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EFF Sues FCC to Stop Broadcast Flag Fred von Lohmann: "The FCC's digital broadcast television mandate is a step in the wrong direction because it would make digital television cost more and do less, undermining innovation, fair use, and competition. The FCC overstepped its bounds, unduly restricting consumers and manufacturers when it issued its broadcast flag ruling." From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on March 9, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


Hitachi to unveil 400GB drive The disk drive maker is set to announce a massive drive to be used in the corporate market and in digital video recorders, a fast-growing arena for hard drives. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


WiMax firm raises $20 million Aperto Networks will use the money to expand its sales efforts and further develop its technology portfolio. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


RIAA hits minor swap suit setback A federal judge rules that the Recording Industry Association of America must file separate lawsuits for each anonymous "John Doe." From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


Oracle, Justice Dept. seek June trial The two are seeking a trial date of June 21, in the closely watched antitrust case over Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft, according to court papers. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


Gut gehüteter Schatz... Geistlicher Baustein der Zisterzienserinnenabtei Marienthaler Psalter soll als Kunstband erstmals der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt werden Die Zisterzienserinnen haben einen streng gewahrten Schutzwall um sie gezogen. Ihre Klosterbibliothek ist ein Tresor mit Reichtümern des geschriebenen Wortes. Nicht einmal zu Tagen der offenen Tür haben Besucher hier Zutritt. Das ausgeatmete Kohlendioxid, begründet Schwester Hildegard, „wäre für die Bücher nicht gut“. Auch erhöhter Lichteinfall hätte schädigende Auswirkungen. From Archivalia on March 9, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..


News for Today, Mar 10 A variety of items for today: Citrix announced a new version of MetaFrame Secure Access Manager. New features: provides secure offline support and access to Exchange Server data, portal-based interface options (eg, IBM WebSphere, SAP Enterprise Portal, and Microsoft SharePoint),... From Kolabora.com on March 9, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..


Victory for Fair Use--Priceless Jason Schultz: "Back in 2000, Ralph Nader ran a bunch of ads critiquing the corporate interests behind the Bush and Gore campaigns. To make his point, he used the style and some of ideas behind MasterCard's "Priceless" ad campaign--specifically calling out the dollar amounts that corporate interests paid to candidates to secure their positions on the issues. [...] Today, after four years of discovery battles and summary judgment briefing, the trial court --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on March 9, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


Net2Phone vies for European connection The Net phone service provider is targeting small cable and DSL companies in Europe. Is rival Vonage up for the challenge? From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


Barnes & Noble picks Cometa for hot spots The bookseller says it has chosen Cometa Networks as the sole provider for hot-spot service in its stores, opening up about 650 locations for the operator. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


Kodak sues Sony over digital cameras The camera maker files a patent infringement suit against its Japanese rival, and there are signs that other companies may also be in Kodak's crosshairs. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


Furl-ing Syndicated (to the right) Niiiiiiiice. I have been mildly using Furl because I tend to bookmark things on my home computer I end up needing at work, and on my work computer I end up needing at home. Call it Murphy's law of bookmarks. Furl does this with little fuss, just a bookmarklet link. I thought I had noticed that Brian had added a Furl section to his navbar, and sure enough, Furl offers RSS feeds. Very cool. I could not be out done, so plunked a Furl From cogdogblog on March 9, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..


PHP 101 Auf Rick Ellis' blog gefunden, eine gute Einführung zu PHP mit einer beeindruckenden Grafik Do You PHP? An essay on the history and future of PHP from its creator, Rasmus Lerdorf. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 9, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..


Food for Thought From Brother Ernest: Victory for EFF Creates Problems for EFF's Filesharing Solution. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on March 9, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


VCs eye nanotech as next big thing So far, governments have footed most of the bill for nanotechnology research, but venture capitalists are warming up to the fledgling technology. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


WebInject WebInject is a free tool for automated testing of web applications and services. It can be use... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..


Korean Language Blog Studying the Korean Language is all about studying Korean - as if the title didn't give that away - and it has a whole load links to resources online. For anyone interested in learning Korean I think this will be... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 9, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


Publishing embargoes: another country heard from Isabel gomez and Rosa Sancho, Support for Free Speech, Chemical and Engineering News 82(10), 5 (March 8, 2004). (Access restricted to subscribers. Two correspondents from the Center for Scientific Information and Documentation, of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research, report that they learned of the U.S. publishing embargo in part through a Cuban scientist's e-mail, telling that his work had been denied under the treasury department's restrictions. The authors go on to name a number of inter From FOS News on March 9, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..


ePortfolio Beta Opens Last Friday's Ocotillo Online Learning Group meeting was the first announcement and access provided to a new experimental electronic portfolio service we are hosting. This is a new installation of the software developed at Chandler-Gilbert Community College-- we have set up this new server so that faculty form our other colleges could explore the potential of this new tool. Our Maricopa eP is run From cogdogblog on March 9, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..


More like this please Alf highlights four strategies for finding items similar to one you've found interesting: Analyzing citations, analyzing content, using Amazon-style collaborative filtering, and performing more elaborate computations on the relatedness data. From Seb's Open Research on March 9, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..


One More Reason to Save Hubble Space Telescope

  • New Scientist: Hubble delivers best-ever view of early Universe. However, the images were obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope and the cancellation of its shuttle means the new Ultra Deep Field visible-light image is likely to be astronomers' best view for many years to come. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 9, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..


    Blog format truce proposed Dave Winer, backer of the widely implemented and criticized RSS syndication format, suggests that the format merge with its challenger under the auspices of the Internet's leading standards body. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


    Flaw hits MSN Messenger Microsoft also reveals two other vulnerabilities in Outlook and Windows Media Services. The company urges customers to patch their systems now. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


    TiVo skips past naysayers The digital video recording pioneer is on fast-forward with impressive growth and innovations. Will the skeptics be proved wrong? From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


    Calendar extension for NewsGator Not sure how this will play out, since we're mixing Outlook, a NewsGator extension, and RSS 2.0 (none of which bodes well for portability), but the discussion in the RSS community has turned to events listings. This is something that has been needed for a while, and forms another bit of glue in the semantic social network. But again, the discussion is a bit bumpy at the moment; perhaps we'll see something elegant at the end of this, though. Be sure to read the comments and referrers. By Greg Reinacker, Greg Reinacker's Weblog, February 22, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on March 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


    Jilted Entitlement A lengthy discussion has erupted on the Invisible Adjunct over the job prospects of non-tenure track academics. The comment begins with the observation that large numbers of fully qualified people are able to obtain only temporary employment. "To put it simply: if someone is good enough to be at the front of a classroom, that person should be working for a decent living. And if someone is not good enough to merit a decent living, that person should not be in front of a classroom." I certainly agree with this, and would go further to suggest that the university system's current system of s From OLDaily on March 9, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


    Stiftungsrecht Wenige Archive werden in der Rechtsform einer Stiftung betrieben. Trotzdem sollte man die umfangreiche Zusammenstellung im Jurawiki nicht übersehen: http://www.jurawiki.de/StiftungsRecht From Archivalia on March 9, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..


