Analyst: AT&T mobile plans could face hurdles The phone company's planned cell phone service could have some interoperability problems, if it draws on other carriers to create a "mixed" network, an analyst says. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Cooperative project reports new top prime number A shared computing effort says it has found the largest known prime number. It has 6.3 million digits and is the 41st entry in the subcategory of Mersenne prime numbers. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Mac OS X vulnerable to one-two combo attack Two flaws, when used together, could let attackers who concoct a special Web site place a file on a Mac and then run the file through a simple browser command. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
No more Google Ads in my reading list I'm deleting all weblogs from my reading list that have "Ads By Google" promos. I see no value in me venturing to a weblog, hoping to read some of interest only to find a list of advertisements. What gives with this blog-trend? Out of my reading list:
Putting a Local Spin on eBay Stores By staying limited to only regional goods, LiveDeal says it helps buyers and sellers connect more cheaply and economically. From E-Commerce Guide on May 18, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
OLS gets more features I have previously written about OLS, the interesting initiative to add opportunities for student collaboration to MIT's open courseware. Their design philosophy is to start with relatively simple discussion forums, adding features only as it becomes apparent that they're needed. I'm glad to see that they seem to be quite serious about this as they have just added a string of new features, i From Collaborative Learning on May 18, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Einfuhrgeschäft aus Drittländern Das sieht man auch selten: RA Görtz und der gegliederte, weil ansonsten zu unübersichtliche Blogbeitrag "Das Einfuhrgeschäft aus Drittländern". Zitat:... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Die Gutmacher Manager haben hierzulande ein schlechtes Image. Sie gelten vielerorts als unnahbar, selbstherrlich und egoistisch. Überdies führen viele ihre Geschäfte immer... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Manuelle Pagerank-Korrektur Spätestens seit den Rechtsstreitigkeiten zwischen Searchking und Google weiss man, dass Pagerank nicht nur allein durch maschinelle Berechnungen ermittelt wird,... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
La formación a la carta y evaluable gana peso en las escuelas de negocios El ránking de programas para formación de ejecutivos que anualmente elabora Financial Times confirma un cambio de tendencia. Las compañías se decantan cada vez más por ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 18, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Unión Fenosa invierte 29 millones de euros en formación La Universidad Corporativa Unión Fenosa (UCUF) va a incrementar en un 15% las horas de formación, hasta alcanzar 900.000 horas e invierte 29,1 millones de euros, un 4,5% de los gastos de personal. Así... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 18, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Educación para el Desarrollo Sustentable, el nuevo postítulo de la UNR Puntoedu, el campus virtual de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) de Argentina dio a conocer que hasta el 27 de mayo... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 18, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
The Advantages Of Content Management Systems Versus The Custom Development Route "If you've not seen Drupal, DotNetNuke, MovableType (requires licensing), Wiki, PHP-Nuke or SnipSnap, Rainbow Portal, you've probably at least heard of them. They're web applications loosely based around blog concepts (kinda like E2 day logs) which you install on your... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 18, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
News for Today, May 19 News in the shared spaces world: PGP Corporation announced a cooperation with RIM to expand compatibility between the PGP Universal email security solution and the RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server. "With compatibility between BlackBerry Enterprise Server and gateway deployments of PGP... From Kolabora.com on May 18, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Web Conferencing Vendors Push into Video, CRM ... launched its latest Web conferencing release with new voice-activate ... announced a partnership with Web-based CRM vendor Salesforce.com Inc. ADVERTISEMENT. ... From Kolabora.com on May 18, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
3d Blog Reader Sounds cool . Must check this out. From .NET Buzz Forum - The World's first 3D BlogReader by Holger Ferstl: QUOTEI was always wondering how to get deeper sight into Scoble's postings, to zoom into his words. .. Perhaps to see his postings in other way? ... Holger Ferstl wrote the first 3D Blog Reader (it's in german) using .NET and Direct X. Pan, Zoom and change your point of view while reading Blogs. Gotcha Scoble! :-)U From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 18, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Email direct marketers - put your money where your mouth is and use RSS and I want personal RSS feeds Jon nails it. If email direct marketers practiced what they preached, they'd use RSS as it is today: an opt-in media instead of using email which is a 'impossible-to-opt-out' media. And I expect to see more and more personal RSS feeds! From Jon Udell: Pushmepullyou: QUOTEI think the rhetoric of email direct marketing -- that it's an opt-in, customer-controlled medium -- should correspond to the reality. It makes email direct marketers understa From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 18, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Who else is working on the visualization of weblogging conversations? QuickDraft is Fred Fabro, Jon Husband and myself (part time only for me!) are working on this in the soon to be released beta of QuickDraft (or whatever Fred is calling it these days :-) !). The beta will be crude but hopefully show the potential of what we have in mind for future releases. From Visualizing Weblog Conversations - The Social Software Weblog - socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com: QUOTEWe are interested in a design that combine From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 18, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Tell me a story The Digital Storytelling Center offers a digital storytelling cookbook, examples, articles, and more. The cookbook gives a step-by-step recipe for telling your own stories. The touchstones to success are to keep in mind: Point of View Dramatic Question Emotional Content The Gift of your Voice... From Internet Time Blog on May 18, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
MacOSX flaw An obviously not so new flaw. I did deactivate the help:protocol. serious os x security problem If you’re an OS X user, it’s extremely important for you to be aware of a security vulnerability that’s ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on May 18, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
Low-Carb Blog CarbWire calls itself "an online review of everything low-carb." I liked the item noting that a wine being marketed as low-carb is misleading shoppers, because "nearly all wine could have the very same title." From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 18, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
My Macromedia Studio 2004 Suite Just Died Doh. I've been trying to get this working all day, to no avail. My installation of Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (with Flash MX 2004 Pro), has suddenly decided it doesn't want to launch. I needed both Dreamweaver and Flash today, and neither one wanted to show up to the party. Fell back on BBEdit to edit the HTML (actually, that was probably more efficient anyway, so no biggie), but I have to go through some Flash files to evaluate some requirements for a project. And that's hard to do when Flash doesn't want to run. I click on the app, and get the bouncy dock From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on May 18, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
HP reports profit growth, raises sales forecast The computing giant posts revenue of $20.1 billion in its second quarter--a company record. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Red Hat releases new hobbyist Linux The company rolls out its newest Linux product, Fedora Core 2, a free version designed for enthusiasts and developers who want to try out newer features. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Me on the radio about spyware I did a 4 minute interview this afternoon on WBUR's Here and Now show. The topic was spyware. [SPOILER:] I'm against it.... From Joho the Blog on May 18, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Moving to the Public: Weblogs in the Writing Classroom This piece by Charlie Lowe and Terra Williams articulates a host of reasons why writing teachers should seriously think about bringing Weblogs into their classrooms. It continues this great string of links lately that are starting to get to the heart of classroom use and providing the foundation for more widespread adoption. Very cool. Just a couple of excerpts: Student hypertext projects expand the concept of the public audience to include the entire web From weblogged News on May 18, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
the only politician protected by IP So according to the governor, you can't make a parody doll of him. His rights of publicity trump any public right to parody. Amazing. From Lessig Blog on May 18, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..
