U.S. politicos fire at EU's Microsoft ruling In a strongly worded letter, members of the House International Relations committee ask regulators in Brussels to reconsider their decision to levy a record fine against the U.S.-based company. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

House letter: Windows issue 'not a concern' for EU In a letter to the European Commission, members of Congress say that because the bundling issue was resolved by the DOJ settlement, it "should not have been an area of concern for the E.U." From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

HP lands Veterans Affairs deal Hewlett-Packard has won a 10-year, $784 million contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs for the support services and maintenance of its health information systems. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Tracking tags may get congressional scrutiny A Democratic senator calls for a congressional hearing on RFID, as privacy concerns fuel the legislative debate on the technology. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Dell two-timing Intel? A misunderstanding, it says The only top-tier server firm to have stuck completely with Intel chips is caught in a seeming act of infidelity, offering for sale a chip from Intel archenemy AMD. But a Dell representative calls it a mix-up. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Monitoring the monitors The European Commission's ruling in its antitrust case against Microsoft highlights the difficulties facing technical compliance officers. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Microsoft looks to unite PC, Xbox games The software giant announces a new game development platform covering current and future versions of Windows and the Xbox game console. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Health case could help out Microsoft appeal A decision in an earlier European antitrust case involving the health care industry could bode well for the software maker as it prepares its appeal. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Sony e-book to be written in electronic ink The consumer electronics maker is using electronic ink in its new e-book, marking one of the first applications of the next-generation display technology. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Tomas Cabal is angry San Cristobal PR Consultant Tomas Cabal sent an angry email in response to a story which appeared here previously about him engaging the services of a fugitive nutcase on behalf of his client. From Okke Ornstein on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Another Beginning A new beginning, welcome to Projected Nexus, a community for minds apart. Trust me, you know who you are or else you wouldn't be here now. Let's get this thing started and we'll see where it goes from here. The... From Rites of Spring on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

What will follow We're just getting this thing started, but shortly we'll be taking requests and filling these pages with original thoughts (if there is such a thing) and hopefully unique solutions to rare problems. I've put some thought into the question I... From Rites of Spring on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Alive The forum is officially up and running, just a few formatting bits to organize, but we're well on our way to some heralded conclusion. I would like this thing to make a difference both for myself and the potential community... From Rites of Spring on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Butterfly effect I had the pleasure of participating in the Bell Sympatico/MSN Market Trial for the past four months. In a partnership with MS, Bell plans to integrate the MSN portal and MSN 8 software into Sympatico.ca and broadband services. I got the impression that the MSN software is going to be an value-added service you have to pay extra for, like the current firewall and anti-virus add-on packages. I also got a free mousepad out of it. :) MSN 8 is basically an Internet Explorer tarted up to look like AOL, although the result is much more pleasing to the eye. Menus have a translucent glass effect on the From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Under the <table> Richard McManus comments on the now legendary HTML tables vs. CSS layout debate. Web designers should use CSS layouts instead of hacking tables together. Sure, tables are easier to understand and set up, but CSS is easier to change, easier to migrate to new formats (think portable devices), and makes more logical sense. TABLE is an ugly hack, back when there was no real way to display column layouts on the web. Their intuitive nature is probably why they replaced frames as the way to place content adjacent to each other. So really, both camps are right. Either implementation is transparent to From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Another man's utopia "There isn't much to watch on American TV now unless you are into violence and/or canned laughter. Did you know that most of the laugh tracks they use are so old that the people you hear laughing at the sitcom are mostly dead? It seems appropriate." The Guardian interviews sci-fi author Ursula Le Guin. Sadly, my only exposure to Le Guin was a mini-series of her novel Lathe of Heaven on A&E, an American television network. It was a good concept: a man whose dreams can alter reality, and his psychologist who finally decides to use this power to his advantage. In the interview, Ursula explai From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Converging towards the mind Knowledge management consists of two key components: codification, and personalization. Codification is the act of amassing and archiving data and information. In this day and age, that means digitalization, databases and search engines. Personalization is the act of spreading knowledge through communication - email, blogging, wikis, plain ol' social networking. Nova Spivacks sees a near future where these two worlds will converge into a phenomenon he coins the "Metaweb". Information will increasingly rich in content. With the inroads e-paper is making, one can conceivably have an interac From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

The packet always rings twice Linux Journal has an innovative way of remotely accessing your otherwise firewall'ed-up server - port knocking. This trick is accomplished by using a pre-arranged sequence of connection attempts to a unique set of ports within a unique time interval as a method of authentication. In other words, like knocking in a certain pattern on a locked door of a speakeasy. A daemon can be set to monitor the firewall logs for this secret "knock", and open a port (say, port 22 for secure shell login) when the sequence is played. The beauty of this system is that the host firewall can still be silently From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Because "market share eroder" doesn't sound as nice Why must everytime a new tech gadget seems to somewhat compete against an existing gadget, the press goes wild and calls it a "[insert predominant product's name] Killer"? Imagine if other products were sensationalized in this way - you'd see headlines screaming, "Campbell's is the Lipton's Cup-of-Soup killer!" :nono: So with great fanfare it is announced that Microsoft is preparing an 'iPod killer' for Europe. (Neowin discusses these news.) As per Microsoft's "kitchen sink" philosophy, it plays music, movies, and photos; basically it does everything except g From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Time only knows If you're going to be late going home, call the home and let your woman know. Especially if you and your friend (say, Juice) go on a roadtrip to Costco. If you don't, it is advisable to bring back some treats, such as grilled chicken penne alfredo for supper and two freshly made catuccis (pastry rolls filled with ricotta cheese and chocolate chips dusted with powder sugar) for dessert. In the D drive: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The Prince finally makes a debut to the 3D world in proper style (unlike Prince of Persia 3D). Very smooth, simplified gameplay with a great soundtr From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Relax, don't do it When your Windows box just doesn't seem to be working right, relieve your stress with this Flash file. Or else end up like this guy (MPEG). From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

In the future there will be blogs? "Trust in journalism has been declining for a generation," says a study on the state of the US news media by the Project for Excellence in Journalism: "Only 5% of stories on cable news contain new information, the report found. Most were simply rehashes of the same facts. There was also less fact checking than in the past and less policing of journalistic standards. Quality news and information were more available than ever before, but so was the trivial, the one-sided and the false. Consumers with the time and patience to distinguish between many different sources of news might be better info From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Shameless Linux plug Take a gander at Knoppix, an unique Linux distribution from Loadux.com. Knoppix Linux is a fully functional, bootable Linux OS that runs right off the CD. That's right - no hard drive installation is required. It even comes with other fully functional open source goodies: the Konqueror and Mozilla web browsers, the XMMS media player and OpenOffice. It's great if you want to test drive Linux hassle-free, or a maintenance tool for fixing messed up Windows systems. It's free to keep, use and copy. One Groklaw reader also points out Knoppix could even be the key to a guerilla market From silentblue | Quantified on March 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Amateur Photo Contest The Gunchicks.com amateur photo contest has begun where web surfers may submit photos of unclothed females having the name of our web site written on their bodies with lipstick. From Gunchicks.com Online Photo Galleries on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Girls With Guns Free Photo Gallery The first of many free photo galleries at Gunchicks.com of girls with guns wearing bikinis or thongs. From Gunchicks.com Online Photo Galleries on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Free Modeling Lessons There is nothing like learning how to do something by actually doing it and we have modeling opportunities for aspiring models with a strong sense of adventure. From Gunchicks.com Online Photo Galleries on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

How To Buy Your First Handgun For Self Defense The procedure for purchasing a handgun lawfully in the United States is explained in general terms. From Gunchicks.com Online Photo Galleries on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Celebrity Photo Gallery Female celebrities who believe in the woman's right to self defense are invited to send in their photos to show their support. See web link for details. From Gunchicks.com Online Photo Galleries on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Twinkies Contest Hostess box design contest for kids using colored pencils, crayons, markers or paints offers prizes of 75,000 dollars in college scholarships. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Faucet Water Filter Certified, multi-faucet-fitting, long-lasting filters with electronic filter status lights and adjustable water fountain. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Fire Ant Control Guidelines for preventative protection of family pets and information about a non-bait granular product. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Nikoma Lee Virtual gifts - roses, champagne, cars, hotels - given by fans and admirers at social networking site. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Resistance Training 30 minute fitness workouts with gravity system that uses an individual's body weight as resistance in total body strength training classes. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Swivel Flash Drives Ultra Small USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drives feature a never-lose swivel cap that provides an easy, portable means of protecting, transferring, and sharing data. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Mykonos Resort Contiki's new Greek island resort provides relaxation and adventure for 18 to 35 year olds with its nightclub, Internet cafe, tennis courts, beach bar, and water sports center. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Wireless VoIP Cordless phone sets designed to provide wireless VoIP access through a PC's USB port, followed by VoFi 802.11-enabled phones. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

WiMAX 802.16 New radio network technology ideal for providing wireless, stationary, nomadic, and broadband Internet access to companies and homes. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

WPS : Wi-Fi Positioning System Has no line of sight requirements, is accurate to within twenty meters, and can be used indoors or outdoors to determine location in seconds. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Metadata Integration Oracle Warehouse Builder technology to manage metadata integration with business intelligence modeling, extraction and reporting tools. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Spy Pen Digital Camera Ultra-small, ultra-low power electronic viewfinder integrated into a stylish, futuristic 2.1-megapixel with 2x zoom. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Street Glow Annual competition in Daytona Beach is premier venue for the best and most innovative auto neon and performance lighting. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Lexus LFC Lexus to unveil high-output, V8-powered, luxury sports coupe concept vehicle at New York Auto Show on April 8. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