    Written testimony for the UK inquiry We're starting to see the reappearance of public versions of written testimony for the inquiry into journal prices and accessibility conducted by the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. Many of these submissions were initially put online and then taken off at the committee's request. Now that --> From FOS News on March 9, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..


    The other side of trade embargoes Karen W. Arenson, Researchers Say U.S. Barred Them From Cuba, New York Times, March 9, 2004 (requires free registration.) While this ostensibly has nothing to do with OA publishing, it does provide an interesting footnote to recent news on U.S. Treasury Department mandated embargoes on editing scientific papers from countries such as Cuba. When some 70 scientists tried to travel to Cuba for the Fourth International Symposium on Coma and Death recently, they were prohibited by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign A From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 9, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..


    Blog without the Web This sounds very interesting, seit ich RSS-Leser bin, wird das Web immer unwichtige (ok, ist nicht ganz so), Nokia geht jetzt den Weg radikaler, kein Webpublishing mehr, ich vermute, ja was denn ... Nokia goes for moblogs ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 9, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..


    Upcoming W3C Talks 2004-03-09: Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS channel. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on March 9, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..


    First Family Foibles Neil Bush, the current president's brother, has had his share of scrapes lately, which may explain why both of his politician brothers didn't attend his wedding. At least his father, the former president did. Two questions: Were they invited? If so, why didn't they show up? From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 9, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..


    Utah Education Network http://www.uen.org/ueninfo/ I recently came across these folks because of a project I'm working on 'down' in the States (yes, that's how we Canadians say it) and wanted to highlight it because what they have accomplished here is really pretty impressive. From the site - "The Utah Education Network (UEN) is consortium of public education partners, including the Utah System of Higher Education and its ten universities and colleges and Utah Electronic College; the Utah State Office of Education, local school districts and From EdTechPost on March 9, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..


    Utah Education Network http://www.uen.org/ueninfo/ I recently came across these folks because of a project I'm working on 'down' in the States (yes, that's how we Canadians say it) and wanted to highlight it because what they have accomplished here is really pretty impressive. From the site - "The Utah Education Network (UEN) is consortium of public education partners, including the Utah System of Higher Education and its ten universities and colleges and Utah Electronic College; the Utah State Office of Education, local school districts and From EdTechPost on March 9, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..


    Studie: "Soft Skills" sind... Wer als Wissensmanager erfolgreich sein will, sollte über so genannte "Soft Skills" wie Kommunikationsbereitschaft, Eigenmotivation und Teamfähigkeit verfügen. Dies legen die Ergebnisse der LexisNexis Wissensmanagement-Studie 2004 nahe. Fast die Hälfte der Befragten (49%) bevorzugen Wissensmanager mit geisteswissenschaftlichem Hintergrund und breitem Interessenspektrum, nur 38% der Unternehmen legen Wert auf eine betriebswirtschaftliche Ausbildung. Weiterlesen beim Presseportal. [via --> From BildungsBlog on March 9, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..


    Geschichte der Informationsfreiheit B. W. Wegener handelt aufschlussreich über Arcana imperii, Geheimnis und Öffentlichkeit seit der frühen Neuzeit in seinem Beitrag zum Informationsfreiheitssammelband (PDF) http://www.lfd.nrw.de/pressestelle/download/symposium_infofreiheit.pdf INHALT Bettina Sokol Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit NRW Eröffnung 1 PD Dr. Bernhard Wegener Universität Münster Die Geschichte der Inf From Archivalia on March 9, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..


    Freeware Utilities Greatest Hits From the author of the Support Alert newsletter here is the freeware greatest hits of all times. I must say there are indeed a lot of good picks in this selection, and quite a few are on my personal list of daily productivity tools. Many are as good or even better than their commercial alternatives. From Robin Good's Latest News on March 9, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..


    Public release of gene expression data International Genomics Consortium, Nation's First Clinically Annotated, Publicly Available Gene Expression Database To Help Researchers Accelerate Cancer Treatment, March 5, 2004. The IGC announces a public database initiative, expression project for oncology (expO.) From the press release: "The goal of expO is to obtain and perform gene expression analyses on an annotated set of tumor and normal tissue samples and release all data into the public domain without intellectual property restriction." Key to the project are standa From cogdogblog on March 9, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..


    A photo from last week I hadn't realized till just now that Blaise posted a scan of the picture of us from last week's New York Daily News article on blogging. (You can see my post here about it here.) That's me with the blondish/orange hair in the corner. Yeah, I don't know why I dyed it that color, but I did (where I = my favorite hair cutting gal pal Silvia). From megnut on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    PayPal Pays Price for Denying Rights In addition to a $150,000 fine from the state of New York, PayPal must also tweak its user agreement to 'clearly describe' account holder rights. From E-Commerce Guide on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    What's New at Product Watch Check out the latest in e-commerce software and services, or if you have a product you think ECommerce-Guide readers should know about, submit it here. From E-Commerce Guide on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Cisco beefs up security The networking giant is filling out its security portfolio, but analysts criticize it for not doing enough to prevent malicious traffic from entering networks. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Real hits Major League Baseball with lawsuit The streaming media files suit against the league's media unit for breach of contract, as sources suggest that Microsoft is on deck to replace RealNetworks as the MLB site's technology provider. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    EU passes tough new antipiracy law Civil liberties groups say efforts to shield individuals from commercial pirates' penalties aren't strong enough. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Start-up enters field of blades 3Up Systems squeezes into the blade server market with a medium-size Xeon-based product that features an integrated Ethernet switch. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Klingon is Copyrighted I don't know the answer to this one. But The Importance of raises the question if/whether Klingon, which is owned by Paramount, should be copyrightable: However, can you really copyright a language? You can copyright a dictionary, certainly, but can you copyright grammar? I'm not sure you can copyright grammar at all, since it is a set of rules regarding word usage. Grammar is an idea, that can probably only be expressed in a fairly limited number of ways, even if fanciful. Additional From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..


    eNetWare eWebWare (http://sourceforge.net/projects/enetware/) is a multi-user, web-based groupware suit... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..


    Law Lords Das britische Oberhaus hat der Regierung Blair den Kampf in einem Reformstreit verkündet, der auf den ersten Blick nur die... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..


    The Weblog: An Extremely Democratic Form in Journalism Jay Rosen posts a chapter for a book to which he is contributing, and as usual, I find a lot to mull over. It is somewhat of an expansion of his "What's Radical About the Weblog Form in Journalism?" post from last October. Here are a couple of snippets from the main post and the comments: Yet the genius of the weblog was not in any technological leap, but in completing the last mile in the two-way highway the Web has become. The form favors individual voices and self-publishers, From weblogged News on March 9, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..


    Settling the RSS Standards Dispute Dave Winer suggests an RSS-Atom merger. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 9, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..


