Report: System failures, not MSBlast, led to blackout The final report of the task force investigating the 2003 outage that darkened New York City, Toronto and other areas concludes that computer and human errors, not viruses, caused the blackout. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Spymac follows Google on free gig of storage Spymac.com, a Web hosting company for Macintosh aficionados, is giving away e-mail accounts that come with 1 gigabyte of storage, mimicking a move made by search leader Google last week. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Yahoo earnings to shine on search The portal giant is set to report its financial earnings, capping another quarter dominated by efforts to take on Google and beef up its Web search business. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

If her lips are moving... Listen carefully to Rice's testimony Thursday From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

Clarke bats 1.000; Post .500 Clarke was right about Bush failings before and after 9/11 -- but the Post buried the story about the second part From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

Do I Dis the God Folk? All right, I kinda do - some of them, anyway. From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

Cop Killers More than 350 Iraqi police have been killed in the past year. From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

Community and conformance It's the quintessential paradox of technology standards: enforcing a technical standard, while supporting the peculiar demands of a specific community. Such an exercise in cake possession and consumption is now undertaken by the EU Framework Programme 6 (FP6) sponsored TELCERT project, who aim to give national and/or occupational communities the tools to define their own application profiles, and the means to test conformance to them. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on April 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

Blogging in Academia...K-12? The good news is that a Blogging in Academia session has been added to the BloggerCon lineup. The not so good news is that the description shows it's geared pretty exclusively to the post high school set; note the first line: "The modern university embodies a paradox." Now I didn't read too closely, but of the 360 or so BloggerCon registrants, I'm guessing there are a handful of K-1 From weblogged News on April 5, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

RSS and TiVo Yesterday's item provoked a flurry of responses. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, who wrote the Washington Post story I dissected, points out that the nature of his assignment precluded broader coverage, and that he'd otherwise gladly have included bloglines. There's been lots From Jon's Radio on April 5, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

A shout-out to the home institution... Via Libraries & Learning, a program here at UBC that gets it right: As an expansion of the directed studies option offered by most departments, this program allows senior undergraduate students to initiate and coordinate small, collaborative, group learning experiences. The UBC proposal is modeled on an established student-directed seminar program at the University of California at Berkeley. Student Directed... From Object Learning on April 5, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Ghost town - a surreal journey into the dead zone Photo reportage at high speed through the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster area. Alternately provocative, trenchant, amusing and depressing. A simple use of html and digital images that hits more powerfully than scores of more complex and tangled web presentations. Via notes from somewhere bizarre.... From Object Learning on April 5, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Google Remains on Top Search marketers take note: Google hits its highest percentage of referrals to date, while Yahoo! continues slipping. From E-Commerce Guide on April 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

GoDaddy Goes E-Mailing A new marketing offering for Web site owners -- and some business wisdom -- from a jack-of-all trades in the site-building business. From E-Commerce Guide on April 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Power-line chip firm hooks up to $23.5 million From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

EMC unveils 'disk library' The data storage specialist introduces a hard-drive based product that mimics a tape device. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

More on Kahle v. Ashcroft Andrea Foster, Scholar Sues for Free Online Access to Out-of-Print Books, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 9, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: "A prominent legal scholar has filed a federal lawsuit in an attempt to allow old books and films to be placed in Internet archives where anyone can use them freely. The scholar, Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford University law professor and cyberspace theorist, is challenging copyright law on behalf of two Internet archives that scholars use and are helping to develop... From FOS News on April 5, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

More on the lifting of the embargo on scientific editing The IEEE issued a press release today, IEEE Scores First Amendment Victory for Scholarly Publishing. Excerpt: "The government's decision confirms the position IEEE has argued for over a year that its entire publishing process falls outside the scope of OFAC's regulations because of the Berman Amendment to the trade sanctions law that excludes the free exchange of information from OFAC's economic embargoes.... 'Effective From FOS News on April 5, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

