Know your TV tuner cards Home Theater PC News has a guide with way more information than you could possibly need about buying a TV tuner card for a PC and whether or not it'll be compatible with your choice of digital video recording software. Especially helpful is the illustrated guide to identifying the diffe[Via --> From unmediated on April 16, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..

British Library audio archive coming The British Library is releasing a ton of audio from its archive on the Web -- though the article implies that it will only be available to higher education institutions. Examples held on the British Library site include a live recording of Paul Robeson in Othello, Florence Nightingale speaking in one of the earliest sound recordings, as well as the genesis of Sherlock Holmes. These historic recordings will be made freely available to further and higher education institutions in the UK and will include a wide range of materials, including cla From unmediated on April 16, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..

Design for Hackability Our panel on Design for Hackability has been accepted for DIS 2004 - hope to see you there!Design for hackability draws on hacker, punk DIY and remix cultural practices and values. It encourages designers and non-designers to critically and creatively explore technology and media, to reclaim authorship and ownership of new and existing technologies, and of the social and cultural worlds in which we live. Hackability implies more than customisation or adaptation - it calls for redefinition. Design for hackability involves creatin From unmediated on April 16, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..

Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 16, 2004 at 10:58 p.m..

Good technology I've never heard of Stephen Dowes, but he's awfully clever. Robin Good posts an excerpt from his unpublished book, "The Learning Marketplace: Meaning, Metadata and Content Syndication in the Learning Object Economy" the Nine Rules for Good Technology - and damn fine good ones at that. Good technology: Is always available. Availability strongly depends on price, but not overly so. Example: ATMs. Is always on, or can be turned on with a single command. Examples: Telephones, broadband internet access. Is always connected. And will transfer data to where it is needed, automatically. Exam From silentblue | Quantified on April 16, 2004 at 10:58 p.m..

Am I That Old? Was looking at some pictures of my little sisters spring break vacation today and she looked, so, well, old. She looked like an adult! But, wait, if she's an adult - that makes me.... no, I won't say it. Maybe if I don't say it, it won't be real ;).... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 16, 2004 at 10:57 p.m..

Chroniken der Stadt Schwäbisch... Klaus Graf, Gmünder Chroniken im 16. Jahrhundert, Schwäbisch Günd 1984 (Tübinger Magisterarbeit) ist bei ALO digitalisiert worden: http://www.literature.at/webinterface/library/ALO-BOOK_V01?objid=12643 Zur Stadtgeschichte von Schwäbisch Gmünd vgl. auch die Quellen bei: http://www.uni-freiburg.de/histsem/mertens/graf/gmuend.htm From Archivalia on April 16, 2004 at 10:53 p.m..

EY client adds suspended over PeopleSoft deal The accounting firm is barred from adding publicly traded firms to its client roster because of unethical dealings in its relationship with PeopleSoft. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Xbox Live to go offline for upgrade Microsoft's online gaming service for its video game console will be offline for about 24 hours starting at 6 a.m. PDT Wednesday, to allow the company to upgrade services. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

NTT DoCoMo to launch UEFA I-mode site The service, which is scheduled to start on Monday, will be the first to offer UEFA's authorised content via a mobile internet site. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Alcatel introduces rich media delivery suite Alcatel's solution delivers software products, system integration capabilities and professional services to help service providers deliver enriched broadband services to residential customers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Dutch entertainment industry clamps down on CD, DVD surcharge evaders The Dutch entertainment industry is going after those who are avoiding the payment of the country's mandatory surcharge on all blank recordable media. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Inventor of World Wide Web awarded €1m prize The Finnish Technology Award Foundation has awarded Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web the first-ever Millenium Technology prize for his innovation. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Finnish operators allowed to share 3G networks The country's Communications Ministry has said that operators will be allowed to build their 3G networks together. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Netia launches Polish wi-fi network The Polish telco has set up some 40 hotspots and hopes to have another 150 up and running by the end of the year. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Halavais series on weblogs and education Alex Halavais has been pushing out a series of texts that make up a chapter in the forthcoming International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments. I'm definitely going to read all of it. * Part 1: Collaborative Web Publishing as a Technology and a Practice * Part 2: Weblogs as "Replacement" Educational Technology * --> From unmediated on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

caetano veloso perspectives series... I am off to Carnegie Hall this evening to see Caetano Veloso - the first 'non-classical' artist to be asked to present a 'perspectives series' at Carnegie Hall. Of Caetano Veloso, David Byrne shared this: "Caetano's work gives one a sense of a world in which there are nodes of common intellectual and sensual pleasures here and there scattered around t From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