BMW 1 Series BMW's first compact class automobile is sporty and fuel efficient, with a powerful engine and high-grade equipment. From Yenra on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Banner Backgrounds Free templates for creating aesthetic banner ads From Clickfire.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Rapid Deployment Freeware URL Launcher Launch all your favorite URL's with one click using this new freeware tool From Clickfire.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Becoming a Webmaster This article asks the question "What is a webmaster and what are the job responsibilities?" From Clickfire.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Top 3 Things to Look for in a Web Hosting Company CPU Review asks several web hosting industry professionals for the top 3 From Clickfire.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Interview with "W.J.": Flirting with Spam Could there possibly be a positive side to spam? One person thinks so. From Clickfire.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Web Site Review - ZapMeta Search mulitiple search engines with one results page using ZapMeta's meta search From Clickfire.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Shared or Dedicated Web Hosting? A quick explanation of shared web hosting versus dedicated web hosting From Clickfire.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Forum Software Script Feature: vBulletin Anyone who visits forums regularly will have seen the familiar phrase, "powered by vBulletin." vBulletin forum software is very likely the most well liked among commercial discussion forum software scripts. From Forum Point on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Forum Terminology Since some forum terminology can be confusing to new users, we're listing some common forum terms and definitions to help you understand forum speak. From Forum Point on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Free Forum Avatars If you use discussion forums, then you've probably seen the small graphic images that appear beside forum member posts. Most discussion forums allow users to select a free avatar graphic to appear beside each member post. Avatars lend a bit of personality to your forum profile and create a hallmark for other forum members to recognize you by. From Forum Point on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Article: Planning a Discussion Forum Anyone can start an Internet discussion forum. But, a truly successful forum web site demands an investment of careful planning and hard work. Before starting a discussion forum or message board site, consider these points. From Forum Point on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

ALERT - Beware of Worms/Fake emails From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

MSN Messenger, Hotmail on the fritz From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Bluetooth FrogPad From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

'I, Robot' Trailer Now Online From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Panasonic's Flip Out X300 Motion Video Phone From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

The New-Breed of In-Dash Technology From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

New Siemens SX1 With Laser Keyboard From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Iomega Micro Mini USB 2.0 Drive From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Serious Flaw in Norton Internet Security From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

JVC's New Sub-Laptop MP-XV941 From Simply UK Gadgets on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Buick-Oldsmobile Classic Car Inventory Update Added 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 350 - Contact Sales Dept. Phone. 1-800-716-9635, Select Motor Co. Inc., March 18, 2004 From Select Motor Company Inc. on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Pontiac Classic Car Inventory Update Added 1978 Pontiac Trans Am 400 - 1972 Pontiac GTO 455 Contact Sales Dept. Phone. 1-800-716-9635, Select Motor Co. Inc., March 18, 2004 From Select Motor Company Inc. on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Ford Classic Car Inventory Update Added 1966 Mustang Fastback 289 - 1929 Model A Custom 350 - 1968 Ford F-250 Camper Special 390 Contact Sales Dept. Phone. 1-800-716-9635, Select Motor Co. Inc., March 18, 2004 From Select Motor Company Inc. on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Select Motor Co. Inc. unveils Wireless, PDA, Website Access Added Select Motor Co. Inc. begins providing its customers with Wireless Device web updates. Updates provide the lastest information on current inventory of classic American muscle cars. Contact Sales Dept. Phone. 1-800-716-9635, Select Motor Co. Inc., March 18, 2004 From Select Motor Company Inc. on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Dodge-Plymouth Classic Car Inventory Update 2 Added 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 Contact Sales Dept. Phone. 1-800-716-9635, Select Motor Co. Inc., March 18, 2004 From Select Motor Company Inc. on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Chevrolet Classic Car Inventory Update 2 Added 1978 Corvette L-82 25th Anniversary Edition - 1971 Chevelle SS 454 LS-5 Contact Sales Dept. Phone. 1-800-716-9635, Select Motor Co. Inc., March 18, 2004 From Select Motor Company Inc. on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Big Brother: des boîtes noires dans les voitures Dans le cadre d'une expérience de dix semaines menée à Abu Dhabi, des boîtes noires seront installées dans certains véhicules. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Nukes for al-Qaeda? In an interview to be aired on Australia's Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Monday, Hamid Mir claims the terrorist organization bought "smart briefcase bombs" on the black market in central Asia. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Un nom de domaine xxx? Ce sont neuf nouvelles demandes de noms de domaine qui ont été déposées auprès de la Internet Corporation for the Assignment of Names and Numbers (ICANN). From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

The Oscar plane United Ailines Oscar Flight # 109 transported 50 Oscar statues on February 19th. Here are the pictures. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Big Mac + frites + musique McDonald's a l'intention d'offrir de la musique avec ses hamburgers. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Naom Chomsky on Iraq The Canadian analyst doubts the U.S wants freedom for Iraq. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Spider-Man 2 going mobile Sony Pictures announced a deal with Sprint PCS to offer Spider-Man 2 goodies on their cell phones. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Lancement de Syberia 2 et rencontre avec Benoit Sokal Le lancement officiel de Syberia 2 a lieu aujourd'hui à Montréal. J'y serai donc et vous présenterai un certain nombre d'éléments (entrevue, captures d'écran, etc.) dans les prochains jours. En attendant, voici... From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Radio Bide & Musique Un site hilarant sur lequel écouter les pires musiques, discuter, etc. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Saisies d'écran de Syberia II - 1ère partie Voici les premières saisies d'écran. Les autres suivront. À venir également: une entrevue de Benoit Sokal et la transcription d'une rencontre avec Emmanuel Olivier, président de MC2 Microïds. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

A story about France, a grandmother and an iBook It's the post that caught my eye, as well - I must admit - as the name of the blog : "Neopoleon". From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Un jeu vidéo commandé par des ondes cérébrales La compagnie Mind Balance a présenté une nouvelle manière de jouer: avec un casque sans fil. Le jeu est contrôlé directement par les ondes cérébrales. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Uru expansion pack offered Ubi Soft just released Uru: To D'ni Expansion, free for download. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

France: a bomb found under rail tracks According to news agencies, an explosive device was found buried under train tracks east of Paris. But reports are contradictory. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Syberia II: les esquisses de Benoît Sokal Miss-Information.net a réussi à mettre la main sur des esquisses inédites de Benoît Sokal dessinées pour son dernier titre Syberia II. From miss-information.net on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

System Overload? The article posted below really adds nothing new to what I have been saying recently: it simply asks whether we are not in the business of doing too little too late. But the more we look around us the more we might ask ourselves whether this wasn't some kind of... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Ray Winstone: from Gal Dove to Sir Bors Is the world ready for another film about King Arthur? Does the world need another film about King Arthur? Regardless, we're getting another film about King Arthur. It's scheduled to open in July.... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Talking about the Weather I have mixed feelings about the Tate Modern in London. It's a wonderful building--everyone loves Herzog and de Meuron's conversion of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's original Bankside power station. For most people, though, the attraction ends there. While the art in the building is very good, to most visitors it's... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Shell: Another Oil Reserves Downgrade A couple of items on the energy front which should not pass unnoticed: Shell hit the headlines last week by delaying its annual report, due on Friday, until later in the year. They also dealt a new blow to investor confidence with a second downgrade of its oil reserves: Shell... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

China's Resource Needs The earth Policy Institute recently published an article on the interconnections between climate and food, focussing on the reduced levels of the water table, and the consequent reduction in land productivity in China. Clearer in the longer run some of the trends identified in this article may be reversed, but... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

780,000 Windows : All Shut. For over six years we are ready for transmission. But Pastapur (the village) has no right for its own radio. -- Villager from Andhra Pradesh in South India. 780,000 channels. That is the total number of "community radio stations" possible in India. Rural India's best ICT tool till date is The Radio : Rural India's Window to the world. It is by far the best and cheapest way to deliver e-content over a large population and a large geographical area. It underlines the fact that the best technological solution for rural India is still WirelessTech. From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Inflation's Bottom Update: This post has been altered as I mistakenly attributed the extract to Stephen Roach (what a howler: confusing Richard Berner with Stephen Roach! Thanks Daniel. Ouch!). Richard Berner advances the hypothesis that US inflation has actually bottomed out. This conclusion would be really perfectly comprehensible if one accepted the... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Brazil: China Connection II Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim is currently in China lobying for finance to aid in the construction of railroads, roads, agriculture and mining in order to speed the flow of soybeans, meat and minerals to China. Regular Bonobo readers will be well aware of the China soya impact : in... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Turkey's Jobless Recovery Is Turkey the key? I have often pointed to Turkey's recent spurt in economic growth as being something which is significant and interesting. A lot of the ingredients are there: demographic transition, economic and structural reforms, rapid productivity growth, globalisation and outsourcing. The lastest, and most surprising example of the... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

The remittance lifeline? It's taken the BBC a while to get around to discussing this report. Some interesting figures, though, especially on the major receiving and host countries (e.g., Indians abroad remit US$10 billion and migrants working in the US send out US$28.4 billion). "Aid flows are shrinking, and rich governments are keener... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Inflation and Commodities Richard Berner isn't the only one who is worried about inflation in the US, today Bloomberg's Caroline Baum takes up the same issue. She focuses naturally enough on the substantial increase in commodity prices:Rising inflation isn't the only risk, according to Doug Lee, president of Economics from Washington in Potomac, Maryland. Measurement credibility is an issue as well. ``The inflation risk for investors is not so much that core measures of inflation will move higher but that these measures are losing credibility in financial markets,'' Lee says. It's one t From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Gods make their own importance While talking to my mother on the phone last night there was no mention of what the Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci calls the "brusque turn of history" we're now experiencing.... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Structural Shifts Brad DeLong has already pointed to Daniel Drezner's article in Foreign Affairs, in which downplays outsourcing and its role in America's employment situation.... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Economic Consequences of 11M Italian consumer confidence has remained near a 10-year low in March in the wake of the Madrid terrorist bombings. In fact the bombings may have hurt sentiment in Italy more than the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. according to a statement from the government-funded Isae institute. The confidence survey,... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