Pricey texts strain student budgets Textbook prices have gone up an estimated 41 percent since 1998. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Special fund brings scholars to safe shores The Scholar Rescue Fund supports threatened academics until it is safe for them to return home. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Promotion commotion New York weighs tougher requirements for primary school students' promotion to the next grade. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Voltaire sprints ahead in InfiniBand horse race As InfiniBand switch makers try to one-up each other with new, denser switches, Voltaire unveils a new product three times denser than the industry standard. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Microsoft forms its own RFID group The software giant pulls together partners, including Accenture, into the Microsoft Radio Frequency Identification Council. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Microsoft readies Mac Office update The latest Apple-friendly version of Microsoft's productivity suite goes into mass production in a week to hit store shelves by late May. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Blogger-Umfrage Dieter bat mich folgendes - die x-te Umfrage - zu posten, also Leute ran an die Umfrage. Es sollte mal jemand die Motive, sowie die unterschiedlichen Fragen und Auswertungen (nicht nunr von Blogger-Umfragen) beforschen ;-)... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 5, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Microsoft beefs up storage lineup Continuing its push into the data storage arena, the software giant announces a number of upgrades, including an update to its storage-focused OS. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Oracle, Dell may have bundle on the way Extending a year-old partnership, the two companies are expected to announce a plan to install Oracle's database software on Dell's server hardware. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Overture wins big-fish partners The Yahoo subsidiary, known for its sponsored ad listings, beefs up its challenge to Google as a provider of search technology through three new deals. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Study: Tech companies could do better online High-tech companies deliver mixed results when it comes to treating online customers with respect, according to a customer research group. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Analysts content as Dell gets set to update investors Steady as she goes. That's the course industry pundits expect Dell's executives to plot this week when they deliver a progress update at the PC maker's annual analyst meeting. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Navigating the Children's Media Landscape: A Parent's and Caregiver's Guide Children today live in a media rich world. This guide helps parents navigate that world. Especially useful are the links to resources and the media awareness development charts. The report is balanced, with a focus on parental awareness of the child's media space and on the importance of media literacy for children. It is easy to say that we should simply block harmful elements, but as Nancy Willard points out in this important post on WWWEDU, children sometimes seek out harmful elements. "'There's def From OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Digital Saskatchewan This is the kind of project I love, the kind of thing I think makes the web insanely great. Digital Saskatechewan is an image library of some 7,000 photos created by and for the students and teachers of Saskatchewan. Most photos are offered under a Creative Commons license; the rest are public domain. They are, of course, not professional photographs - but then, professional photos of beekeeping in Saskatchewan, or the village of Bjorkville, are increasingly difficult to find. If you ask me, it is the students and teachers of Saskatchewan, and people like them, that represent the future of edu From OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Nine Rules for Good Technology Robin Good has republished one of my most popular articles, Nine Rules for Good Technology. His newsletter describes the article thus: "Stephen Downes clarifies general weaknesses and limitations of many popular technologies while extracting with precision nine key traits that set apart great technology tools from popular time and money wasters." By Stephen Downes, Robin Good's Sharewood Tidings, April 4, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Microsoft's iPod killer? Here's a question for you: when was the last time you rented music? That would be never, right? So why do you suppose a company behind a new Microsoft online music initiative says this? "We believe this is it. This is what consumers are going to want. We want to be big participant in changing consumers' attitude towards what music really is." What "this" is is a new tamper-proof digital music player that will allow users to 'rent' music on a subscription basis. Is this, indeed, really what you want? Or does it sound like a money grab? By John Borland, CNet News.Com, April From OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Ed Tech Conference List Clayton Wright sent me this list of Ed Tech conferences. I'd like to make conference listings an additional service of OLDaily, and am considering mechanisms that would make this an easy and useful service. But Clayton's list is an excellent start, and that's what I will be using for now. By Clayton Wright, April 4, 2004 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

The K12 Virtual Primary School History Curriculum: A Participant's-eye View Released this week, this criticism (and another one here) of a home schooling class by K12 Inc., a company headed by former US Education Secretary William J. Bennett, was circulated on DEOS this week as an example of the criticism online learning proponents should expect to face. From the opening paragraph readers know what to expect: the author criticizes a lesson on Egyptian culture on the ground that it may be occult. Aside from some criticism of the use of images in a lesson on the Roman Empire a From OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Moving From Theory to Practice in the Design of Web-Based Learning Using a Learning Object Approach This paper is mostly useful as an overview of the major concepts of learning objects as they may be applied in a practical setting. However, there are some serious weaknesses. First, it seems to me that the module, at twelve hours, is of excessive length. Second, the author does not include any examples of reuse, instead only describing what modifications would be necessary for reuse. But most critically, readers never get to see the learning object being described! PDF also availa From OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Chalkface RSS The Chalkface Project (home of the free balloon rides) now has RSS feeds linking to its online content offerings. In addition to the main feed, a link to the RSS feed for each category is available on the category page. This is the first example of commercial educational content being marketed by RSS feed that I am aware of. By Various Authors, April, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Woody Guthrie free culture Joel Blain recently wrote in with an interesting observation: "I've been reading a bio on Woody Guthrie. It's pretty interesting. The book reprints one of the "Copyright Warnings" he included on his recordings in the ealry 40's "This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. From Creative Commons: weblog on April 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Xbox goes green Microsoft plans to release a special edition of its game console, featuring a popular shooter game and a bright green case. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Microsoft, Time Warner take DRM stake The companies make substantial new investments in ContentGuard, taking over Xerox's former role as part owner. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Bush urges free trade, tech changes President Bush warns against erecting barriers to trade with other nations. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Dell cuts prices on digital audio players The company also is offering rebates on a range of other home devices, including digital cameras, handhelds and computer monitors. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

SP2 to cause Microsoft support call flood? The Windows update focuses on improving security ahead of the company's usual drive to keep technical support calls to a minimum. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Warner Bros. streams to Europe's phones Vodafone Group is set to distribute outside the United States cell phone games, screensavers and ring tones based on Warner Bros. creations, the first global deal between the two companies. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

The Kos Controversy Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, the webmaster of the Scoop-powered lefty blog Daily Kos, recently made controversial comments regarding the four Americans killed in Falluja. More precisely, he said "screw them." He later posted a clarification of his comments, but stopped short of an apology. So, Instapundit, Tacitus, and many other sites have condemned the comment. Some advertisers have taken their ads off the site, the Kerry campaign took down their link to Daily Kos, and people have generally said "rabble rabble rabble." Tacitus and others have even suggested that Daily Kos should no longe From kuro5hin.org on April 5, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Moving to Linux may not save money--yet New research from The Yankee Group shows that wholesale migration to Linux software could cost some companies more than an upgrade to their Unix or Windows systems. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

BellSouth shakes Google's hand The carrier swaps out its less sophisticated homegrown search engine for one powered by Google. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Telecom headed for bankruptcy reruns? As MCI, the highest-profile of the telecom bankruptcies, prepares to emerge from Chapter 11, the industry faces many of the same problems that existed before the bubble burst. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Judge denies Lindows motion in Microsoft case Lindows.com sought to have Microsoft stopped from pursuing lawsuits in European courts, but a U.S. judge said he lacked that authority. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Templates Ok, so I am trying to make the templates for this blog. And of course, I am totally stuck on creating a "look". Partly because I have no true idea what this blog is going to be about and partly because I have been designing sites from a search engine marketing standpoint for so long that I can't seem to bring myself to come up with a design that is just for "fun". So, here it sits, beyond "vanilla" while... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

