the Falun Gong religious group to prison for posting an article critical of authorities. By Julia Scheeres. From Wired News on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

From Frankenstein to Frog Steaks Researchers and artists gather to show off hybrid living-nonliving creations and discuss the meaning of life. Debra Jones reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Grey Album Fans Protest Clampdown Critics of the music industry's copyright rules stage an online protest. About 200 websites will post DJ Danger Mouse's popular remix that combines The Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

The Patriot Act Is Your Friend This year, as the Bush administration pushes to renew some surveillance powers in the Patriot Act that are set to expire, the author of the act discusses why the legislation is misunderstood and why Americans shouldn't fear it. An interview by Kim Zetter. From Wired News on February 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

New Open Source Book: Theory and Practice of Online Learning Edited by Terry Anderson & Fathi Elloumi the Theory and Practice of Online Learning interests me from a number of perspectives. From Auricle on February 24, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

Kursbuch E-Learning im Internet... In einem "Kursbuch eLearning 2004" werden jetzt auf fast 400 Seiten webbasierte und multimediale Lehrangebote sowie Wissensressourcen und Multimediawerkzeuge vorgestellt. Die Angebote sind gegliedert nach Fachgebiet, Zielgruppe, Umfang, Sprache und Lernform. Auf der Seite des Medien-Bildungs-Portals des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung ist das über 400 Seiten starke Kursbuch E-Learning 2004 einseh- und downloadbar. From BildungsBlog on February 24, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

National Learning Network seeks suppliers for e-Learning materials From ScotFEICT on February 24, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

Vorarlberg Vorträge aus der Arbeit des VorarlbergerLandesarchivs - Download als PDF Annemarie BÖSCH-NIEDERER, Zur Tanzlust früherer Zeiten Ulrich NACHBAUR, Der heilige Josef, ein verschmähter Landespatron Ulrich NACHBAUR, Die Markterhebung von Schruns - eine schwierige Geburt Ulrich NACHBAUR, Gründung und Aufbau des Vorarlberger Landesarchivs 1898 bis 1918 Alois NIEDER From Archivalia on February 24, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

Easter Eggs I have seen a number of posts, lamenting the death of Easter Eggs, which can pose a reliability and security risk. In the course of developing Excel 95, several Excel developers from the charting feature team were caught up in... From .NET Undocumented on February 24, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..

Fueron lanzadas carreras universitarias a distancia Fue presentada la oferta educativa a distancia de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL) en el Instituto Carlos Pe... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on February 24, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..

Neue Freistellungsaufträge veröffentlicht Das BMF hat ein neues Muster (PDF) des Freistellungsauftrags für Kapitalerträge, die nach dem 31.12.2003 zufließen, bekannt gegeben.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Spuren des Verbrechens Unser Gastgeber schaltet das Licht an und führt uns, hier und da Geschichten erzählend, durch "sein" Museum. Untergliedert in etwa... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Toshiba e800 Mit dem Toshiba e800 hat der japanische Elektronikspezialist den besten PDA gebaut, den die Redaktion des Pocket PC Magazins jemals... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

EMS Technologies Demonstrates Distance Education Over Satellite at Georgia's High-Tech Day Feb. 25 From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Sonim and Polycom Partner To Develop Next Generation Wireless Group Communications Solutions From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Georgia to build student data system From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Elluminate Introduces Elluminate Live! Version 5 With Competitive Buy-Out Offer From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

"Rural Lands Of Opportunity: Broadband Deployment In America's Heartland" From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Harvard Business School Publishing Elearning Introduces Case In Point, A New Product Line For Middle To Senior Level Managers From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

eCollege(SM) Announces 2004 Student Enrollment Projections From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

State of Michigan and HP [Hewlett Packard] Partner on FTL [Freedom to Learn] From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Using Activity Theory to Design Constructivist Online Learning Environments for Higher Order Thinking: A Retrospective Analysis From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Darden Takes First Place 7th grader wins local spelling bee [PRWEB Feb 24, 2004] From PR Web on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Solutions Proposed for Florida's UNIVERSAL PRE-K DILEMMA BY THE START THE MUSIC FOUNDATION. Representative Gus Barreio (R), Miami, has introduced a bill (HB 0821) that in some shape or form is expected to become the foundation of how Universal Pre-K will look in the state of Florida at the beginning of the 2005 school year. This bill allocates $2500 in the form of a scholarship to the families of the 168,000 eligible 4 year olds for the Florida UPK program. What's not clear in the bill is whether this 420 million of funding is new funding as required by law and where it's coming from if it's not new funding. [PRWEB Feb 24, 2004] From PR Web on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

A once little know (except in certain circles) organizatioin goes mainsteam "sort of". Changing lives,families, businesses and communities one member at a time. A fifth generation super achiever creates the world's leading free enterprise residency program, delivered via a federally approved accelerated learning process he invented. [PRWEB Feb 24, 2004] From PR Web on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Health Web-service company Cognitive Care names Michael Addicott Managing Director Cognitive Care, a developer of technologies for screening and monitoring cognitive conditions such as memory loss and Alzheimer's Disease, today announced that it has named Michael Addicott of Addicott Ventures as Managing Director. [PRWEB Feb 24, 2004] From PR Web on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Shingo Prize Winning Recipient Authors New Book Get on the Fast Track to Lean! New textbook (and workshop) now available. [PRWEB Feb 24, 2004] From PR Web on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Physicians Prescribe Exercise, Personal Trainers Stand Ready Because nearly two thirds of Americans HYPHEN over 131 million people - are inactive and overweight, many severely obese, physicians are being asked to write prescriptions for exercise. The fitness profession is uniting to help them, reports the National Board of Fitness Examiners (NBFE). [PRWEB Feb 24, 2004] From PR Web on February 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Self-Censorship While I try to be very open in my blog, I find myself becoming less and less frank about Microsoft. Already, I killed a few posts, particularly those which deal with Microsoft Office, the product that I spent six years... From .NET Undocumented on February 24, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Narrenrecht Auch in der "Fünften Jahreszeit" kommt es immer wieder zu kleinen, aber auch größeren Schadensfällen. Einen Überblick über närrisch-bunte Urteile... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