The Outsourcing Debate Reaches Germany Well, well, this was hardly unexpected. In fact the reality may well be that this time there is plenty of smoke but no fire, since Siemens has announced it has no concrete plans to move 10,000 jobs abroad. Indeed much of the noise at present may emanate from a threat... From BonoboLand on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Shifting Focus from Bharat to India Thomas Friedman is a one-man factory churning out outsourcing stories by the dozens. He asks and answers the question below in his latest column.... From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Wonderful World of Wireless My latest article from Business Standard: One of the most significant elements of India's infrastructure that has taken shape in the past few years is invisible to its users. The cellular networks that have put 30 million phones in the hands of Indians HYPHEN and continue to do so at... From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Revising PPP and Idli Sambar Index I invite bloggers to let me know the price of a plate of Idli Sambar (2 idlis, sambar, and chutney: the restaurant must be Udipi class) in your respective cities and we'll compute the Idli Sambar Index, and assess the valuation of foreign currencies. Trained and untrained economists are welcome to comment on this idea. From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Behind the mask - Economist view on China Hailed as the business opportunity of the century, China is bound to disappoint. Mismatch between excitable perception and sober reality is real... From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Advice to Call Center Reps I have been observing the BPO wave for the last one year and actually exeriencing the Call Center Quality of Service. After observing for a while and going through various good/bad experiences, I thought I will write a post giving advice to the actual work horses in the Call Center Industry. Read the whole article @ Living India Main From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

India's higher-education increasingly closed Citing duties-to-imports and imports-to-GDP ratios as a measure of economic openness, Sanjaya Baru counters Zoellick-speak suggesting that India is amongst the world's most closed economies. While acknowledging that India does have some way to go before it achieves "ASEAN level" of tariffs, he contends that tariffs in India are comparable... From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

780,000 Windows : All Shut. For over six years we are ready for transmission. But Pastapur (the village) has no right for its own radio. -- Villager from Andhra Pradesh in South India. 780,000 channels. That is the total number of "community radio stations" possible in India. Rural India's best ICT tool till date is... From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

What is the Stock Market Good for? Jayati Ghosh and CP Chandrashekar come out with an interesting take on the stock market. Looking at historical data, they claim that the stock (equity) market is not the vehicle of choice to mobilize money for new ventures--rather its a forum to exchange/transfer risk.... From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

It's the Small Suff, Stupid An ironic bit of popular wisdom goes 1. Don't sweat the small stuff. 2. It's all small stuff. In the context of economic development, I totally agree with the latter bit, but strongly disagree with the former bit. If we don't sweat the small stuff, we don't have much hope of managing the big stuff since the big stuff is exactly what arises from an aggregation of all those small bits of stuff. From Economy Matters on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Blog Crackdown: Reactions from the Chinese Blogosphere Isaac at CNblog.org, a major community blog on blogging in China noted the following.: "In the past three days, there were many reports and commentaries about the blog service provider crackdown in China. Regardless of whether various blog communities were being forced to shut down or became temporarily out of service to bloggers due to self-protection reasons, large number of bloggers and readers were affected. "It is a pity that the shutdown of various blog communities left many users with no space to express their feelings about the incident. Below is a collection of perspectives and w From Living in China on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Censorship in China Around the world, the way in which information is distributed is changing with the emergence of the web From Living in China on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

So-Called Censorship A note from the Editor. On Friday evening Living in China seems to have been blocked (so to say - or at the very least hacked) for a short period. The site has received criticism from various bloggers in recent months for several 'censorship' related reasons, but yesterday's action does... From Living in China on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Crouching Tiger, Nervous Dragon As of 12.00pm Sunday, it appeared that Chen had won the so-called Taiwanese election by a narrow margin. However the so-called referendum was declared invalid, and rival so-called candidate Lien is disputing the results. Here's one perspective from the mainland... From Living in China on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Adventures in Chinese It was there in black and white on the first draft of my contract: two hours of Chinese lessons weekly. From Living in China on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Death in the Dorms Life treats us differently. Some are always lucky with their study, their jobs and their lives, while some are always struggling with problems From Living in China on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Five Easy Ways to Slack on the Job in China That driver has no 'professional ethics', said Beijing cabbie Yang Yongchang, pointing to a van that was forcing traffic to back up half a block as the van master tried to back over a curb so he could park - where else - on the sidewalk. Professional ethics? Work used... From Living in China on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

An axis of ugly mugs Each morning, after I heave my sorry (and sometimes hungover) carcass out of bed, I drag my feet to my iMac and point my browser directly to The Sydney Morning Herald. It's my morning ritual that keeps me in touch with what's happening back home. So you can imagine my horror this morning to see three ugly mugs staring out at me. From Living in Australia on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

So, you call yourself a Sydneysider? John Saxby's article at The Sydney Morning Herald brought a smile to my dial today. Although I was born and raised in Queensland I always tell people I'm from Sydney. My Sydney years (1994-2001) were the best year's of my life and I'm an unashamed huge fan of Sydney. Having visited other international cities I'm pretty confident Sydney has the goods. From Living in Australia on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Has it really been a year? A year ago this weekend, bombs began dropping from the sky over Baghdad and "shock and awe" stormed into the lexicon, as the US-led war in Iraq began. (via ABC) From Living in Australia on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

To quit or not to quit A couple of years ago, New South Wales legislated to ban smoking in restaurants. The next winter, one was suddenly treated to the pathetic sight of smokers huddling outside the front of eateries, trying to keep the windy chill at bay whilst sucking back on their cancer sticks. More recently,... From Living in Australia on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Laughing at Hollywood The witty guys at The Chaser have a scoop about how Mel Gibson can top his film The Passion with Jesus's appearance in the sequel. Whilst some commentators see the film as a call to arms for Christians and Catholics in a way to combat the militants in the Islamic... From Living in Australia on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Exhibitionist Man Ray. Art Gallery of New South Wales Until 18 April. Like wow, man. I have just returned from the Art Gallery next to Sydney's Botanical Gardens after a brainblowing few hours getting into the mind of Man Ray. Man Ray was a defining artist of Dadaism and Surealism. He... From Living in Australia on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

anniversary Many thousands turn out to mark Iraq war anniversary with anti- war rallies in London, Glasgow, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Mumbai as well as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The most pressing question was how many Iraqies were in these crowds. Almost... From Living in Australia on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Top 10 Things About Prague Inspired by my pal Amy Langfield's own New York Top 10 List, here's my Top 10 List of Favorite Things About Prague, which I hope inspires my fellow Living in Europe bloggers to post their own 10 favorite things: 10. Night trams and the people who ride them 9. The... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Kurds, Yezidi Pep Matas's recent post about Catalan nationalism reminded me of another group, accused of the nationalism its oppressors practice - the Kurds in Turkey. To be sure, I'd heard of them before I came to Turkey, and probably so had you, in relation to Iraq, more than likely. But browsing the web over the last couple days, I found a bit more information: From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Ray Winstone: from Gal Dove to Sir Bors Is the world ready for another film about King Arthur? Does the world need another film about King Arthur? Regardless, we're getting another film about King Arthur. It's scheduled to open in July.... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Unfinished Business While other countries look forward to the coming of spring, that particular season in this particular part of the world brings nothing good, at least judging by the events of recent history. Wars in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia HYPHEN they all either erupted or escalated in springtime.... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

A Walk Across Prague Last night I found myself unexpectedly alone and with no plans whatsoever, so I decided to walk downtown from my new apartment, hoping to see Prague with fresh eyes. The first thought I had as I set out was that it's good to know I live so close to the... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Frauen, die öfter 'ich' sagen Ostblog has noted recently (here, here, and here) reactions to Martina Rellin's book Klar bin ich eine Ost-Frau!. The publisher says:"In the tradition of Maxie Wander, Martina Rellin writes a remarkable and authentic book that sheds light on the differences and commonalities between East and West...In the process she makes the surprising discovery that eastern women are less oriented towards consumption, less anti-desire [lusfeindlich], more life-affirming, self-assured, and more willing to take risks than their counterparts in the West. And the experience of the Wende has left them even From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

In Which The Blogger Talks About An Old War Having just finished Davies' Rising '44 , I was very happy to find Andrzej Wajda's film Kanal at the local library. This film is based on the events in the Warsaw (Up)rising: the movement of the AK (Home Army) through the sewers from one end of the city to the... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Siberian Jedi Hollywood movie star Ewan McGregor is about to make a tv documentary showing himself risking life and limb driving a motorcycle across Siberia as a part of his round the world trip. This Sunday Mail article is full of the dangers that await Ewan in the big bad world...... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