India Elections: Indian Muslim Organisation Advises Secular Voters to Vote for INC Direct Contest between INC and BJP Clusters in Phase IV; In All States/UTs Except U.P.;AIMMM Advises Secular Voters to Vote for INC Cluster From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Windfalls of War: U.S. Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan Reports and documents related to U.S. government contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, their activities and relationships. A project of the Center for Public Integrity. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

USAID: Assistance for Iraq Website with information on operations of USAID in Iraq. USAID is a U.S. federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Department of State. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Strategic Studies Institute: Regional Studies Archive of papers published by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army, organized as regional studies. Middle East/North Africa section includes papers on the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Government Views of Iraq Extensive bibliography of current and historical government documents related to Iraq. Documents are primarily from the U.S. government, with some international documents as well. A project of Grace-Ellen McCrann, librarian at City College of New York. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

France-diplomatie: Iraq and the situation in the Persian Gulf News releases from the French Foreign Ministry, in English. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Coalition Provisional Authority The temporary governing body which has been designated by the United Nations as the lawful government of Iraq "until such time as Iraq is politically and socially stable enough to assume its sovereignty". From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

CENTCOM Leaflet Gallery Gallery of leaflets dropped or distributed by U.S. military forces during the Iraq War in 2003. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Al-Jazeera.net: Changing Face of Iraq Special coverage from the al-Jazeera news network based in Qatar, in English. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

yamaha psr 2100 From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School- Forums on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

LETTERDAY From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School- Forums on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Alternative Cancer Web Sites Title: Alternative Cancer Web SitesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04Last Editorial Review: 4/15/04 From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Priming Your Toddler for the Potty Title: Priming Your Toddler for the PottyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:32 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

When Coughing Can Save Your Life Title: When Coughing Can Save Your LifeCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:32 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Most Juvenile Delinquents Suffer Traumas Title: Most Juvenile Delinquents Suffer TraumasCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:32 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Seniors in Schools Good for Everyone Title: Seniors in Schools Good for EveryoneCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:33 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Genetic Link to Liver Cancer Found Title: Genetic Link to Liver Cancer FoundCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:33 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Alcohol Effects on Brain Linger On Title: Alcohol Effects on Brain Linger OnCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:33 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Age Doesn't Matter with Kidney Transplants Title: Age Doesn't Matter with Kidney TransplantsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:33 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Making a Blood Vessel is Not Easy Title: Making a Blood Vessel is Not EasyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:33 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Profiling Leukemia for AML Prognosis Title: Profiling Leukemia for AML PrognosisCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:33 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Kids' Sleep Problems Can Portend Alcohol and Drug Use Title: Kids' Sleep Problems Can Portend Alcohol and Drug UseCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:33 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

College Women's Drinking Raises Abuse Risk Title: College Women's Drinking Raises Abuse RiskCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:34 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Triplets Down, Live Births Up With IVF Title: Triplets Down, Live Births Up With IVFCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/15/04 1:59:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/04 1:58:34 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 16, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..

Accessible to Everyone vs. Accessible to Every Computer I have recently been evaluating a couple of different pieces of online meeting/collaboration software. At this point we are looking at 2 different options- iVocalize because of its low cost and simple (accessible) interface and HorizonLive which has more features and is cross-platform. iVocalize is currently PC-only. There are other factors involved, but those seems to be the major issues. (If anyone is aware of any other cross-platform or fully accessible solutions, please let me know!) While I think either would work for our needs- it presents an interesting dilemna, do we exclude Mac and Li From Curb Cut Learning on April 16, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Kolabora Live! Web Conferencing Demonstrations This Kolabora Live! Buyer's Review is going to be a monthly event where software will be demonstrated followed by a question and answer period. The first event will be on Thursday April 22nd at 12pm EST. The event will be recorded and made available for a fee. Kolabora also has an event coming up titled The Competitive Edge, I've already signed up for both. Also a reminder of the PBS Event, Untangling the Web: Making Online Teaching and Learning Accessible happening on the 22nd as well.... From Curb Cut Learning on April 16, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Dormcest From Wordspy comes a combination of incest and dormitory: dormcest. Well I have never lived in a dorm and never want to but if I did I think this term would pretty much turn me off of a physical relationship... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 16, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Doing more with less in 2004: how e-learning can help us to cut waste and achieve more In the early years of e-learning, the big challenge for institutions was how to provide users with access to a computer; computers and local area networks were costly. As costs dropped and access stopped being the major problem to solve, people began to notice the lack of material and software to create material. As more content became available, we started to hear complaints about the quality of that material, and about the difficulty of modifying it or making it work with other IT systems (the issue of interoperability). While the problems mentioned so far have not been solved, there is now From Elearnopedia on April 16, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..

Program Evaluation of e-Learning with the surge in public demand for accountability and some concern over the viability of e-learning in terms of quality, it is important to have a good program evaluation in place. However, beyond the needs of political justification, it is essential that a program evaluation accurately informs changes in curriculum, teaching strategies, and student assessment. From Elearnopedia on April 16, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..

Groundhog Day Ich denke, jeder hat schon (mindestens) einmal den Film "Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier" gesehen,- so auch ich. Ernie beschreibt... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 16, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..

Frauen im Mittleren Osten Von den Menschenrechten der Frauen im Mittleren Osten und deren Durchsetzung berichtet aktuell der Scout Report in einer eindrucksvollen Dokumentation... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 16, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..

Dauerthema "RSS" Dem Meen-Blog verdanke ich einen Hinweis auf eine interaktive Erklärung zum Thema,- ca. 30 Minuten sollten reichen. Eine Mega-Sammlung zu... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 16, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..

IADIS Call for Papers IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COGNITION AND EXPLORATORY LEARNING IN DIGITAL AGE (CELDA 2004) December 15-17, 2004 - LISBON, PORTUGAL http://www.iadis.org/celda2004/ -- CALL FOR PAPERS -- Deadline for submissions: 17 May 2004 (for all contributions)... From Rick's Café Canadien on April 16, 2004 at 8:52 p.m..

Windows CE Gets A Voice Microsoft future potential in the collaboration and conferencing markets From Kolabora.com on April 16, 2004 at 8:52 p.m..

Richard Akerman: Digital Photography, Sharing, and Printing A wee bit out of date (not updated for Panther for instance) but useful nonetheless. From Digital Photography, Sharing, and Printing via Darren Barefoot: QUOTEThis site gathers together all the knowledge I have accumulated about digital photography. I see the same questions showing up in discussions again and again (the FAQ phenomenon) so I have created this page to provide a useful reference point, particularly f From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 16, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..

Richard Akerman's Digital Photography Sharing and Printing revisited Prompted by a comment from Richard on my last post, I revisited his guide and come to think of it, I was wrong, I couldn't find anything in his guide specifically that's out of date with respect to Panther! My apologies to Richard! The only thing you might want to add is a mention of --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 16, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..

Classroom Weblogs... This week on the back of the Lewis Elementary newsletter we published a short update from each classroom teacher, and from our support teachers. These classroom notes are designed to give families a quick update of upcoming events, curriculum activities and topical information about our classrooms. The way we accomplished this is that we set up a community weblog using Moveable Type and had each teacher write a short piece about upcoming events for the coming week. We then edited the index page for the community blog and set it up so that each teacher's most recent post was listed... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on April 16, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

More on the ISI report on the impact of OA journals Mike Shanahan, Open-access journals are impacting science community, SciDev.Net, April 16, 2004. A short note on the new ISI study. Excerpt: "Thomson ISI, the company whose Web of Science tool dominates academic literature searches online, has announced that open-access journals are having an increasing impact in the world of scientific research." From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Garfield on the future of citation indexing Peter Jacso, The Future of Citation Indexing - Interview with Dr. Eugene Garfield. Portions of this interview were published in the January issue of Online magazine, and now Jacso´ has made the complete article available on his website. Among other issues, Garfield considers the impact of open access material on citation indexing, particularly with respect to ResearchIndex, pointing out that the latter could become highly useful if its scope were increased to a wider range of disciplines and that now "it is depende From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Another declaration of independence Gerard van der Geer is the managing editor of Compositio Mathematica (CM), a journal owned by the Foundation Compositio Mathematica. CM was published by Kluwer until late last year, when van der Geer, frustrated by a long history of unwanted price increases, declared independence and moved the journal to the London Mathematical Society, whic From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Student blogging (contd.) From owrede_log on April 16, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Free culture From owrede_log on April 16, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Weblogs enter New Brunswick school Seeing as Jacques Cool has already broken the news to the French-speaking crowd over on ConstellationW3, I guess I ought to write about it now... Todd and I have been working with elementary school le Centre d'@pprentissage du Haut-Madawaska From Seb's Open Research on April 16, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

23rd Page bahhhh. Here’s the deal: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence on your blog along with these instructions. Heres mine: "SCX offers inner borders for their curves that will also fit Scalextric Sport and Scalextric Classic track." (Bet you can't guess... ) From carvingCode on April 16, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

A moving image A mosaic of soldiers who have died in Iraq: <%image(bush-front.jpg|600|701|A mosaic of soldiers who have died in Iraq)%> [via photomatt] From carvingCode on April 16, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

Judge in Oracle case won't seal business secrets "This is not a national security case," Judge Vaughn Walker replies to concerns about proprietary business information that may be submitted as evidence to the court by Oracle, competitors and clients. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

High Fashion Meets High Tech at Yoox.com eBiz Profile: An e-tailer proves that e-commerce can reach successfully across international boundaries. From E-Commerce Guide on April 16, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..

Group seeks to invalidate Microsoft patent The Public Patent Foundation asks the U.S. Patent Office to revoke Microsoft's hold on its File Allocation Table storage system, saying it's necessary to the open-source software movement. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

ICQ to ping application developers The instant-messaging pioneer plans to unveil an API program with the release of ICQ 4.0 next week. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Lawmaker to AOL: You've got mail A California bill would force companies that mail unsolicited CDs or DVDs to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for returns. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

From Weird to Wired": MPs, the Internet and Representative Politics in the UK If elected representatives only used the internet, one might suppose, then they would see the benefit of online activities. But do members use the internet? This study is a fascinating exploration of the websites offered by British Members of Parliament. While figures suggest that 71 percent of Members have sites, a large number of sites are broken or cookie-cutter Epolitix sites, reducing the actual number to 48 percent. Of these, few offered any sort of interaction, almost no commentary on current issues, and were often out of date. When government representatives don't see the benefit From OLDaily on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Tipping Point: From Feckless Reform to Substantive Instructional Improvement I really liked this paper, which is in essence a condemnation of centralized (and frequently top-down) 'strategic planning' and 'school reform'. The author notes that there is widespread recognition that this sort of process fails, and that a more distributed type of short-term programs and learning communities does more to promote learning. "School improvement is most surely and thoroughly achieved when teachers engage in frequent, continuous and increasingly concrete and precise talk about teaching practice... adequate to the complexities of teaching, capable of distingui From OLDaily on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

National Parks as Classrooms I don't emphasize this as much as I should - online learning will succeed when it gets students out of the classroom and into the communities about which we are trying to teach them. In this regard, programs such as the National Parks Program play an increasingly significant role, as students, supported by mobile e-learning, get out into the forest to study the trees. If your picture of e-learning is row on row of students in computer labs taking self-study modules, change it. Online learning is about freeing students, not tieing them down to computer labs. By Alison Yaunches, Rural Root From OLDaily on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Be Afraid - Very Afraid! Be Excited - Very excited! Do you use web tools at home because they won't work through the school firewall? Do you spurn the corporate LMS, opting to work with open source instead? Do you turn your back on pre-structured content, allowing your students to build their own learning? Do you play with mobile learning technology? If you do, then you're disruptive, and your innovation is described and celebrated in this useful article. In the same vein, you may want to check out the "Introducing disruptive technologies for learning" symp From OLDaily on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

How to Start Your Own Blog Describes what a blog is, why you would want one, and what to do to get one. Many links and resources, with the comments from readers pointing to more. By Community Admin Team, Australian Flexible Learning Community, April 22, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Student-Centred eLearning: But Not as We Know It? This is such a delicious thought I can't resist passing it along: "how would (and should) your institution feel about the development of student-controlled learning object repositories, archives of past examination papers (perhaps incorporating commentary), file uploads, and peer sharing facilities etc?" By Derek Morrison, Auricle, April 16, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

DND to form eLearning Partnership Lab with U.S. Congratulations to Roger St-Pierre, Peter Hope and the rest of the crew at the Defence Learning Network (DLN) in Ottawa as an agreement is reach to form a research and development partnership lab in collaboration with Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL). The Canada ADL Partnership Lab will allow the DLN to continue its contributions and work with SCORM, and fittingly so, since DLN staff were integrally involved in its creation in the From OLDaily on April 16, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Ultrawideband groups band together Two industry groups are teaming up to promote a de facto standard for ultrawideband, helping ease concerns that the wireless technology could become mired in red tape. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Phone shutterbugs have problem sharing Tens of millions of phone photos are taken every month, but big interoperability problems throttle the sharing. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

PC makers weigh results of recycling efforts With Earth Day around the corner, Dell and other PC makers are stepping up their efforts to recycle old computers, gathered from businesses and consumers that have been sitting on old gear for years. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

BayStar seeks to retrieve investment in SCO BayStar Capital is seeking to get back the $20 million it invested in the SCO Group, raising issues for SCO's expensive and controversial legal campaign that argues Linux infringes its Unix copyrights. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Software connects from Remotely Anywhere Remotely Anywhere releases a program that facilitates secure remote access to home and office PCs. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Commentary: An RFID code of conduct The technology is attracting attention over privacy concerns. To win broader acceptance for it, retailers need to set standards for its use--and communicate that to consumers. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Cisco issues another security warning The networking giant warns customers of a security vulnerability associated with its Cisco 3000 VPN Concentrator. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

The Dark Side of Numbers: The Role of Population Data Systems in Human Rights Abuses danah boyd:Many people have heard me tell an anecdote that i learned while living in Holland: At the turn of the century, the Dutch government collected mass amounts of data about its citizens with good intentions. In order to give people proper burials, they included religion. In 1939, the Nazis invaded and captured that data in less than 3 days. A larger percentage of Dutch Jews died than any other Jews because o From Mathemagenic on April 16, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..

Europäische Beweisanordnung Das Europäische Parlament hat am 31.03.2004 eine legislative Entschließung zum Vorschlag (70 S. PDF) der Europäischen Kommission für einen Rahmenbeschluss... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 16, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Anwaltliche Versorgungswerke Am 26.03.2004 hat der CCBE (13 S. PDF) in Rom eine Konferenz zum Thema anwaltliche Versorgungswerke in Europa veranstaltet. Nach... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 16, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Want To Send Your Own Movie Clips Through Your Webcam? VirtualCamera Does It! VirtualCamera is a virtual webcam application tool that allows you to send out a virtual feed of images coming live from your computer instead of your normal webcam video feed or in case you do not have a webcam at... From Kolabora.com on April 16, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

The Competitive Edge HYPHEN New Online Collaboration Trends, Emergent Technologies... April 30th 2004 - 12 oon EDT a new Kolabora Live! Monthly Seminar sponsored by: Thinkofit ConferZone Facts: An incredible amount of new technologies is coming to market every month. In the last 12 months alone over forty new technology... From Kolabora.com on April 16, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

The Competitive Edge A newly announced monthly Kolabora Live! event is completely devoted to cover key trends, new technologies, best practies and marketing strategies in the conferencing, online collaboration and live presentation industries, is now open for registration. Targeted at companies, developers, marketing pe... From Kolabora.com on April 16, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

"Introducing disruptive technologies for learning" symposium Don't know why I didn't get the good news out earlier. The symposium proposal that seven co-conspirators (across three continents no less) andI prepared was accepted for the ED-MEDIA conference. One interesting meta-note about the development of the proposal: it was built in a collaborative manner over a few pages in my personal wiki. The proposal document went through dozens of updates. (Se From Seb's Open Research on April 16, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Amazing New Easy to Follow System Reveals the Secrets of How to Pull Interviews Like Crazy Take control and learn how to get interviews using a new dramatically different approach that turns the current job search "standard" on its head! [PRWEB Apr 15, 2004] From PR Web on April 16, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Week in review: Real's deal for Apple RealNetworks purportedly makes overtures to Apple Computer to form an alliance in the digital music arena, but Real could end up with rival Microsoft as its dance partner. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Tim Berners-Lee wins the Millennium Technology Prize Tim Berners-Lee is the winner of the inaugural Millennium Technology Prize from the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. The prize of one million Euros goes to the inventor of the world wide web who put his invention into the public domain and never tried to profit from it. Congratulations From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

How to make counting downloads count Jonas Holmstr&#246;m, The Return on Investment of Electronic Journals - It Is a Matter of Time, D-Lib Magazine, April 2004. Abstract: "Libraries and publishers are increasingly using download statistics to measure cost-effectiveness. Proponents of open access have also used download statistics to prove that open access journals are more cost-effective than subscription based journals. In this article, I argue that these calculations are misleading since they do not consider the age of the articles downloaded. Some impl From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

Third OAI workshop Chris Awre, Report on the 3rd OAI Workshop, D-Lib Magazine, April 2004. Good overview of the presentations for those who don't have time to view the webcasts and PPT slides. Excerpt: "This 3rd OAI Workshop, entitled 'Implementing the benefits of OAI', was held at CERN on 12-14 February 2004. CERN has also been the location for the first two workshops and this third workshop took place 18 months after the last one. The growing interest in OAI and the o From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

OA to gray literature Marcus Banks, Connections between open access publishing and access to gray literature, Journal of the Medical Library Association, April 2004. Excerpt: "The potential of open access publication to increase accessibility to peer-reviewed literature is cause for celebration. As we celebrate, we should not lose sight of the longstanding challenge of providing better access to the gray literature that provides an essential complement to peer-reviewed findings. We do not need to launch an open access movement to obtain th From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

PLoS Medicine call for papers The Public Library of Science has announced that PLoS Medicine, its second open-access journal, is now accepting submissions. The first issue will appear sometime this fall. From FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

Open access online education manual Terry Anderson & Fathi Elloumi, editors, Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Athabasca University has released an online, open-source book under a Creative Commons license to support administration and teaching in online and distance education environments. See also the press release from Athabasca, Thousands flock to download "Theory and Practice of Online Learning." (Source: FOS News on April 16, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

SVG Open 2004 Deadline Extension 2004-04-16: SVG Open 2004, the 3rd annual conference on Scalable Vector Graphics, will be held 7-10 September 2004 at Keio University, Japan, on the Mita Campus in Tokyo. The submission deadline for paper abstracts has been extended to 7 May. Proposals for courses or exhibitions may be submitted online. SVG Open is your chance to discuss SVG development experience, products, workflows and strategies. The conference language is English; translation facilities will be available to encourage English-Japanese communication. Read about SVG. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on April 16, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Amaya 8.4 Released 2004-04-16: Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. Version 8.4 includes a Mac OS X package and bug fixes for CSS, (X)HTML, annotation and the Amaya user interface. Download Amaya binaries for Linux and Windows NT/2000/XP and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page and the Annotea home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on April 16, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

The participant/narrator: owning the role The XML-Deviant column at O'Reilly's XML.com (index, rss), which began in January 2000, would have been called a blog had the term been more current then. Written first by Leigh Dodds and now by Kendall Grant Clark, the concept was a brilliant one. Recruit literate developers who participate in key mailing lists (Dodds: xml-dev, Grant Clark: W3C Technical Architecture Group), and have them publish rep From Jon's Radio on April 16, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Xerox's word on semiconductor design: plastic The company says it has developed semiconductive ink that could lead to inexpensive flat-panel and flexible displays. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

ALA Issue 177 The Problem, the Balloon, and the Four Bedroom House (Joe Di Stefano): Taming unruly projects. Let Them Eat Cake (Aaron Gustafson): Accessibility and usability sitting in a tree. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on April 16, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

Project Amnion A very small announcement. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on April 16, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

"The Blog" I am curious if other educators have heard this from students newly introduced to weblogs- from the interviews I did last week for a photoblogging presentation and at other times, I have heard more than one student refer to a blog hosting web site such as TypePad, Blogger, Buzznet, as "The Blog"-- like it were a singular entity (or a movie monster), e.g. "The first time I was introduced to The Blog I was thinking...." We started using The Blog in our english course to write reflections..." Maybe it is just my failing memory, but it seems recurrent, From cogdogblog on April 16, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..

The Search Engine Wars--NPR National Public Radio has been running a series about the "Search Engine Wars." I heard the last episode this morning and looked up additional information at the NPR web site. The series does a good job explaining how search engines work--and what they miss. JH _____ "Companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are battling to be the main gateway to the Internet. These companies have gained unprecedented influence over what people see and learn, and have created an industry with brave new rules for business. In a five-part series, NPR's Rick Karr takes a look at the business of sea From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on April 16, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Untitled Maciej plays naturalist at PC Forum. " I was in the state that Zen masters call " beginner's mind ", and that employers outside of academia call "gross negligence". " From Seb's Open Research on April 16, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

On the Road Heading to BloggerCon today, so no updates until much later. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 16, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..

IBM to reveal new designs on software Big Blue plans to detail new software and services meant to better position the company to take advantage of modern computing system designs, CNET News.com has learned. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

U.K. spammers elude shutdown Companies that break Britain's antispam law are likely to get away with it until at least next year because the information commissioner doesn't have "stop now" powers. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Cisco completes Riverhead buy The acquisition is expected to plug holes in the networking giant's intrusion-prevention offering. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Pension charges pinch Unisys earnings The technology services company sees revenue edge up, but first-quarter net income tumbles because of pension-related accounting. From CNET News.com on April 16, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Cyprus cheapest calls, line rental amongst EU accession countries Hungary has the most expensive calls - both residential and enterprise - and line rental amongst the ten EU accession countries. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Moldcell to be profitable next year TeliaSonera's Moldovan mobile operator expects to achieve profitability in 2005, despite the fact that some 80 per cent of its customers are pre-paid users. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Czech Republic to appoint privatisation advisor at end of April The appointment comes a month ahead of schedule, although the government is tight-lipped as to who has won the tender. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Czech regulator cuts fixed-to-mobile tariffs The Czech Telecoms Office is to cut interconnection tariffs paid by fixed-line carriers to mobile operators. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

4. Blog Questions, Answers, Observations PREFACE: This is the fourth and final segment of the edited transcript from an April 6, 2004 panel moderated by CONTENTIOUS editor Amy Gahran: "Alternative Media: Attack of the Blogs." See the index to this four-part series for links to other segments and panelist bios. (Read transcript of Q&amp;A) From Contentious Weblog on April 16, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

3. Kim Spencer Wants Video Blogs PREFACE: This is the third segment of the edited transcript from an April 6, 2004 panel moderated by CONTENTIOUS editor Amy Gahran: "Alternative Media: Attack of the Blogs." See the index to this four-part series for links to other segments and panelist bios. OPENING STATEMENT BY LINK TV'S KIM SPENCER: Kim Spencer is the founder of LinkTV, an independent satellite TV channel that airs global video content (channel 375). From Contentious Weblog on April 16, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

2. Declan McCullagh, Blog Skeptic PREFACE: This is the second segment of the edited transcript from an April 6, 2004 panel moderated by CONTENTIOUS editor Amy Gahran: "Alternative Media: Attack of the Blogs." See the index to this four-part series for links to other segments and panelist bios. OPENING STATEMENT BY NEWS.COM'S DECLAN MCCULLAGH: Declan McCullagh is the lead political correspondent for News.com. For nearly a decade From Contentious Weblog on April 16, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

1. Andy Ihnatko: What the Mainstream Media Can Learn from Blogs PREFACE: This is the first segment of the edited transcript from an April 6, 2004 panel moderated by CONTENTIOUS editor Amy Gahran: "Alternative Media: Attack of the Blogs." See the index to this four-part series for links to other segments and panelist bios. OPENING STATEMENT BY TECH JOURNALIST ANDY IHNATKO: Andy Ihnatko writes on technology for the Chicago Sun-Times and other publications... (--> From Contentious Weblog on April 16, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

My Conference Panel on Blogging: Overview On April 6, 2004, I moderated a panel discussion entitled "Alternative Media: Attack of the Blogs." This was part of the University of Colorado's annual Conference on World Affairs. For years this conference has been my annual local brain-food festival, and I was honored to participate. My panelists were tech journalist Andy Ihnatko (Chicago Sun-Times), politcal correspondent Declan McCullagh (CNet News.com), and founder of the satellite channel LinkTV Kim Spencer. My original plan was to cover this conference in a concise overview &#150; From Contentious Weblog on April 16, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

oeIt is difficult to overstate the significance of the Internet ... From the University of Prince Edward Island, Mark Hemphill's end of course notes from "Networking, Knowledge & the Digital Age", discussing eBusiness, enterprise software and the social and commercial forces of the Internet. Some of Mark's observations: Web-like Internetworking provides us with a new freedom, and allows us to grow faster than we ever could when we were fettered by the hierarchical classification systems into which we bound ourselves. Networking offers an opportunity to reclaim our real voices and re From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on April 16, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..

BBC offers MP3 Lectures Way back in January, one of the first Auricle articles was Alternative Sources of Learning in which I highlighted the BBC as an increasingly relevant source of high quality learning resources. So it's good to see that the BBC have finally begun to waiver in their support for the proprietary RealPlayer format. You can hear the 2004 series of Reith Lectures in... From Auricle on April 16, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..

Student-centred eLearning: But not as we know it? At the moment our thinking about e-Learning and information systems is usually predicated on the assumption that the institution knows best. In UK higher education, the assumption usually translates into designated centrally or faculty-supported vehicle(s) for e-learning delivery and support, i.e. MLE/VLE/LMS 'xyz'. A situation which offers at least some comfort to increasingly hard-pressed institutional directors of information and communications services. Perhaps they shouldn't rest... From Auricle on April 16, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..

RLG DigiNews - April 2004 issue is now available online ... RLG DigiNews - April 2004 issue is now available online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

The National Archives presents The Secret State: A free exhibition - 2 April-30 October 2004 - Curat ... The National Archives presents The Secret State: A free exhibition - 2 April-30 October 2004 - Curated by Peter Hennessy. A chilling behind-the-scenes picture of the corridors of power at a time when the world teetered on the brink of disaster, this exhibition looks at different aspects of government processes in the Cold War From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 8th International Conferen ... The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 8th International Conference in London 13-16 July 2004. The theme of the conference is: Knowledge Organization and the Global Information Society, and the keynote address will be delivered by Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer: "Climb every mountain" as Julie Andrews sang. Even if you're ju ... The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer: "Climb every mountain" as Julie Andrews sang. Even if you're just an armchair hiker, see if you can scale the heights of these quiz questions about mountains. Answers here:1. What is the world's highest mountain?2. Which mountain chain of western North America runs from Alaska to Mexico?3. What is the name of the famous South African mountain that overlooks Cape Town?4. The Apennines are a long mountain range in which country?5. What is From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

New contributions to the Nature OA debate Two new contributions have been added to the Nature debate on OA.