    Dell takes cue from rivals with VMware deal The computing giant looks to keep pace with IBM and Hewlett-Packard, signing a partnership to "substantially increase" VMware's uptake among Dell customers. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


    Windows, Linux vie at the cash register Microsoft operating systems dominate shipments of point-of-sale hardware, but their open-source rival is making gains. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


    FileMaker update sorts out storage Software maker FileMaker beefs up its namesake product with the ability to import and store big multimedia files--handling files of up to 8 terabytes--and a new relational engine. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


    ICANN approves wait list for desired domains The nonprofit group's approval of VeriSign's so-called Wait Listing Service puts to rest one of the company's chief complaints about the organization. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


    Html 2 (to) Ubb (IBF, BB) code converter Simply code converter from html 2 (to) Invision Board 's forum UBB code [IBF, BB], written in ... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..


    Datenschutz-Links Datenschutz - Data Protection, Privacy Rights Datenschutz - Übersichten Virtual Privacy Office/Virtuelles Datenschutzbüro A common Service of Privacy Protection Institutions Datenschutz und Recht (Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragter). Mit Links, Pressespiegel (Privacy Magazine) und Suchmaschine für die anderen Angebote International: --> From Archivalia on March 9, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..


    Do you use the telephone? Jeneane has announced PhoneCon, the first annual Telephone Users Conference. Sounds fascinating! No buzy signals allowed!... From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..


    WaterField Designs Novel Concept: Excellent Laptop Bags and Personal Service Of course you can pick up a $20 bag at OfficeMax for your laptop, and end up with the same one as every other cheapskate on the plane playing solitaire on with their ThinkPad, with zippers that bust, too many stupid pockets, and just no protection for your investment of several hundred/thousand bucks. On the flip side, I have just purchased my second beautiful RacerX from Waterfield Designs, the first was for my personal iBook and the new one for my G4 laptop at work. These bags are elegantly and smartly designed, as they have been crafted for us From cogdogblog on March 9, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..


    A new way to save the World: The Copenhagen Consensus The Economist magazine has started a project, headed by Bjorn Lomberg, author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist", to gather together economists and domain experts to answer the question of how the world should rank its problems and how they can be dealt with. In this weeks Economist there is an article outlining the project. The project also has its own website. From kuro5hin.org on March 9, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    NetSky, we hardly knew ye The author of NetSky.K tells antivirus researchers "this is the last version" of the worm. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Tech spending to rise, say CIOs Though they're confident that spending on IT projects will increase this year, many executives are waiting to see if business picks up before investing in new projects themselves, according to a Gartner survey. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Software gives Pocket PC an iPod look A small U.K.-based firm has created jukebox software for Pocket PC handhelds that has the "skin" of an iPod. The company says it changed the name of the software from pPod to pBop at the request of Apple Computer. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Court puts DVD-copying decision on hold A New York federal judge has temporarily put on hold a ruling against 321 Studios, which makes DVD-copying software, pending a hearing next week. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Race Track Race Track is a Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Race Management Application. It supports racer regist... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..


    Example WindowSWF movie with load file using JSAPI Eric Dolecki (www.ericd.net) was looking for WindowSWF examples, so I packaged the one I recently wrote to do code conversion (from an XML description). Here's the link... From FlashSim on March 9, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..


    Legal Writing Ernie weist zu Recht auf dieses Buch hin, das ich mir (der Einfachheit halber) soeben bestellt habe.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..


    Urkundenedition Die ist der Schwerpunkt von "Le Médiéviste et l'Ordinateur" no. 42, 2003 http://lemo.irht.cnrs.fr/42/mo42_table.htm From Archivalia on March 9, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..


    Blackboard files for $75 mln IPO (3/9/04) WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Educational software company, Blackboard Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Friday for an initial public offering worth an estimated $75 million. From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on March 9, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..


    BioMed Central adds RSS feeds for open access journal content BioMed Central, Receiving content from BioMed Central and The Scientist as an RSS headline feed. BMC recently announced the availability of RSS feeds for their online journals. This page explains how to get a feed for any BMC journal (e.g. http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmccellbiol/rss) "by adding /rss/ onto the journal URL." They've also included a feed listing the latest articles added to the BMC server, as well as lists of most viewed articles for each title and the BMC platform a From World Wide Web Consortium on March 9, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..


    W3C Co-Sponsors 25th Internationalization and Unicode Conference 2004-03-09: Registration is open for the 25th Internationalization and Unicode Conference to be held March 31-April 2 in Washington DC, USA. Come and meet W3C Team and Internationalization Working Group participants who are presenting. The event is the premier technical conference worldwide for software and Web internationalization. Read about Unicode and the W3C Internationalization Activity. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on March 9, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..


    Samsung, Sony join forces on LCDs The consumer electronics giants form a 50-50 joint venture in Korea to produce liquid crystal displays for flat-panel TVs, as the market for LCD panels heats up. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    Yahoo puts local content on the map The Internet portal continues its Internet search expansion by delivering information on local points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels and parks, on its online map system. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    Video-Ãœberwachung in der EU Die Datenschutzgruppe nach Art. 29 der EU-Datenschutzrichtlinie hat jetzt einen Bericht (26 S. PDF) vorgelegt, der sich mit Video-Ãœberwachung von... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..


    Top10 Newsletters Rita Vine hat einmal die 10 besten und daher wohl auch am meisten abonnierten Newsletter sowie einige interessante juristische Links... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..


    Hochschulgeschichtsquellen... Wer sich einen schnellen Überblick über die Matrikeleditionen und hochschulgeschichtlichen Quellen verschaffen will, findet auch im Internet bibliographische Hinweise. Einen sehr guten Buchbestand weist der Lesesaal der UB Freiburg auf, die Titel sind nach dem Alphabet der Universitäten aufgelistet unter: http://www.ub.uni-freiburg.de/referate/09/ls-bestand.html Ähnliches gibt es auch von der UB Tübingen --> From Archivalia on March 9, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..


    3D, the New Ransome Note? When laser printers first came out, many people began turning out memos that used as many font faces and sizes as possible. These garish "ransome notes" obscured the message they were trying to communicate. Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself now that it's drop-dead simple... From Internet Time Blog on March 9, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..


    Improv at TED Mark Hurst's latest GoodExperience newsletter reports on a performance at TED: Jennifer Lin is a fourteen-year-old pianist from southern California. She began her presentation by playing two very difficult classical pieces; to my untrained ears, she sounded as good as any professional performer two or three times her age. It was her third piece that brought the house down. She announced that she would like to improvise a song... and asked an audience member to select five notes, at random, from the C scale. She got the sequence C, G, B, A, E. Fourteen years old, with a live... From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..


    Beyond knowledge? The February issue of Wired features an article on offshoring by Daniel Pink, author of Free Agent Nation. Wired's story, entitled Kiss Your Cubicle Goodbye, might instead have been called Free Agent World. Here's a stunning exchange between Pink and New Jersey state senator Shirley Turner: ... From Jon's Radio on March 9, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..


    A network of one's own--breaking down the digital divide CNET has a story about how municipalities and other small agencies all over the country are creating their own broadband networks either because the big telecommunications corporations want too much money or just won't provide it. I've seen other stories like this that note how local utilities in rural areas are offering broadband for this very reason. Of course the corporations aren't taking this in stride. In 2002, when a group of Missouri cities proposed building their own networks, the loca From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Downtime for Kairosnews Sometime later this week or this weekend, I'm moving kairosnews.org to commercial hosting through OpenSourceHost. It's been a great learning experience for me to run my own Linux server. Since I'm not sure where or what I'll be doing next year, it's time to stop self-hosting. When Kairosnews moves, there may be a downtime of a day or two while the domain name propogates. So if you get an error when visting Kairosnews in the next week or so, give it a day and check back From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Would Shakespeare Get Into Swarthmore? The Atlantic has an amusing piece on the SAT criteria for grading essays, exposing the fact that creativity and innovation go unrewarded. Shakespeare, Stein, and Hemingway fail, but Ted Kaczynski gets a 6 out of 6. From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Early Computers Designed for Paper, not Screen Way Out of the Box (http://tprints.ecs.soton.ac.ukq) Today's computer constructs were made up in situations that ranged from emergency to academia, which have been piled up into a seemingly meaningful whole. Yet the world of the screen could be anything at all, not just the imitation of paper. But everybody seems to think the basic designs are finished. It's just like "Space, we&apos From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Greenspan on Intellectual Property Rights Siva Vaidhyanathan blogged about Alan Greenspan's recent speech at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Economic Summit. Siva doesn't offer any analysis other than to comment on Greenspan's "tortured prose." I'm in agreement, not so much because I want to criticize Greenspan for the quality of his writing, but rather because it's the same speech with only minor ch From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious Wired reports today that a Hewlett-Packard Labs study of weblogs indicates that the most popular weblogs which are responsible for spreading memes often get their information from more obscure, non-A list weblogs. These popular blogs which "infect" the blogosphere often do not attribute the originating source: Indeed, the team at HP Labs found that when an idea infected at least 10 blogs, 70 percent of the blogs did not provide links back to another blog that had previously mentioned the idea. From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    'Worm war' behind recent virus releases This is bizarre, although I guess the juvenile attitudes should not be surprising. Apparently, recent worm authors have embedded messages in their code which indicates that the recent onslaught of new versions of old viruses and worms could now be some kind of competition between hackers: Spiced with foul language and bad spelling, the messages portray a playground-style brawl between the authors, with the Internet worms acting as messengers. "Hey, Netsky...don't ruine (sp) our bussiness (sp), wanna start a war?" reads a message in the Bagle.J worm's code, accordi From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Kairosnews 2nd Blogiversary Exactly two years ago today, Kairosnews went live with its first post. Things have certainly changed since then: From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    The 2004 NCTE/CCCC Mobile Technology Center Computer Connection Presentations Douglas Eyman has put up a schedule and abstracts of this year's Computer Connection Presentations for the 2004 Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 24-27 in San Antonio. From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Call for Papers: Enculturation Enculturation has come out with a new issue fairly recently (well, since the last time I checked ). The theme of the special issue is "Rhetoric/Composition: Intersections/Impasses/Differends." I'm not crazy about the three-pop-ups design, or the fact that in the table of contents, we only see authors' names and not titles, but there I go being picky. The issue, as the editors' introduction explains, is From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    CBB Plagiarism Resource Site As a joint effort, Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin colleges have a resource site and weblog on plagiarism. The site provides syndication for the weblog, a bibliography with print and electronic resources, and tutorials. Also, I think the site theme designer deserves some recognition for the excellent custom Drupal theme. From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    Blackboard Inc. Plans $75-Million Stock Offering The Chronicle of Higher Education notes that Blackboard is going to IPO. Note this reported statistic which indicates how heavily Blackboard has been adopted: The company also reported that more than 1,100 of the roughly 6,300 colleges and universities in the United States were using one or more of Blackboard's applications. From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    Learning, Economics, Service and the Open Source Development Model I've posted a ramble of thoughts over on cyberdash which throws out the idea that we should be studying open source projects as learning communities. For example, But the benefit comes from the learning environtment. Instead of learning how to work around bugs and design flaws in closed source software and dealing with the proprietary vendor, long term developers on open source projects are not only learning about the code, but learning from each other about best practices while the project continues to develop a more mature pr From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    Kairosnews Now Has Email Subscription of Nodes and Topic Categories Well, rather than testing it out elsewhere, I thought I'd just install the subscription module and see what happens. Logged in Kairosnews users will now see a "Subscribe" link underneath each node with the rest of the links such as "add new comment" and "read more." Clicking on this should (as I've said, I have not tested it), subscribe you to that node to receive email notifications when the node is updated or new comments are posted. From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    Copyright, Access and Digital Texts My article making the case for open source and open content in composition studies, Copyright, Access and Digital Texts, has just been published in Across the Disciplines, a new peer-reviewed journal hosted at the WAC Clearinghouse: As consumers of text, we make selections which either support or deny the proprietary publishing model. As producers of text, we can decide how our writing is to be published and accessed by ot From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 9, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    The TransWS The TransWS (http://transws.sourceforge.net/) project contains the WSDL being developed by the... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    Lernen durch Wertschöpfung - Wertschöpfung durch Lernen Walter Ch. Zimmerli, der Gründungspräsident der Volkswagen AutoUni, hat der Zeitschrift Information Management & Consulting ein Interview gegeben, in dem er sich zur Bildung im Zeitalter des Global Network äußert. Zwei Bemerkungen haben mir besonders gut gefallen: "Bei Volkswagen haben... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 9, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..


    ECM vendors embrace collaboration According to the article FileNet Adds Collaboration Part of broader trend within enterprise content management (Demir Barlas, Line56, March 08, 2004), ECM specialist FileNet has joined a popular trend by releasing a new collaboration tool. Vendors with competing products include IBM Lotus and O... From Kolabora.com on March 9, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    OA for French medieval history research Pierre Portet, Gratuit / Payant : quelques réflexions sur les modèles de diffusion de l'information historique sur l'Internet, La Lettre de la liste Ménestrel, March 2004. An argument for open access to journals and research in the field of French medieval history. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.) From FOS News on March 9, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..


    The Turing Test for UI's Ok, I admit I was a bit testy last night. I have the flu, I have a father-in-law for whom I've bought two computers and three operating systems (XP, Linux, Mac) who still can't pick up his frigging email, and I just wanted to go to sleep. Instead, I found myself doing Kafka's version of the Turing Test: Can a computer convince you that it's usable if you're connected by telephone to an intelligent human who, when it comes to computers, knows how to move a mouse and find letters on a keyboard but little more? Anyway, thanks for the... From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..


    Journeyman Nice (if a bit long-winded) article on getting into and out of academe by Alex Pang, a history of science Ph.D. who made the leap into the corporate world, becoming the deputy editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica. These two sentences capture the essential points concisely: The world of learning is a big place; the number of worlds that will find good uses for young scholars is far larger than you think; and the limits your advisors think you live under don't re From Seb's Open Research on March 9, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..


    Cognos picks up U.K. consulting firm The business intelligence software maker buys Softa, which specializes in corporate performance management--an area that analysts say is poised for significant growth. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..