The Clare air For those thinking of a summer trip to the west coast of Ireland for an immersion in the country's traditional music, County Clare is the favoured destination, and with good reason.... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Dutch politics: Turkish membership of EU inevitable Newspaper NRC-Handelsblad (in Dutch, for printed paper readers only) asked all Dutch political parties that will participate in the upcoming elections for the EU-parliament about their view on Turkish membership of the EU. Accept for the fundamentalistic christians (3 to 4% of the votes normally) all see it as inevitable.... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Christiania: A short history Besides the Little Mermaid, the &#8220;free city&#8221; of Christiania is probably the best known &#8220;attraction&#8221; in Copenhagen. For the uninitiated, this is a short overview of the history of the place. In 1971, a large army barrack near downtown Copenhagen, in the picturesque (and already quite bohemian) Christianshavn neighborhood, was... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Poland's Security Three Pakistanis and one Ukrainian were arrested on Sunday in Warsaw. The Warsaw police arrested the first man by the central train station because he was acting "suspiciously". He then led them to his flat, where one more Pakistani national was found and then were joined by an Ukrainian. Later,... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Mediterranean Fire and Rockets Have you ever been in Valencia for Sant Josep (19 March) when the "Cremà de les Falles" takes place? For a foreigners it's an unforgettable experience. I can still remember those dear old sixties when I was ten and me and my parents went to Valencia - invited by one of my father's friends called Pepe and his wife (called Pepita, of course). I was at that time very frightened, especially by the sound of all the firecrackers. What a terrible impression I received when I jumped out the car! From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

So ein Theater Remember the Berlin bank scandal? Here's the BBC's 2001 coverage, in case you don't. Basically the Bankgesellschaft Berlin, in which the city has a 57% share, went bust on loans it had given to finance rebuilding Berlin. The city projected an additional $2.6 billion would have to be spent to... From Living in Europe on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Bolivia & technology The UNDP (United Nations Development Program) just released its 2004 report on human development in Bolivia. Despite October's turmoil, the report's optimistic &ampmdash; even though Bolivia ranks 114th (out of 175) in the human development index.... From Southern Exposure on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Where's the police? It started this afternoon. Despite announcing a 10-day "truce" w/ Mesa's government, the COB decided to march through the Prado. About 3:30pm I heard the sound of rockets going off, and (perhaps foolishly) went out to take a look. A few hundred members of the COB & others were marching... From Southern Exposure on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Bolivia, towards direct political participation. Now that constitution reforms allow citizens to directly participate as candidates (without political party affiliation) in elections there is no excuse for daily protests from some sectors. If there is enough representation (through votes) all important players should be represented from now on. This is an important challenge for the... From Southern Exposure on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Tri-Border: Why there? Would you go to the tri-border if you could? Maybe not. You just go there because of money laundering, smuggling and, following some reports, by terror (if you are a terrorist, of course) or to know more about Guaranis (the native indians). Ok, the last one is interesting. But just... From Southern Exposure on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Brazil: China Connection II Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim is currently in China lobying for finance to aid in the construction of railroads, roads, agriculture and mining in order to speed the flow of soybeans, meat and minerals to China. Regular Southern Exposure readers will be well aware of the China soya impact :... From Southern Exposure on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Bolivia navigating the sea!! This post has nothing to do with sea issue betweeen Chile and Bolivia (and Peru if all actors considered). Rather than that, I wanted to depict the current political situation (as perceived by me), I like analogies, having said that, I think of Bolivia as a ship that has survived... From Living in Latin America on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

El Guante Si se sale por la noche de juerga se corren ciertos riesgos. Riesgos peligrosos. Aquella noche hacía frío, salí con guantes y me arriesgué a perderlos. Perdí un guante, nada menos que el guante de mi mano izquierda. A la mañana siguiente, tenía dos manos y un solo guante. La... From Living in Latin America on March 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

News Industry a 'No Show' at Wireless Conference Many North American media companies plan to deliver news via mobile phones, yet none are exhibiting or on the presentations program at CTIA Wireless 2004 in Atlanta, which -- with more than 70,000 attendees -- claims to be "the world's largest conference of the wireless industry" (despite being only one-third the size of a similar conference held earlier this year in Cannes). Hollywood entertainment companies are well represented, both as presenters and exhibitors, here at the Cellular Telecommunications &amp; In From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 24, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Maitena discovered by NYT Maitena was introduced today in a story (registration required) by The New York Times' South American correspondent, Larry Rother. She's described as a "cherished friend and advocate" of Latin American women. She's also a well-known cartoonist with a wide online presence. In addition to her own website, she has had mini-sites at --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 24, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Yahoo's New SmartView Mapping If you haven't looked at Yahoo's mapping service lately, you should. The company's always been good at proximity-radius searching, but the interface wasn't all that friendly -- after mapping a location, you had to click through to a text listing of "hotels near this location" or "restaurants near this location." Now, you can directly overlay local resources -- restaurants, shopping, entertainment, even community services such as libraries and churches -- right on the map. If you look for movies, a click or two on the map gives yo From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 24, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Collaborative Filtering for News Content? When it burst on the scene in 1994, collaborative filtering seemed to promise a new way of automatically organizing news by allowing users to share recommendations -- anonymously. But Microsoft swallowed FireFly/NetAngels, and Net Perceptions, the other major commercial collaborative filtering vendor, fell on hard times and is in the process of trying to liquidate itself. Making the concept work for news is difficult. About the only place you find col From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 24, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Basic PowerPoint You ll Learn Brainstorming with PowerPoint How to ... Basic PowerPoint You ll Learn Brainstorming with PowerPoint How to create a basic presentation Fundamentals of design &amp; composition Organization pacing &amp; ... From MasterViews on March 24, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Why RSS Is Everywhere So many sites, so little time. If you want to stay at the top of the information food chain, you gotta read 'em - lots of 'em. And you have to do it every day. But as that list of must-read blogs grows, hunting and gathering the latest posts becomes a daily drain. You could hire an assistant to read them for you. Or tap into RSS. As the global spam epidemic worsens, RSS is becoming increasingly attractive to both publishers and readers. Ezines allow you to automatically receive information - but it lands in clogged inboxes already overflowing with viruses, Nigerian investment schemes From Robin Good's Latest News on March 24, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Augmenting Knowledge Sharing Through Social Compensation Today wealth is created through knowledge. The more effective the knowledge flow in an organization, the more wealth created. Within companies and public work, knowledge flow must always be severely limited. This is because of the control required for public work. Knowledge Leveraging Compensation is a method of organizing the structure of an enterprise so that there is natural alignment for knowledge flow as well as the leveraging and synergizing of knowledge in the enterprise. By definition, some form of Knowledge Leveraging Compensation is inherent to any Mass Privatization enterprise. The From Robin Good's Latest News on March 24, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Markdown as an OS X Service Very cool, going to have to check this out! From freeform goodness :: tech : computers : os : osx : applications : Markdown As An OS X Service : QUOTEI&#8217;m happy to report that it&#8217;s possible with fairly minimal effort to get Markdown.pl to function as a service in OS X. This makes Markdown functionality available inside of Cocoa text fields, which means that everything from Safari to Mail to SubEthaEdit to Stickies can benefit. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on March 24, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps! Lars Marius Garshol e-mailed me today to tell me about his new new article on topic maps and information architecture. To quote: Information architects have so far applied known and well-tried tools from library science to solve this problem, and... From Column Two on March 24, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

Working Draft: WS Choreography Model Overview 2004-03-24: The Web Services Choreography Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of the WS Choreography Model Overview. The Working Group is defining a choreography definition language for coordinating interactions among Web services and their users. Visit the Web services home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on March 24, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Study: Online Business Proving Profitable for Small Firms New findings highlight the Internet's impact on small businesses -- and argue for their greater investment in the online channel. From E-Commerce Guide on March 24, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Still unanswered questions in EU decision Interpretations differ on how the European Commission's decision will affect Microsoft, consumers and competitors. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Oracle updates financial-tracking tool The database software specialist looks to capitalize on the growing market for tools to help corporations comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other federal accountability rules. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Japan broadcasters adopt video codec for mobile Six major Japanese broadcasters say they will adopt AVC/H.264 for mobile broadcasting, licensing agreements that should go far to establish the emerging video compression technology. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

The Latest Word Overview of personal publishing from the point of view of aspiring authors. The take here is that print on demand (POD) can allow publishers to prints small quantities of books, reducing the large costs associated with self publishing. This allows books with very small print runs to see the light of day, and while publishers scoff, the story makes it clear that self publishing may be most writers' only access to the market. By Kathy Boccella, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 23, 2004 [ReferOLDaily on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Les nouvelles tendances dans le e-learning Nice summary (in French) of my presentation at RIMA last week. The report is part of an overall summary of the conference on the WikiFing wiki, part of the Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération website. By Jean-Michel Cornu, WikiFing, March 24, 2004 [Ref From OLDaily on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

New Learning Models Under Scrutiny Discussion of the emergence of e-learning as an accepted form of learning in the corporate community. The article looks at the increasing demands for accountability, as purchasers of e-learning look for evidence of the success of the new model. But it is also clear about the advantages of e-learning: "The trouble with higher education for most people is that it is overwhelmingly expensive." By Linda Anderson, Financial Times, March 22, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Labor Releases Free E-learning App The U.S. Department of Labor "is offering agencies a free version of an application it created to build multimedia training sessions," according to this item. The application conforms with U.S. accessibility standards and employs the SCORM learning object profile. EZ Reusable Objects (EZRO) was developed using open source applications and is available for download under the GPL. Kudos! By Joab Jackson, Government Computer News, March 24, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

ParlVU Pause, just for a moment, and ponder the educational opportunities of such a service: live streaming media broadcasts of Parliament and all Parliamentary Committees, available free to anyone who wants, online. A great idea? Absolutely. Unrealistic? Not at all - this service is now offered by the Canadian government. Now there are still some tweaks needed - it requires Windows Media Viewer and therefore is inaccessible on my Linux box. It should also use RSS or some other form of content syndication (using an events module) From OLDaily on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Real's Glaser exhorts Apple to open iPod This quote says it all: "I bought an iPod and can only shop at one store. What is this? The Soviet Union?" Ah, but Rob, if there was a free market, how long do you think the price of 99 cents per song (or even WalMart's 88 cents) would hold? By Michael Kanellos , CNET News.com, March 23, 2003 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Music Group Sues Another Batch I have long argued for alternative forms of education, bringing students into closer contact with the real world, using the internet. However, harassing lawsuits against university students is not an appropriate way to conduct online learning, no matter what RIAA spokesperson Jonathan Lamy says. "This [students] is a group that does not appreciate as much as the general population that it is illegal to share copyright music on a peer-to-peer network," said Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America. "More education is necessary. One form of education is lawsui From OLDaily on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Another project update So much for being diligent over spring break. My calendar over there on the right is looking so sad that I want to comfort it. Can you tell that the design work has not gone as smoothly as it started? From Holly's Research Journal on March 24, 2004 at 5:57 p.m..

