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Will Martha Stewart Walk? The government's case has always been a little weak. It takes more to convict than being fairly sure, as anyone with a brain must be, that she dumped her shares to save a few thousand bucks. It takes belief beyond a reasonable doubt, and there may be germs of doubt in the defense's case. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 25, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..


Copyright Land Grab - Discuss, Part II Two posts from Larry not to be missed:

  • On a 95-year copyright [pointing to Douglas Keenan's piece, here]; and
  • Solum on Keenan on limited times [responding to Lawrence Solumn's response to Keenan's piece, here]. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on February 25, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


    EFF on P2P: A Better Way Forward For those of you who haven't yet seen it, here is EFF's white paper on how to resolve the crisis over peer-to-peer file sharing: A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing. More to come. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on February 25, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


    Microsoft deactivates ActiveX From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


    'Cord-cutting' frays phone revenues In-Stat/MDR predicts that nearly 30 percent of all U.S. cell phone owners won't use their landline by 2008. But traditional telephone companies say they'd rather switch than fight. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


    Microsoft commercial-search chief departs The executive charged with building a paid-search technology to compete with Yahoo and Google has quietly left the company after less than four months on the job. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


    Salesforce.com sold on IBM, Sybase technologies The maker of customer relationship management software cuts deals with Big Blue and Sybase, both aimed at expanding development and integration capabilities for application software from Salesforce. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


    New impact measurement for OA scholarship Thomson ISI and NEC's CiteSeer are joining forces to create a new Web Citation Index. Excerpt from today's press release: "The new Web Citation Index(TM) will combine a suite of technologies developed by NEC, including "autonomous citation indexing" tools from NEC's CiteSeer environment, with the capabilities underlying ISI Web of Knowledge(SM). Thomson ISI editors will carefully monitor the quality of this new resource to ensure all index From FOS News on February 25, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..


    More on the UK inquiry The first session of oral evidence in the UK inquiry into journal prices and availability will be March 1, when the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee will hear from Blackwell, Nature, Wiley, and Elsevier. The next week, March 8, it will hear from the Institute of Physics, ALPSP, Oxford, Axiope, PLoS, and BMC. For more detail, see the committee's FOS News on February 25, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..


    New project : topic maps Wiki Alexander Johannesen has started a project to develop a topic maps-based Wiki, which looks to be very interesting. To quote: I've been planning a new project for some time, and this is the initial Release of Ideas. The project has... From Column Two on February 25, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..


    Living with topic maps and RDF Lars Marius Garshol has written an article on a number of technologies, including topic maps and RDF. To quote: This paper is about the relationship between the topic map and RDF standards families. It compares the two technologies and looks... From Column Two on February 25, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..


    Security chief asks if success will spoil the Net VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos lauds the Internet's growth but says bad guys are following the money, launching attacks and spreading fear that can hamper adoption of new technologies. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Oracle raps Justice Department From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Salesforce trumpets megadeals ahead of IPO With the two multiyear contracts, the subscription software company hopes to show that it's not dependent on a smaller, more fickle customers. Is it enough to convince investors? From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


    Correct Code Is Hard To Write Even the simplest, most primitive data structures have special cases that make it difficult to find all bugs. Consider integers, for example. How would you write a Compare function for two integers, that returns a negative value for less-than relationship,... From .NET Undocumented on February 25, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..


    New usability workshops (Canberra & Sydney, Australia) Our March workshop on Introductory Usability Evaluation in Canberra has just sold out. We've therefore organised an extra date for Canberra, but you'll want to be quick not to miss out. We have also organised a date in Sydney, and... From Column Two on February 25, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..


    Rethinking ROI: Managing risk and rewards in KM initiatives John I. Alber has written an article on ROI for KM projects, from the law firm perspective. To quote: Knowledge management projects undertaken based on good intentions alone can succeed only by accident. Success is far more likely if projects... From Column Two on February 25, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..


    Columbia Leader Condemns Racial Incidents on Campus Columbia University's president, Lee C. Bollinger, yesterday condemned a series of race-related incidents on campus, including the publication of a racially offensive cartoon in an alternative student newspaper last Friday. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


    Critical of Public Schools, and Poised to Take Action As the education director for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Tom Vander Ark is shaping what is easily the most aggressive infusion of private money into the nation's public schools today. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


    Chancellor Offers Wiggle Room on Promotion of Third Graders Offering some flexibility on the city's strict new promotion requirements for third graders, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein said yesterday that he would create an appeals process based on teacher evaluations of students' work. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


    Patents raise stakes in search wars The dispute between Yahoo and Google over keyword auction method offers an early sign of the intellectual property struggles to come in one of the Web's hottest markets. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


    Sun's Sueltz shifts to Salesforce.com Patricia Sueltz goes to the customer relationship management company after leading Sun's services unit to record revenue. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


    Health care struggles with security's cost Security's high price tag and a lack of expertise has many health care companies balking at complying with regulations that would protect digital patient data, a group of experts say. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


    DVD Owners: Fight the Power! In yet another stunning display of complete disregard for individual rights, US District Judge Susan Illston has now ruled that DVD X Copy violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This software provides an easy way to back up your DVDs. 321 Studios, the maker of DVD X Copy, is now being punished for providing software that legitimate DVD owners want to buy and use. This decision is an outrageous infringement of fair use rights and a slap in the face of legitimate DVD consumers everywhere. How much longer are we going to allow the music and movie industries to run roughshod over our riRobin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..


    Smart New Products Prove Instant Messaging To Be The Killer Web Conferencing App Spawned by the popularity of instant messaging buddy lists, a new technology trend known as "presence" is all about making people aware that you're available. If you're someone who prefers to fly under the boss' radar, you're apt to loathe presence because it lets people know when you're at your com... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..


    Brilliant Journalism at Center for Public Integrity The Online Journalism Review features the brilliant Center for Investigative Journalism in Mark Glaser's interview with the center's founder and executive director, Charles Lewis. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 25, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..


    Doxygen - Automated Documentation Generator I'm quite liking Doxygen. Feels like Javadoc done right. I never liked having to manually feed files to javadoc, but Doxygen has a handy dandy UI to recursively feed it directories and files, and has all kinds of pattern matching and filtering at the file level. Cool. There's even a MacOSX package that includes the command line and GUI wrapper. The output isn't bad, either. I've only run it on a few apps now, and they are rather lacking in documentation (well, consistent documentation, anyway ;-). One of the cooler things about Doxygen is the ability to have some (or... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on February 25, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


    Congressman raises offshore privacy concerns American jobs aren't the only thing threatened by offshore outsourcing, says Democrat Edward Markey--personal information is also at risk. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


    VoIP comes alive in wartime A Catholic mission in northern Haiti under rebel control patches together Internet phones and satellite broadband to reach the outside world. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