Übersicht US-Links Eine handliche Übersicht bzw. Zusammenstellung der wichtigsten Einstiegsseiten zum US-Recht (Regierung, Verträge, Recht) hat Stephanie Blundell auf ihrer Website vorgelegt... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

Offshore-Arbeitsplätze Offshoring - die Auslagerung von Arbeitsplätzen an Dritte im Ausland - galt noch in den 90er Jahren als das Allheilmittel... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 24, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

elearnInternational Once again, I am aloft, this time flying from Scotland back to San Francisco after spending a couple of days pondering the future of eLearning. I've been talking about how time is speeding up for the past few days and this morning I experienced it.... From Internet Time Blog on February 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

GetIt! Hard to imagine, but if you just don't have enough Jay in your life, read this Insight Newsletter from GetIt Multimedia. (I know -- it's time for a new photo.) Loyal Emergent Learning Forum members know Laina Raveendran Green, the interviewer and GetIt's CEO,... From Internet Time Blog on February 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

IEEE selects KnowledgeNet elearning content From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 24, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..

Killer Web Events Be honest with yourself. Do you know how to host a "killer web event"? Might not learning the "triicks of the trade" help you further your cause? Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24, at noon Eastern, 9:00 am Pacific. Don't miss this one! It's free.... From Internet Time Blog on February 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Library of the Month (Plus a Request) It Works! Well! "If you get a little fried working in your Library, checking out the Library of the Month over at WebJunction might help. It wont give you a raise or improve the demeanor of your patrons, but it can be a bit uplifting and professionally inspiring. This time their selection is the San Carlos Public Library." [--> From The Shifted Librarian on February 24, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..

Full Tilt Gaming Phones Novel Use for Smartphone Cameras in New Game "German game developer and publisher Mobile Scope has announced that a new version of its popular Moorhen game is to be introduced in March 2004, dubbed Moorhen Camera X. Unlike previous versions of the game which have relied on navigational pads for input, this latest edition will draw upon the capabilities of integrated cameras found in smartphones to provide what appears to be an entirely new user experience. As a 2D shooter From The Shifted Librarian on February 24, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..

Fun with Multimedia Last night, eight-year old Brent was singing a song he had stuck in his head. He wanted to hear the song, so he went up to the computer and asked, "How do I get to the music thingy?" I was busy doing something, so I asked nine-year old Kailee to show him. She did, and they spent some time looking for the song. Eventually, I finished what I was doing, went over there, and showed them that the song just wasn't available. Brent was upset. Out of nowhere, he said, "I want to burn a CD." I stared at him for a second and repeated what he said. He c From The Shifted Librarian on February 24, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..

Education Chief Calls Union 'Terrorist,' Then Recants Education Secretary Rod Paige criticized the National Education Association for resisting many provisions of a school improvement law pushed through Congress in 2001. From New York Times: Education on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

1,012 Schools Had Big Gains in English and Math Tests Over Five Years, State Says Several New York City schools in poor neighborhoods scored above grade level on statewide English and math tests. From New York Times: Education on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Scholarship, 'Whites Only,' Roils a Campus A club has stirred things up at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., with its scholarship for whites. From New York Times: Education on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Study Says U.S. Should Replace States' High School Standards A patchwork of state standards is failing to produce high school graduates who are prepared either for college or for work, according to a new report. From New York Times: Education on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Research on Day Care Finds Few Timeouts Children from low-income families who spend long hours in child care may be better off than children left in a home environment. From New York Times: Education on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Director's Job: Involve Columbia More in the Arts Gregory Mosher, who has directed and produced about 150 productions, is now the director of the new "University Arts Initiatives" at Columbia University. From New York Times: Education on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

It's Home Stupid Home, but the 'Clods' Can Read A professor wrote an article about his small Texas hometown that led to two anonymous death threats and scores of obscene phone calls. From New York Times: Education on February 24, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Virus PSA The Irish Virus "Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern. The Irish Virus is a hoax and it should be ignored. The following is a sample of the hoax message: Greetings, You have just received the 'IRISH VIRUS'. As we don't have any programming experience, this Virus works on the honour system. Please delete From The Shifted Librarian on February 24, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..

Nokia News and RSS Mobile Phones as Identity Providers "Nokia has now announced successful pilots with Vodafone and Orange: 'Nokia has announced successful completion of pilots with Orange and Vodafone, featuring single sign-on for mobile devices, a technology eliminating the need for multiple entering of user authentication credentials when accessing different services, such as gaming or ticket res From The Shifted Librarian on February 24, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..

Sun to boost Java ID plan for PCs The company is modifying its Java software and working with mobile phone and credit card companies to better guarantee the identity of personal computer users. From CNET News.com on February 24, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Radio show transcript touches on OA issues On February 16, Andrea Joswig hosted a radio call-in show on the state of libraries in Germany. The transcript is now online (in German). Two of the guests, Hans-Joachim Wätjen and Rainer Kuhlen, are friendly to OA. A third, Hans Roosendaal, a former Elsevier executive, is not. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.) From FOS News on February 24, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

Wiki Proliferation Strategy documents towards the Public Web. Connecting public internet communications technologies and developers by means of shared awareness systems. Por la sociedad libre! From Lion's Den on February 23, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..

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