When Annoyed, Hire a Pro Ok, so after trolling around blog sites for hours, I stumbled upon The Blog Chameleon site and liked her portfolio. I figured I could spend the next week cursing at the MT templates while trying to do them myself or hire her. By hiring her, I can do what my husband says I do best - dictate - while still being able to focus my time on work. So far, she has been great to work with. Fast and hasn't... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Don't Make Me Think! I had heard of a book by Steve Krug called "Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability" referenced as a must have for those building websites. I bought it and after it arrived a few days ago, I sat down to read the first chapter. Four hours later, I had finished the book. I really was THAT into it, LOL. Not only is Steve Krug a good writer with a humorous hint to his writing style,... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

1st Woman Millionaire I wanted to highlight some amazing women throughout history here on occasion and I figured who better to start with than the first self made woman millionaire HYPHEN Madam C.J. Walker. By self made I mean that she didn't inherit "family money" - she built her fortune from her own work and sweat. And remember, in 1910, a million dollars was worth far more than it is today. Not only was Madam Walker the first self made female millionaire in... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Damn That Soda! Well, I made my second trip to the dentist today (first one was a few weeks ago) and finally had all my dental work finished. Lots of fillings due to the soda I drink on a constant basis. Hmmm, think I can sue Coca Cola for my dental bill? LOL - hey, some moron got a couple million for putting coffee between her legs - it may be worth a shot! (Kidding, of course.) I hate going to the dentist... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Recent Adsense Changes However, revenue for some publishers may end up going down. Google has released improvements on Adsense - dubbed Smart Pricing - mainly the higher relevancy of ads (which in turn should mean a higher relevancy of clicks) and a "smarter" service that allows Google to decide how valuable an ad on your site is to an advertiser and charge the advertiser accordingly for the click - which in turn could lower the overall "take" on sites for some publishers. However,... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Gmail - Googles Free Email Service Well, it seems Google is looking for some GOOD press this week with the launch of "Gmail" - their new free email service. Ok, ok - so why is that big news? Well, it is google's latest most official step to that of a portal. In addition, Gmail is not like your average free email service - or so it claims LOL. Gmail uses Google search technology to automatically organize and find messages - and in addition, you get 1000... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Alta Vista - Rest in Peace A chapter of Internet History was officially closed today. AltaVista's results have been replaced with those of their owner, Yahoo. It joins Alltheweb now in the Internet graveyard, who had the same thing happen last week. Many webmasters who were long into the game are mourning this morning. While AV hasn't been a huge source of traffic in years, it had a loyal following and holds many fond memories for early SEO's.... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Building a Ladder Well, I finished my list of things I need to do. I am a bit behind work wise. Most would attribute it to the fact that I had my third child a little over two months ago. I call it slacking LOL. So, now I have this list with over fifty items on it in front of me. And these aren't ten minute tasks, but rather pretty intensive things that need to be done. So, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Promoting a Blog Well, the blog design was officially finished last night and it was moved to the main domain at that time. Some people say blogs don't "launch", but mine just did ;). So, the next step is to get it some incoming links and exposure so that people may actually SEE my ramblings. While some sites are obvious if you do a little blog surfing, for any website, blogs included, there are always many more valuable places to be listed than... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Link Popularity Still Matters Link popularity is alive and well - but the most effective way to get link popularity has changed. It takes more than an "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" approach. Recripcol linking is out and quality incoming links from related sites are in. Seems the engines are giving much heavier weight to votes cast by sites who are not "getting anything" from a search engine standpoint in return. Good content, providing content for other sites, directory listings and... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Today the Lightbulb Went Off Do you ever have one of those moments when you see something and all of a sudden a lightbulb goes off over your head ala cartoons? I had one of those today. I saw a niche area a few months back and noted it in my head. I had no idea how to monetize it or what to do with it. I just saw it's potential and made a mental note to remember the industry. Then today I stumbled upon... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Google: What's Your Problem With RSS? I love Google News. It's one of my first stops on the web every morning. However, I've been frustrated for a long time that Google does not offer its news headlines and summaries by RSS feed. This is just a minor disappointment to me when I'm on broadband -- but when I'm up at my mountain getaway cabin using dial-up access, Google's persistent and puzzling lack of RSS feeds becomes a genuine annoyance. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Technorati Now Tracks 2 Million Blogs On March 30, the blog-watching service Technorati announced that it broke the 2 million mark. Technorati founder David Sifry noted, "The blogosphere continues to expand at an amazing pace, with about 12,000 new weblogs being created every day. We're tracking more than 150,000 weblog updates every day, and growing. One of the reasons for this has been the substantial growth in hosted weblog systems like Typepad, LiveJournal, and Blogg From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

News Map: Another Way to Look at the World The News Map visualizes the news flow on Google News in a way that is very similar to financial information tools such as The Map of the Market as described by Martin Dodge on his beautiful Mappa Mundi site. Always worth a visit. (For the news map, a tip o' the hat to Barry Parr and Dieter Bachmann.) From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Audiences Will Shape Media The Internet will take audience away from traditional media in the next 15 years. This tendency, which is now incipient, will increase over time. Besides, new generations of readers and users will demand more specialization of media. They will ask for content covering their specific interests. These, at least, are some of the conclusions of a recent report (in Spanish) on the future of media conducted by the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnolgica Industrial, which tried to foresee the evolution of media in the next 15 years b From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

new portfolio project added I have just added another project to the ePortfolio project and initiatives database. This initiative shows some good work going on at the Queensland University of Technology. If anyone is working on an ePortfolio project that I have not included... From ERADC Blog on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

SNA Reading List Jonas Luster has posted a great reading list for those wanting to get to grips with Social Network Analysis. Time to see what the Bodleian can do ...... From Monkeymagic on April 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Language e-learning on the move ... Language e-learning on the move "In Japan, where more people own cell phones than PCs and language education is a huge industry, there is potential for a booming market in mobile e-learning. While education sites aren't currently moneymakers, more sophisticated content may allow providers to charge more for bite-sized learning."  Tony McNichol, Japan Media Review From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on April 5, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

eLearn Expo Moscow 2004 Date ... eLearn Expo Moscow 2004 Dates: 27-28 May 2004 Venue: Moscow World Trade Center Added: 5 April 2004 EVENTS: May e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on April 5, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

TeachingOntheNet 2004 Dates: ... TeachingOntheNet 2004 Dates: 15-17 June2004 Venue: Online Added: 5 April 2004 EVENTS: June 2004 e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on April 5, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

eGames Generator ... eGames Generator "With this unique software you can: use your browser to create your own learning games, publish your games with the click of a mouse, integrate motivating, challenging activitites into your courses." Added: 5 April 2004 Reviewer's Note: See some sample games and try it for free. From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on April 5, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Auricle has new clothes! (update) Following on from my recent article describing the changes to Auricle I've made some further adjustments and corrected a few problems. If you want to find out more read on. From Auricle on April 5, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

MAX: MAdrid_LinuX. La Consejería de Educación de la Comunidad de Madrid ha lanzado su propia distribución de GNU/LINUX, denominada MAX y dirigida fundamentalmenmte al profesorado y alumnado de los centros educativos. Toda la información en: http://www.educa.madrid.org/web/madrid_linux/ Saludos Ismail Ali Gago ismail.ali@uam.es From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on April 5, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

Moodle 1.2 La nueva versión 1.2 de Moodle está disponible desde el 21 de marzo. Entre las características más importantes podemos destacar las siguientes: 1. La posibilidad de definir grupos de alumnos dentro de un curso, con varias opciones de configuración. Los miembros de un grupo, por ejemplo, pueden «ver» a los otros grupos o no. 2. Los diversos filtros que permiten procesar cualquier texto: páginas creadas por el profesor, mensajes de los foros, etc. Esto permite, por ejemplo, visualizar fórmulas matemáticas en cualquier navegador, crear enl From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on April 5, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

I Congreso de Software Libre de la Comunidad Valenciana La Conselleria de Educación, Cultura y Deporte de la Comunidad Valenciana organiza el I Congreso de Software Libre de la Comunidad Valenciana. Según la organización del evento en él se pretende «dar una visión global del estado actual del Software Libre centrándose fundamentalmente en los campos de la educación y la docencia en lo que a nuevas tecnologías se refiere.» Algunas de las mesas redondas relacionadas con la educación son las siguientes: -Experiencias e iniciativas en educación primaria y secundaria.< From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on April 5, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

You don't need an Italian Spaghettilearning , has released a new version of its Open Source LMS called spaghettilearning . It has all the basic functionality one would expect from an LMS but where they have gone slightly differently is by integrating with wih PHPNuke and using a single database which means a single logon open source CMS and LMS. It also has an interesting conferencing tool which includes audo and video conferencing as well as the usual whiteboard and chat. Definately worth a look if you can get past the broken English ... From Shootmouth on April 5, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

Sunday: A bit of an odd article by Nancy DeViney who is the general manager at IBM Learning Solutions and Christopher von Koschembahr, the mobile learning executive at IBM Learning Solutions. It seems that everyone is trying to force something into the mobile learning or mlearning framework, but the killer idea is still lurking somewhere in the wings. The scenario that they sketch is more reminiscent of a push news delivery service as currently being offered by many news providers dressed up as just-in-time learning than any kind of elearning courseware model which is the currant dominant model. Maybe From Shootmouth on April 5, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

Web Ring Maybe I'm just an uber-geek but I've created a web-ring for ESL-EFL blogs. It's being hosted on my site at ESL - EFL blog ring. I still have to fix up the layout with CSS for the ring but it... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 5, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

A Final Report from the BellSouth edu.pwr Initiative In 1999, the BellSouth Foundation launched BellSouth edu.pwr, a multi-year, $10 million initiative designed to increase the capacity of school leaders, teachers and students to fully harness the power of technology for learning. This report describes the initiatives findings, describing the complex ways in which our ideas of educational technology can move from "automation" to "transformation." From Elearnopedia on April 5, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

Learning-on-Demand European Meeting Summary This LoD meeting was organized to take advantage of the meeting at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) by the Advanced Distributed Laboratory (ADL), the first ADL Co-lab Plugfest outside the United States. This site describes the topics discussed at the meeting and allows users to view presentations. From Elearnopedia on April 5, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

Educational Technology Conferences for 2004 Prepared by Clayton R. Wright, of Grant MacEwan College, this site lists, and provides links to, conferences thorughout the world regarding educational technology and elearning. From Elearnopedia on April 5, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

Weblogs an der University... Auch die Universit&auml;t von Minnesota bietet mit dem Programm 'UThink' all ihren Studierenden nun die M&ouml;glichkeit an, ein eigenes Weblog zu er&ouml;ffnen: The University Libraries are proud to announce the unveiling of UThink: Blogs at the University Libraries. [...] UThink is available to the faculty, staff, and students of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. All you need to login and start blogging is your U of M Internet ID and Password. You can create as many blogs as you w From BildungsBlog on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

DAV-Abkommen Das jahrelang bei Verkehrsunfällen praktizierte DAV-Abkommen (Altfälle!) gibt es nicht mehr,- nur noch sog. Empfehlungen. Die neueste (Stand: 25.03.2004) wird... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Mannesmann-Prozess Selbst die Staatsanwälte gehen offenbar davon aus, dass der Prozess gegen Ackermann, Esser, Zwickel und Co. in Düsseldorf mit einem... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

ETH Zürich testet WLAN im Bus In der öffentlichen Busverbindung zwischen zwei Standorten der Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich wird bis zum Semesterende am 02.07. WLAN... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Social Software Weblog Passend hierzu gibt es jetzt auch ein Weblog. Eintrag von heute: "Pay It Forward Social Networking - Srikumar S. Rao... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Gesetzliche Regelung für Rechtsgespräche Die Koalitionsfraktionen von SPD und den Grünen haben gemeinsam mit dem BMJ einen Diskussionsentwurf vorgelegt, der Ende des Jahres in... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Blawgs Jurablis und JoRux weisen auf das Blawg von Säfken hin, das nichts Neues ist. Interessanter ist allerdings für mich vielmehr... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

IFPI startet Klagewelle II Wie bereits angekündigt, hat die deutsche Landesgruppe der "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)" damit begonnen, gerichtlich gegen Tauschbörsen-Nutzer... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

100 Tage Gesundheitsreform Nach 100 Tagen kann jetzt eine erste Bilanz (12 S. PDF) der Gesundheitsreform gezogen werden: Viele gesetzliche Krankenkassen haben bereits... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Geldwäsche IV Die Staatschefs der G7-Staaten und der Präsident der EG-Kommission haben beim Gipfeltreffen im Juni 1989 eine Expertengruppe "Financial Action Task... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Aufhebung des Freispruchs eines Richters "Diese Woche fiel uns ganz besonders ein Vorgang im LG-Bezirk Stendal auf, wo der BGH einen Freispruch zugunsten eines Richters... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

RSS para todos Se multiplican los esfuerzos para extender el uso del RSS y hacer amigable su adopción más allá de los círculos de iniciados: Steven M. Cohen propone RSS For Non-Techie Librarians y Will Richardson compila RSS: A Quick Start Guide for... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Más de 1000 profesionales de la construcción participarán en 90 cursos de formación de Aidico Además de los cursos y utilizando las nuevas tecnologías de la información, se dispone de un Aula Virtual de Formación que "permite cubrir las necesidades f... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on April 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Get Your Favourite RSS News On Your Front Page: MediaScooper MediaScooper is a new FREE service that allows you to display any RSS feed on your Web site with maximum ease. You need to simply log into MediaScooper (no registration required) and to select one of the many RSS feeds already listed there or to add manually the URL of your set of preferred RSS newsfeeds. Once done that, you are provided with HTML and Javascript code that can be immediately inserted in your preferred Web page to show news headlines and excerpts from your favourite news sources. From Kolabora.com on April 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Robertson, SingTel Disrupt The World Michael Robertson is known for being the disruptor. He did it first with MP3.com, has named a Linux operating system LINDOWS and now with his SIPphone service he's gotten engaged to SingTel to deliver PSTN termination, ANYWHERE in the world.... From Kolabora.com on April 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Present Live With C3 Collaborator Virtex Collaborator is one new cost-effective real-time presentation and conferencing solution offering audio and video-conferencing for both the SOHO and enterprise markets. Collaborator is the youngest brother in a fast growing family of live presentation and conferencing solutions that Virtex has... From Kolabora.com on April 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Hot Type The ouster of Anne Fadiman as editor of The American Scholar caused a stir in publishing circles and controversy within the board of the sponsoring Phi Beta Kappa Society. From Chronicle: free on April 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Budgetary Muscleman College officials say that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed spending cuts in higher education are too close to the bone. From Chronicle: free on April 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

New website helping people with IELTS From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Network Associates Expands Educational Programs With KnowledgeNet From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Copyright agitators stick to their guns From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

AgLearn includes Web training From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Cable or Phone? Difference Can Be Taxing From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

The role of The Correspondence School From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

B.C. to benefit from multimedia learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Sheffield Uni joins e-learning converts From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Are public colleges near extinction? From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

ClusterMed for PubMed/Medline Paula Hane, ClusterMed Organized PubMed, Information Today, April 5, 2004. Excerpt: "Viv&#237;simo, Inc., a provider of clustering and meta-search software for organizing search results, has announced the release of ClusterMed, a new research tool that allows biomedical and life sciences researchers to search the MEDLINE database far more productively and efficiently." ClusterMed is not free, but From FOS News on April 5, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

Signs that the Apocalypse is Nigh Chomskying at the bit. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on April 5, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

Agility and adaptiveness Ray Ozzie: "We should distrust any elaborately planned, centrally deployed, and carefully developed business system or process. Successful systems and processes will be agile and dynamically adaptive; they'll grow and evolve as needed over time." From Seb's Open Research on April 5, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Net phone provider calls on Singapore SIPphone pairs up with Singapore Telecom to offer VoIP calls over any public phone system in the region and from mobile phones worldwide--not just with other online parties. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

The Times Gets Cryptic Just what is Adam Nagourney saying? From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..

We're helpless and impotent - re-elect us! The buck stops...well, somewhere. Just not here. From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..

Up the River Prisons are the most racially segregated - and racist - places in America today. From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..

Archives Hub Collection of the Month for April 2004 - The National Cycle Archive - established in 19 ... Archives Hub Collection of the Month for April 2004 - The National Cycle Archive - established in 1990 by the Cyclists' Touring Club. The archive collection is housed at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library. The National Cycle Archive comprises books, serials, and records deposited by many cycling bodies and individuals From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The 2004 Banned Books Week Button - Libraries, schools, and individuals that would like to celebrate ... The 2004 Banned Books Week Button - Libraries, schools, and individuals that would like to celebrate the freedom to read may freely save the 2004 Banned Books Week image for their Web sites From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

WorldData combines the economic and industry forecasts of the Economist Intelligence Unit with updat ... WorldData combines the economic and industry forecasts of the Economist Intelligence Unit with updates throughout the day from EcoWin. The result is a comprehensive global database of economic and market figures and forecasts on 150 countries and 45 regions, with more than 120,000 series From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Koha 2.0 has been released - Koha is the world's first free Open Source Library System. Made in New ... Koha 2.0 has been released - Koha is the world's first free Open Source Library System. Made in New Zealand by the Horowhenua Library Trust and Katipo Communications Ltd, the Koha system is a full catalogue, opac, circulation, member management and acquisitions package From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The April 2004 issues of Information Today, Computers in Libraries, and Searcher are now available ... The April 2004 issues of Information Today, Computers in Libraries, and Searcher are now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

New from CILIP - Selected International Events of interest to LIS Professionals ... New from CILIP - Selected International Events of interest to LIS Professionals From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The Scottish Library & Information Training Register is a newly formed web based initiative designed ... The Scottish Library & Information Training Register is a newly formed web based initiative designed to allow local library and information organisations to co-ordinate and promote events and meetings, in order to prevent clashes and encourage attendance From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Discover the Magic of Electronic Journals - May 21, 2004 - Mississippi State University Libraries - ... Discover the Magic of Electronic Journals - May 21, 2004 - Mississippi State University Libraries - Co-sponsored by NASIG, EBSCO and MSU From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The Library of Congress has announced the release of the online collection A Civil War Soldier in th ... The Library of Congress has announced the release of the online collection A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers, available on the Library's American Memory Web site From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #72 is now available ... The SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #72 is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Current Cites - Volume 15, no. 3, March 2004 is now available ... Current Cites - Volume 15, no. 3, March 2004 is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Survey of the experiences of visually impaired or blind people, using electronic information service ... Survey of the experiences of visually impaired or blind people, using electronic information services provided by UK public libraries. Andrew Lewis is a librarian conducting Masters research at The Robert Gordon University, into the use of electronic information services in UK public libraries, by people who are blind or have a visual impairment. Closing date is 16 April 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer: Are you an oenologist or just someone who likes a glass of wine ... The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer: Are you an oenologist or just someone who likes a glass of wine (or three) with your meals. Either way, see if you can answer these questions about wines. Answers here:1. Is claret usually a red or white wine?2. In Roman mythology, who was the god of wine?3. The Barossa Valley is a noted wine-producing area - in which country?4. Which drink of wine mixed with soda water, sparkling water or lemonade gets its name from a German word for a splash?5. From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The first annual National Library Workers Day will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 20. The theme for ... The first annual National Library Workers Day will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 20. The theme for 2004 is: Libraries work because we do! From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Resource writeups from the latest issue of ResearchBuzz, March 26-31, are now available ... Resource writeups from the latest issue of ResearchBuzz, March 26-31, are now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Virtual Reference Desk Conference 2004 - November 8-9, 2004 - Cincinnati, Ohio ... Virtual Reference Desk Conference 2004 - November 8-9, 2004 - Cincinnati, Ohio From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The University of Minnesota Libraries have announced the unveiling of UThink: Blogs at the Universit ... The University of Minnesota Libraries have announced the unveiling of UThink: Blogs at the University Libraries, which is available to the faculty, staff, and students of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Join DC/SLA in celebration of International Special Librarians Day (ISDL) 2004 at a special event on ... Join DC/SLA in celebration of International Special Librarians Day (ISDL) 2004 at a special event on April 22, 360 Degrees of Information Literacy: Information Literacy Around the World and learn how information literacy programs can improve your effectiveness as a special librarian From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

MIT's OpenCourseWare - a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners ... MIT's OpenCourseWare - a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Ingenta's Integration News - April 2004 update now available ... Ingenta's Integration News - April 2004 update now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

IADIS International Conference - WWW/Internet 2004 - Madrid, Spain - 6-9 October 2004 ... IADIS International Conference - WWW/Internet 2004 - Madrid, Spain - 6-9 October 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Throughout 2004, the Library and Information Service at Manchester Business School Library is once a ... Throughout 2004, the Library and Information Service at Manchester Business School Library is once again running its popular training course programme, covering a range of cutting edge topics of importance to librarians, business analysts, researchers and information professionals. The courses offer high quality, affordable training at a leading international business school with premium facilities From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The British Library celebrates spring with new woodland and garden birds CDs, in celebration of Inte ... The British Library celebrates spring with new woodland and garden birds CDs, in celebration of International Dawn Chorus Day on 2 May From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

The Spring 2004 edition of EDINA Newsline is now available ... The Spring 2004 edition of EDINA Newsline is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Emerald's Journals of the Week for April 5, 2004 are International Journal of Public Sector Manageme ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for April 5, 2004 are International Journal of Public Sector Management and The TQM Magazine From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