    Hispanic universities steal march In Stephen Downes' OLDaily we are alerted that 700 Hispanic universities can now offer electronic courses using RSS. The original press release is in Spanish so Stephen uses Google's automatic translation facility to give us monoglots a chance of envying the insight of those behind the scenes of Universia, the Hispanic world's largest university portal, in adopting this approach to course syndication. From Auricle on March 9, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..


    Opening access to the deep web Alex Wright, In search of the deep web, Salon, March 9, 2004. The next generation of deep-web search engines will give the public what it needs and deserves but has not been getting: free online access to government documents. Excerpt: " 'The U.S. Government Printing Office has the mandate of making the documents of the democracy available to everyone for free,' says Tim Bray, CTO of Antarctica Systems. 'But the poor guys have no control over the upstream data flow that lands in their laps.&apo From FOS News on March 9, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..


    IBM buys supply-chain company In a move to bolster IBM's RFID push, Big Blue acquires privately heldTrigo Technologies, a supplier of data synchronization software used tostreamline supply-chain operations. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..


    DEV web management system Dev is small, but powerful and very flexible content management system for web portals. System... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..


    Resource Discovery Network now has RSS An article back in February related how the Resource Discovery Network's (RDN) resource finder was an efficient way of finding quality assured learning resources. For example a 'canned' search such as http://www.rdn.ac.uk/resourcefinder/?query=diabetic+foot would take students of such things to the latest resources in the RDN .... From Auricle on March 9, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..


    End of MRC comment period on its OA policy On February 29, the comment period closed on the Medical Research Council's call for comments on how or in what form it should promote open access. The MRC is the largest public funder of medical research in the UK, analogous to the NIH in the U.S. In the preface to its current policy, the MRC says, "We From weblogged News on March 9, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..


    Facts on archiving, search and retrieval Two bits saying a lot about archiving, search and retrieval. 1. Thanks to David Gammel for pointing out to the summary by Piers Young which I missed while travelling:Bad news I think... 1. If two groups of people construct thesauri in a particular subject area, the overlap of index terms will only be 60%. 2. Two indexers using the From Mathemagenic on March 9, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    Rechtsberatungsgesetz Im Jurawiki und beim Kollegen Heng ist heute unter Bezug auf einen Artikel in der FAZ zu lesen, dass "das... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..


    Berufung im Zivilprozess Prof. Dr. Bruno Rimmelspacher von der Universität München hat im Auftrag des BMJ eine rechtstatsächliche Untersuchung zur Funktion und Ausgestaltung... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..


    ADL's First International Plugfest Showcases Global E-Learning Progress From ADL News on March 9, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..


    New Yahoo RSS Tech Feeds Yahoo is offering about 20 new technology feeds via RSS, including one just about RSS and Weblogs. I still wish someone would put together a page that has all of these newsy type feeds in one place, or if it's already out there, I wish someone would tell me about it. From weblogged News on March 9, 2004 at 8:47 a.m..


    SCO's failing case against IBM Open-source advocate Bruce Perens says SCO will need more than fancy footwork to pull off its argument in the Linux code dispute. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Trouble on Silicon Valley's doorstep Software veteran Ray Lane says the industry has yet to grasp the implications of structural and technology changes that will force big dislocations. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    BRAK-Statistik Die Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK) vermeldet nach ihrer aktuellen Anwaltsstatistik mit PM von heute einen (weiteren) Anstieg der Anwaltszahlen (PDF) auf 126.799... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Multimedia seeds "Multi ... Multimedia seeds "Multimedia Seeds was designed primarily as a tool for a university course: Audio & Video Information Sources and Delivery). This website is available to anyone who wants to learn more about audio, video, and visual resources" Added: 4 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: A collection of very useful resources about using audio and video in educational contexts From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    Leonardo's Workshop "Dr ... Leonardo's Workshop "Dr. N. Ventor, scientist-extraordinaire and inventor of a time machine, is also a big fan of Leonardo da Vinci. To thank you and your friend Carmine Chameleon for testing her time machine, she is showing you her collection of Leonardo's works." Added: 4 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: An ArtEdventure SHOWCASE: --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    The Interactive Fly "A ... The Interactive Fly "A cyberspace guide to Drosophila genes and their roles in development" Society for Developmental Biology, Purdue University Added: 4 March 2oo4 Reviewer's Note: Winner 2002 Sci-Tech award SHOWCASE: Higher Education e-learning showcase From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    ExploreLearning "experience ... ExploreLearning "experience Maths and Science with Gizmos" Added: 4 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: Limit one launch per day or login SHOWCASE: School e-learning showcase From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    The Working Manager.com  ... The Working Manager.com  "Welcome to your free personal pathway to better management" Updated: 4 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: What is it? "This is the most painless injection of management learning you will ever receive - and it is free! Think of it as a learning engine - for your way of learning. PRODUCTS & SERVICES: --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    Wiki tools "In many way ... Wiki tools "In many ways, wikis are the world's simplest Web sites. Any member can add or edit pages. Users need learn only a few simple formatting rules—no HTML required—and previous versions of pages are saved for easy recovery from errors. The wiki's content is built by all the members working together. If blogs are Web-based diaries, wikis are Web-based public bulletin boards." From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    Blog tools "Opinion col ... Blog tools "Opinion columnists may not have views any better than your own, but they have one thing you probably don't—an audience. Fortunately, you don't have to convince J. Jonah Jameson to hire you. A blog can help you disseminate your views, and a hosted blog service can help you get started cheaply and easily. You can write about politics, gardening, your cats—anything you like. From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    droplet "Amateur Micros ... droplet "Amateur Microscopy of the Protozoa" Added: 5 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: Beautiful imagery of protozoa SHOWCASE: General e-learning showcase From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    SANAKO Forum "SANAKO Fo ... SANAKO Forum "SANAKO Forum is a solution for educational and corporate institutions for online training and virtual meetings. SANAKO Forum allows real-time audio communication with employees, channels, partners and customers worldwide through web technology and is ideal for online presentations, conferences, product training and company online courses" Updated From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    Get-Training.com "Online ... Get-Training.com "Online training courses in IT and business related subjects; including A+, MCSE, Flash, Oracle, Java, Linux, Office, Project Management and E-learning for Dummies. Certification, video courses, free demo courses, and an online tutor available" Added: 6 March 2004 Reviewer's Note A range of courses from beginner to advanced PRODUCTS & SERVICES: --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    Mobile Learning "Mobile ... Mobile Learning "Mobile Learning Ltd specialise in the production of learning material designed to be delivered direct to mobile/wireless devices - PDA's, Smartphones, Laptops etc. We have off the shelf material and can create bespoke content for you." Added: 6 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: UK-based company PRODUCTS & SERVICES: --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..


    MA in Online and Distance Learning ... MA in Online and Distance Learning "This qualification is part of a programme that starts with the Postgraduate Certificate in Online and Distance Education and culminates in the MA. These qualifications are presented by the Open University's Institute of Educational Technology and are open to students from countries all over the world. They offer you the unique opportunity to From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    epazz "Epazz BoxesOS is an enterpr ... epazz "Epazz BoxesOS is an enterprise software program for the higher education community. It is designed to maximize communication and functionality for key stakeholders (students, faculty, alumni and administration)providing secure, internet-enabled integration to administrative operating systems. Communication between and among stakeholders can be immediately enhanced. Administrative utility can improve whether on legacy platforms, or recent From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    e-Performance at work: eFollow up ... e-Performance at work: eFollow up "Most experts agree that altering behaviors requires consistency. When you set expectations, clarify benefits, provide milestones, check progress regularly, and recognize blunders, people are more likely to achieve their goals. We contend that the failure of many performance interventions is due in part to a lack of appropriate follow-up strategies. Even when employees approach From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    eLearning Centre Ltd "W ... eLearning Centre Ltd "Web Design Courses, PC Repair and Maintenance Courses, European Computer Driving Licence, Microsoft Certification and IT Courses" Added: 8 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: This is a different eLearning Centre  This one specialises in IT courses. PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Off-the-shelf e-learning solutions From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    eLearning Results 2004 Date: ... eLearning Results 2004 Date: 12-14 May 2004 Venue: Sestri Levante, Italy EVENTS: May e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    Making PDF Documents fly &qu ... Making PDF Documents fly "But, you say you already have static PDF documents and you want to be able to reuse them? Don’t despair; there is an even better way to bring your PDF documents to life." Gabrielle Dara Kim, 2003 Added: 8 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: A whitepaper from Integration New Media LIBRARY: Using From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    Eternal Egypt "Welcome ... Eternal Egypt "Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and m From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    SyberWorks Training Center & ... SyberWorks Training Center "SyberWorks Training Center (STC) is a Web-based Learning Management System that provides complete solutions for managing and tracking all types of training at your organization – from e-Learning courses to traditional classroom training and self-paced study programs. The STC includes extensive testing and assessment tools, reporting, management, communication and collaboration tools, and quali From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    SyberWorks Web Audio "S ... SyberWorks Web Audio "SyberWorks Web Audio enables you to add streaming audio to your Web site without a plug-in or any server software. Playback is accomplished with a small Java applet that produces web audio that downloads very quickly and automatically. Because SyberWorks Web Audio doesn't require a plug-in, anyone can hear the audio from your site without installing any software. Our Web audio only needs a browser. Not re From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    SyberWorks Web Author " ... SyberWorks Web Author "SyberWorks Web Author–the fastest, easiest, and most effective Web-based training course authoring tool on the market today. With SyberWorks Web Author, you can create Web-based AICC/SCORM compliant training courses with audio, video, software demonstrations, and much more! You can quickly, easily, and inexpensively update your courses when new information is available, making it possible to tackle From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    SyberWorks Online Survey Tool ... SyberWorks Online Survey Tool "SyberWorks online surveying application makes creating online surveys a snap. Online surveys can help to provide important information on your courses. The SyberWorks Online Survey tool has a complete array of features and functionality to help you create and send out your online survey in a matter of minutes." Added: 9 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: Take a free trial From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    Zempt Here's what Zempt does now. If you want to know what's in the works, take a look at our develo... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    PHPWebmasters MX More >>> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpwebmasters/)... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..


    e-Learning: technologies for institutional inertia? 'What influenced students most was not the teaching but the assessment.' I came across this arresting statement in an article by Graham Gibbs and Claire Simpson. Placing this in the context of an undergraduate degree we can begin to see how students may 'study' at university. From Auricle on March 9, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..


    Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen (Auch) Zur Vorbereitung auf das Erste Juristische Staatsexamen muss keine Teilzeitbeschäftigung gewährt werden, entschied jetzt das VG Mainz. Die ganze... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..


    Besteuerung privater Spekulationsgeschäfte Das BVerfG hat heute entschieden, dass § 23 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 1a des EStG in der für die... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..


    Job Security You Can Buy Consumers can now purchase employee-background screening tools at some Sam's Club stores and vet their personal records before employers do. But critics worry over-the-counter background checks could end up in the wrong hands. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    The American Delusion: Safety All the money spent on security to turn the country into a fortress may make us feel better, but it doesn't make us any safer. By Bruce Schneier from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    One File Swapper, One Lawsuit The music industry cannot file one lawsuit against 200 alleged file swappers, says a federal judge in Philadelphia. Instead, the Recording Industry Association of America will have to sue each individually. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Fertility Frozen in Time Reproduction research reaches a breakthrough for women who want to preserve their fertility: implanted frozen ovary tissue. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    When Space Invaders Ruled Earth Have a jones for some old-time arcade action? Head to the Museum of the Moving Image, where Asteroids and company are on display. Michelle Delio reports from Astoria, New York. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    AT & #038;T Mobile Users Face a Choice The wireless phone company is letting customers trade old phones for free new ones that use a broader portion of the telecommunications spectrum. But for owners of top-of-the-line handsets, it's not such a good deal. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Now That's Quite a Challenge Competitors in this weekend's Darpa Grand Challenge will try to do what the Pentagon's brightest minds have never done: Get a robot to drive itself across the desert for more than 200 miles. Noah Shachtman reports from Ontario, California. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    MP3.com Loot Hits Auction Block You may have missed the IPO, but now the remnants of the Internet bubble are going up for bid this week. Anyone need some rock-star memorabilia? By Kari Lynn Dean. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Matrix Expands to Wisconsin The Matrix -- an interstate antiterrorism database that tracks billions of records on ordinary Americans -- expands into another state. While privacy advocates have some success in curtailing its expansion, cops can't resist the powerful tool. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    New worm masquerades as Microsoft update - Iain Thomson, Vnunet Sober variant employs latest social engineering technique. A new variant of the Sober worm has surfaced this morning, antivirus specialist F-Secure has warned. Sober D pretends to be a Microsoft software update that protects against a new version of From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Paper-printed encyclopedias gather dust in Internet age - May Wong, Associated Post These are lonely days for encyclopedias. At libraries, the volumes sit ignored for days on end as information-seeking patrons tap busily away at nearby computers. Even in the warmth of a loving home, that set of hard-bound books that once represented From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    PC users urged not to upgrade, for planet's sake - INQUIRER People should be using their PCs for far longer rather than upgrading them every three years, according to a report on the cost of the ubiquitous machines to the planet. Boffins at the UN University of Tokyo reckon that making one PC requires ten times From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    PC users urged not to upgrade, for planet's sake - INQUIRER People should be using their PCs for far longer rather than upgrading them every three years, according to a report on the cost of the ubiquitous machines to the planet. Boffins at the UN University of Tokyo reckon that making one PC requires ten times From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Paper-printed encyclopedias gather dust in Internet age - May Wong, Associated Post These are lonely days for encyclopedias. At libraries, the volumes sit ignored for days on end as information-seeking patrons tap busily away at nearby computers. Even in the warmth of a loving home, that set of hard-bound books that once represented From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    New worm masquerades as Microsoft update - Iain Thomson, Vnunet Sober variant employs latest social engineering technique. A new variant of the Sober worm has surfaced this morning, antivirus specialist F-Secure has warned. Sober D pretends to be a Microsoft software update that protects against a new version of From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    School districts crack down on online gossip - eSchool News A growing number of school systems nationwide are trying to snuff out a high-tech twist on an age-old schoolhouse pastime--gossiping about teachers. Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Superintendent Phillip Price said the suburban Cleveland district has blocked From Educational Technology on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Technology Integration as a Transforming Teaching Strategy - Jerry Woodbridge, techLearning Abstract: This study of technology integration in the classroom involved 42 observations in 16 classrooms, 20 interviews, and 27 responses to an online survey. Teachers were selected with a common educational background in integrated learning and techn From Educational Technology on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Science Fair Exhibits 'Bits On Our Minds' - YUVAL SHAVIT, Cornell Daily Sun Three floors of Upson Hall bustled yesterday as students, faculty and residents of all ages came to see robots, airplanes, submarines, video games, computer animation and many other displayed projects. The attractions were showcased in Bits On Our Mind From Educational Technology on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Students get glimpse at galaxy's mysteries - TRISHIA HUGHES, Miami Herald The students at St. Philip's Episcopal School didn't need to go to outer space to dress up like astronauts and learn more about Mars, the space shuttle and the international space station. Instead, outer space came to them. For students in second throu From Educational Technology on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Blackboard files for $75 mln IPO, Reuters Educational software company, Blackboard Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Friday for an initial public offering worth an estimated $75 million. Blackboard did not say how many shares it plans to offer or estimate a price per share in a preliminary p From Online Learning Update on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    E-Learning Provides Answers - Wezi Tjaronda, New Era Minister of Regional, Local Government and Housing, Joel Kaapanda has said providing education to the ever increasing population hungry for education and qualifications, requires institutions to develop flexible learning systems. Kaapanda said last we From Online Learning Update on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    UIS receives federal funding to address math teacher shortage oeThis is a great day for UIS, said Chancellor Ringeisen following the announcement Monday that this campus has received $250,000 in federal funds to help address the shortage of math teachers in the state of Illinois. The funding will be used to estab From Online Learning Update on March 9, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    YesI! YesI! a PHP application that allows you to build a tree-structured website via a browser. It... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..


    Universia por RSS El portal Universia ha anunciado que a partir de ahora distribuye sus noticias por medio de RSS: «Universia, pionera del RSS» (8/3/2004) «La nueva aplicación que arrasará en la Educación» (9/3/2004) El RSS es un formato de sindicación de contenidos que permite notificar con agilidad y facilidad las novedades de un sitio web. Puede utilizars From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on March 9, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..


    Masters y Becas en España Me consultan sobre Programas Master y Becas para realizar estudios de posgrado en España, así que aprovecho y publico aquí las referencias básicas: Buscadores y Directorios de Masters Educaweb.com - Masters y posgrados Expo Cursos Iberestudios.com Mastermanía.com Mastermas.com Todo-masters.com Todo... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..


    Compact Memory Das "Internetarchiv jüfischer Periodika" http://www.compactmemory.de/ auf einem Server der RWTH-Aachen wird in HSOZKULT besprochen: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensionen/type=rezwww&id=30 In Compact Memory können u.a. die "Mitteilungen des Gesamtarchivs der deutschen Juden" 1909/14, 1926 eingesehen werden. From Archivalia on March 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..


    UIS receives federal funding to address math teacher shortage oeThis is a great day for UIS, said Chancellor Ringeisen following the announcement Monday that this campus has received $250,000 in federal funds to help address the shortage of math teachers in the state of Illinois. The funding will be used to estab From Online Learning Update on March 9, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..


    E-Learning Provides Answers - Wezi Tjaronda, New Era Minister of Regional, Local Government and Housing, Joel Kaapanda has said providing education to the ever increasing population hungry for education and qualifications, requires institutions to develop flexible learning systems. Kaapanda said last we From Online Learning Update on March 9, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..


    Blackboard files for $75 mln IPO, Reuters Educational software company, Blackboard Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Friday for an initial public offering worth an estimated $75 million. Blackboard did not say how many shares it plans to offer or estimate a price per share in a preliminary p From Online Learning Update on March 9, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..


    YACCS YACCS a service that allows you to place a comments section in your blogger entries. It's ve... From cms2u on March 9, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..


    UKeU: fracaso y replanteamiento del e-learning en el Reino Unido CETIS informa acerca de los problemas y planes de reestructuración del proyecto emblemático de e-learning del Reino Unido: «Flagship UKeU e-learning project faces major restructuring». UKeU (UK eUniversities Worlwide) es una compañía creada por el gobierno del Reino Unido en el año 2000 con el objeto de ofertar cursos a distancia de la universidades británicas a estudiantes de todo el mundo a través de Internet. El plan diseñado por el HEFCE (Higher EduOcteto - Tecnología educativa on March 9, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..


    Wissensmanagement Studie 2004 LexisNexis haben 200 Wissensmanager in deutschen Unternehmen befragt. Das Stichwort hieß "Soft Skills für das Wissensmanagement". Was vorliegt, sind einige Hinweise auf das Profil des modernen Wissensarbeiters: Ihn prägen geistige Offenheit und Kommunikationsfähigkeit; er ist stark intrinsisch motiviert; er ist... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 9, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..


    Europäisches Patentgericht "Um die Vorteile des Gemeinschaftspatents voll ausschöpfen zu können, brauchen wir ein einziges Europäisches Patentgericht, das unter der endgültigen Gerichtsbarkeit... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..


    El regreso de un clásico Vuelve SoNRiSa De TeQuiLa: ahora en v2 - Metablog horizontal, y como siempre, sacando las cosas de contexto. Vía: Alberto Bastos... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 9, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..


    Online Support for people Living with ADD. The internet is a great place to for people living with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder, ADHD, AD/HD) to find support. Websites like http://www.livingwithadd.com are a great place to gain a better understanding of ADD. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2004] From PR Web on March 9, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    Adventures in Safety's, "Journey of the Steal Proof Master" Movie and Course Taught in Auburn and Spencer MA Teaching children to trust their intuitions and to become aware of the lures that adults may use to abduct and/or assault them, is the focus of a FREE program being offered by Paul McCoy of McCoy's Action Karate and his teaching team Saturday March 13. Paul has recently been licensed to present the "Journey of the Steal-Proof Master," a fantasy-based abduction prevention program for children and their parents that was created by Adventures in Safety (AIS), LLC of Glastonbury, CT. McCoy's Action Karate will be offering a free three-hour "Steal-Proof Master" seminar and Movie at both o From PR Web on March 9, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    Artist reveals Self Creating Controversy Professor Martin Fromm Art Installation stirs contoversy and debate in Missoula, Montana. Exhibited in the basement of A Hair Salon it generates a mecca like following and Interest. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2004] From PR Web on March 9, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    SCB Solutions, Inc. to Launch a New Range of Applications for "Smart Cards and Beyond" Company to support mid-market education, industry and healthcare enterprises in smart card and identification deployments, filling a void in the North American market. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2004] From PR Web on March 9, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    Woman Breaks World Record to Become a ".MILLIONAIRE" in under 3 minutes. Family and friends celebrate in style. Lana Cameron Alexis Colby Ewing, formerly unemployed taxi driver yesterday became the world's fastest ".MILLIONAIRE". Although no one seems to know how much she is now worth, Lana became one the thousands of new dotWORLDS domain names holders to stake her claim in cyberspace. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2004] From PR Web on March 9, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    Buzznet adds licenses Buzznet is a photoblog community offering free hosting space for your digital photos and mobile phone shots. They offer image uploads via your web browser and cameraphones using email, making it easy to setup your own gallery of photos. Recently we noticed they became the first photoblogging service to offer the ability to license your gallery under a Creative Commons license. If you've got a cameraphone or bunch of digital photos you'd like to share, sign up for a new account then simply select a license in the preferences to apply From Creative Commons: weblog on March 9, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Agriculture Department Orders Slaughter Of All Birds BALTIMORE, Maryland - The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an order Monday calling for the destruction of all birds. "We take this drastic step to stop the bird flu infestation on our shores," said Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, "It is a highly contagious, virulent disease that threatens to destroy entire populations of birds. By collecting eggs, and then destroying the animals ourselves, we can wipe out this disease in one generation." Veneman explained that current cloning techniques would allow rebuilding bird populations in a few years. From The Bentinel on March 9, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..


    Atom Ein Verzeichnis der "Atom-fähigen" Dienste und Software findet sich, als Beta-Version, bei AtomEnabled. Der Reader, den ich ständig in Gebrauch... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..


    Einkommensunterschiede Zwischen den durchschnittlichen Monatseinkommen von Männern und Frauen klafft - zu Gunsten der Männer - eine Lücke von rund 30... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..


    Meta-Tags III Die Rechtsprechung zu Meta-Tags in Bezug auf Markenrechtsverletzungen ist bei Dr. Web zusammengefasst.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..


    Polizei unter Beobachtung 18.000 Klagen jährlich gegen die britische Polizei sorgen für ein entsprechendes "Betätigungsfeld" von AnwältInnen, so TimesOnline heute.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 9, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..


    Video Is The Weak Link In Online Conferencing Status of videoconferencing technology from the end user point of view - Roundup of trends, tools and applications. From Kolabora.com on March 9, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..


    PLATEAU SYSTEMS Introduces Opensuite(Tm), The Industry's First Open Architecture E-Learning Suite For The Enterprise From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    University of Houston selects WebCT Vista to accommodate accelerating enrollments From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    Encyclopedias gather dust in Internet age From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    Public Broadcasting gets major grant to upgrade digital signal From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    European e-Government to get 37.5M from EU eTEN programme From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    VIRTUAL SCHOOLS, COMPLETE EDUCATION From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    In debt from Day One From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    Blackboard files for $75 mln IPO From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    Wallin, Bates to Receive Honorary Doctorates from Athabasca University From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    A Look At ... Web-Based Assessment From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 9, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..


    Google, how fleeting thy loving embrace... (Housekeeping Housekeeping Housekeeping) Hey… it’s only been a few hours since I posted on this and already my Google-rank for a search on “housekeeping” has dropped four slots, down to #11… Off the first results page entirely. I scream it at you, fickle Google, I call out to your spiders and your crawlers and your bots: Housekeeping! Housekeeping! Housekeeping!... From Object Learning on March 9, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..


    Financial Skills Gateway - Student Materials Students undertaking work placement or work experience in the financial services industry now have access to a new range of support resources. Axiss Australia’s finance@work program, in conjunction with the Department of Education, Science and Training, has produced the resources to support careers advisers, vocational education coordinators and students interested in work placement in the financial services sector. From EdNA Online on March 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..


    Stupid Email Request of the Week Set up a feedback form on your web site, and you get cruft like: I am a marketer and am interested in buying the e-mail addresses of all your community colleges. Sure! Your odds are as good as a July blizzard in Phoenix. At least this spam merchant was direct. From cogdogblog on March 9, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..


    Bahamian Cable Dispute Makes US Crabby Via pho comes a link here: (see also here) "Scarcely a week passes in this world when the United States Government or the agglomeration of European countries that together rule the world donÂ’t come up with some scheme or other to try to blackmail developing countries into doing things that will in some way harm their national interest.  Now the latest thing is the United States Trade Office proposes t From A Copyfighter's Musings on March 9, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..


    Global Gateways: A Guide to Online knowledge Networks Global Gateways: A Guide to Online knowledge Networks provides an overview of educational gateways world-wide and articulates the characteristics and functions provided by the best gateways and portals. A section on global trends, based on an extensive literature review, identifies a number of challenges confronting online knowledge service providers. From EdNA Online on March 9, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..


    VeriSign to stand guard for U.S. Bancorp A multiyear deal to manage security services for the financial institution lends a push to VeriSign's drive to persuade corporations to turn over security to it. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..


    IBM to bundle storage software products Big Blue on Tuesday plans to introduce software designed to ease the management of complicated data storage systems, the latest entry into the hotly contested market. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..


    Meme spreading in the blogosphere From Holly's Research Journal on March 9, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..


    apodictic While reading for my "Leading and Managing Language Programs" I came across this word apodictic. In the context of the article it was written like; "They discuss the apodictic view (I instinctively know it)" which refers to the "you can't-define-it-but-but-you-know-it-when-you-see-it"... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 9, 2004 at 12:51 a.m..


    Information Design And PowerPoint Presentation Skills, Tools and ... ... it may not be possible to present a physical ... ... A valuable resource to improve the effectiveness of ... using built-in features of Microsoft PowerPoint. ... ... From MasterViews on March 8, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..


    How to create HTML without frames -- The PowerPoint FAQ ... your PowerPoint Productivity with. Supercharge your PPT Productivity with PPTools - Click here to learn more. Click here to learn how. How to create HTML without ... From MasterViews on March 8, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..


    More on the Royal Society's UK testimony Stephen Pincock, Royal Soc[iety] down on open access, TheScientist, March 8, 2004. Summarizing the Royal Society's skeptical views on OA journals and the implications of funding them for British science, as well as some responses around the UK to the Royal Society's views. Excerpt: "The society, Britain's national science academy, is due to give evidence on Monday (March 8) to a hearing of the House of Commons Select Com From FOS News on March 8, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..


    Where is college/university use of weblogs? Via Weblogg-ed: Seems there are a growing number of presentations on the use of weblogs in education. Comment: Perusing these, I continue to discover great and imaginative ways weblogs are being used in primary and secondary schools. From carvingCode on March 8, 2004 at 11:46 p.m..


    Blogs: The Next Generation Internet Keeping this for future reading. From carvingCode on March 8, 2004 at 11:46 p.m..


    Blade servers fight for edge IBM talks up its blade servers to the telecommunications industry, while HP slims down its blades to allow more servers in the same amount of space. From CNET News.com on March 8, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..


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