    Search Grid: Test Alternative Keyphrase Combinations On Google If you have ever wondered how various combinations of search keywords can affect the number and quality of the results you are going to get, there is now a new simple online tool to use that can rapidly answer your doubt: SearchGrid. To use the grid, fill out the search words you want to check along the top and side of the grid. Then for each cell in the grid, SearchGrid will search for the terms *as a phrase*. (In other words, if you search for "coolest" in one column and "new car" in the other, SearchGrid will search for the phrase "c From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    10 Steps To Measuring Web Site Success Is your Web site working? How would you know? Clients constantly ask what they should be measuring, and the answer is always, "It depends." So for all of you who have wondered the same thing, here is the handy-dandy How-To Guide for measuring the success of your Web site. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    Star Office Takes On Microsoft With PDF Tools With the release of the new StarOffice 7 for Sun Solaris last month, Sun Microsystems noticeably chipped away at Microsoft's Office juggernaut. Learn how the office suite's PDF capabilities are bolstering its appeal. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    Finding Your Spot On The Map Multimap.com is Europe's most popular mapping web site, offering a range of free, useful services to assist with everyday life. Key features include street-level maps of the United Kingdom, Europe, and the US; road maps of the world; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; and local information. Press comments about Multimap.com include: From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    Web Site Usability Checklist Search engine promotion is important: most visitors use a search engine to find your site. But once they arrive, they have to be able to actually use the site and understand the content. Otherwise, your site is a waste of their time. A well prepared, organized and compehensive documented checklist of all you need to verify to plan, design and develop an effective and highly usable Web site. This mini-guide covers 1) navigation, 2) clarity and simplicity, 3) brand, 4) visitor feedback, 5) testing. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    The Interactive Google Guide The absolutely best tutorial on how to use all of Google's potential. Easy to use, simple to navigate, this is a little jewel for both the novice and advanced search user. The definitive up-to-date guide on how to best leverage the Google search engine and all of its features in a simple and easy to access format. Recommended. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    How To Create PDFs For Free New free PDF converter creates high-quality PDF from any printable file type. PrimoPDF converts to PDF from any application by simply 'printing' to the PrimoPDF printer. You can create high-quality PDFs by converting from Word, Excel, PowerPoint and virtually any other printable file type. This is a full FREE PDF Converter - not a trial version. Optimize PDF output for print or screen. No annoying pop-up ads - no spyware. High-quality free PDF creation. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    Top 75 Security Tools Here is a great list of security tools that can be used to detect, monitor, report, track and identify issues and problems relating to your online/network privacy and security. Recommended. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    UnixBSD (Mac OSX) Is The World's Safest Operating Systems UK-based security firm mi2g has analyzed 17,074 successful digital attacks against servers and networks. The results may be surprising for some. The study by mi2g Intelligence Unit reveals in fact that the world's safest and most secure online server Operating System (OS) is proving to be the Open Source family of BSD (Berkley Software Distribution) and the Mac OS X based on Darwin. The BSD OSes (including FreeBSD and Mac OS X) proved to be the systems least likely to be successfully cracked, while Linux servers were the most vulnerable. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


    FireFox I am very happily testing Mozilla FireFox (formerly FireBird), a new standards-based browser that in my opinion may soon give a serious dent into Microsoft Internet Explorer usage by those that are not in favour of being under a complete Microsoft monopoly (please note that the percentage of IE users has been steadily falling for a few months now). FireFox is a pleasure to use, includes several handy features like "tabbed browsing", pop-up control, auto-downloading of files, easy integration of IE bookmarks and better management of them, good and elegant interface, speed. I am evidently loosin From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Can RSS Be A Solution To Spam? eNewsletter Journal interviewed a) Meryl K. Evans, editor of eNewsletter Journal and writer for Lockergnome a publisher of nine e-newsletters with a technical audience of 1,554,000; b) Hank Stroll, publisher of InternetVIZ.com, a custom publisher of 21 eJournals that go out to over 344,000 business executives; and c) John Blossom, president of Shore Communications, Inc., a research and advisory firm covering content and related technologies, to get their unique perspectives on RSS news feeds and their ability to resolve the inarrestable email epidemic called spam. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    What Is Information Design And How It Can Be Used Information design is concerned with making complex information easier to understand and to use. It is a rapidly growing discipline that draws on typography, graphic design, applied linguistics, applied psychology, applied ergonomics, computing, and other fields. It emerged as a response to people's need to understand and use such things as forms, legal documents, computer interfaces and technical information. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Designing For Limited Resources Even in an ideal world, designs must optimize both the user experience and the business return. When resources are limited, the design must be optimized to make the best use of all resources as well. To account for this complexity, it is important to have a clear understanding of both sides of the design equationHYPHENwhat you have to work with and what you are trying to build. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Online Learing Management Systems: Accessibility Of Tools For Synchronous Com... The same way that physical environments in brick and mortar schools have to be accessible to students, employees and others with disabilities, accessible virtual learning environments have to be constructed in an accessible way. The most basic requirement is that the structure itself be accessible t... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    The Value of Presence It's interesting to see that the Associated Press' Technology Editor, Frank Bajak, walked away from last week's Demo 2004 conference with the overwhelming feeling that "presence" is becoming increasingly important given the acceleration of geographically distributed teams of people working together ... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Spotlight on Security As c|net reports, security will be a focus this week given RSA Conference 2004 in San Francisco.  Security is a topic we take seriously at Groove Networks.  In fact, our security model is a key differentiator for us. This security whitepaper is a good place to start... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    News for Today, Feb 23 A couple of interesting items: Reuters reports that Nokia and IBM are about to release an updated version of the Nokia Communicator -- the original smartphone -- this time called the Communicator 9500. Key features: tri-band GSM support, integration with... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Creating A Trusted Information Network For Homeland Security Last week, a friend pointed me to a Markle Foundation report that was issued in December 2003.  It's called: Creating a Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security.  It's fascinating reading.  It's actually the second report from this Markle Foundation Task Force.  The firs... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Here Come The Lawyers In streaming media Acacia Research in California is seeking the courts help to get their piece of the action. Now we're seeing the same thing happen in VoIP, with a lawsuit filed by another company. The big issue here is... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Integrated Audio And Web Conferencing For $99.95/month Online collaboration services provider Intranets.com on Monday debuted integrated Web and audio conferencing into its online application suite with features and pricing squarely aimed at small to mid-sized businesses. For $99.95 a month on top of the regular Intranets.com service pricing, at any giv... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    News for Today, Feb 24 Lots on today: Avaya introduced a range of integrated multimedia communications capabilities in its new Avaya Converged Communications Server, a standards-based platform for deploying SIP and presence-enabled applications. Functions include IM, IM-based voice conferencing, voice mail, and click-to-d... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    First Kolabora Live! Event In Full Audio And Video Today Tuesday February the 24th at 12 noon EDT the first Kolabora Live! online event will take place with special guests Jay Cross, Nancy White, Wes Kussmaul and Heike Philp. Moderates Stephanie Downs of ConferZone all in simultaneous full audio and video. Thanks to Robin Good, Mike Bondi and Commun... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Kolabora Live! "What Experts Need To Do To Prepare For A Killer Web Event" Need to get ready for an online event but don't know what to prepare? Bored with the usual PowerPoint presentations? What should you focus on to prepare a killer web event? The first live Kolabora Event! is a 60-minute... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Contribute To Kolabora Live! First Online Event In a few hours Stephanie Downs of ConferZone http://www.conferzone.com/ is going to inaugurate the first Kolabora Live! event online http://tinyurl.com/34j6s. This forum area is dedicated to facilitate your interaction with this event, by allowing you to post issues, questions, ... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Technology Hard Road For Small Businesses John Schwartz of The New York Times (requires subscription) has an interesting story in this morning's paper about how computing can be a hard road for small businesses.  Jim Browning, the vice president and research director for the small- and midsize business research group at Gartner G... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Patent Time The New York Times has a very nice write up about patents being awarded in the VoIP realm. It's good to see invention is not dead, and that taking ideas that worked in the past, are going to impact the... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    News for Today, Feb 25 A number of items of interest today: Microsoft announced plans to ship Microsoft Exchange Edge Services, an enhancement to its implementation of the SMTP relay. The Edge Services will help customers to better protect their email system from junk mail... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Web Conferencing Tools For Training Highly interactive training programs are not likely to be as successful as those where a skill or concept is being taught in more of a straight-forward lecture style. From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Are You Stuck In The Past? Here is an interesting set of visual displays synhtesizing with great clarity the key differences and socio-technical shifts characterizing the television era from the Internet one. Your reflection should be on how much your Web-based communication efforts and style still reflect the traits and char... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    The Collaborative Travel Guide To The World Travellers are the most reliable source of information for other travellers. World66 is a new fascinating project taking serious advantage of the potential of wikis, online collaboration, and growing desire and interest to find personal reports and travel-agency-packaged information about destinatio... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Cluetrain Style: First Large Live Videoconferencing Event Makes Impending Soc... If there is something unique to say about the first Kolabora Live! online event, is that it was absolutely unlike any other Internet event I have been before. Set to break many of the conventions and formalities typical of online... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Telecom In The USA Converge Digest has an excellent recap on this week's Senate hearings on reforming telecommunications in the USA. What is great to hear and read is the number of officials saying....hands off. It appears that the telcos are still wanting regulation,... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Power Of Three Plantronics, a long time fixture on the headset market has taken a three tier approach with headsets for VoIP.... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Sense Of Presence In Communications Sense of presence and its importance for creating better information flows inside organisations. From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..


    Test New Post We've had some small issues in migrating the site, but should be back up now...this is a test to make sure. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..


    The world in There There and the Pentagon are considering a virtual reality simulation of the world. The Semantic Earth meets Baudrillard's Borgesian dream of a 1:1 map - the cartographers of an imaginary Empire "draw up a map so detailed that it ends... From Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education on February 25, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..


    Views from above I'm back with many photos taken during my flight. With digital camera I'm getting more addicted to capturing things that can't be captured - moments, reflections, feel of flying... Views from above (from towers, hills, planes) are my favourite. I guess it has something to do with perspectives that open once you climb high enough and with the magic of flying.  One of my secret pleasures during --> From Mathemagenic on February 25, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..


    M-Learning: Learning in the Palm of Your Hand m-Learning is 3 year pan-European research and development programme supported by the European Commission's Information Society Technologies programme within the 5th framework. m-learning project background. The products and services in development are designed to capture the interest of young adults (16 to 24) who are not currently taking part in education or training and to assist them in the development of life long learning objectives. The learning themes focus on subjects of interest to young adults, e.g. football and music, and the modules include activities designed to develop aspe From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..


    Disney Shareholders Advised: Eject Eisner. LOS ANGELES - A second influential proxy solicitation firm has recommended that shareholders of The Walt Disney Co. withhold their votes for chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..


    Is my blog burning Clotilde over at Chocolate & Zucchini, a beautiful food blog, is hosting a second round of food-related group blogging on Sunday, March 7. According to the announcement, this round has a theme of tartines, which means preparing interesting things to lay on a piece of bread, she says. As many bloggers as possible prepare a dish, blog about it on the 7th, and, if possible, include a photograph and recipe, and C & Z links all the participants. The first event was hosted at Il Forno,... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 25, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..


    Learning Objects and Repositories A Wiki on Learning Object Repositories and Related Software. This is a big improvement on the lists I have re-posted lately. -- BB Learning Object Repository *Software*. http://www.edtechpost.ca/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/EdTechPost/LearningObjectRepositorySoftware There's a lot of lists of learning o From Bill Brandon: eLearning on February 25, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..


    Follow-up on ACS and scholarly publishing embargoes Sophie Rovner, ACS Ends Limited Publishing Moratorium, Chemical and Engineering News 82(8), 6 (February 23, 2004). A news article reports that the American Chemical Society will again accept articles from scholars in nations with whom the United States holds a trade embargo. See ( Peter Suber's earlier posting for related articles on the ACS and scholarly publishing embargoes). This follows a meeting between severa From Techno-News Blog on February 25, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..


    Search Meets Analytics Powerful search capabilities are a must for your e-commerce site and sophisticated Web analytics are a necessity for tracking behavior. Imagine the magic that occurs when the two technologies come together. From E-Commerce Guide on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    Cybersecurity vendors form policy advocacy group A collection of tech providers working in the online-security sector announce a new industry oversight group designed to establish common ground among vendors, legislators and users. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    IBM rises, Sun sinks in server market Big Blue widens its lead in the worldwide server market at the expense of Sun, making particular gains in Unix servers, according to research firm Gartner. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    AT&T supports 'alternative' broadband Ma Bell eyes emerging technologies--broadband over power lines and fiber-to-the-home networks--for its high-speed Net access service, as ways to avoid doing business with Baby Bells. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    TiVo to offer rebate on recorders The digital video recorder company will offer a $50 rebate on its recorders as the company looks to build off sales momentum. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    How RSS Can Succeed I posted this item in response to RSS: A Big Success In Danger of Failure, by Bill Burnham. RSS could succeed. It will probably succeed. But it is important to keep our focus on what it does well: it allows an individual to scan, filter, and pass forward. That's all it ever has to do. The network will do the rest. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, February 24, 2004 [Refer From OLDaily on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    RSS: A Big Success In Danger of Failure The author argues that "it is clear that without the use of meta-directories and their standardized classifications and taxonomies the RSS community is in danger of collapsing under the weight of its own success and becoming the 'push' of 2004." Having already achieved more success than was ever dreamed for push, this danger appears slight. However, the author successfully taps into some things that won't work. By Bill Burnham, Burnham's Beat, reprinted on the Weekly Read, February 20, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    IMS Quarterly Meetings: Zürich, Switzerland, 2004 This summary of the recent IMS meetings in Zurich highlights a number of European standards initiatives, such as uch as ProLearn and TELCERT along with American projects recently sponsored by the Mellon foundation, such as SAKAI and Lionshare. Discussions at the meeting included a proposal to extend the specification by adding a tenth &ap From OLDaily on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    LiveJournal FOAF LiveJournal, probably the most tightly knit of all the blogging software communities (LiveJournal users explicitly identify other LiveJournal users as 'friends' on their websites), is now exporting FOAF files - it is only a matter of time now before other blogging software contains the same function, and hence, before the Semantic Social Network really takes off. By Various Authors, LiveJournal, February 25, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on February 25, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


    M-learning Mobile Learning Demo 1 M-learning is a pan-European research and development programme. It is aimed at young adults, aged 16 to 24, who are most at risk of social exclusion in Europe. The m-learning project is investigating how the technologies in the hands of these young people, now and in the nesr future, might be used to engage them in learning activities, start to change their attitudes to learning and thereby contribute to improve their skills, opportunities and lives. This site demos one of their handheld-based programs. From Elearnopedia on February 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..