More on the end of the trade embargo on editing An unsigned story in the April 5 New York Times recaps the Treasury Department decision. Excerpt: "The federal government has eased a ban on editing manuscripts from nations that are under United States trade embargoes, a move that appears to leave publishers free once again to edit scholarly works from Iran and other such countries. The Treasury Department sent a letter on Friday to a lawyer for the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, an international group representing more than 360,000 engineers and scient From FOS News on April 5, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Federal preemption, open source, and open access Michael Warnecke, NASA Will Become First Agency to Get OSI Certification of Open Source Agreement, BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report , March 31, 2004. In the U.S., software and research produced by government employees is not copyrightable. That's good news for the free exchange of software and research. But open-source licenses typically require copyright-holder consent, not the public domain. So how can goverment-produced software use those licenses? After some legal analysis, NASA has decided that whi From Joho the Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..

Clay on Situated Software Clay's being brilliant again (damn him!), this time on the rise of software that works because it isn't intended to scale. This is not only a trend, it's a clarifying meme.... From Joho the Blog on April 5, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..

Usability, IA and knowledge management I spent two days last week at a KM conference in Sydney. All very interesting, and I had many thought-provoking conversations. Again, though, I am struck by the following: Most knowledge management professionals are completely unaware of the work being... From Column Two on April 5, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Between life and death: There are just three design principles From owrede_log on April 5, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Blue-sky thinking on musiclogging Here's a quick blueprint for a grassroots music dissemination network which works on music files that are linkable and freely available on the Web. I want:

NASA to Test Space-Time Fabric A satellite designed to test predictions Einstein made about time and space in 1916 is ready to fly. The experiment utilizes four pingpong-sized balls of quartz -- the most perfect spheres ever made -- chilled to absolute zero. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..

Bush Sci Honcho Denies Agenda Rebutting an accusation that the administration misrepresented scientific facts to further a conservative agenda, Bush's top science advisor points to his Democratic party affiliation as proof he's unbiased. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..

U.S. Gas Prices: Don't Blame Us Saudi Arabia blames high prices at the gas pumps on America's tough environmental laws and lack of refining capacity -- not on OPEC's decision to cut back on production. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

U.S. Bets on Land Mine Technology Future generations of land mines will be so smart soldiers can activate and deactivate entire mine fields by remote control. The Bush administration thinks the tech justifies shunning a global treaty against the mines. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Moore's Law Needs a Boost Processor performance is becoming encumbered by the realities of battery life. What's needed is a law to make the efficiency of any electronic system double every 24 months. By Michael S. Malone from Wired magazine. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

A Fantasy That's Never Final PC gamers, meet PS2 gamers. Console gamers, meet MMORPGs. Japan, meet America. Square Enix's massively multiplayer online role-playing game Final Fantasy XI promises an online community like never before -- but it's no Utopia. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Computing Power to the People A team of computer scientists connects hundreds of computers in an attempt to create one of the world's top supercomputers. The geeks want the combined power for complex research problems of their choosing. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Watchdogs Push for RFID Laws Companies push to keep RFID tags active once they are out of the store, but critics say that won't play well with privacy advocates and foreign markets. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Dodgy Patents Rile Tech Industry A patent for a type of browser cookie? This and other dubious patents have led the software industry to declare that the U.S. patent system is broken and needs to be repaired. But no quick fix is in sight. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

GAO Says Army on Road to Ruin An ambitious $92 billion reshaping of the Army appears to be in serious trouble, according to the General Accounting Office. Even worse, the Army might have known it from the start. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on April 5, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

1 for 2 with the New England teams Well things didn't go as I'd hoped for the Sox opener (Pedro and the boys lost 7-2 against Baltimore), but at least the UConn women won against Minnesota and are on their way to the NCAA finals against Tennessee tomorrow night. Go Huskies! Watching the women play last night was amazing, and the improvement in the women's game even in the past five years is really something. Great ball movement, fakes, no-look passes -- it's a pleasure to watch. From megnut on April 5, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Hewlett-Packard closes Novadigm deal From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

SEC investigates Nortel From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Intel chips away at prices From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Sun makes a pair of executive changes In its first major staff reshuffling following Friday's sweeping agreement with Microsoft, the company names a new software chief and says another top executive is leaving. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Cox closes wiretap hole for VoIP Police can now wiretap Internet phone calls on Cox Communications' network, kicking off a new era for law enforcement. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Extra headaches of securing XML - Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com Creating a popular new computing approach always seems to bring with it a familiar catch-22: security issues. And Web services is no exception. Extensible Markup Language and XML-based protocols are rapidly becoming a common way for businesses to form From Techno-News Blog on April 5, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Computing Power to the People - Daniel Terdiman, Wired A team of computer scientists linked hundreds of individual PCs into a temporary supercomputer on Saturday. It take the potential of supercomputing out of the labs and puts it in the hands of independent researchers. But while the organizers of the Fla From Techno-News Blog on April 5, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Moore's Second Law: If we don't do something about increasing battery life, we're toast - Michael S. Malone, Wired The biggest impediment to our technological future isn't extending Moore's law. Thanks to recent breakthroughs at the semiconductor manufacturing level, by 2010 top-tier processors should be stuffed with a billion transistors and running at more than 2 From Techno-News Blog on April 5, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Nebraska shuns state tests Schools get leeway to judge progress - Tracy Dell'Angela, Chicago Tribune Instead of filling in bubbles on a multiple-choice exam, 10th grader Monica Miller scribbles a quick paragraph to show her teacher she understands the symbolism in a short story she just read. Macy Morrison, 8, opens an online portfolio to review her s From Educational Technology on April 5, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Korean elderly, poor and lower educated have less access to information, services - Iris Moon, Korea Herald On a balmy spring day, there are few kids playing outside a small apartment complex near Sinchon in Seoul. Inside an apartment on the 16th floor, Hwang Chan-il, 10, and his brother Chan-eung, 12, are playing the computer game Starcraft in their living From Educational Technology on April 5, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