Bin Laden Betrayed, Increased Reward Cited ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Acting on a tip from an admitted former al Qaeda member, the Pakistani military surrounded and captured Osama bin Laden Tuesday morning at a second-hand book store in Kandahar. "When I heard the reward for turning him in was only $25 million, I was not interested," said the informant Shahzada Meer, "It was unthinkable, I see the man as a spiritual leader and hero. But when I heard it was doubled to $50 million, I decided it was worth it to turn him in." Meer brings home an average of $1 a day as a gatherer of wood. From The Bentinel on March 24, 2004 at 5:57 p.m..

Pooh Bear Faces Eviction, Sanders Family Claims House HUNDRED ACRE WOOD - Since 1926, Winnie The Pooh has enjoyed rent-free residence at the home of Mr. Sanders. That carefree lifestyle may soon come to an end if the Sanders family has its way. "The family has no ill-will toward Mr. Pooh," said Elton Cremshaw, attorney representing the Sanders, "They simply want their property rights to be respected." From The Bentinel on March 24, 2004 at 5:57 p.m..

How to be an educated e-learning customer &quo ... How to be an educated e-learning customer &quot;Here are a few strategies for developing cost-effective e-learning solutions that achieve solid business result.&quot; Susan Guest, Learning Circuits, March 2004 Added: 24 March 2003 Reviewer's Note: Also includes 10 E-Learning Derailers to avoid LIBRARY: Building an e-learning strategy From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 24, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

SumTotal Systems "Forme ... SumTotal Systems &quot;Formed in March 2004 by the merger of industry pioneers Docent and Click2learn, SumTotal Systems is uniquely focused on helping organizations harness and manage mission-critical intellectual power to solve real-world business problems and produce significant bottom-line results.&quot; Added: 24 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: Products include Enterprise Suite, TotalLMS, From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 24, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Moodle "Moodle is an Open-Source ... Moodle &quot;Moodle is an Open-Source e-learning system, currently in use at 987 sites in 74 countries, and has been translated into 34 languages.&quot; Updated: 24 March 2004 Reviewer's Note:&nbsp; Version 1.2 is now available PRODUCTS &amp; SERVICES: Educational course management systems, VLEs and MLEs From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 24, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

WebCV "We provide a ser ... WebCV &quot;We provide a service which allows you display your CV in an attractive manner on the internet. We will create your own WebCV which will contain your work experience, your key skills, an optional portfolio and any other information that you want to display*.This will presented in one of our stylish templates.&quot; Added: 24 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: CV hosting also available From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 24, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Why People Stop Blogging? All the recent talk about why people blog has been getting me thinking about user experience and perception.&nbsp; If bloggers perceive that what they are doing is helping them and others, that it gives them an audience for their writing and helps cultivate a sense of community, then of course they will continue blogging.&nbsp;&nbsp; The choice of whether to continue or not depends primarily on how bloggers are experiencing what it is they are doing, regardless of h From apcampbell News on March 24, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Library Week With the theme 'Down and loaded', Australian Library and Information Week is to be held 24-30 May 2004. National Library Technician's Day is Tuesday, 25 May 2004. From ALIAnet on March 24, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

New site I have build a new site on the CMS PHPwebthings (http://www.phpdbform.com/index.php). Site is ... From cms2u on March 24, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

my news my news. simple news embed system for websites requires php and mysql. Simple admin features a... From cms2u on March 24, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

Reactor Server The Reactor Server is an easy to install Apache distribution for Windows - MySQL, PHP, Perl, p... From cms2u on March 24, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

Learning Object Repositories and RSS Scott Leslie's EdTechPost article 'RSS Feeds from Repository Projects' of last March 22 provides a useful summary of learning object repository projects which provide information about themselves as RSS feeds. If you want to know more read on! From Auricle on March 24, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

Observer article savages UKeU The Observer article of last 21 March doesn't pull any punches. The ending has the real 'sting in the tail'. I've got a few comments to make so if you're interested read on. From Auricle on March 24, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

"La escuela en la sociedad red", un estudio de la situación catalana Se ha publicado el informe final "La escuela en la sociedad red", investigación dirigida por Carles Sigalés y Josep M. Mominó, del IN3 Internet Interdisciplinary Institute de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), dentro del Proyecto Internet Cataluña (PIC). Según los responsables de la investigación, el estudio "identifica y analiza la incorporación de Internet en la educación primaria From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 24, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

Unfair Advantage and Abuse of Power Last summer, rumors were abound that an employee of Tucows was using Tucows statistical information in order to determine which products produced the highest return on investment, with the intent to clone them and create competitive products. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on March 24, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

Google Adsense Affiliate programs were once a great source of online revenue, a savvy webmaster with an eye for marketing could easily parley a site into a money making machine with a little luck and effort. However, the evolution and growth of the Internet has hampered the growth of fortune making affiliate programs. Constant search engine algorithm changes, along with the search engine's clear distaste for sites participating in affiliate programs; have made it a little more difficult to earn a healthy affiliate revenue. An influx in the use of software programs that terminate cookie tracking and priv From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 24, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

Lerntypenanalyse nach Honey-Mumfort Ich habe gerade 80 Fragen beantwortet (braucht ca. 10 Minuten) und weiss nun, dass ich ein tendenziell "theoretischer Lerner" bin. Nun ja, die kurze Anleitung, die es mit der Auswertung gibt, ist mindestens ebenso hilfreich: "Bevor Sie Ihren bestehenden Lernstil... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 24, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

From Sheffield in the UK comes this interesting at ... From Sheffield in the UK comes this interesting attempt to get young people more involved in municipal issues: Smart | Connect. The format is intriguing, combining information and surveys to try to teach and gather opinions at the same time. Modules covering smoking issues, recreation facilities, and perceptions of local government are the main focus of this exercise in "e-consultation". They've also added a portfolio-like component called "Your Space", but I'm not sure why anyone would use From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Uni Kassel: Exmatrikulationen steigen um über 1600% an (Moe) Die Studiengeb&uuml;hren der Landesregierung zeigen Wirkung: An der Uni Kassel haben sich zum kommenden Sommersemester 952 Studierende exmatrikuliert, im Sommersemester des Vorjahres waren es 59. [via Unik] Wir k&ouml;nnen also mit Fug und Recht behaupten, dass wir dank Studiengeb&uuml;hren mehr Menschen in die Arbeitslosigkeit, und weniger Menschen in die Unis bekommen. From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Blogwalk 2 (Moe) Blogwalk 2, eine akademische, kollaborative Veranstaltungsreihe &uuml;ber Weblogs, (siehe Martin R&ouml;ll zum Blogwalk 1.0) findet anscheinend das n&auml;chste mal in Deutschland statt, wahrscheinlich in N&uuml;rnberg. Das h&ouml;rt sich ja fast so an als ob die Anreise auch f&uuml;r arme StudentInnen bezahlbar sein k&ouml;nnte und das Thema interessiert mich sehr, schliesslich will ich meinen Prof immer noch zu einer Diplomarbeit &uuml;ber Blo From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

'CDU fordert Benimm-Unterricht... Hamburg (rpo). Schluss mit lustig: Die Jugend soll wieder ernsthaft werden und sich gegen&uuml;ber anderen anst&auml;ndig verhalten. Das fordert die CDU-Bildungsexpertin Katherina Reiche. Die Union will an den Schulen bundesweit Benimm-Unterricht einf&uuml;hren. [...] Unions-Bildungsexpertin Katherina Reiche (CDU) sagte der Zeitung: "Wir brauchen eine neue Kultur der Ernsthaftigkeit. Es m&uuml;ssen wieder Anstand und die Achtung des anderen in die Schulen einkehren." [Weiterlesen bei RP O From BildungsBlog on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Mensch, Meier Karl der Große hatte 812 im "capitulare de villis", einer königlichen Verordnung über die Landgüter, die Grundherrschaft geordnet. Grundherren waren... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Mieterhöhung bei Mietspiegel Die Immobilien-Zeitung macht in ihrer morgigen Ausgabe auf eine Entscheidung des BGH aufmerksam, wonach bei Überschreitung des Mietspiegels die Miete... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

EU vs. Microsoft Der Fall Microsoft beschäftigt bereits seit Jahren die EU-Kommission. Schon im Jahr 1998 hat die Kommission dem Softwareriesen Wettbewerbsvergehen vorgeworfen.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Frühwarnung bei neuen Online-Diensten Die EU hat am 22.03.2004 ein Abkommen des Europarates ratifiziert, das die vorherige Benachrichtigung aller Vertragsstaaten vorsieht, wenn eines der... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