    M-Learning Mobile Learning Demo 2 M-learning is a pan-European research and development programme. It is aimed at young adults, aged 16 to 24, who are most at risk of social exclusion in Europe. The m-learning project is investigating how the technologies in the hands of these young people, now and in the nesr future, might be used to engage them in learning activities, start to change their attitudes to learning and thereby contribute to improve their skills, opportunities and lives. This site demos one of their handheld-based programs teaching health-related literacy and numeracy skills. From Elearnopedia on February 25, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..


    Fotografie und Urheberrecht Das Schweizerische Bundesgericht gewährte nun einer von einem Schweizer Fotografen im Jahre 1978 bei einem Open-Air Konzert in Kalifornien gemachten... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..


    Accessible Dream: Great Schools, Great Teachers and Realization of Individual Potential Accessible Dream: Great Schools, Great Teachers and Realization of Individual Potential Summary: Some discussion of great teaching and great schools. A conclusion that folds in family and the prospect of better home and school relations. Question: What do we hope for, expect, of our teachers? Answer: The proven and worthy learning of students. If a person employed as a teacher doesn't create a sufficient degree of learning in her/his classroom she hasn& From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on February 25, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..


    QA Framework: Test Guidelines Updated 2004-02-25: The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the QA Framework: Test Guidelines. One in a family of QA Framework documents, the draft defines a set of common guidelines for conformance test materials for W3C specifications. The group welcomes comments. Visit the QA home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 25, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..


    CSS Working Drafts: 'Reader' Media Type, Hyperlink Presentation 2004-02-25: The CSS Working Group has released two First Public Working Drafts, parts of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language. The CSS 'Reader' Media Type instructs devices to display and speak a document or display and render it in braille. The CSS3 Hyperlink Presentation Module describes the presentation of links and their activation. Comments on both drafts are invited. Visit the CSS home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 25, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..


    Last Call: Character Model for the World Wide Web 2004-02-25: The Internationalization Working Group has published the Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0 in two parts: Fundamentals in Last Call through 19 March, and Normalization. The documents address character encoding identification, early uniform normalization, string identity matching, string indexing, and URI conventions. They build on the Universal Character Set defined by Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646. Visit the Internationalization home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 25, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..


    PDA Recommendations I need some kind of PDA. My Palm Pilot Vx died - couldn't even do a hard reset - it would come on, but stick at the splash screen until it ran out of power.What's your favorite? Any good reference sites? I thoroughly liked my Palm although in practice I used it mainly for keeping appointments and games. My new (delayed) laptop will have Bluetooth if that makes a difference. I don't think I'm particularly interested in the cellphone/pda combo, but I could be. From Serious Instructional Technology on February 25, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..


    WS-I outlines Web services security issues From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    New Corel license covers graphics apps From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Study: Identity theft worries consumers But heightened awareness about the online danger hasn't spurred them to make better use of passwords and PINs, according to RSA Security. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Sun expands program to lure HP buyers Sun Microsystems aims its "HP Away" promotion at customers who use HP-UX. HP fires back, saying customers should be leery of Sun's shifting strategies. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Next Xbox to skip hard drive? Flash memory maker M-Systems announces a contract to make storage cards for future versions of the Xbox, reinforcing speculation that Microsoft may dump the console's hard drive. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


    Teachers are Poor Terrorists The edublog community is buzzing with ire, in response to news reports that US Secretary of Education Rod Paige referred to the National Education Association -- 2.7 million teachers strong -- as a "terrorist organization." In fact, the NEA is formally asking for Paige's resignation, while Paige himself is issuing... From PEDABLOGUE on February 25, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..


    Cold eye on academic publishing Mohamed Gad-el Hak, Publish or Perish - An Ailing Enterprise, Physics Today 57(3), 61-62 (March 2004). (Issue not yet available online, and will probably be restricted to subscribers.) The author pens a scathing critique of the scholarly publishing enterprise, citing familiar maladies such as excessive publication, cut-and-paste or recycled publications (such as turning a thesis into a book that's little more than the original,or material already published in journal form masquerading as a new monograph,) and shoddily-edited manuscripts. Gad-el- From Seb's Open Research on February 25, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..


    Searching again ( extremely natural language queries? ) I was just trawling the apache access logs on commons.ucalgary.ca, trying to see how the new website is behaving, and came across this gem in the search query section of awstats: i am trying to write a short paragraph on about myself in self-efficacy. please help me. Looking more closely, the query came from Yahoo! Search, on the third page of results (it's not showing up now, though...). I wonder if the polite plea at the end of the query really helped? For some reason, I picture this person trapped in a spider web somewhere...... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on February 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Microsoft Australia launches security blitz A campaign to place security front and center of its business is poised to take off in Australia, just days after Bill Gates unveiled a new security push at Microsoft. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    AT&T to launch VoIP nationwide The company's CallVantage local and long-distance Internet calling program will be unleashed in a few weeks in 100 cities, AT&T said. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Learning Object Repository *Software* http://www.edtechpost.ca/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/EdTechPost/ LearningObjectRepositorySoftware There's a lot of lists of learning object repositories around - to name but a few good ones, there's

  • the database of repositories that the good folks at the ADL Co-Lab have recently released,
  • Joe Hart's EduResource portal is fas From EdTechPost on February 25, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..


    Freedom of Information Das "General Accouting Office" der USA, wohl am ehesten noch zu vergleichen mit dem Statistischen Bundesamt, hat am 18.02.2004 eine... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..


    WinZip 9.0 Das beliebte Packprogramm WinZip hat nach fast einjähriger Beta-Phase in der Version 9.0 finalen Status erlangt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..


    Judge unseals records in Disney Ovitz suit. LOS ANGELES, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A Delaware judge on Tuesday unsealed documents in a shareholder lawsuit alleging poor oversight by Walt Disney Co.'s (nyse: DIS - news - people) board, saying that the company's directors appeared to be trying to "sanitize the public record" and maintain a "cloak of secrecy." From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..


    Questions on Overture Dog Disney. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 - Questions about who knew what, and when, continue to dog the Walt Disney Company, which disclosed on Monday that its board had been advised of an overture to enter merger talks with the Comcast Corporation ahead of a $54 billion bid. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..


    March 2: Read Across America Day NEA's Read Across America is a year-round program which culminates each year on or near Dr. Seuss's birthday (March 2). Learn about Family Literacyprograms, designed to help adults to develop literacy skills while promoting the learning success of their children.... From Adult/Continuing Education on February 25, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..


    Upcoming Conferences Attending conferences is a great way to network and learn about the latest publications and research. You can search for upcoming conferences using the Education Events directory on this site. Upcoming March and April conferences include National Conference on Family... From Adult/Continuing Education on February 25, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..


    Using Yahoo Groups in eLearning Using Yahoo Groups in eLearning. Another great idea from James Farmer. -- BB 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 lear From Bill Brandon: eLearning on February 25, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..


    Best poem ever This week's the New Yorker is off to a great start. Not only have I really enjoyed what I've read of the Mayor Bloomberg profile, but John Updike's poem, Duet On Mars, is the best poem I've read in a long time. From megnut on February 25, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    Copyright Land Grab - Discuss Mikael Pawlo of Greplaw has yet another excellent interview--this time with Jessica Litman (hyperlink, mine): Greplaw: Which are the three most important trends in copyright legislation today? Professor Litman: The most important and in my view scariest trend is simply a case of skewed priorities. In order to ensure that copyright owners can exercise plenary control over consume From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on February 25, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    Qwest unties DSL from its phone service The company will be the first Baby Bell to voluntarily offer its high-speed Internet service to customers regardless of whether they purchase Qwest's voice services. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    The weblog as the model for a new type of virtual learning environment? I've not yet, and may never do so, reach any conclusions about what I'm considering currently. The more I look at, and have experience of using or enhancing, weblogs the more educational potential I see in this genre. I'm certainly not going to put them forward (yet) as full-blown Learning Management Systems but as candidate engines for alternative and perhaps more satisfactory virtual learning environments? ... probably yes. From Auricle on February 25, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..


    PEi's Future - Our Choice Well the budget is just around the corner. Our officials and the cabinet are meeting right now to find a way through what is becoming a financial crisis. Every day we hear of a new problem. The fishery is failing.... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 25, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..


    LLRX 02/2004 Von den neun im Februar 2004 neu aufgenommenen Beiträgen bei LLRX gilt es dieses Mal besonders hervorzuheben das hoch angesehene... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..


    Curso gratuito de seguridad en el correo electrónico Seguridad0, el magazine de seguridad informática en Internet, anuncia un curso gratuito de Seguridad en el correo electrónico que se impartirá del 28 de febrero... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on February 25, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..


    Biff Cantrell / MLX Appearance at NMC Spring Online Conference Rumors are that elusive character, Biff Cantrell, will be appearing at the New Media Consortium Spring Online Conference (March 8-11, 2004). The NMC Series of Online Conferences is a new form of meetings based on social computing concepts and delivered entirely online through a collaboration with NMC partners iCohere and Macromedia. The unique environment allows the NMC to explore emerging topics with From cogdogblog on February 25, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..


    Another Manila as Website School Was cruising the Userland site trying to find an answer to why Contributing Editors don't seem able to edit their own posts once they are published, and I came across this message from Lawrence Lee quoting Michael Breidenstein, the Director of Instructional Technology for the Rock Island School District in Illinois: "We have found Manila to be the ideal way for teachers to publish web pages. It has caught on in Rock Island and now we have Manila sites for our athletics, organizations, administratio From weblogged News on February 25, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..


    Christopher Allen, Rip Van Winkle I met Christopher Allen about a decade ago, when he ran Consensus Development, a company that made a commercial SSL toolkit. (Prior to that, he was involved in the startup of VeriSign, and in the development of the SSL reference implementation for Netscape.) I hadn't heard from him in a long time, and his recent essay, Security and Cryptography: The Bad Business of Fear, explains why. When he sold his company to Certicom in 1999, he signed a 5-year non-compete agreement. Now that it has expired, he's re-enteri From Jon's Radio on February 25, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..


    Gates predicts death of the password Traditional password-based security is headed for extinction, says Microsoft's chairman, because it cannot "meet the challenge" of keeping critical information secure. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


    VeriSign strikes Microsoft authentication deal The companies agree to build identity verification services based on the software giant's Windows Server 2003 product line. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


    Audioblogs I'm interested in what I guess would be called audioblogs. It would be a standard blog but with audio links. I went record hunting last weekend, and realised I was pretty much looking either at tracks I already knew or... From Monkeymagic on February 25, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..


    Deutsches Domainrecht Das deusche Domainrecht ist ein Portal, das sich mit der Thematik von Internetdomains und den aus ihrer Reservierung und Benutzung... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..


    Anwaltsgebühr wegen Tippfehler gekürzt Margaret Marks berichtet unter Bezug auf The Legal Reader: "Finding that attorney Brian Puricelli's courtroom work was "smooth" and "artful"... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..


    AMD, Microsoft pair up for security The companies say they'll give viruses and worms a one-two punch with AMD's processor design, which will work in concert with the Windows XP operating system. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..


    Erhöhungsgebühr bei Sozietät von Steuerberatern und Anwälten Bei Aktivprozessen einer Sozietät von Steuerberatern und Rechtsanwälten hat insbesondere bei der Einziehung von Honorarforderungen die Sozietät Vorsorge dafür zu... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..


    Bizex-Wurm verbreitet sich per ICQ Wie Anbieter von Antiviren-Software berichten, verbreitet sich im Internet ein Wurm namens Bizex per ICQ und nutzt dazu eine Sicherheitslücke... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..


    More on the Stanford decision to cancel expensive journals Ray Delgado, Faculty Senate approves resolution encouraging boycott of some pricey journals, Stanford Report, February 25, 2004. Excerpt: "The Faculty Senate endorsed the latest attempt by the university's library system to take a stand against for-profit journal publishers that it says engage in exorbitant pricing practices. The senate last week approved a motion on a divided voice vote that encourages libraries to cancel some costly journal subscriptions and faculty to withhold articles and reviews f From FOS News on February 25, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..


    Pricenoia: buscando precios en Amazon Ayer, gracias a un comentario, descubrí el blog de Horaci Cuevas Entropía en el que hoy anuncia la puesta en marcha de Pricenoia, un servicio que compara precios entre los sites internacionales de Amazon. Lo he probado buscando mi (agotado)... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 25, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..


    alchemy alchemy Kerry HIggins sent in a link to her new blog. This complements her daily blog named Anti-Freeze Writing about objective correlative, forensics, and writing process. Karrie Higgins holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is currently working toward an MS in Postsecondary and Adult Education.... From EdBlogger Praxis on February 25, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..


    hipteacher hipteacher Hip Teacher is a new reflective journal blog by a High School teacher in college getting her MAT degree. She hopes ot get a blog circle going in one of her AP English classrooms. Welcome!... From EdBlogger Praxis on February 25, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..


    Symposium on personal Webpublishing and Weblogs at EdMedia 2004 I am very pleased to announce that an international collaborative proposal for a symposium at EdMedia 2004, Lugano, Switzerland, was accepted yesterday. The symposium with the titel "Introducing disruptive technologies for learning: Personal Webpublishing and Weblogs" will include the following contributions:

  • Paper 1: Personal Webpublishing practices and conversational learning From Seblogging News on February 25, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..


    FCC chief seeks 911 on web-phone services - JONATHAN D. SALANT, ASSOCIATED PRESS Emergency call centers must be able to track 911 phone calls made over the Internet, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said Monday. FCC Chairman Michael Powell said the commission would deal with the issue as it develops rules for new t From Techno-News Blog on February 25, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..


    Microsoft Announces Anti-Spam Initiative - Jonathan Krim, Washington Post Microsoft Corp. announced today it is launching a system to make it harder for spammers to disguise their locations, part of a broad initiative that company chairman Bill Gates said would ease the scourge that is choking e-mail communication. Dubbed "C From Techno-News Blog on February 25, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..


    The Hydrogen Economy - Green Nirvana or a Pipe Dream? The hydrogen economy has been hailed as the one true way forward, the thing that will propel mankind into a future where we live in harmony with nature, with pollution but a distant memory. For once, environmentalists and big business seems to be on the same track. However, significant challenges, perhaps even insurmountable, still lie ahead before the hydrogen economy can become a reality. But do we actually have a choice; are there any alternatives to the hydrogen economy? From kuro5hin.org on February 25, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..


    Tools for mapping context I'm becoming increasingly interested in finding good ways of rapidly getting a feel for a particular discursive-political-institutional landscape. For example, as a student wanting to do a thesis to do with "critical psychology in South Africa" or an entrepreneur wanting to sell, er, postmodernism generators or whatever. Of course there is the usual boring academic thing of doing a literature survey, or you could get an overview by looking up critical psychology in an e From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 25, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Two broken TLA's 1. GPS The GPS I rented from Avis for $10/day sucks. In the course of a 40 mile drive from the Pittsburgh airport to Butler PA, I got lost eight times. The Avis GPS is a cell phone that audibly announces your turns and shows a graphic indicating which way you turn and how immediate the change is. That works ok once you get used to it. But the street data is terrible. It told me to take turns that don't exist and didn't tell me about road forkings that do exist. A nice thing about the system: You... From Joho the Blog on February 25, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..


    Dial N for Net Phone - Simson Garfinkel, Technology Review I first heard about Internet telephony back in 1985, when MIT professor Steven Burns told me about an oeEtherphone that some researchers at Xerox had created to send voice over a computer network. The system worked by taking a person From Techno-News Blog on February 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Simulation-style video game targets education - Cara Branigan, eSchool News A software start-up company relying on MIT-derived know-how is developing a historically accurate, high-tech video game that it hopes will engage high school and college students in World War II (WWII) history lessons. The game will employ state-of-the From Educational Technology on February 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Developing the Future of Education: Lab of Tomorrow - Lab of Tomorrow & Alexa Joyce Imagine a physics lesson where the pupils begin their class with a game of football, using a smart wireless ball and wearable computers. They would explore forces, energy and other physics concepts in a real life situation! The Lab of Tomorrow project From Educational Technology on February 25, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Top 10 Online MBA Degrees - GetEducated.com Survey GetEducated.com, LLC, has released results of their biannual survey of tuition costs at 120 accredited distance-learning MBA programs nationwide. Most Expensive: Duke University ($107,000 Nationwide) Least Expensive: Cameron University ($2,7 From Online Learning Update on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    When literature falls across Internet - China View Writing has long been considered a lonely profession, but when prose gets put on the Internet, the instant feedback makes writing not so lonely any more. Not many people who are fond of writing actually end up getting their work published in books, mag From Online Learning Update on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Around the Table - Olga Gize Carille, Freeport Journal Standard Craig Michael was an "on line" student even when stationed in Iraq. He stayed a student even when mortar shells were flying about.... Craig knew he had to take advantage of every good moment there was. He would let his professor know when he was out o From Online Learning Update on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    TiVo-like devices to get booster shot Tomorrow's digital video recorders will be able to record two live shows and shuttle recorded content to several TVs at once, setting up a battle with PC makers. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Losing ground in the innovation race? Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says that despite the promise of the technology industry, fewer young people than ever are choosing to study computer science. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Internetauftritt NRW-Wissenschaftsministeriums Das NRW-Wissenschaftsministerium baut die Kooperation zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft weiter aus. Das seit drei Jahren erfolgreiche Portal NRW-Wissenstransfer wird noch... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..


    Berufsbetreuer sind gewerbesteuerpflichtig Eine Person, die vom Vormundschaftsgericht zur Übernahme und Durchführung von Betreuungen bestellt worden ist (so genannte Berufsbetreuer), ist nicht freiberuflich... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..


    NSW KM Forum (Sydney, Australia) Details on the upcoming NSW KM Forum meeting to be held in Sydney: We meet on the first Thursday of the month, at Standards Australia. The usual format is: Turn up by 5:30pm, talks start at 6pm. Finishes at 7:30pm,... From Column Two on February 25, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..


    Apple Feels Eminem's Wrath The rapper says he doesn't endorse products, but if he did he'd expect to be paid more than $10 million. Since Apple didn't pay him a dime when it used one of his songs in a commercial, Eminem sues. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    The Complete Guide to Google They named it after the biggest number they could imagine. But it wasn't big enough. On the eve of a very public stock offering, here's everything you ever wanted to know about Google. A Wired magazine special report. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    New MyDoom Virus Packs a Wallop The latest version of the pesky worm, this one apparently written by a new author, is wreaking havoc when it strikes. Fortunately, its reach is limited, at least compared with its predecessors. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    A Little Piece of Mars on Earth At the driest spot in the driest part of the driest desert in the world, NASA is getting ready to invade the red planet. By David L. Chandler from Wired magazine. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Net Phone Calls Eyed for Taxation At a congressional hearing about voice over Internet protocol, at least one senator voices an opinion that the newfangled technology should be subject to taxes. That didn't take long. Hope Cristol reports from Washington. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Bull Session With Professor IPod Dr. Michael Bull is the world's leading expert on the societal impact of personal stereos. Bull wrote the definitive treatment on the Walkman, and now he's turned his attention to the iPod. A Q & #038;A with Leander Kahney. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    When the Print Hits the Fans The Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco plays host to three generations of comics creators, including many artists who love the Web but aspire to make the jump to print. Lore Sjöberg reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Taking Aim at a Stealthy STD Twenty million Americans have human papillomavirus, and many don't know it. A vaccine might soon be available to prevent this cancer-causing infection. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Europe Probe to Harpoon Comet The European Space Agency wants to get the closest possible look at a comet. A probe it plans to launch Thursday will literally harpoon its target to let its sensors detect signs of life's building blocks. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on February 25, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    "Freedom for Links" gelöscht Der Hamburger Internet-Verein "Freedom for Links" ist bereits am 13.08.2003 gelöscht worden, teilt die Kanzlei Heyms & Bahr in ihrem... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..


    Defiant Downloads Rise From Underground Recording ... Defiant Downloads Rise From Underground Recording industry lawyers consider Tuesday's protest, where over 300 Web sites offered downloads of "The Grey Album," 24 hours of mass copyright infringement."More than 300 Web sites and blogs staged a 24-hour online protest yesterday over a record company's efforts to stop them from offering downloadable copies of "The Grey Album." A popular underground collection of music, "The Grey Album" mixes tracks from the Beatles' classic White Album with raps from Jay-Z's latest release, "The Black Album."....... "-- From Meta on February 25, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..


    Fristenregelungsurteil Am 25.2.1975, also auf den Tag genau vor 29 Jahren, verkündete das BVerfG das Erste Fristenregelungsurteil: Danach sind diejenigen Teile... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..


    Sicherungsverwahrung Wie dem JuraWiki zu entnehmen ist, hat der frühere Richter am BGH, Eberhard Foth, das Urteil des BVerfG zur Sicherungsverwahrung... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..


    Disney CEO Promotes New Park Attraction. ANAHEIM, Calif. - Michael Eisner, the embattled CEO of the Walt Disney Co., made a surprise visit to Disneyland to promote its latest attraction and deflect criticism that the company's parks have declined in recent years. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    French Judge Views Cartoon in 'Finding Nemo' Case. PARIS (Reuters) - A French judge's chamber was turned into a screening room on Monday as U.S. studio Disney defended itself against accusations by author Franck Le Calvez that they copied his ideas in its film "Finding Nemo." From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    ESPN break could hurt Disney's appeal. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - ESPN, Walt Disney Co.'s most attractive asset, is now a bit less attractive to Comcast Corp., the cable operator bidding for the entertainment conglomerate. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    Snowbird couples work seasonal jobs at Disney. ORLANDO, Fla. - Andy Anderson retired in 1973 as a senior master sergeant after a 26-year career in the Air Force. Anderson and his wife, Doris, supplemented his pension with a number of odd jobs, including managing an apartment complex and working at a ski resort. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    Glare at L.A. Hall Said Heating Up Condos. LOS ANGELES - The glare off the Walt Disney Concert Hall's shimmering stainless steel curves is so intense it's heating up nearby condos at least 15 degrees, neighbors complain. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    Board Member: View of Disney Drew Comcast. LOS ANGELES " The two-month effort being waged by ex-Disney board members against Disney chief executive Michael Eisner may have created a false impression of weakness that encouraged cable giant Comcast Corp. to bid for the company, a Disney board member said Monday. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    Comcast Says Disney Bid Wasn't Given Proper Consideration. NEW YORK -- Comcast Corp. (NasdaqNM:CMCSA) is crying foul and says its bid to merge with Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) wasn't given due consideration. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    Playing Monopoly with Mickey. It's remarkable in this election year how many of the issues that shape people's lives are never raised: vanishing pensions, relaxed immigration controls, swollen numbers of working poor, soaring college fees. From Mickey News on February 25, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..


    TecAccess and TouchSmart Collaborate to Make Educational Technology Accessible TecAccess and TouchSmart Publishing (TSP) announced that they have signed a collaborative marketing and technology agreement designed to accelerate the deployment of educational content to K-12 students, particularly special needs students. As part of the agreement, TouchSmart Publishing is using TecAccess' knowledge of information technology accessibility to improve its interactive textbook product. [PRWEB Feb 25, 2004] From PR Web on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    20th Anniversary of World's Largest Concert® Features Special Guest Hosts Bob McGrath and "Zoe" From Sesame Street MENC: The National Association for Music Education Produces Anniversary Show Featuring Past Highlights [PRWEB Feb 25, 2004] From PR Web on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Find and Register For The Burke Institute Training Seminars at FindaSeminar.com Seminar seekers can find, compare and register for thousands of seminars by visiting FindaSeminar.com - now including The Burke Institute seminars. [PRWEB Feb 25, 2004] From PR Web on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Debt Elimination Demo Shows How Debt-Relief Can Be Achieved Using Rapid Debt Reducer Kingdom Financial Principles (KFP) has premiered a new and Improved Rapid Debt Reducer From PR Web on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    i4Learning Shows Schools the WAY to Fight Childhood Obesity With New Program Launch In an effort to help combat the national epidemic of childhood obesity while meeting national and state education standards, i4Learning is launching Wellness, Academics and You (WAY), a progressive academic curriculum focusing on physical activity and nutrition. The program is being provided free of charge, initially to selected 4th and 5th grade classrooms in Florida, North Carolina, Kansas, and Delaware and subsequently will be expanded across the country. [PRWEB Feb 25, 2004] From PR Web on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Legendary Civil Rights Leader, Rev. C.T. Vivian Moderates the Annual "Bridging the Gap, Africans, African-Americans Series" at Abundant Life Church in Lithonia on February 29, 2004 "In our reality, people from diverse races, nationalities and backgrounds face division through myths, rumors and discrimination. Skin color is the element of commonality that weaves through Black people, the original people, whether an early immigrant or a recent immigrant." [PRWEB Feb 25, 2004] From PR Web on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Breast Cancer: Your Decision Notebook ® - Multimedia Treatment Decision Assists Women as They Tackle the Complexity of Breast Cancer Breast Cancer: Your Decision Notebook® is designed to help women with breast cancer understand their diagnosis, communicate more effectively with their doctors and participate in the treatment decision-making process. With more than 6 hours of information, this CD-ROM includes expert-reviewed evidence-based medical content, extensive graphics and narration, candid patient and partner interviews, plus interactive tools and personal decision-making aids. [PRWEB Feb 25, 2004] From PR Web on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Schools Seek Private Firms to Teach Foreign Tongues In the last few years, more schools have turned to language instruction companies for teachers. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    After a Year, Students Take a Second Look at the Iraq Invasion The lessons on Iraq continue in schools, and many students - once vehemently for or against the war - now offer more nuanced or changed opinions. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Erasing a Skeletal Reminder of 9/11 The Borough of Manhattan Community College will demolish its classroom building that was extensively damaged by the Sept. 11 attacks. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Test Policy for 3rd Graders Is Met by More Resistance A groundswell of opposition is forming against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new policy to hold back third graders who fail citywide tests. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    City Agency Seeks Public Advocate's Data on Special Ed The city's Department of Education has served the public advocate with a Freedom of Information request, seeking information about problems in the special-education system cited last week by the advocate, Betsy Gotbaum. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Pupils Seem to Disappear in Shambles of Special Ed The disorganization in the city's special education system has led to students being neglected in damaging ways. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Students and Records Overlooked in Special Education Overhaul Six months into the school year, the newly reorganized special education system is in disarray. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Harvard Student's Love Story Endures Beyond Grave (and Archives) Brian A. Sullivan was working as Harvard's senior reference archivist when he randomly pulled down a box of 19th-century student journals and was left spellbound. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Union Urges Bush to Replace Education Chief Over Remark Education Secretary Rod Paige compared the nation's largest teachers union to a "terrorist organization" because of its criticism of President Bush's education law. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    World66 travel site This week's featured content is the entire World66 travel site. It features comprehensive guides built by vistors in a collaborative fashion and the site also features tools like the popular visited states and visited countries apps seen on weblogs like this. The ph From .NET Undocumented on February 25, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..


    IV Cúpula Mundial de Mídia para Crianças e Adolescentes La World Summit on Media for Children Foundation organiza la IV Cumbre Mundial de los Medios para Niños y Adolescentes, en la que participarán «profesionales de la industria de los medios, investigadores y educadores que discutirán y analizarán la producción para niños y adolescentes en la televisión, radio, cine, Internet y juegos electrónicos». El lema del encuentro es «Medios de todos, Medios para todos». Tendrá los siguientes ejes temáticos: -Un mundo, muchas voces. -Medios: m From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on February 25, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..


    CMC 2004: Primer Congreso Internacional Sobre Mapas Conceptuales La Universidad Pública de Navarra y el Institute for Human and Machine Cognition organizan CMC 2004 1er Congreso Internacional Sobre Mapas Conceptuales. En la «llamada de trabajos» distribuida recientemente se pone especial énfasis en el uso educativo de los mapas: * Realiza investigaciones que involucran el uso de mapas conceptuales? * Le interesa el uso de los mapas conceptuales en la educación? * Le gustaría saber cómo l From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on February 25, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..


    Das Syndicus-Syndikat "Das Syndicus-Syndikat" ist eine spannende Recherche von Andreas Klostermaier bei Dr. Web. Es geht um den Kanzleipartner des berühmt-berüchtigten "Abmahnkönigs"... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 25, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..


    Putting the Tea in ICT From ScotFEICT on February 25, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..


    Dial N for Net Phone: An online phone service shows that Internet telephony's time may finally have come From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    E-Learn 2004: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Simulation-style video game targets education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Distance Education - A Systems View 2nd Edition From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Capella University to Relocate Downtown Minneapolis Headquarters to 225 South Sixth Building From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    National University to Offer Spanish MBA Program Online From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    School district plans technology campus From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Three state virtual schools get more than 2,000 applicants From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    The Effects of Peer-Controlled or Moderated Online Collaboration on Group Problem Solving and Related Attitudes From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Blade PC company links up with IBM Big Blue will sell blade PC systems from ClearCube Technology to customers in Japan, a deal that will likely help build interest in the relatively new market. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..


    Much ado about patching Top security officers warn that patching software flaws is still far too difficult, with many companies left vulnerable because they are lagging behind on applying critical updates. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..


    What's Missing In .NET and Other Collection Libraries Collections are probably one of the most important components of any library. The framework's collection classes, as of Everett, are somewhat weak, especially compared with Java and STL. With the recent work with collections in Whidbey, much of the gap... From .NET Undocumented on February 25, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..


    OverDrive to Offer Digital AudioBooks in WMA Format OverDrive to Preview Digital Audio Books at National Library Conference "At The Public Library Association Tenth National Conference this week in Seattle, OverDrive, Inc. will be demonstrating in Booth #2718 how digital audio books will be made available for download by patrons in Windows Media® format as part of its growing Digital Library Reserve service. OverDrive® already supplies technology and content for thousands of popular eBook titles for online lendin From The Shifted Librarian on February 25, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..


    Panel Seeks More Time to Figure Education Cost On Tuesday, the chairman of the education commission, Frank Zarb, asked for two more weeks to calculate how much it would cost to provide every schoolchild in the city with a basic education. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..


    Council Speaker Taking Aim at School Safety The City Council speaker, Gifford Miller, said in his address Tuesday that he plans to improve school safety and give money to teachers for classroom supplies. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..


    Utah House Rebukes Bush With Its Vote on School Law The Utah House voted to prohibit the state's education authorities from using any local money to comply with the president's signature No Child Left Behind law. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..


    Fulbright Board in Compromise Over Late Berkeley Applications A compromise will allow 30 college students at Berkeley to compete for Fulbright scholarships even though their applications were late because of a missed Federal Express pickup. From New York Times: Education on February 25, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..


    What Happens to Java/Linux When Longhorn Ships? I remember reading a quote from a Linux enthusiast, dismissing the impact of Longhorn, stating that the features new in Longhorn essentially exists in Linux in its present form. XAML--oh, that's just XUL--and so on. WINFS--oh, that's just a database.... From .NET Undocumented on February 25, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..


    Finally. Workflow Messenger 2.0 Harnesses Instant Messaging (IM) for Productivity IM can be a real pain. The chaos factor alone can be very disruptive. Endogy has come to the rescue of the harried information worker with intelligent IM based on business needs. They have developed a bottom-up solution that fuses IM with highly contextual workflow. Collaboration in the Workflow Messenger can be attached to a particular task. This essentially harnesses IM to task-specific workflows that can be archived under a relevant business context. Endogy has figured out a way to harness Instant Messaging for real work and provides "solutions that streamline workflow, communications, and From The Workflow Institute Blog on February 25, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..


    How Are You Serving Your Online Users? Web Passes Cable "Wake-up call to advertisers: more US households now have access to the internet...than have access to cable TV...." [Lost Remote] Wake-up call to advertisers libraries: more US households now have access to the internet...than have access to cable TV....   From The Shifted Librarian on February 25, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..


    Another Way to Find New RSS Feeds "A new feature on the Share Your OPML site, an Andrew-Dave collaboration, it lists people whose subscription lists are most like yours. Think of it as your personal echo chamber. It might be an interesting way to discover new feeds you aren't subscribed to." [Scripting News] A request: can we let users self-identify a primary focus of interest? I'd like all of the librarians participating in --> From The Shifted Librarian on February 25, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..


    Hitachi readies two new disk drives The company says things have gone smoothly since it took over IBM's disk drive business about a year ago, and the company is hoping to continue its momentum with two new drive products for the corporate market. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..


    EFF Releases P2P Policy Solution White Paper About 5 months ago, Donna wrote "I've had thoughts brewing on [how to resolve the P2P wars peacably] for some time. While I cannot yet share details, I am working on something that I hope will serve to 1.) further the collective problem solving and 2.) help clarify various positions within the debate." That came in response to -- From A Copyfighter's Musings on February 25, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..


    The name's Marshall ... Marshall McLuhan This is too funny - The Ballad of Marshall McLuhan. If you enjoy it, you really should buy one of... From omegablog on February 24, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..


    Disney Wants Pooh Merchandising Suit Out. LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit brought by owners of the Winnie the Pooh merchandising rights should be thrown out because they withheld, stole, and possibly manufactured documents over the 13 years the case has been pending, a lawyer for the Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday. From Mickey News on February 24, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..


    Students get over half a million hits You have to hand it to Will and the students who built the website devoted to The Secret Life of Bees, where the hit counter is quickly making its way toward 600K. In my course evaluations last semester more than one student remarked how cool it was that they had been able to post their research projects on the web for others outside the class to use, and the last time I checked the logs a couple of the sites had been starting to attract attention (nothing like Will's class's... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 24, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..


    Instant Popularity This is too cool! The Laughing Librarian works at my home library, and tonight he sent the following message to the library's director: "It’s 4:25 p.m. on the day that residents got the newsletter, and we’ve just had our first patron ask to get on the Internet with his laptop." I wonder how many people in your community would use Wi-Fi if you offered it?... From The Shifted Librarian on February 24, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..


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