Chip off the block Cypress Semiconductor's outspoken CEO, T.J. Rodgers, sounds off on everything from stock options to Larry Ellison. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Fresh rivals take on Microsoft Office Goliath China's Evermore Software and Oregon's Gobe Software have launched products that take novel approaches to the productivity software market, hoping to chip away at Microsoft's dominance. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Apple to slow pace of Mac OS X tweaks Apple Computer plans to continue rapidly bringing out new versions of the operating system, but it won't continue at quite the pace it's maintained in recent years. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
ICANN wins round in Internet suit A federal judge throws out part of a lawsuit launched by VeriSign against the Internet body, the latest twist in a legal battle over the direction of the Internet. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Cometa Networks suspending operations The Wi-Fi pioneer is set to announce Wednesday that it is suspending its service, as the company has been unable to raise additional capital to fund expansion nationwide. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Writing for Google This is an interesting item because it captures the flavour of writing content for an unknown audience. Typically, articles are written in the context of a certain journal - or in our field, for a certain course. But when harvested by Google, it is not clear who will read the article or how it will be used. So the article must be written with this in mind - it must be reusable. Sound familiar? By John Gruber, Daring Fireball, May 5, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
ALOHA 2 Scott Leslie writes, "New site for the release of Aloha II, the reworked metadata editor/content packager from the University of Calgary, which is now based on the RELOAD tool from the U.K. The version available right now is an alpha release - no news on their news page (and no RSS feed!) about when to expect beta or gold releases, but hopefully things are moving along swimmingly." By Various Authors, Netera, May 18, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
inDiscover RSS Sometimes when you ask, you receive. inDiscover, covered here a few days ago, now has 4 different types of RSS feeds: newest artists, newest songs, songs for a artist and favorites. There will also be a feed for the top 10 in all genres against all attributes. Nice addition. Several other people have written to me abou From OLDaily on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Software patents in Europe This news story reports the EU finally will decide to allow software patents in Europe. But it appears the patents will be limited to software that is attached to specific hardware or can be used to produce new things. Seriously I think software patents will destroy more economic value than they can protect. Their primary effect is not to protect development investments but to rather limit growth of competitors. I have an idea for a great user interface enhancement that I am sur From Jon's Radio on May 18, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..
Geico sues Google, Overture over trademarks The auto insurance company is taking the search engines to court for allegedly violating its trademarks by selling them as keywords in their advertising programs. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Bush's site neck and neck with Kerry's in traffic race President Bush may be feeling the heat in national polls, but in the race for Web site traffic, he's keeping up with his challenger. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
RIM, PalmSource prepare to connect The two handheld specialists release details of their alliance, which will make the BlackBerry wireless service available to licensees of PalmSource's operating system. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Cox: VoIP ready for prime time The cable provider still has a place for old-fashioned circuit switches, but it's rallying behind VoIP, which is improving in quality, it says. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Dell packs Bluetooth, XScale into Axims The computer maker tries to get a jump on rivals by releasing three handhelds with Intel's speedy XScale mobile processors. It's also debuting Bluetooth in the line. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Apple's iTunes software heads to China Apple Computer strikes a deal with China's second-largest computer maker under which the manufacturer will include the iTunes jukebox software on its PCs. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
EU approves software patent changes Officials vote for controversial changes to a draft directive, meaning that Europe is now likely to see widespread patenting of software programs. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
LimeWire upgrades P2P software The file-sharing company assures users that version 4.0 of its software is completely free of spyware. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Marist College joins Linux consortium The college is the first member of an affiliate program that lets universities join OSDL. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Apple seeks patent for see-through windows Transparent windows are a hallmark of Apple's operating system that are also slated for the next version of Microsoft's Windows. Apple is looking to lock up rights to a slow-fading version. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
In-flight Internet access takes off A Lufthansa flight from Munich to Los Angeles is the first commercial aircraft to offer travelers broadband access. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Eminem's copyright suit against Apple proceeds The rapper says he doesn't endorse commercial products and that an iPod advertisement illegally used his work. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Genomics resource from EBI Kevin Davies, EBI Launches Genome Reviews Database, Bio-IT World, May 14, 2004. Davies reports on the European Bioinformatics Institute's release of the freely-available Genome Reviews, "a standardized resource for completely sequenced genomes, consisting of 256 chromosomes and plasmids, representing the complete genomes of 153 prokaryotic organisms." Evidently much of this genomic data, upon being deposited in public repositories, becomes "static," and the Reviews datab From FOS News on May 18, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Finding Creative Commons in all the weirdest places Cellphone ringtones were a $3 billion business last year, but a new bit of software from Xingtone finally makes it possible to easily create your own sounds. I always thought much of the Opsound archive would make good ringtones. It'll be interesting to see if more CC music makes its way onto phones everywhere. In other CC-in-other-media news, some people working on MythTV (a sort of open source TiVo that can run on any linux PC) are trying to find ways to --> From Creative Commons: weblog on May 18, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Cisco, IBM announce Net-phone services update Big Blue and Cisco Systems say their Internet-phone products and services will appeal to a range of customers, from small businesses to large corporations. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Review of alternatives to OA Robin Peek, The Free-Access Debate Flourishes, Information Today 21(5), 17-18 (May 2004). (Not available online.) Peek reviews three alternatives to open access offered up in recent months, including the Royal Society's statement to the U.K. inquiry, the DC Principles, and the APSLP Principles. The former two advocate freeing the literature after a limited embargo, while the ALPSP advocates "mechanisms that support free or very inexpensive access to journals." However, Peek asks "How open is open enough? How free is free enough? From Joho the Blog on May 18, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..
Frontier Kernel will become open source Dave Winer — former president of UserLand - convinced UserLand to release the Frontier kernel as open source. Manila, Radio and all web applications built upon that kernel will remain commercial software. I really hope this will turn out to be a smart move for UserLand. I am using Frontier since 1996 and I have learned a lot from it. It is an application with such a high integration (database, server, scripting interpreter and graphical development environment in one integrated application), that for some reasonowrede_log on May 18, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
SubEthaEdit 2.0 released SubEthaEdit is a group-enabled text editor for Mac OS X and it has been updated to version 2.0. Some of the new features:
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AT&T to re-enter mobile market with Sprint Spurred by uncertainty over its current wireless contract, the long-distance giant announces a five-year deal with Sprint and says it may launch new cellular services before the end of 2004. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Group of tech execs rallies 'round Bush A star-studded list of tech executives will endorse President Bush for another term, saying they believe his positions are a better choice for the high-tech industry. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
To sleep… Proteomic analysis using mass spectrometry could be used in a diagnostic test for sleeping sickness that can more accurately spot the disease than current approaches. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
Oxygen delivered through the nose may improve poor vision caused by diabetic macular edema Oxygen delivered through the nose may improve poor vision caused by diabetic macular edema, fluid buildup in the part of the eye responsible for central vision, according to a pilot study by scientists at Johns Hopkins and the National Eye Institute. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
iCommons Canada Project http://www.cippic.ca/icommons-canada Via Mike Mattson at the U of C (thanks Mike!) comes mention of this initiative to "develop Creative Commons licences for Canadian artists" (and presumably other content creators as well). They promise that the final draft of the Canadian Creative Commons licenses will be available by September 30th. I'm interested to find out how this would diverge from the existing CC licenses (as I am a Canadian already publishing material under that license.) - SWL From EdTechPost on May 18, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..
ALOHA II http://aloha2.netera.ca/ New site for the release of Aloha II, the reworked metadata editor/content packager from the University of Calgary, which is now based on the RELOAD tool from the U.K. The version available right now is an alpha release - no news on their news page (and no RSS feed!) about when to expect beta or gold releases, but hopefully things are moving along swimmingly. - SWL From EdTechPost on May 18, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..
Practical Interoperability from the Reload folks http://www.reload.ac.uk/interop.html Recognizing that saying one complies with a standard and implementing a system that does so (especially when some of the standards seem to change nightly) are two different things, the good folks at Reload have built this page that reports on various real world users' attempts to import content packages built with Reload into a number of "VLEs" or course management systems, including WebCT and a few of the open source options. One hopes that some of the 'hiccups' described here are From EdTechPost on May 18, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..
MegaMeeting Creates Virtual VideoSpaces A new videoconferencing service called MegaMeeting provides the ability to setup private virtual environments in which to videoconference with up to ten people at one time. The new service is all based on the new Flash Communication Server technology and... From Kolabora.com on May 18, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..
Lund conference presentations The presentations from the Second Nordic Conference on Scholarly Communication, Towards a New Publishing Environment (Lund, April 26-28, 2004) are now online. Nearly all of them address OA issues. From FOS News on May 18, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
Electronic STM publishing and its implications The presentations from the conference, Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications (Washington, D.C., May 19-20, 2003) have been online since January 6. But they've now been published as an OA book by the National Academies Press. (Thanks to Charles Bailey's Scholarly El From FOS News on May 18, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
Comments: Please Stay on Point We've been pretty open-minded about the comments here, but I'd appreciate it if folks would make some effort to stay on point and not veer off onto totally unrelated tangents. I'm getting complaints about this. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 18, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Open Thread This is where you can say pretty much what you want. Please behave, though. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 18, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Could Databases Save Adult Films? You've probably read about the HIV scare in the porn business. The San Francisco Chronicle suggests that the adult-entertainment industry look to lessons learned in San Francisco during the 1980s. And an industry-news site takes an even sterner approach, urging a massive database tracking just about everything an individual actor may have done. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 18, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Horrible Apple OS Security Hole There are widespread reports of a terrible security problem in Apple's Mac OS X. Be extremely careful in surfing until Apple fixes this. If you use Safari, you can help yourself (unclear whether this is a total fix) by opening Preferences and unchecking the "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on May 18, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Pushmepullyou Recently I spoke with Dave Lewis, vice president of deliverability management and ISP relations at Digital Impact. His company's motto: "Making e-mail marketing more effective is our single-minded passion." In one of his online essays, entitled "How to Keep B-to-B E-mail From Getting Caught in Filters," his first rul From Jon's Radio on May 18, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Anti- Tupac Autopsy Photo Campaign - www.ThugLifeArmy.com introduces NEW WEB LIST SITE for a web campaign against showing Tupac Shakur Autopsy Photos On-Line. We at www.ThugLifeArmy.com in our mission to keep Tupac's Legacy Alive are starting the "Anti- Tupac Autopsy Photo Campaign". "We see there are many Tupac sites who say they rep for Tupac and then disrespect him and his mother Afeni's wishes by posting the supposedly 'leaked' picture of the Tupac autopsy. " [PRWEB May 18, 2004] From PR Web on May 18, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..
