China Drops Wireless Protectionism, for Now

EU digs into Microsoft The European Union reveals a detailed look at the reasoning behind its antitrust case against the software giant, including how regulators calculated their record fine. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Ignoramorama More depressing news on what Americans think they know about Iraq From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 22, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Blogging? Writing? Feeling? Anne responds to my "Will Emily be blogging?" question from yesterday with "Will Emily be writing?" And Aaron says "It's not the blogging or the writing, it's the feeling." And James summarizes all of this with "blogging isn't the point... it's the writing stupid" (with a nod to Greg.) Oy. I'm stubborn. To me it is the bloggi From weblogged News on April 22, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..

Shielding the People from What We Need to See

Using SubEthaEdit for shared notes in Pachyderm Training I've opened up a SubEthaEdit document to serve as a shared workspace for the Pachyderm training session today. Not sure if anyone's going to use it, but it might be a cool way to get a rough draft of documentation, on the fly (especially since most Pachydermers are in San Francisco, and there are a few stragglers - myself included - scattered around the continent). The direct link to the shared document is here, and the SubEthaTrack listing is here.... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on April 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Toshiba spins 100GB drive for laptops The new hard drive will offer more 20GB more capacity for notebook owners interested in heavy-duty video editing or game playing. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

AOL, Road Runner team up for broadband The corporate cousins agree to a co-marketing deal in a bid to sign up new broadband users. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

AMD to open engineering center in India The chipmaker has joined the increasing number of American companies setting up engineering design plants in India's technology hub, Bangalore. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Mary McGrory, R.I.P. One of the great journalists of our era has died. Mary McGrory's brilliant columns inspired a generation of reporters and columnists. She was fearless in the face of enemies, and relentlessly on the side of average people, not the power brokers. Rest in peace. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 22, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..

ODRL Workshop, Day One I am in Vienna, Austria, attending the first Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) workshop. With about 10 minutes of internet access time, I cannot provide a proper newsletter, however, I am pleased to make available my summary notes from Day One. Day Two will follow tomorrow, and if I can find a cybercafe on the weekend, I will provide a catch-up issue of OLDaily as soon as I can. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, April 22, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on April 22, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Goodridge to speak on civil marriage rights <%image(20040422-rights_04222004.jpg|105|150|)%> Hillary Goodridge, lead plaintiff in the landmark case of Goodridge v. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health that affirmed the civil marriage rights of all couples regardless of sexual orientation, will be at Bedford's First Parish Sunday, April 25, at 10 a.m. She and the Rev. John Gibbons will share a dialogue sermon entitled, &#8220;Standing on the Side of Love.&#8221; Hillary has had her share of 'firsts' - a member of the first class of girls at the St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., as well as the thir From BuzzFlood News on April 22, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..

Prof. Hutton: Probe forces ouster of CEO <%image(shared/20031026-tuck.jpg|54|70|)%> Providence Journal: Computer Associates, which makes software for corporate systems, is being investigated for misrepresenting the timing of contracts. With his company tangled in an accounting investigation that has already produced four guilty pleas, Sanjay Kumar was forced to resign yesterday as chairman and chief executive officer of Computer Associates International Inc. Amy Hutton, an associate professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, said having Kumar resign from the top positions but remain with the company lets the boa From BuzzFlood News on April 22, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..

RealNetworks boss calls Apple 'kinda Soviet' Rob Glaser, the head of RealNetworks, attacked Apple's closed approach to digital music at the US National Association of Broadcasters this week. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..

KPN aims to increase holding in DTV provider The Dutch telco hopes to increase its 30 per cent holding in digital DVB-T television provider Digitenne to 49 per cent. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..

my google cousins... On my 'knowledge notes' weblog -- for those of you who read me through RSS -- I have a link that sits directly below my snapshot in the right-hand column to "Google: Similar Pages." When I first began blogging these 'knowledge notes' - I was intrigued by which sites Google would propose as "related" to mine. There is also a link to Technorati right below this Google link, that I am apt to check more often these days. Today, I accidentally hit the "similar" link and found myself in the company of the following nine folks, according to Google: --> From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on April 22, 2004 at 11:59 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 22, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