VoIP's broadband bottleneck Broadband Net-phoning services are facing an obstacle as they try to expand in the U.S.: The third-party broadband networks they rely on can't guarantee glitch-free calls. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Introduction to Cocoa with Objective-C No, I'm not proud of using a proprietary operating system, but Apple's Cocoa + Development Tools is just about the richest, simplest and most powerful programming environment anywhere. If you are interested in Cocoa and don't have a Mac there is an open source, cross platform (but not nearly so complete) implementation available called GNUstep. Here is an introduction to the style of Objective-C Cocoa and some reasons why I hope more programming will be done in this style in the future. From kuro5hin.org on April 5, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

McGrew's School of Fine Art The Faculty A bunch of people who were dumb enough to study art and smart enough to get a Master's Degree in it, plus a few who went on to obtain their doctorates, thus condemning themselves to teaching Art History for the rest of their lives. For the ultimate college art teacher, rent The Eiger Sanction. From kuro5hin.org on April 5, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..

NEW Online Television Revolution has begun to make you master the creation of wealth from your Home comforts ! NEW Online Interactive Television company , "Giant Pay " , has been launched !! Mr. Richard Morris is the President ! It's head office is at Catamount Road , Moncton , NB , Canada . You can learn how to master the creation of Wealth from the comforts of your own home .This can be done with any of your Priority program or without any Priority program of your own . [PRWEB Apr 5, 2004] From PR Web on April 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Little Sprouts Launches CosmiKids(TM) Program Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers with facilities in Andover, Methuen, Haverhill and Lowell, Massachusetts announces the launch of CosmiKids(TM) program to its groundbreaking curriculum of early childhood development programs. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2004] From PR Web on April 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Merit Software Reading Programs Shown to Increase Standardized Test Scores - University Analysts Provide Scientifically Based Research Evidence Merit Software is pleased to announce the results of a research study using its leading educational software products conducted by the Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia. Merit commissioned consultants at Marshall to conduct a control versus treatment group research study in 2003 utilizing several of its reading and language arts software in classrooms at the Calhoun County Middle/High School in West Virginia. Students achieve significant gains with just 6 hours of use. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2004] From PR Web on April 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

International Business Competition for College Students Registration is well underway for the Fall Capstone/Foundation International Challenge. This worldwide, Internet-based contest for university business students, is sponsored by Management Simulations, Inc., Northfield, IL [PRWEB Apr 5, 2004] From PR Web on April 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Campus Brawl Injures Seven in New Jersey A student was shot and at least six other people were slashed or bludgeoned when a fight escalated into a free-swinging melee at Fairleigh Dickinson University. From New York Times: Education on April 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Schools Find New Test, for Themselves Will the city's new school promotion policy work - for children, that is? This time, Matters will not answer that question. From New York Times: Education on April 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Council Sends Loud Message on Schools The Council is bellowing a message to the mayor that he is taking the wrong approach on the issue of social promotion, the most controversial of his education initiatives. From New York Times: Education on April 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Leader of Schools, Ever in Shadow Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made clear that he is the boss when it comes to educating the city's schoolchildren, and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has made clear he works for the mayor. From New York Times: Education on April 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Laszlo is independent of Flash and can do more than Flash since it is based on XML Awesome new blog from Laszlo's CTO (via Ted Leung)! I want more rich internet applications built using Laszlo! From Laszlo is XML technology, not Flash technology: QUOTEAgain, Laszlo is about XML, not about Flash. But wait, you say, Laszlo applications run in the Flash player. So how can that be true? And why is that meaningful or relevant? First, Laszlo's platform From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 5, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..

S.F. Bay Area tops in wireless cities survey The San Francisco Bay Area takes top honors in a survey of cities that offer the most wireless Internet connectivity, as the trend of increasing wireless access sweeps through U.S. cities as well as airports and college campuses. From CNET News.com on April 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Serious Flaw in Norton Internet Security From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

JVC's New Sub-Laptop MP-XV941 From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

POGO'S RipDrive 20GB MP3 Player From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

Get your fresh copy of PHP-Nuke 7.2 From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

SONY'S 50GB next-gen BLU-RAY VIDEO RECORDER From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

Internet Search Engine Now On Site From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

Motorola MPx200 and the MPx100 Pictures From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

Gadgets and Gizmos plus more News Feeds From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

Cheap PDA 'Simputer' goes on sale From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

Nextlink's New 5g Bluetooth Phone Headset From Simply UK Gadgets on April 4, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..

"English Village" - obsessed with English It appears that the Korean government and Seoul have decided to build an English Village, originally seen in the Korea Herald, but that article will become subscription only so I will link to a duplicate over at Asia Media.... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 4, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..

Linked from Language Log When I got up this morning I checked my referral logs and was quite surprised to note a hit coming from Language Log. I've been added to the links on the right side-bar. Yeah I've been linked to by a... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 4, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..

Saving the Net A bunch of Net Heavyweights tried to explain to the US government this week how its lack of understanding of the Internet is going to kill it. Stupid network, yes! Stupid government, no! World of Ends, yes! End of the e-World, no!... From Joho the Blog on April 4, 2004 at 11:49 p.m..

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