E-Commerce Eurobarometer Bei den Kollegen Bahr & Heyms kann eine Untersuchung (22 S. PDF) über das Online-Kauf-Verhalten der EU-Bürger heruntergeladen werden. Vgl.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Bundestags-Relaunch Das LAWgical vermeldet heute den (teilweisen) Relaunch der Webseite des Bundestages anlässlich der CeBIT 2004.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Neue Klagewelle der US-Musikindustrie Der Verband der US-Musikindustrie RIAA hat gestern erneut 532 Tauschbörsennutzer verklagt, wird von Heise mitgeteilt. Die Beschuldigten sollen im Schnitt... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Trümmer vor Gericht Michael Mukasey hat in seiner Karriere als Richter viel erlebt. Hollywood-Anwälte zum Beispiel, die in seinem Gerichtssaal nicht durchsetzen konnten,... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Versuch einer Bewertung Das sonewsblog hat es sich bereits am 18.03.2004 zur schwierigen Aufgabe gemacht, deutschsprachige Weblogs (Einführung: Teil 1/Teil 2) nicht nur... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Kahle vs. Ashcroft Das Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) klagt (28 S. PDF) im Namen des Internet Archive und des Prelinger... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

PKH in allen EU-Staaten Der Zugang der Bürgerinnen und Bürger zu den Gerichten muss auch im grenzüberschreitenden Verkehr innerhalb der EU gewährleistet sein. Es... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

juris "Geführte Tour" Vom "Zweitplatzierten" gibt es jetzt etwas Neues zu berichten: Die "Geführte Tour" (Multimedia) zur CD ROM "VVSteuer" (21. Auflage 2003).... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Distanz Gefunden bei den Seitenblicken: Das Landeskriminalamt NRW distanziert sich pauschal von den Web-Inhalten des Innenministeriums und anderer Behörden. Ob dem... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Elektronisches Schloss Der deutsche Spezialist für Datenschutz "Marx Software Security" hat auf der CeBIT eine neue Verschlüsselungs-Methode für PDF-Files präsentiert. Mit Marx... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Rankings A la vista del interesante debate que ha generado el post anterior, selecciono algunos enlaces para seguir con el tema: Una de las mejores explicaciones que he econtrado sobre el funcionamiento del PageRank de Google: Google's PageRank Explained and how... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Funeral de Estado Hoy se celebra en la catedral de la Almudena de Madrid el funeral de Estado por las víctimas del 11-M. Cobertura en directo accesible online: CNN+ Hoy también encontré el blog de una sobreviviente, del que extraigo su crónica de... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Parlez-vous blog? Le Nouvel Observateur (suplemento Paris-Ile-de-France) se ocupa del fenómeno weblog (150.000) en Francia: Parlez-vous blog? Vía: mediaTIC Ver también: Voulez vous carnetiser avec moi? de Antonio Cambronero en Revista Poética Almacén.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Online Educa Madrid 2004 Madrid acogerá la cuarta conferencia internacional sobre la educación y la formación basada en nuevas tecnologías. Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Madrid, 12 al 14 de mayo de 2004. From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on March 24, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Exciting Times For The Electronic Reference Librarian: The Future Of News Is Here "eMail alerts will be replaced with smart RSS feeds, AI algorithms will constantly monitor our selected newsfeeds to capture only the in-depth points of our current interest and projects. Smart snapshots of information will be analyzed, formulated and then disseminated to our projects or personal information bots. ...Information professionals who understand the process will offer human touch and evaluation to information sources that will aid business to accomplish their information needs at a realistic cost without having to pay for sophisticated computers and expensive algorith From Robin Good's Latest News on March 24, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..

Online Reputation Management Is Here: RepCheck In this electronic age, where face-to-face meetings are few and far between, reputation is becoming progressively more difficult to ascertain, but no less important. RepCheck allows users to review, rate and search its database of people's reputations for both business and social purposes. Using RepCheck allows users to gain a consensus insight into someone's social and business reputation instantly. It also allows communication between its members when further info is required, and offers monitoring, search and reference services. RepCheck generates each individual's "RepScore From Robin Good's Latest News on March 24, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..

Field of Dreams syndrome Yesterday I speculated briefly about good blogs being signs of a blogger with a project, and to the degree that this is true I conclude, then, that blogging in college classes can fall victim to what we might call Field of Dreams syndrome. Build it and they will come, the hero said in that movie. Assign a blog and students will learn and write well, we might be tempted to say or think. But if yesterday's post was right, that good blogs represent shaped projects with some identity, some... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 24, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..

Stephen embeded another referrer script in his scr ... Stephen embeded another referrer script in his scriptSmart solution. We don't have to change the script to another referrer system. Stephen embeds a fairly good one for us. Thanks, man. From on March 24, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..

Article about the new ERIC Contract From Federal Computer Week - an article that talks about the new contract. Thanks to Judy Walker (EBSS Listserv).... From Education Librarian on March 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Volunteers Needed for the Educator's Reference Desk As a member of the education / library community, it may very well be your civic duty to help continue... From Education Librarian on March 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Late Posting about the Charlotte Zolotow Award The CCBC announced the winner of the best text in children's literature - This year the award winner is "What... From Education Librarian on March 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Weblogs as Website Update Just a bit of an update on the Website project. It's still a slow go, and I've pretty much taken over responsibility for the content that is posted until we get a better handle on the type of work flow we're talking about. Right now, with about a dozen sites up for business, the flow is pretty light, maybe a post a day (not including the daily announcement type stuff.) And to be honest, I have a feeling in the end when we get all 50-60 sites up, it probably won't be any more than five or six a day. I'd love it to be more, (so I can crank up the RSS end of things,) but From weblogged News on March 24, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

Ultimate Feed List? I got an e-mail from a teacher yesterday asking for some tips on where to find appropriate RSS feeds for K-12 teachers to use in their classes, and he said he'd had little luck finding a site that collated them all together. I hadn't really poked around very much on this, but I think between the feeds from Moreover, (which actually has a feed on "firearms industry news"), coupled with the even more refined Moreover feeds you can f From weblogged News on March 24, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

EU-Microsoft: A Wrist-Slap or Something Serious? The European Commission, as expected, has decided to punish Microsoft (Mercury News) for its perpetual anti-competitive ways. Unlike the Bush administration, which sold out competition and innovation in its deal with the monopolist, the Europeans seem determined to actually make a difference. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 24, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

New Techniques in Airport Rudeness I'm in a Phoenix airport lounge, trying to get some work done. A man sitting at one of the other small desks is talking on his mobile phone. Nothing wrong with that, except he's put the thing in speaker-phone mode, which means that everyone can hear both sides of his conversation with a co-worker. And to hear her, he has to turn the volume up high, and he has to be fairly loud when he replies to what she says. The issue they're dealing with doesn't sound terribly confidential, so I guess he figures that makes it okay to be oblivious to the rest of the people in From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 24, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

AT&T VoIP adds to equipment list The carrier's Internet phone service now works with all major traditional phone vendors' equipment. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Server compromise delays GNOME 2.6 Evidence that intruders gained access to the gnome.org server has launched a cleanup effort that will delay the next version of the open-source desktop by a week. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Business as usual for PC makers Despite the EU ruling, manufacturers aren't rushing to take up the option of shipping computers without Windows Media Player in Europe. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Gates gets updated Windows Mobile moving Microsoft chairman Bill Gates formally announces an update to the company's mobile device operating system as well as the latest version of its speech software. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

xmlportal - another MIT open source project Quote: "The Portal Factory is a new platform based architecture for information products. It allows many different kinds of information systems to be deployed from a single code base. The Portal Factory Manager can manage 100's of portals across an enterprise. This results in considerable savings in maintaining portals. Each portal can take advantage of the central Web Services, such as Content Stores and Registration Services. The platform has its own development SDK that allows the end user to extend both the Web Services and the Web Component library that allows dynamic renderin From Serious Instructional Technology on March 24, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

HOW-TO: VNC secure tunneling using Windows PuttY ssh client. Quote: "Secure connection to remote desktop using open source VNC or Tight VNC software (that is normally doesn't encrypt traffic other than password). As a "side-effect", shorter response times achieved due to ssh efficient traffic compression."Comment: A nice step-by-step answer to part of my question the other day.&nbsp; Generous responses and a little bit of experimentation seem to have got me to the next stage.&nbsp;&nbsp; In practice, once the machine is up and running the way we like, I'm sure we'll just kill the VNC access until we feel like we need From Serious Instructional Technology on March 24, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

Stephen's Web: e-Learning Trends and Standards in Korea Quote: "Excellent overview of the e-learning and standards process in South Korea, featuring a great deal of information that will be new to most readers (new to me, at least). Slides 4-6 outline major objectives of the Korean approach: accessibility, interoperability, durability, reusability, adaptability and affordability"Comment:&nbsp; I was particularly struck by these critical six criteria.&nbsp; They really do provide a useful mental framework for evaluating our own efforts. From Serious Instructional Technology on March 24, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

Matters of no importance Did anybody see Queer Eye last night? Jesus, what an uptight bitch. (698 words) From dive into mark on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

SoundShelf.com offers CC for music SoundShelf.com hosts free music of various genres and makes it all available under the EFF Open Audio License, or a Creative Commons license. This was taken directly from their FAQ:2. When is free music legal?Free music is legal when the artists want it to be. Until recently it was near impossible to know the artist From Creative Commons: weblog on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Ballmer: All companies should be allowed to innovate Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vows to fight the European Commission's antitrust ruling, arguing that all companies, even ones with a near monopoly, have a right to improve their products. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Baby Bells win another battle The Supreme Court rules that states have the right to pass laws prohibiting cities and local governments from selling telecom services. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