Monográfico de Quaderns Digitals sobre WebQuest Quaderns Digitals acaba de publicar un --> From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on April 22, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Net2Phone Platforms Wi-Fi VOIP Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP) a long time pioneer in the VoIP space, and a company which always has innovated, has become the first of the SIP based VoIP companies to firmly say, we're playing in the WiFi space with their announcement... From Kolabora.com on April 22, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Research Says-VOIP Is Hot Sector Analysis Research says VOIP is hot and it will grow. So to tell us something we may not know they go out on a very fat and sturdy limb and make a projection: According to Analysys forecasts, by 2008, VoIP... From Kolabora.com on April 22, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Academics and Librarians Say Don't Tap to FCC A coalition of academics and librarians have taken a "friend of the court" approach to the FCC when it comes to the ever advancing desires of the FBI and other law enforcement organizations to be able to wiretap. It should... From Kolabora.com on April 22, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Times headline writers buy GOP spin How do you spell "relief?" From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 22, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

More on the UK inquiry Richard Wray, Academics blame VAT for holding back internet publishing, The Guardian, April 22, 2004. Excerpt: "Lynne Brindley, the chief executive of the British Library, told a committee of MPs investigating the scientific publications market that the 17.5% tax [applied to online journals but not to print journals] was hampering the move towards the internet-based publishing of research....Frederick Friend, the director of scholarly communication at University College, London and a member of the joint information From FOS News on April 22, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

JISC to study LOCKSS JISC is offering up to &#163;40,000 to fund "a technical appraisal of the LOCKSS system and its potential UK applications." Proposals are due by May 20. From FOS News on April 22, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Survey of faculty attitudes toward online journals Vincent Kiernan, Professors Are Unhappy With Limitations of Online Resources, Survey Finds, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 22, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: "In the survey, conducted last fall, 81 percent of the faculty members agreed that unavailability of journal articles was a 'substantial problem' for them, up from 68 percent in a similar survey conducted in 2000. In addition, 65 percent of those surveyed last year strongly agreed that 'the process of locating information in acade From FOS News on April 22, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Lie down, take 2 aspirin, and read OA literature If reliable medical information is free online, then doctors can "prescribe" it to patients who are ready to read it. That's the idea behind a new program launched today by National Library of Medicine and the American College of Physicians Foundation. The program encourages physicians "to "prescribe" information for their patients from MedlinePlus using a special 'prescription pad' during office visits." Quoting NLM Director Donald Lindberg: "P From FOS News on April 22, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

open access Journal of Neuroinflammation Robert E. Mrak and W. Sue T. Griffin, Welcome to the Journal of Neuroinflammation 1, 1 (20 April 2004). The authors introduce their new open access journal, hosted on BioMedCentral and dealing with "innate immunological responses of the central nervous system." Mrak and Griffin also outline their rationale for open access publishing: Open Access has four broad benefits for science and the general public. First, authors are assured that their work is disseminated to the widest possible audience, given tha From FOS News on April 22, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Untitled Musiclogging gets play (no pun intended) in the New York Times. (via Lucas) (Permalink generated via the NYT link generator's bookmarklet - spread the word and help save the articles from linkrot!) From Seb's Open Research on April 22, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Active resumes Today's New York Times includes a brief article on music blogging. The story links to Webjay and quotes Lucas Gonze and Alf Eaton. I've written three recent entries about this phenomenon: The media-player fireswamp, Blogs + playlists = collaborative From Jon's Radio on April 22, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Tibco to acquire Britain-based Staffware Integration software company Tibco spends $217 million to buy Staffware. The two plan to push further into business process management, a category analysts say is poised for growth. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Prof. Argenti: Spin Cycle: Efforts to sugarcoat bad news backfire, experts say <%image(20040422-yourfired.jpg|150|150|)%> Without so much as an &#8220;abracadabra,&#8221; bosses can turn bad news into good. Or so they think. Take any layoffs or benefit cut, apply the managerial science of bummer-alchemy and presto! Happiness spreads across the land. Paul Argenti, a professor of management and corporate communication at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, says that managers just chicken out sometimes and bury the bad news. &#8220;They'll get less flak,&#8221; he said. --> From BuzzFlood News on April 22, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Hopi High School student accepted at Dartmouth <%image(20040422-Dartmoutn%20kid.jpg|116|150|)%>&#8220;I was surprised that I was accepted. Something finally went right. Dartmouth was my first choice and I'm proud that they thought me worthy,&#8221; he said. Melvin, who is Navajo/Hopi/Irish, plans to major in medical research with the hopes of becoming a doctor, but he has also excelled in writing so he plans to be active in journalism and creative writing as well.Melvin was one of 40 Indian students from throughout the U.S. who was selected out of 600 applicants to attend this prestigious program. Dartmouth flew these studen From BuzzFlood News on April 22, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

The Webby Awards 2004 Ya están disponibles los candidatos a las votaciones de las mejores webs de este año (eso si solo se incluyen las webs de habla inglesa). Como cada año The Webby Awards, publica su lista de candidatos. Estos premios son considerados... From BlogDirect on April 22, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Dutch government to direct broadband market development While leaving the actual building of infrastructure up to the private sector, the government feels it needs to step in and take a directing role while market players wait for each other to move first. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

European operators want to form common front on handset specifications Five leading pan-European mobile operators are in discussions aimed at forging a initiative to set requirements for open mobile terminal platforms. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 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 22, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet - 2004 From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School on April 22, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

Funding for union learning From ScotFEICT on April 22, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..