the $$$ of creativity in the digital age Tarnation is the talk of Cannes (or so the BBC says; as if I talk to anyone who talks to Cannes). This autobiography of abuse by Jonathan Caouette cost $214 (video tape; one set of angel wings) to make. Cost to clear the rights for a public distribution: $400,000. From Lessig Blog on May 18, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..
AMD boosts Opteron performance The chipmaker announces three new versions of its flagship chip but has yet to release details about specific improvements. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..
Latest SARS outbreak contained, but biosafety concerns remain It has been more than three weeks since the last case was placed in isolation in China's latest SARS outbreak, prompting the World Health Organization to declare that the chain of human-to- human transmission appears to have been broken. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..
The UK Health Protection Agency has issued symptom-based clinical action cards to all GPs in England to help them recognise unusual symptoms The Health Protection Agency has this week issued symptom-based clinical action cards to all GPs in England to help them recognise unusual symptoms. The cards do not reflect any increased threat to the public, but have been developed in response to requests from the medical profession for more specific training in the recognition of unusual symptoms caused by emerging diseases and by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) hazards. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..
Clinical trial of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of male infertility Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) researcher Jann Mehmet knows the effectiveness of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in treating male infertility. Now she is putting her observations to the test in a formal clinical trial of the benefits of TCM, the first time such a study has been conducted in Australia - or overseas. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..
Ocotillo Retreat Today Today is my big catered affair. The 2004 Ocotillo Retreatis the 17th one for the Maricopa Community College's "Ocotillo" program-- something started to provide a faculty-led focus on issues of instructional technology. Ocotillo is a desert plant that is also the creative metaphor for what has been a dynamic and evolving organization over the years (For more history, see a --> From cogdogblog on May 18, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Intranets and Knowledge Management (Melbourne, Australia) Just a reminder that you only have until the end of this week to get the early-bird rate for the upcoming Intranets and Knowledge Management workshop, the most recent in the Intranet Peers in Government series. If you are interested... From Column Two on May 18, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
Lycos: We're first with 1GB e-mail The European Web portal company says it has beaten Google and Yahoo to the punch with a free e-mail service that offers massive amounts of storage, but unlike other services, Lycos' is not free. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Siemens to pour cash into China The cell phone maker plans to invest $1.2 billion in China over the next few years as part of a plan to double revenue in that country. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Bitext presenta su tecnología a integradores y consultores Bitext ha organizado para mañana un desayuno de trabajo dirigido especialmente a empresas con experiencia en integración de aplicaciones y consultoría. El objetivo del desayuno es establecer alianzas de negocio entre Bitext, como proveedor de tecnología lingüística, y las empresas especializadas en integración y consultoría. El objetivo de estas alianzas es abrir nuevas líneas de negocio en el ámbito de los buscadores inteligentes, la gestión documental y de contenidos, o la (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Lycos ups the ante with 1GB email service How much Lycos' slender first-to-market advantage over other services such as Yahoo and Google enables it to compete with the stronger brand and pulling power of rivals remains to be seen. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Swedish operators fail to meet 3G conditions The licences specified that full 3G coverage over all Sweden should be provided by the end of 2003, but in fact only 65-75% of the network had been built by then. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
BT to use MetaSolv for VoIP Move should enable BT to speed up roll-out and delivery of VoIP services to customers across Europe. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
BT to trial movies mobile video streaming service The service will be offered in conjunction with MyMovies.net to deliver movie clips and trailers over the four UK 2.5G mobile networks. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Vodafone and Alcatel start laying cable between Malta and Sicily Malta hopes that the additional gateway will strengthen its ICT strategy and attractiveness to foreign investors. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Apple granted iTunes interface patent The company has thousands of patents on elements of its hardware, but the company's attempts to patent interfaces shows how important the interfaces are to the company. A couple of months ago, a UK software firm was offering essentially a copy of the intuitive iPod user interface, but for PDAs, via its website. Following a phone call from Apple's lawyers, the website was shut down. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Proximus deploys 3G backbone from Alcatel The Alcatel equipped network currently covers the capital city Brussels and other major cities in Belgium. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Sky offers reward for better iTV ad campaigns As part of a contest aiming at improving the quality of interactive television ad campaigns, the UK digital broadcaster is offering a prize of €370,000 in production and hosting to the ad agency that comes up with the most innovative ideas. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Video-on-demand, set-top boxes come of age - report The idea of sending IP packets to a box in your home other than your computer has come of age, according to a new report from market analysts ABI Research. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Polish ICT market to grow 9.9 per cent this year In contrast to other Central and Eastern European markets, a high proportion of Polish IT spending still goes on basic hardware. Nevertheless, the software and services segments are showing increasing rates of growth, with gains of 13.6 per cent and 12.5 per cent respectively in 2004. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on May 18, 2004 at 10:02 a.m..
Open Source Conference: Day 3 I missed the morning of the final day of the Open Source Conference at the University of Toronto, but I did get back in time to see the closing arguments and final keynote. Joseph Potvin, Public Works, Government of Canada, pledged that the Canadian government was serious about standards, and committed to embracing the "full spectrum of software models". He reasons that since the government is for the people, they should have a stake in running free/open software by the people. Two poetic descriptions of the open source community: "a wellspring of human spirit" and "a group consciousness". The From silentblue | Quantified on May 18, 2004 at 10:01 a.m..
Open Source Conference: Finale Interesting fact: the conference was also presented online in realtime to attendees around the world. They used ePresence, a LiveMeeting-esque interactive webcasting system developed at UofT. They plan to release that software as open source in the near future. Trackbacks Daniel Allen has set up the unofficial wiki for OSCONF. Slashdot With links to articles from the Ottawa Citizen and Newsforge.ITBusiness.ca Only covers the morning of Day 2, and then angles it as Young (Red Hat) vs. Matusow (MS).GrokLaw PJ expresses interest in the ePresence system used for webcasting this conference. Webcast From silentblue | Quantified on May 18, 2004 at 10:01 a.m..
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Daily, weekly or monthly I have been struggling with what is the best way to let people know about the blog. I have been posting it to people who subscribe and the number is increasing. If anyone has any suggestions on how to increase... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m..
Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning An interesting read. 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m..
The Blogging Iceberg Now, here are some interesting stats about blogging. Perseus - The Blogging Iceberg... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m..
Blogging thoughts I like the way this article has been written. Blogging thoughts: personal publication as an online research tool.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m..
elearnspace blog Elearnspace is a great blog for those of us involved in elearning...check it out. elearnspace: Internet Search Resources for Children... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m..
PhpWiki - Weblog Slides PhpWiki - Weblog Slides : education, technology, research, innovation, creativity, learning, teaching, learning communities, conferences, new zealand, nz... From Teaching and Developing Online. on May 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m..
Spitting Image plans ITV return The Queen was among dozens of public figures lampooned in latex Spitting Image producer John Lloyd is in talks with ITV in a bid to bring the satirical series back to the channel... From Andy Merrett Online on May 18, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..
Free Tutorials for Fireworks, Flash, and more I've been writing for Community MX for over a year now, and have racked up a pretty long list of articles and tutorials on Fireworks, Flash, Contribute, Freehand and Dreamweaver. That's gonna happen when you write one every 10 days or so. So, in a toot your own horn sort of way I thought I'd point to the freebies that I've published so far. Of course, there are more available to subscribers, but I'll keep to the free ones this time around. Creating a Comical Music Video in Flash... From Brain Frieze on May 18, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..
Paypal No Friend of FreeNet Oh, man. I know there was some reason I couldn't sleep last night (I'm up at 6:30 a.m. if that's any indication)--Paypal has refused to provide service to Freenet. Freenet was using Paypal as a means to accept contributions. Now, what would persuade a greedy little company like Paypal to refuse service to a wonderful organization like Freenet? My thoughts--they were tipped off. I bet in the next few weeks the RIAA/MPAA will m From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on May 18, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..
RIAA--Fighting for Freedom of $peech I was so relieved to read on the RIAA's website about their noble fight against censorship in this country. RIAA continues to fight hard on both federal and state levels to block well intentioned, but seriously misguided, efforts. How noble! How magnanimous! And here I was thinking the RIAA was nothing but a pack of revolting, money-sucking mobsters with one hand in the cookie jar and the other on a billy club. It's From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on May 18, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..
Microwaving the heart may soon become a routine procedure for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders Microwaving the heart may soon become a routine procedure for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, a common cause of heart attack and stroke, reports Marina Murphy in Chemistry & Industry magazine. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Matching method allows surgeons to successfully transplant kidneys that would otherwise be discarded By carefully matching the estimated function of kidneys from deceased donors with the needs of potential recipients, surgeons can successfully transplant kidneys that would otherwise be discarded, according to a report from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The center was able to double its transplant volume within a year. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Manipulation of the body’s own natural killer cells to destroy cells containing the HIV virus Current treatments for HIV block the virus from replicating, but don’t kill the cells that contain HIV. The existence of these HIV-harboring cells -- often called the “latent” or “resting reservoir” -- is regarded by many to be the main obstacle to finding a cure for HIV. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Sensing device that when implanted in the mouth can detect hydration levels in soldiers Working with a $729,000 grant from the U.S. Army, Porter and a team of undergraduate and graduate students have developed a sensing device that when implanted in the mouth can detect hydration levels in soldiers. It can also monitor toxins and, used in a hand-held device, could be used to detect nerve agents. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Study comparing the efficacy of REMICADE® to Azathioprine alone and in combination With REMICADE® Centocor, Inc., and Schering-Plough Corporation announced today the initiation of the SONIC (Study of Immunomodulator Naive patients in Crohn's Disease) trial that will evaluate the efficacy of REMICADE® (infliximab) versus azathioprine, a conventional immunosuppressive agent, alone and versus the combination of both drugs for the treatment of patients with Crohn's disease. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Man with long career of impersonating doctor sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison Gerald Barnes, 70, was sentenced on his fifth conviction of impersonating a doctor. The 10-year sentence imposed by United States District Judge J. Spencer Letts in Los Angeles will run consecutive to both the 12½-year sentence and a separate, previously imposed 2½-year sentence for the escape. The prior sentences are not due to expire until June 2009. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Male cannabis users are needed for an Australian study Psychiatry Department researchers are seeking men who have used cannabis during the last month, have no history of psychiatric treatment, live within 20kms of the CBD and are aged over 18. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Drug-Drug Interaction Initiative to provide pharmacists with reliable drug interaction messaging Whenever you pick up a prescription at your community pharmacy, the information is entered into a computer database, which immediately checks the new prescription against your current medications and alerts pharmacists about possible interactions between drugs. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Patients and health professionals believe that the UK's NHS is getting better The annual report of the NHS Modernisation Board says that services are better than four years ago due to changes in attitude and culture since the NHS Plan was introduced. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Benitec acquires Avocel to focus on rapid development of hepatitis C therapeutics Benitec Ltd. today announced the acquisition of Avocel, Inc. of Sunnyvale, CA, a leading RNAi therapeutics company, and the establishment of its wholly-owned US subsidiary, Benitec, Inc. Through the acquisition, Benitec gains its first in-house advanced therapeutic development program using DNA-directed RNAi (ddRNAi) to target the Hepatitis C virus. From News-Medical News Feed on May 18, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
BlogWalk 2: 'The role of personal Webpublishing for self-organized and informal learning' BlogWalk ist eine Veranstaltung welche sich im weitesten Sinne mit dem Thema "Lernen und Forschen mit Weblogs" beschäftigt. Es handelt sich quasi um eine Serie von workshopartigen Treffen an verschiedenen europäischen Locations, und mit jeweils verschiedenen Themenschwerpunkten. Am 19. März dieses Jahres fand bereits BlogWalk 1.0 in Enschede zum Thema 'weblogs in a knowledge management context' statt. Am 28. Mai nun findet --> From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
BlogWalk 2.0: 'The role of... BlogWalk ist eine Veranstaltungsreihe, welche sich im weitesten Sinne mit dem Thema "Lernen und Forschen mit Weblogs" beschäftigt. Es handelt sich quasi um eine Serie von workshopartigen Treffen an verschiedenen europäischen Locations, und mit jeweils verschiedenen Themenschwerpunkten. Am 19. März dieses Jahres fand bereits BlogWalk 1.0 in Enschede zum Thema 'weblogs in a knowledge management context' statt. Am 28. Mai nun findet --> From BildungsBlog on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
Video-Vorlesungen im Netz... Ob das Bereitstellen von Videostreams mit aufgezeichneten Vorlesungen nun die Methode modernen Teleteachings schlechthin ist erscheint mir fraglich, aber dennoch können solche Inhalte ein wichtiges Element beim web-basierten Lernen sein. Ausserdem eignen sie sich, um Präsenzveranstaltungen zu dokumentieren und/oder zu ergänzen. Gerade dadurch, dass die Aufnahmetechnik sehr einfach gehalten werden kann, lassen sich Vorlesungen so problemlos um ein Online-Videoarchiv erweitern. Sehr vorbildlich hat dies die Uni Trier mit einigen Informatik-Vorlesungen in dem Projekt From BildungsBlog on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
Partizipation statt Redaktion? Wie berichten Weblogs im Gegensatz zu klassischen Medien? Das war die Frage im neuen ojour-NL. Welche Ziele verfolgen P2P-Plattformen wie... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
eCoLoRe Die allgemein verständliche Bedienungsanleitung soll mit Hilfe des EU-Projektes eCoLoRe, eContent Localisation Resources for Translator Training, Realität werden. In diesem... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
Missbräuchliche Abmahnung Das AG Kiel (Urt. v. 18. Februar 2004 - Az.: 113 C 278/03) hatte darüber zu urteilen, ob ein großes... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
FlyNet Mit dem Start des Internet-Angebotes "FlyNet" hat die Lufthansa am Montag das Zeitalter des Breitband-Surfens über den Wolken eingeläutet, berichtet... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
RFID-Gesetz Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz, Peter Schaar, teilt Heise mit. Er fordert eine Änderung des BDSG für die sog. RFID-Chips.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
Wechsel des Markennamens Mit verschiedenen Versuchen, einen Markennamen zu wechseln, beschäftigt sich eine neue Studie und stellt fest, dass dies selten erfolgreich ist,... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
E-Government-Plattform für das Saarland Im Rahmen des vierten E-Government-Forums des Saarländischen Städte- und Gemeindetages hat T-Systems gemeinsam mit dem Ministerpräsidenten des Landes Peter Müller... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
Europa Direct EUROPA DIRECT hilft Ihnen, Antworten auf Ihre Fragen über die Europäische Union zu finden. Die Seite bietet u.a. den Zugang... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
The Law Society is living in the past "To take one example: two thirds of the leading German law firms have now merged with firms of English origin.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
NEU: § 49 b BRAO Wie verlautet, gilt ab 01.07.2004 zusammen mit dem RVG eine Ergänzung des § 49 b BRAO. In Absatz 5 wird... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 18, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
Apuntes Nueva versión de Mundo Aloga ¡Así va el mundo!: como siempre fresco, original y sugerente. Walter de HTMLlife está convencido de que El éxito es cuestión de números. Terra elogia las bondades de TypePad: TypePad, el MovableType para bloggers menos... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 18, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..
Metrosexual: la palabra del 2003 A raíz del proyecto final de un grupo de estudiantes, me detengo por un momento en la movida metrosexual (le llamaría neonarcisimo), que al parecer fue impulsada en 2002 por el artículo de Mark Simpson Meet the metrosexual en Salon.com:... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 18, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..
SCHOLAR Evaluation Report - Executive Summary From ScotFEICT on May 18, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..
Rechtsfragen im Wirtschaftsarchiv Ein Tagungsbericht: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/tagungsberichte/id=429 From Archivalia on May 18, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..
Online Collaboration Is Where It's At Recognizing the growing importance of web conferencing to business, government and other organizations, Wainhouse Research yesterday announced the initiation of its new WebMetrics benchmarking research program for the web conferencing industry and released key findings from the first WebMetrics quar... From Kolabora.com on May 18, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..
Petition zu Einschnitten im Bildungsbereich Eine ebensolche könnt Ihr unterstützen per Klick unter http://www.foruni.de/petition/ Bisher gibt es 150203 Einträge. From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on May 18, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..