TSMC calls rival chip 'strikingly similar' The Taiwanese foundary discloses new documents in its suit against China's SMIC, including statements that the majority of one SMIC's manufacturing process was copied. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

March 24, 2004 From Forum on Information Technology and Research Universities on March 24, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Novell eyes move into embedded Linux The company considers adding more weight to its shift to Linux by developing, partnering or buying into the OS for devices such as cell phones. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Cropped Windows already exists Microsoft may have set a difficult precedent for itself with a program to sell a scaled-back version of Windows XP in Thailand and Malaysia. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Wireless execs: Slump? What slump? Chief executives from two major U.S. cell phone service say Wall Street was wrong to say the cell phone industry was mired in a downturn. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Presence in blogs Stephanie and I are working on our proposal for BlogTalk in Vienna. We are going to use the Moblogging Jokkmokk project as a case study, and talk about whether blogs can be seen and experienced as spaces. For this purpose I get to refresh my knowledge of theories on presence. Lombard & Ditton in their ground-breaking paper on the topic argue that presence is related to both intim From Seblogging News on March 24, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Creative Commons explores integrating licensing models in sci/tech Creative Commons announces steps towards forming a Science Commons initiative. While CC licenses have appeared with Public Library of Science papers, for example, (and evidently BioMed Central,) this project seeks to "delve into both legal areas (patents, data) and subject matter (biomedicine) outside the scope of our current organization." Having gained financial support for Science Commons, CC announces an full-time opening for a manager to "drive the Science Commons explor From FOS News on March 24, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

EduPlone Every so often I revist Zope, Plone, etc and see positive signs of progress on a variety of fronts.&nbsp; It's only when you dig a little deeper that some of it still seems thin, or the product of solo efforts (not that there's anything wrong with that). Recently, I've been looking a little at EduPlone and related efforts.&nbsp; There seems some genuine progress in Europe and the states.&nbsp; OpenCourse.org (which --> From Serious Instructional Technology on March 24, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Novell inks deals for IBM servers, HP PCs IBM makes its promised $50 million investment in Novell, tightening a Linux technology partnership. At the same time, a desktop Linux pact with HP is in the works. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

FAQ: What's ahead for Microsoft What does the software giant have to do to comply with the EU ruling, and what is the impact for consumers? From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Brightmail, Shopping.com file for IPOs The companies file for a prospective public offering of their shares, a sign of the possible resurgence of Net IPOs. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

How to Fix Your CD Player Every year countless CD players get junked because of one simple and easily-fixed problem: they fail to "find" CDs placed in them or they skip. Both of these faults are commonly caused by a misaligned read head. In this article I provide details of a simple method which I have successfully applied to a number of ailing CD players. I hope that some of you will find it useful and that it will reduce the number of these devices that end up in the trash. From kuro5hin.org on March 24, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

EC's statement on end of Microsoft investigation The European Commission gives a summary of its heavy-duty ruling against Microsoft after a long antitrust investigation. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

BlogTalks BlogTalks the book is finally available. There you will find the table of contents . I'm working to get the book into the Amzon.com catalouge since it is in English it shouldn't be a problem. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 24, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Pervasive Computing This conference sounds interesting though a little expensive I think: Pervasive 2004 . Linz, the capital of Lower Austria, is leading the way - if there wasn't BlogTalk 2.0 ;-) - with respect to digital applications and stuff. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 24, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

DeanSpace Developer to Launch New Venture Zack Rosen worked on the Howard Dean campaign, first as a volunteer and later as a staff technologist. He and... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 24, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Making the News: Draft of Chapter 5 This is a draft of Chapter 5 of my upcoming book, "Making the News." From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 24, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

The Firefox opportunity The future of "great Windows applications," we're told, lies with Longhorn's next-generation presentation subsystem, Avalon, which will reboot software development sometime in the latter half of this decade. Of course, even Microsoft can't wait until then. Consider InfoPath. It's a great Windows application and a rich Internet client that had to ship in 2003. Its foundation is none other than Internet Explorer -- or rather, the suite of components and Internet standards on which Internet Explorer depends. Could InfoPath have been built on a Mozilla foundation i From Jon's Radio on March 24, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

New John Lennon and kitten Photo John Lennon was a great cat lover, the BBC have released some new photos of the Beatles including a beautiful shot of John and a Kitten. From Kittens In the UK - Content Channel on March 24, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

The full Monti Flexibility and deliberation define the European antitrust chief's controversial five-year reign. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

A tale of two cases European regulators are going far beyond what U.S. prosecutors ultimately agreed to accept from Microsoft. How did similar antitrust philosophies lead to divergent courses? From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

'To heck with Mario Monti' CNET News.com's Charles Cooper voices his opinion on how Microsoft's Steve Ballmer should have reacted to the European Union's competition commissioner. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Uni Kassel: Exmatrikulationen steigen um über... Die Studiengeb&uuml;hren der Landesregierung zeigen Wirkung: An der Uni Kassel haben sich zum kommenden Sommersemester 952 Studierende exmatrikuliert, im Sommersemester des Vorjahres waren es 59. [via Unik] Wir k&ouml;nnen also mit Fug und Recht behaupten, dass wir dank Studiengeb&uuml;hren mehr Menschen in die Arbeitslosigkeit, und weniger Menschen in die Unis bekommen. From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on March 24, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Google's Dilemma: Serve Evil by Staying Honest? David Weinberger notes a situation in which it appears that Google is being gamed by anti-Semites. He writes, in part: "Google's motto is 'Do no evil.' That works fine so long as the issues are easy and the group discussing them is homogeneous. So, if hate groups game Google and people are led to a site designed to fuel hatred, does 'preserving the sanctity of our algorithms" count as doing evil?' Some issues are not binary. They defy simple Yes or No answers. This l From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 24, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the mythical memory videotape Most of the movies that focus on editing memory have depended on a badly aged "brain as computer" metaphor. The memory is rewound to the key point in time, edited, something new added, and nobody knows better. More recent research suggests that memory is mutable, the process of remembering an act of re-creation, and memories are intimately tied to emotion and physical sensation as much as story and image. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the few films that has managed to take advantage of some of the storytelling possibilities of recent advances in memory research. From kuro5hin.org on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

What is X? Excerpts of mail I've received on "Most valuable asset". (437 words) From dive into mark on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Coming back to haunt them As recent developments in Microsoft's antitrust defense demonstrated, its executives' words have a way of resurfacing as trial evidence. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

The remedy vanishes? The debate over the impact of the U.S. Department of Justice case reignites, as European regulators seek to impose stricter penalties against Microsoft. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

EU ruling could be key to Microsoft's future A European Union decision to force the company to unbundle its media software with Windows could set legal limits on its product strategy. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Europe plays hardball with Microsoft In a decision that could impact consumers, competitors and PC makers, the European Union requires Microsoft to unbundle Media Player from Windows and pay a $613 million fine. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Legal fight cuts Internet for nearly 50,000 students - eSchool News staff A battle over American Indian land-use royalties is depriving nearly 50,000 students of access to the internet. The court-ordered shutdown of many internet connections belonging to the U.S. Department of the Interior means American Indian children are From Educational Technology on March 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

It's Official. Mars is Now a Career Opportunity! - Spaceref.com Strike up the band and roll out the red carpet! The nation's space agency is coming to a NASA Explorer School near you. During the months of March, April and May, NASA is sending its finest to speak with students and teachers at NASA Explorer Schools From Educational Technology on March 24, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

EU slaps record fine on Microsoft Regulators hit the software giant with a fine 0f $612 million for violating European Union antitrust law and order the unbundling of Media Player software from Windows. From CNET News.com on March 24, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Tracking weblog conversations I've declared in several places that I find it difficult to keep track of weblog comments I've made, and the conversations that arise as a result. In fact I've even lost track of the places where I've declared that, case in point! So I've created a tool for Radio Userland and Manila weblogs that allows you to keep track of all the weblog comment threads you're interested in, whether you've contributed or not. This tool is currently working for me so I'm fast approaching the time when I'd like to release a version out into t From Seblogging News on March 24, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

The hilarious tragedy of the commons Thought-provoking thesis and counter-argument on ThoughtStorms Wiki on how the expanding information commons may make some of us "rich": In the future we'll see the world increasingly divided into two classes : the information-rich haves, and the information-poor have-nots. But ironically the exploited, impoverished, have-nots, will be those who are duped into paying increasingly more for decreasingly valuable propri From Seb's Open Research on March 24, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..