EU report details Microsoft's thinking A 300-page report sheds new light on a corporate culture and business practices that led regulators to sanction the company last month for anticompetitive practices. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Why We Avoid ColdFusion Every once in a while someone asks me &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you make webpages with ColdFusion?&#8221; To answer once and for all, I submit the following for your consideration. This was taken from a screenshot of a very popular website last night. When a user is visiting your site, they don&#8217;t want to see the messy guts of your code. Cryptic messages in programming technospeak give me the willies, I can only imagine what horror and confusion they must create for the casual web surfer. We leav From GoodBasic.com on April 22, 2004 at 9:00 a.m..

EMEA mobile device market up 62 per cent in first quarter The overall EMEA mobile device market in the first quarter of this year is up 62 per cent on the same quarter last year, with manufacturers Siemens and RIM making significant advances in market share. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 2004 at 8:59 a.m..

Apple could delay European iTunes Dealing with multiple jurisdictions, and the attendant variations in song prices, taxes and rights, could result in a few months delay to the company's European launch of its digital music download shop. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 2004 at 8:59 a.m..

Napster could delay UK launch, no date set for rest of Europe Complications over licensing negotiations could delay the planned summer launch of a British Napster online store. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 2004 at 8:59 a.m..

Microsoft attacks Commission ruling The software company's strategy for its appeal of last month's Commission ruling will see Microsoft attack Brussels and accuse it of attempting to make new law and undermining incentives for research and development, according to a briefing note sent from the company to its lawyers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 22, 2004 at 8:59 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 22, 2004 at 8:59 a.m..

AMD Launches the AMD64 Masters Group From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School on April 22, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

Live365 To Offer Website Licensing From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School on April 22, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

Umverteilung und Selektion anstelle Lebenslangen Lernens? (Moe) Eine aktuelle Studie des Forschungsinstituts f&uuml;r Bildungs- und Sozial&ouml;konomie (FiBS) zur "Finanzierung lebenslangen Lernens" ergibt, dass es aufgrund der weitgehend &ouml;ffentlichen Finanzierung von der Kita bis zur Hochschule zu massiver Umverteilung und Selektion im deutschen Bildungssystem kommt. In der Weiterbildung setzt sich diese Tendenz fort, da Akademiker diese h&auml;ufig vom Arbeitgeber finanziert bekommen, w&auml;hrend es kaum noch &ouml;ffentliche F&ouml;rderung gibt. Dadurch werden Chancengleichheit und -gerechtigkeit ebenso behindert wie lebenslanges Lernen. Die From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

Tag der Freien Berufe Der Bundesverband der Freien Berufe (BFB) veranstaltet am 05.05.2004 mit seinen Mitgliedsorganisationen den Tag der Freien Berufe (PDF) in der... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..

BlogWalk 2.0 announcement BlogWalk 2.0 will take place on May 28th, in N&uuml;rnberg (engl. spelling - Nuremberg), Germany. In the late afternoon and evening the day before some additional social activities can take place for those arriving early. The theme this time is: The role of personal Webpublishing for self-organized and informal learning.Participation requires an invitation. However, if you feel the From Seblogging News on April 22, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

A Presidential Contest Tuesday's Pennsylvania Senate primary isn't a battle for the soul of the GOP. That battle is over HYPHEN it's all about Bush vs. Kerry. From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 22, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..

George Bush and the Terrible Twos Can Kerry convince voters that he's the only adult in this race? From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 22, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..

Journal of Neuroinflammation is the latest addition to BioMed Central's constantly expanding univers ... Journal of Neuroinflammation is the latest addition to BioMed Central's constantly expanding universe of Open Access journals From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Reflecting the web's ever-increasing impact on everything from pop culture to politics, Howard Dean, ... Reflecting the web's ever-increasing impact on everything from pop culture to politics, Howard Dean, Al Jazeera, and Martha Stewart are among the 150 eclectic nominees competing for The 8th Annual Webby Awards From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA) has announced the opening of the Informa ... The Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA) has announced the opening of the Information Architecture Library, an international collection of the best articles, books, blogs, guides, reports, and other resources related to the field of information architecture From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Digital Library Architectures: Peer-to-Peer, Grid, and Service-Orientation - First International Wor ... Digital Library Architectures: Peer-to-Peer, Grid, and Service-Orientation - First International Workshop of the EU Network of Excellence DELOS on Digital Library Architectures - S. Margherita di Pula (Cagliari), Italy - 24-25 June, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Loughborough University Library is currently piloting the use of a weblog to support the Information ... Loughborough University Library is currently piloting the use of a weblog to support the Information & Enquiries Team, and is keen to discover if other academic libraries are using weblogs to support their work. They would appreciate you completing their web-based questionnaire by 10 May 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

A major collection of rare books, manuscripts, historic documents, maps and art of the Americas has ... A major collection of rare books, manuscripts, historic documents, maps and art of the Americas has been donated to the Library of Congress by the Jay I. Kislak Foundation of Miami Lakes, Fla. The collection contains some of the earliest records of indigenous peoples in North America and superb objects from the discovery, contact and colonial periods, especially for Florida, the Caribbean and Mesoamerica From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Wikipedia for Journalists Hey, why can't we have our students contribute what they learn/know to Wikipedia and put it up for scrutiny? Wikipedia has also served a valuable teaching tool at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre. We have used it in undergraduate and graduate journalism classes to teach the skill of writing dispassionately for an international audience. By collaborating online with others, students not only interact with each other when writing, but get advice and corrections from complete strangers around the world within minutes of making contributio From weblogged News on April 22, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Blogging the Global Lunchroom Gregory Nunberg read this essay on NPR yesterday and I found myself listening hard to his observations on blogging as genre. Some snippets: That interconnectedness is what leads enthusiasts to talk about the blogosphere, as if this were all a single vast conversation -- at some point in these discussions, somebody's likely to trot out the phrase "collective mind." But if there's a new public sphere assembling itself out From weblogged News on April 22, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Microsoft to Linux: 'Bring it on' - Graeme Wearden, CNET News.com The increasing popularity of open source on the desktop will drive Microsoft to create better products in response, the software giant said Wednesday. Bradley Tipp, Microsoft's national system engineer, told the LinuxUser & Developer Expo in London tha From Techno-News Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Net threat overstated, says security researcher, Robert Lemos, CNET News.com Widespread reports about a flawed communications protocol making the Internet vulnerable to collapse were overblown, according to the researcher credited with uncovering the security problem. A flaw in the most widely used protocol for sending data ov From Techno-News Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

The First Nanochips - G. Dan Hutcheson, Scientific American For most people, the notion of harnessing nanotechnology for electronic circuitry suggests something wildly futuristic. In fact, if you have used a personal computer made in the past few years, your work was most likely processed by semiconductors buil From Techno-News Blog on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

At-home instruction offered for GED test - The Maryville, TN Daily Times Adults who cannot attend classes now have an opportunity to study at home to prepare for the GED test. A new Distance Learning Project provided by Blount County Adult Education Program and Blount County Schools technology center will enable adults to u From Educational Technology on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Schools cut technology costs with free online tool - Cara Branigan, eSchool News One thousand school districts have registered to use a free, web-based tool that helps school leaders cut costs and adequately budget for their technology needs, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced April 16. The tool, developed by CoS From Educational Technology on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

On Right Course: Open And Distance Learning Comes Of Age In India - MONOJ ROY, Financial Expess The Open University system was initiated as an instrument for democratising education by providing wider access to education to a large number of people. Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is appealing since it is drawing the best elements in formal an From Online Learning Update on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Untitled For open universities, distance learning programmes are gradually becoming virtual. Virtual dissemination of knowledge not only takes the higher education system beyond campus boundary, but also makes it a cost effective and quality driven education sy From Online Learning Update on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Attend class from the comfort of home - Chris Jennings, Indiana Statesman With today's technological advancements in communication it is possible to earn a bachelor's degree from ISU and never set foot in a classroom. Students can take courses over the Internet, through written correspondence, video taped or live-satellite/t From Online Learning Update on April 22, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Copyleft, Journadas Criticas Last week iCommons volunteer Gerd Hansen presented the licences to the Copyleft conference Journadas criticas sobre propriedad intelectual (copyleft.sindominio.net). The Copyleft network is a Spanish organisation of technology enthusiasts and political activists. iCommons also talked to our project lead in Spain, Ignasi Labastida i Juan of the University of Barcelona, who is working hard at completing the final version of the Spanish CC licence early this summer. Vandana Shiva, an Indian political activist, and an attendee of the conference, was enthusiastic about bringing CC to India and woul From Creative Commons: weblog on April 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

One-year-old Opteron serves notice A year after launching its 64-bit Opteron server chip, AMD is riding higher with quarterly profits and backing from a number of brand-name manufacturers. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Portal envy strikes AOL America Online is readying to go on the offensive with a new plan to retain customers and expand its business on the Web--a strategy it has tried before with little success. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 8:45 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 22, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..

Drug Patches - Use Expanding Title: Drug Patches - Use ExpandingCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/21/04Last Editorial Review: 4/21/04 From MedicineNet Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..

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Steady Exercise Strengthens Older Immune Systems Title: Steady Exercise Strengthens Older Immune SystemsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/21/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/21/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..

Heart Disease Exacerbates Immune Disorders Title: Heart Disease Exacerbates Immune DisordersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/21/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/21/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..

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Menthol Eases Agony of Arthritis Title: Menthol Eases Agony of ArthritisCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/21/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/21/04 1:58:26 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..

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Fast-Acting Insulin Wins OK Title: Fast-Acting Insulin Wins OKCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/21/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/21/04 1:58:28 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..

eportfolio presentation I have posted my ePortfolio presentation given at the recent Canadian ePortfolio conference, Vancouver. Download... From ERADC Blog on April 22, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

Europäische Vollstreckungstitel Am 21.04.2004 ist die Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Einführung eines Europäischen Vollstreckungstitels für unbestrittene Forderungen endgültig... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

"SPAM-Wetterbericht" Den aktuellen weltweiten Spam-Wetterbericht kann man auf einer Weltkarte bei Postini einsehen. In Deutschland treten die Spammer demnach vor allem... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Big Brother Das Organisationskommitee des "Big Brother Awards" der Schweiz hat im neuesten EDRI-Newsletter die Standpunkte von Überwachungskameras in Zürich, Brüssel, Amsterdam... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Prozessstrategien Beobachter im Dutroux-Verfahren argwöhnen, dass das zuständige Gericht die Einzeltäterthese favorisiert. Ein Kommentar in der gestrigen ZEIT und fünf weitere... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Zwischenbilanz UrheberRG zum 31.03.2004 Ãœber die Mailingliste zum UrhRG (UrhGE-2000) erreicht mich dieser Hinweis auf die "Zwischenbilanz (PDF) des neuen Urhebervertragsrechts".... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

ERPANET Seminar on Persistent... ERPANET k&uuml;ndigt sein n&auml;chstes Seminar an. Es findet am 17. und 18. Juni 2004 im University College Cork, Irland, statt, und handelt &uuml;ber Persistent Identifiers. Weitere Informationen sowie das Anmeldeformular finden Sie wie immer unter www.erpanet.org. From Archivalia on April 22, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

The Emerging Business Experience Parameters For Online Communications &quot;The Online Presence Spiral - an interactive experience that is engaging, accessible, immersive - not just IM indicators but sound quality - active cams, mobility etc. Emergent thoughts that we need a new &quot;Presence Formula&quot;. This post represents rough notes... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 22, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

Good Stories Are Like Nice Gifts A story is like a gift. &quot;There is no perfect gift for everyone, but with some attention to the audience, what their expectations are likely to be, some thought on an appropriate choice, and some appropriate and attractive but not... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 22, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

RSS Will Drive The Next Generation Of Net Business Models &quot;The emancipation of Web authoring has already democratized information publishing. In turn, RSS provides a mechanism to liberate the other end of the pub sub collaboration. When subscribers can harness the aggregated authority of the feeds and items they and... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 22, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

On my way back from Portugal I am in the airport in Lisbon, on my way back to Boston via Newark. (Cannot find the apostrophe key on this Portuguese keyboard, hence the lack of contractions. Pray for no possessives.) It was a rich couple of days here in Lisbon. I will post details when I am back. I am using a public access machine and cannot now post what I have written. I have been unable to pick up email for 36 hours. The horror! When I checked yesterday morning, I had 970 messages. Ulp. (By the way, if you are spamming me, please stop. Thank... From Joho the Blog on April 22, 2004 at 6:48 a.m..

Scientists Peg Data's Speed Limit There's a theoretical maximum rate at which bits can be written onto disks, researchers find. Don't fret, though: The top speed is still 1,000 times faster than today's best data-storage devices. From Wired News on April 22, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Who's Yer Daddy? Ain't Got One Japanese researchers succeed in creating mice that have two mothers, but no father. These are the first mammals to be born without a natural father, but don't go dumping your boyfriend just yet. From Wired News on April 22, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Fuel Cells Weigh Anchor Hydrogen fuel cells for cars get a lot of attention, but those for use at sea are moving forward, including a technology that draws on water and the sun to make fuel. By David Snow. From Wired News on April 22, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

You Send It, You Recycle It A California lawmaker introduces a bill that would require companies that make or sell disposable CD-ROMs and DVDs to include an envelope to recycle the waste. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on April 22, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Playing Games With a Conscience Groups bemoan the proliferation of 'hate' websites and games, but some first-person shooters foster cooperation, understanding and tolerance. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on April 22, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Racism Holds South Africa Back A decade after apartheid fell in South Africa, the country still struggles with the consequences of racist laws. It could be an economic powerhouse -- if it didn't have to deal with its past. Second of three parts. Megan Lindow reports from Cape Town. From Wired News on April 22, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Tech Stocks: What's Left to Buy? With earnings rising sharply in recent quarters, investing in technology is pricey again. Wired News' Joanna Glasner chats with fund managers and financial advisers about which stocks remain good buys -- and which to avoid. From Wired News on April 22, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

AIMIA eLearning National Roadshow During the Australian Innovation Festival, 28 April - 13 May, Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) will present a series of National eLearning symposiums. These symposiums are directed at developers who are developing online curriculum content. The AIMIA eLearning roadshow aims to raise awareness and increase understanding of the economic and export potential of the Australian eLearning industry. These events will incorporate case studies from local developers and discussion forums from diverse panel members. Key challenges associated with producing excellent educational m From EdNA Online on April 22, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..

Lumberton Truck Driving Academy Inc. joins the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of North Carolina The AICCNC is thrilled to have a new member in the Lumberton area. [PRWEB Apr 22, 2004] From PR Web on April 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

New Software Breaks Down Cultural Barriers for Business Travelers Executive Planet From PR Web on April 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

RICS to Present at London Web Analytics Summit Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) http://www.rics.org, are to present at this year's Emetrics Summit in London. [PRWEB Apr 22, 2004] From PR Web on April 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Production truck in a briefcase From lostremote: I remember the old days when we packed a bunch of gear in a camping trailer to switch live three-camera productions. Now Sony is coming out with Anycast, a switcher, audio mixer, camera controller and character generator in a single briefcase. It also has an on-board Real video encoder to send out a live stream. Costs $20,000, weighs 15 lbs, available in August.( From unmediated on April 22, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..

JpegRDF The JpegRDF command reads and manipulates RDF metadata stored in the comment section of JPEG images. It can extract, query, and augment the data. Manipulating JPEG images with JpegRDF does not modify the actual image data or any other sections of the file. From unmediated on April 22, 2004 at 3:58 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 22, 2004 at 3:58 a.m..

Sterbegeld - von wem? Wenn Verstorbene nicht rechtzeitig vorgesorgt haben, kann es für die Hinterbliebenen finanziell eng werden. Dies gilt erst recht seit Jahresbeginn... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Copyright Experiences Wie das LAWgical mitteilt, hat Michael Froomkin, seines Zeichens Professor an der Miami School of Law, ein neues Wiki eröffnet.... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Wisconsin Law Journal Jeff Beard stellt einen Artikel (4 S. PDF) aus dem Wisconsin Law Journal vor mit dem Titel: "Hot New Tool... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 22, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Another great idea from Britt Blaser - Twin Iraq and American cities using blogs We should do this between all countries not just between Iraq and the US. From Escapable Logic - Let a Thousand Blogsoms Bloom: QUOTEAt the International session at Bloggercon II on Saturday, I wondered why bloggers can't take the initiative by acting globally and locally? Why not revive the sister city program, but conduct it at Internet speed, mediated by bloggers rather than chambers of commerce? This would be a pure grassroots effort, with groups of bloggers in From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 22, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

As Wealthy Fill Top Colleges, New Efforts to Level the Field At prestigious universities, more and more students from upper-income families are edging out those from the middle class. From New York Times: Education on April 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Libraries Wired, and Reborn Public libraries have been transformed over the last decade as Internet-connected computers have increased their traffic and, in some cases, even their book budgets. From New York Times: Education on April 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Film Legend Bothered by Use of Name in Stunt at Princeton Paul Newman has drawn the line at a Princeton tradition known as Newman's Day, in which students strive to drink 24 beers in 24 hours. From New York Times: Education on April 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Makeup Exam Is Canceled After a TV Close-Up Officials canceled makeup exams for third-grade public school students because at least one television station showed a close-up of the test questions. From New York Times: Education on April 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Eccentric? Sure, but His Students Succeed "Old wizard" Stanley Bosworth has been credited with turning a small private school in Brooklyn Heights into one of the city's most successful. From New York Times: Education on April 22, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Survey demonstrates value of blending Learning From ScotFEICT on April 22, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..

BayStar: SCO needs new management BayStar Capital says its move to retrieve a $20 million investment in the SCO Group was part of an effort to induce major changes at the Linux litigator--including new senior management and a withdrawal from the Unix product business. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

New Beginnings [2] We&#8217;re starting a new chapter for GoodBasic.com. We are proud to announce our merger with Will Pate of Pate Web Consulting. From GoodBasic.com on April 22, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

GoodBasic is Reborn Jarrod and I are happy to announce that GoodBasic is now a partnership. We&#8217;ve teamed up to tackle more than we could accomplish as individuals. I&#8217;ve got a great partner and look forward to the great work we&#8217;ll do. We&#8217;re also pleased show our beta redesign of Engineering Technologies Canada. This was the first project that we worked on together and we&#8217;re happy with the results. For you geeks, yes those are some CSS sliding doors. From GoodBasic.com on April 22, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

The emerging mediascape Here's a recently posted video presentation from MIT: "The Emerging Mediascape," a discussion featuring Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe media writer, and Jeffrey Dvorkin, NPR's ombudsman. Hear from two experts about changes in the news business where an abundance of information and information sources does not translate into an abundance of knowledge. From unmediated on April 22, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..

Rumor says, Wi-Fi Camcorder According to Tech Digest UK, a Wi-Fi Camcorder's on the way: Sadly we don't have any photographic evidence as cameras are banned from the Hong Kong Electrical Fair, but OEM maker Shuoying International is promising a camcorder that could really shake the market up when it is launched later this year. The model is a traditional camcorder storing moving images on miniDV cassettes, however it has two killer featur From unmediated on April 22, 2004 at 12:58 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 22, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..

"To be, rather than seem" Lee LeFever hits the nail on the head with this Esse Quam Videre (to be rather than seem) post about weblogging in business. It's just too easy to see through the smoke when you post every day. You have to be yourself, or you'll get caught. Lee talks about this idea stemming from the Cluetrain Manifesto (worth the read in spite of its rant style). From Rick Levine's section of Cluetrain, "Talk is Cheap", is this excellent sidebar - "A knowledge worker is someone who's job is From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on April 22, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

BlogTalk Book My copy of the proceedings from BlogTalk 2003 just arrived from Europe the other day. I'd welcome feedback on my paper, "(Meme)X Marks the Spot: Theorizing Metablogging via 'Meme' and 'Conduit'." Several of the other papers are also online. From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on April 22, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Archivalien bei Ebay - 2003 Internet-Auktion - Historische Polizeiberichte verkauft. Von Otto Hostettler und Bild Andreas Blatter. 23 April 2003 Berner Zeitung Es war eine Internetauktion, wie sie von den einschl&auml;gigen Anbietern t&auml;glich zu Tausenden stattfinden: Jemand bietet eine Ware an, verlangt einen Preis. Stimmt das Angebot, wechselt die Ware den Besitzer. So wurden k&uuml;rzlich beim weltgr&ouml;ssten Onlineauktionshaus Ebay eine Reihe historischer Schriftst&uuml;cke versteigert, die eigentlich in bernischen Archiven lagern m&uuml;ssten. Etwa 45 einzelne Positio From Archivalia on April 22, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Niederlage für Genealogen... 20 April 2004 Berner Zeitung Das Dienstleistungsangebot f&uuml;r Familienforscher im Staatsarchiv bleibt eingeschr&auml;nkt: Der Grosse Rat hat gestern das Ansinnen abgelehnt, den aus Spargr&uuml;nden reduzierten Service wieder auszudehnen. Seit Anfang Jahr k&ouml;nnen Familienforscher im Staatsarchiv grunds&auml;tzlich nur noch an drei Tagen pro Jahr ein Leseger&auml;t f&uuml;r die auf Mikrofilmen archivierten Kirchenb&uuml;cher reservieren lassen. Dar&uuml;ber hinaus garantiert das Staatsarchiv nicht mehr, dass ein freies Leseger&auml;t zur Verf&uuml;gung steht. F&uuml; From Archivalia on April 22, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Amol ebbes Schwäbisches Jetz onser Otto von Alberti hat an dr Juristerei koi arge Freud ghet. "Der Richterdienst brachte ihm keine Befriedigung", ond au drnach als Rechtsawalt isch'r net recht gl&uuml;cklich worde. Da kommt die "Erl&ouml;sung": Anno 1879 kriegt'r a Stell als Sekret&auml;r em Staatsarchiv en Stuegert ond ka jetz em "wohltemperierten Elfenbeinturm" sei Steckepferd reite, dui Landesgschichte. Ond der guete Ma mit seinem "trockenen Humor" brengt's mit dr Zeit bis zom "Geheimen Ar chivrat". Ond als "ein zuverl&auml;ssiger Freund und liebensw&uuml;rdiger Gesellschafter" wird'r au vom From Archivalia on April 22, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Privilegierte Einsicht Aus der NZZ am Sonntag 25.1.2004 F&uuml;nf Jahre habe er an seinem Werk gearbeitet, sagt Autor Franz Gut im Vorwort des Buches &laquo;Mit der Pranke und dem Z&uuml;rcher Schild. Gelebte Polizeigeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert&raquo;. Es ist im Hinblick auf das bevorstehende 200-Jahr-Jubil&auml;um der Kantonspolizei Z&uuml;rich erschienen (NZZ-Verlag, 2003). Gut hat also Ende 1998 oder etwas fr&uuml;her daran zu arbeiten begonnen, als ein bereits verabschiedetes kantonales Archivgesetz in den Schubladen lag; auf den 1. Januar 1999 wurde es in Kraft gesetzt. Es bestimmte unter ande From Archivalia on April 22, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Kein Formel-1-Auto im Gemeindewappen Die Solothurner Zeitung berichtete am 1.12.2003 &uuml;ber die auch in deutschen Staatsarchive &uuml;bliche Kompetenz f&uuml;r das kommunale Wappenwesen. Der Berner Staatsarchivar, Peter Martig, kann nicht verstehen, dass sich gewisse Leute keinen Deut um Wappen scheren und Heraldik f&uuml;r &uuml;berfl&uuml;ssig halten: &laquo;Das ist eine arrogante, ja naive Haltung&raquo;, sagt er, &laquo;ich k&ouml;nnte nie ohne Geschichte, orientierungslos in der Gegenwart leben.&raquo; Als Archivar hat er die Konservierung historischer Quellen denn auch zu seinem Beruf gemacht. Nebenbei i From Archivalia on April 22, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Wikitopia A remarkable fact from the Wikipedia page on vandalism suggests that utopias are more or less possible on the earth: A study by IBM found that most Wikipedia vandalism is reverted within five minutes. "Reverted" means that the previous / unvandalised version of a page is restored by another user, an administrator, or (maybe, I'm not sure) an automated program. From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 22, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Current events page This post from 9/29 looks promising for classes that are linked to the election, for example: I've forgotton who passed along the link to the current events page at Wikipedia, but it is a very interesting resource, something akin to an RSS feed from a daily paper, and certainly something one might ask students to read. But it also makes me think about creating something like it -- why not ask the students in a class to create a current events page, updated daily or weekly or monthly as... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 22, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Exports surge for education nation From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 12:51 a.m..

Harvard Business School Publishing Elearning Ships Case In Point, A New Product Line For Middle To Senior Level Managers: Online Cases Reveal Insights, Offer Practical Skills for Leaders From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 12:51 a.m..

OUBS Announces New MSC In International Finance And Management From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 12:51 a.m..

Powerful Learning Is Interactive: A Cross-Cultural Perspective From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 22, 2004 at 12:51 a.m..

U.S. Air Force Chooses knowledgeWorks LMS to Meet eLearning Needs: SCORM-Compliant knowledgeWorks Supports Open-Source Mandate From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 21, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..

SPOTLIGHT On Technology: Attend class from the comfort of home, Distance education an option for couch potatos From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 21, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..

Thousands flock to download "Theory and Practice of Online Learning" From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 21, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..

CP Group, Harvard in distance-learning plan From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 21, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..

On Right Course: Open And Distance Learning Comes Of Age In India From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 21, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..

OA repository for sheet music Indiana University has launched an OA repository for sheet music. Quoting the press release: "The site currently provides access to metadata and some digital images from two sheet music collections from the Indiana University Lilly Library. Metadata is available for the approximately 24,000 pieces in the Lilly Library's Sam DeVincent Collection of American Sheet Music, along with digital images from over 1,000 pieces in this collection. Metadata for over 500 pi