Why Will Thinks Linux Has a Long Way to Go in Schools But if you take my fairly high-tech, well supported (technology-wise) school as an example, it just ain't going to happen here any time soon. Call it dancing with the girl you brought to the prom (or whatever that silly metaphor is,) but Linux on it's surface just seems too "out there" when you've got something that works pretty well already, the resources to change are slim, and no one has any time to learn something new. [weblogged News] Will's latest post points to Tom Hoffman's discussion of his installation of the SUSE Linux distribution. Will wonders outloud abou From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on May 18, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..
Northwestern Does Blogs (via Micro Persuasion)Whittemore said he thought a Web log will improve communication between ASG and the student body. Since appearing online, the ASG blog has received hundreds of hits its first three days -- with discussion ranging from an open invitation for a poker tournament to concerns about diversity in the student body. Students are invited to add questions, comments and criticism to ASG-related matters discussed on the site. (Wistful sigh.) I just love this concept, but From weblogged News on May 18, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..
Why Linux Has a Long Way to Go in Schools Ok, so I'll probably catch all sorts of crud about this, and I'm really not picking on Tom who is doing excellent work in figuring out how best for schools to employ some of this technology, but here are all the things I (or my tech people) don't understand about his latest posts on SUSE Linux becoming the leader in K-12 Linux dep From weblogged News on May 18, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..
"The Future is Assured" From Userland CEO Scott Young's Weblog: Don't worry. UserLand will continue to advance Manila. Manila 9.0.1 will be announced tomorrow. Yes, the future is assured. Nice to know... From weblogged News on May 18, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..
A New Community I'm currently working on a new group/community-weblog system -- essentially, a CMS quite similar to Scoop... From kuro5hin.org on May 18, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Does election fallout bode ill for India tech? According to some, the stock market plunge was a short-term reaction to the uncertainty created by the change in government, not an indication of the viability of India as a site for offshore outsourcing. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
The jobless recovery and offshore outsourcing Michael Corbett says the fastest way to end this debate is to reinvest savings from offshore outsourcing in ways that encourage job creation at home. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Emerald's Journals of the Week for May 17, 2004 are Facilities & Pigment & Resin Technology ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for May 17, 2004 are Facilities & Pigment & Resin Technology From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 18, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Applications are now being accepted for the 2004 Maryann Gomes Award, providing funding assistance f ... Applications are now being accepted for the 2004 Maryann Gomes Award, providing funding assistance for regional moving image archivists, librarians, and curators to attend the annual Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 10-13, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 18, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Short-term blogs The Moraine Valley Community College Library has four weblogs, but I want to consider one of them in particular, the one for their Frankenstein exhibit. I have never considered having a special event blog before addressing a topic with a limited shelf-life, but I see a use for it. As we gather faculty and staff together for our American Democracy Project publication, we need a site for posting information about the process, the ways colleagues can get involved, new developments, and so forth.... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 18, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..
Don't Flush Brains Down the Drain The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a plan for cattle brains and other remains that may carry deadly mad cow disease. It wants to turn them into a bio-based source of energy. From Wired News on May 18, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Online Grocery Shopping, Take Two Miss the good old days when you could shop for groceries from the comfort of your ergonomically correct computer chair? Those days may be returning, as several grocers cautiously dip their toes into online ordering. From Wired News on May 18, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Wanted: Heroes to Rescue City Admit it, you like the thought of prancing around in a unitard. Here's your chance. In City of Heroes, an online role-playing game with several nice touches, you create a superhero alter ego and kick alien butt. By Scott Steinberg. From Wired News on May 18, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Big Flap Over Future Flight In the hunt for a more versatile aircraft, researchers are mimicking the beasts that have been flying for years -- birds. By Lakshmi Sandhana. From Wired News on May 18, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Teen Techies Engineer the Future Prize money -- $3 million of it -- can help breed big ideas. Just check out the tunneling microscopes, high-tech software and geology research completed by high-school students. By John Gartner. From Wired News on May 18, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Camera Phones Link World to Web Semacode, a free system released this month, lets users scan bar codes on everyday objects with their camera phones and instantly pull up all sorts of information about them. It's an information bridge between the world and the Web. By Chris Ulbrich. From Wired News on May 18, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
High Tech Has Dentists Smiling Dentists in Silicon Valley are turning to technology to lure more patients. Lasers and digital imaging are key to maintaining a smile -- and erasing pain. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on May 18, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Elluminate Delivers Dynamic Online Interaction to Pennsylvania Department of Education and Chester County Educational Agency From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
SkillSoft Is First e-Learning Content Developer to Achieve Both SCORM and AICC Certification From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Automotive And Manufacturing Training Consortium Finally Goes High Profile From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Takes VBrick Underwater To New England Seamounts From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Online charter school to open this fall From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Online Multicultural Awareness Courses Begin June 7 From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Diploma mill crackdown: Officials vow end to feds' use of suspect degrees From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Fat Cat Publishers Breaking the System From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Engineering Profession Must Adapt to Maintain Future Leadership From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Teaching and Learning With Technology on Student Outcomes (2003) From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 18, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Google.Vanity: RSS2JS Sprinklings Again, I should be working on something important, but for idle curiosity I was fishing in the Ocean Google to try and find where other folks have been using our RSS To Javascript code/service: http://www.google.com/search?q=rss2js.php%3Fsrc%3D It is an interesting mmix of people running off of our server as well as running it on their own sites. Very cool. One of the things I need to finish up is the new site for the second generation version, again with new features:
What Exactly Is Being Connected? Do not ask me why, but this image from the Microsoft "Connecting MInds" ad, appearing in just about every education technology magazine, always puzzles me: I'm always wondering "Who is the teacher? the student?" "Why are her eyes so droopy? Was she smokin' somthin' during lunch?" "Who does his hair? Is it natural?" "Just what are they looking at? Is it a magnificent photo? A PowerPoint bullet? Porn? A Learning Object From cogdogblog on May 18, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..
Microsoft Turning Attention to Search - ALLISON LINN, AP When it comes to the latest technology craze, Microsoft Corp. isn't known for being first or best: It's known for being biggest. The software behemoth has used its strength, money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet bro From Techno-News Blog on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Semantic Web to Take Center Stage at WWW2004 - Clint Boulton, Internet News Discussion about what may be the most exciting and controversial concept in Web development will be the main course on the menu at the 13th annual World Wide Web Conference in New York next week, according to event chairman Dr. Stuart Feldman. In offe From Techno-News Blog on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
RFID: The tags that would not die - Jo Best, silicon.com Businesses are all too keen to talk up the potential of radio frequency ID (RFID) while privacy campaigners are similarly vocal in calling for some hardcore data protection to go with the new tagging technology, and one of the emerging battlegrounds is From Techno-News Blog on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
From locker room to lockup: Bill targets 'video voyeurs' - eSchool News Slowly but surely, school leaders nationwide have begun drafting policies to address the privacy concerns raised by camera cell phones, which some people have used for nefarious purposes--such as taking pictures beneath women's skirts and posting them From Educational Technology on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Online Training: What's Really Working? - Kim Carter, techLearning .... Anytime, anywhere learning initiatives have really opened up professional development opportunities for educators. Programs such as North Carolina's state-level Achieving Excellence Series, which offers 25 two-hour courses featuring streaming vide From Educational Technology on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Hong Kong to Become e-Education Hub? - China Daily Education has advanced from nib to mouse in the last few decades - from classrooms of inkwell desks to a world of electronic-learning. Let's not ponder on why this "progress" coincides with much evidence of regression in school performance results in From Online Learning Update on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Smart Boards make learning a little magical - MAURA McDERMOTT, Star-Ledger The old stone Briarcliff School in Mountain Lakes is starting to look like a place where Harry Potter might feel at home. Red ink seems to come spilling out of teachers' bare fingers. Computers speak aloud. Kids clamor to approach the blackboards. "T From Online Learning Update on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
BU gives degrees to first class of online students - Associated Press About 130 Boston University students received degrees without ever taking courses at the campus, as part of the school's first online graduating class. The school has three online degree programs, with nearly 2,000 students studying over the Internet. From Online Learning Update on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
BuzzFlood surpasses 1 million hits BuzzFlood reaches a milestone [PRWEB May 18, 2004] From PR Web on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
www.KiriEssentials.com Is the NEW & UNIQUE OneStop Online Afrocentric Gift Shop! Your purchases support Artisans in Africa and Children in the U.S. with Learning Disabilites! Check Us Out! We VALUE your SUPPORT! We are an Online Afrocentric Retail Store! "The Gift in Giving...African American Gifts and Essentials that Reflect the Essence of YOU!" We offer Unique African American and African Imported Products from a wide Assortment of Naturally Scented Shea Butter Soaps to Handcrafted Musical Instruments! [PRWEB May 18, 2004] From PR Web on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Premio Computer Retains Top 10 U.S. Education Market Ranking In First Quarter 2004 Premio Computer, Inc. ranked as top 10 computer vendor to U.S. education market for the fourteenth consecutive quarter. [PRWEB May 18, 2004] From PR Web on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
New Residential Yeshiva Addresses Crisis for Many Jewish Families of High School Students The importance of religion for Jewish teens is significant factor for teens today facing a lot of life stressors, yet it is these high risk students that are the most difficult to place in yeshivot today. Yeshiva Tichon, a new residential school in Miami Beach, Florida utilizes innovative teaching methodologies to accept all Jewish children, regardless of background or educational difficulties. [PRWEB May 18, 2004] From PR Web on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Kingdom Financial Principles Speaks Frankly of $2.02 Trillion in Consumer Debt Consumer debt escalated to a record $2.02 trillion in March according to recent Federal Reserve figures. The Federal Reserve report, says Jeannine Aversa of the Associated Press, "includes credit card debt and loans for such things as boats, cars and mobile homes." [PRWEB May 18, 2004] From PR Web on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Online Budgeting Course Helps Nonprofits with Financial Planning CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a nonprofit training, consulting, and research organization, and Isoph, a leading provider of learning and communications software and services for mission-driven organizations, today announced that Budgeting for Programs and Proposals, one of the first and most popular online courses developed specifically for nonprofit organizations, recently enrolled its 600th learner. [PRWEB May 18, 2004] From PR Web on May 18, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Bush and Kerry Mark Desegregation in Topeka The two men descended on the Kansas city to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court school desegregation ruling. From New York Times: Education on May 18, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Elite New York High School Cuts Back as Others Struggle With Size Stuyvesant, the city's most sought-after specialized public high school, has reduced the size of its incoming freshman class. From New York Times: Education on May 18, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Bush Will Attend 3 Commencements, His Twins' Not Among Them President Bush and his wife, Laura, said they did not want to subject other families to the disruptions of a presidential visit. From New York Times: Education on May 18, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Blade pioneer RLX gets new funding RLX Technologies, a company that led the charge toward slim "blade" servers, raises $12 million in a new round of venture funding. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
Point, click and swap--digital photos go P2P A company launches a service that lets people share photos the way file-sharing programs distribute music and video files. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
ScanSoft updates voice software The voice recognition software specialist prepares to upgrade its application for corporate phone systems, adding 40 languages and even the ability to adapt to accents. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
Red Hat adds legal firepower The Linux seller taps the former associate general counsel of IBM to be its top lawyer as its legal attack against SCO heats up. From CNET News.com on May 18, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
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