Unpacking Pixels Prototype - Technology Review Until Internet connections have infinite bandwidth, big digital files like color images will have to be compressed"which means a loss of detail. But Xerox researcher Robert R. Buckley has come up with a way to compress and transmit different parts of a From Techno-News Blog on March 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Chat Gets Pushy: Marketers Instant Message Potential Consumers As They Shop Online - Lisa DiCarlo, Forbes.com There isn't a shopper alive who hasn't been cornered by a salesperson in a boutique who asks, "Can I help you find something?" Now, a small Web-hosting company has translated that somewhat irksome practice to the Web. Rackspace Managed Hosting, of San From Techno-News Blog on March 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

IPv6 Backbone Passes Latest Test - Roy Mark, Internet News A permanent U.S. backbone network employing the next Internet protocol, IPv6, has cleared a second set of tests, the North American IPv6 Task Force said Monday. The new IPv6 backbone, which stretches from New Hampshire to California, now works with hi From Techno-News Blog on March 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

'Internet2 Day' showcases the future of education and research - Cara Branigan, eSchool News More than 10,000 students and faculty members from schools and universities across the nation tuned in to the first virtual Internet2 Day March 18 to witness firsthand a series of projects that take advantage of the Internet2 network's ultra high-spee From Online Learning Update on March 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

200 new courses on 'learnonline' - Trade Arabia More than 200 new courses have been added to the www.learnonline.ae portal which has proved to be a great success. Emirates Internet and Multimedia (EIM) hosts and promotes the portal, providing access through its high quality IT infrastructure, while From Online Learning Update on March 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Simulation-Based Training Appeals to New Generation of Learners - Linda Van Der Loo, ITWeb (Johannesburg) The emergence of learning technologies is fundamentally changing the nature of how people learn to do their work in SA, in particular software simulation-based training is providing better retention rates for trainees, ease of development for trainers From Online Learning Update on March 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Tell It What You're Searching For Good news for carpal tunnel sufferers and others who can't use keyboards: Opera Software demonstrates a new Web browser that talks and understands spoken requests. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

The 2004 Wired Rave Awards Wired magazine salutes 20 mavericks and dreamers reinventing film, business, politics, medicine and more. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Mars Rover's Day at the Beach NASA scientists believe data sent back from the Opportunity Mars rover indicates a vast ocean once existed where the rover now sits. The next step for NASA: determining whether there was ever life in that ocean. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Music Group Sues Another Batch The music industry sues another 500 people, bringing the total number of people it is pursuing to almost 2,000. This time, 89 of the defendants are likely to be students. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

The God Particle and the Grid The physics lab that brought us the Web is reinventing the Internet. Get ready for the atom-smashing, supercomputing, 5-Gbps grid economy. By Richard Martin from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Kissing a Mirror to Find a Frog All the world's a stage, but some of the world's smaller critters can use a little help getting noticed. So researchers in New Zealand design a mirror stage to get a new angle on some tiny endangered frogs. Kim Griggs reports from Wellington. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Science Cooks Up Deadly Proteins Researchers build their own deadly prion, the malformed protein that decimates the brains of bovines with mad-cow disease and victims of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Outsourcing Report Blames Schools A new report by a U.S. high-tech trade group says companies aren't shipping jobs overseas because of cheap labor. No, they're doing it because American schools don't teach enough math and science. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

But Will IRS Accept Virtual Cash? A journalist immerses himself in the virtual world of online gaming and sets himself a challenge: to earn more from the sale of imaginary goods than from writing. As his deadline looms, he scrambles to make good on his bet. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Fast Pass at Airport Security The feds want to test a program that lets travelers skip long security lines if they volunteer a lot of information about themselves beforehand. Business travelers love the idea. But critics say terrorists will take advantage. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on March 24, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Great spoof post from Stuart. Great spoof post from Stuart. Truth is far stranger than fiction. I fully expect something like this to happen. From Unbound Spiral: Skype Business Plans Revealed: QUOTEEstonia March 23, 2004* WTF Spoof Newswire Skype Business Plan details released today outline large scale enterprise ambitions. Throwing caution to the wind and responding to recent enquires from international press sources Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom released new products and service details in a cl From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on March 24, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Moving to Colo - This blog will be down until DNS changes The server for this blog is moving to Colo. So, this blog will be down until DNS changes propagate. C ya soon! Until then check out my del.icio.us blogette and RSS feed. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on March 24, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Jewgle The Jewish Journal points out that a search for "Jew" at Google puts a site for Jew haters at the number one position. It sure seems to me that's Google been gamed by anti-Semites. At least, I hope that's the explanation since the alternative is pretty grim. I admit that this is a tough - and interesting - case, but I'd like to see Google move the site down since Google's aim is to provide us with good information. And, sure, I'd say the same thing if the first hit for "Catholic," "Black," "Arab," or "Mel Gibson" were hate... From Joho the Blog on March 24, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Sun-Tech exhibits in TechEd and TESOL 2004 Sun-Tech exhibits in TechEd and TESOL 2004 and showcases its latest education products- XCLASS, Multimedia Classroom Control Software and DLL, Digital Language Laboratory. [PRWEB Mar 24, 2004] From PR Web on March 24, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Dale Carnegie Training on Conquering Workplace Stress Dale Carnegie Training India, is organizing a day-long workshop on "How To Conquer Workplace Stress" at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, on April 7th 2004. [PRWEB Mar 24, 2004] From PR Web on March 24, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Successful Launch for Finnish-Canadian Space Co-operation Canada-Finland Know-how Exchange to Include Legal Expertise, says Space Law and Policy Expert Gunnar K. A. Njålsson of the University of Lapland in Finland [PRWEB Mar 24, 2004] From PR Web on March 24, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Pocket Snails Pocket Snails From PR Web on March 24, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

InterExchange Announces Extension of 2003 Fees for Working Abroad Work & Travel Australia Program for US Youth Of interest to editors and journalists covering: College Students, Young Adults, Study Abroad, Work Abroad, Cultural Exchange, Summer Work Programs, Student Travel Programs, Australia, Travel, Working Vacations - InterExchange Working Abroad announces the extension of its 2003 fees for the Work & Travel Australia program for all applications received through June 2004. Work & Travel Australia is a short-term program that offers an exciting and affordable opportunity for young adults and students to live, work and travel in Australia. [PRWEB Mar 24, 2004] From PR Web on March 24, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

A 6-11 Player May Go From High School to No. 1 Pick More than a dozen players including Dwight Howard are considering forgoing college to enter the N.B.A. draft. From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Graduation Is Secondary for Many in Final 16 Graduation rates at only four of the 16 remaining colleges in the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament equal or exceed 50 percent. From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Suicide of N.Y.U. Student, 19, Brings Sadness and Questions The suicide of a New York University student who fell to her death from a rooftop off campus on Saturday chilled students. From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

A Crash Course in Life at Oxford A summer program offers one-week glimpses of Britain's intellectual jewel. From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Fired for Disagreeing, Ex-Panelist Fears the Mayor Is Discouraging Advice He Needs to Hear An ex-panelist says the mayor is moving too fast and failing to work with the people he needs to execute policies. From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Bloomberg Says His Mind Was Set From Day 1 on Ending Social Promotion in Schools Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday that he had longed to end the promotion of failing third graders from the day he took office, and that once he got the power to change public school policies, nothing was going to stand in his way. From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Praise and Anger Over Mayor's Do-It-My-Way Decision When it comes to the city's tough new promotion requirements for third graders, Sheanan Bond, Grace Chodor and Gloria Glisson have staked out three distinct positions along the spectrum of public opinion. From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

A Civics Lesson on Checks, Balances and Rubber Stamps Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein have given city schoolchildren a lesson: "Voter Manipulation for Beginners." From New York Times: Education on March 24, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Classroom Activities I've discovered that with my new teaching position that I can now do a large number of activities that didn't work so well in smaller classes. At the last job I had, my speaking classes maxed out at 12 students.... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 24, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

Blogging CCCC I thought I might be blogging the CCCC conference in San Antonio later this week, and maybe I will, but for now I'm blogging the flu. I'm impressed by my desire to write between various flu symptoms -- just the desire, not the actual product, let me say. In the space of a year I seem to have taught myself to enjoy writing again. This makes me wonder about how to share that enthusiasm with students. I suspect it has to do not only with helping them gain pleasure and confidence in... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 24, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..

Help Britt make a better democracy Sounds great. Sign me up for the Acceptance and Innovations Boards! From Vets needed: QUOTE"Thanks to Doc for helping Ethan Zuckerman and me advertise for Internet vets to vet the accumulating activism tools for our nascent Open Republic effort. Since all but my 15 readers have missed this groundswell, the back story is that a small bunch of us are looking for volunteers to serve on one of three blue ribbon advisory panels (your reward will be a blue ribbon and a certificate s From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on March 24, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..

Thijs van der Vossen predicts blogs will become most important way of sharing information Bold predictions which totally coincide with my thoughts. We won't call them blogs but you will be able to author and share anything, anytime with the world, your friends or any group you decide. Blogs, wikis etc. are just the first manifestation of this future world. From Thijs van der Vossen &ampmiddot; Predictions: QUOTE"The future will be simple, open, informal, standard-compliant and in reverse-chronological order. No matter how you call it, blogging, webloggin From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on March 24, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..

An Alternate Reality Late this afternoon I drove from Berkeley to south San Jose, a two-hour journey along crowded but fast-moving freeways. Usually I'll spend a long drive contemplating the future or just letting my brain hop from one topic to the next: Honda Accord as isolation chamber.... From Internet Time Blog on March 24, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..

New IBM ThinkPad, ThinkCentre Preloaded with Classic Books; Partnership Between IBM and Vital Source Brings Library to Student From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Elluminate Launches Global Channel Partner Program for Live eLearning and Web Conferencing From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Introducing Folio by ePortaroTM, New Electronic Portfolio system available from Sentient Learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

The University of Georgia's Terry College of Business Selects Interwise to Provide Online Learning and Collaboration From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Legal fight cuts internet for nearly 50,000 students From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Why Corinthian Tops the Class From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Conference to debate distance education issues From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Homeschoolers keep the faith From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

ERIC gets $34.6 million upgrade From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Community in Online Classes in Online Classes From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Centralized vs. Decentralized Webloggin' in Education So amidst all the stuff about Typekey is a basic theme which says 'centralized weblogging systems don't work'. But what about Blogger? Livejournal? Manila? Am I m From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on March 24, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Come On By Wednesday night is the big blogger dinner here in Chicago. I plan to spend most of the dinner at Ben Pao (7:15 pm, be there or be square) basking in the conversation of: