india software network "Outsource to ... india software network "Outsource to the top elearning application service providers from India." Added: 18 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Offices in Pune and Mumbai in India PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Custom content developers From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..

WiWi-TReFF - Online-Magazin Economics "Li ... WiWi-TReFF - Online-Magazin Economics "Link-Collection e-learning-courses in German" Added: 18 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Economics resources in German PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Off-the shelf content for professional/business users From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..

Fotosearch Stock Photography "Fotosearch ... Fotosearch Stock Photography "Fotosearch Stock Photography allows users to search royalty free and rights managed stock photos and graphics from over 50 vendors in addition to medical clipart pictures, royalty-free illustrations, royalty-free motion stock video clips, royalty free vector maps, and background clip art imagery. Find the perfect photo, fast!" Added: 18 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Choose one FREE item with every order you From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..

the local ordinance we call the first amendment This comes to me from a reliable source, though I would very much like it if it were mistaken. Apparently Microsoft has taken the first steps to filing a criminal defamation action against a Brazilian government official who was quoted criticizing Microsoft in a magazine article. Sergio Amadeu, head of the agency responsible for spreading free software within the Brazilian government, is reported to have accused "the company of a 'drug-dealer practice' for offering the operational system Windows to some governments and c From Lessig Blog on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..

Thank you to Small Pieces contributors! The NMC 2004 Small Pieces session yesterday went extremely well (I think ;-) ) - it was very chaotic, noisy, confusing, loud, and messy, but I think it was interesting or at least entertaining for all... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

CC-Netherlands Legal ports of Creative Commons licenses to the copyright law of the Netherlands are now available via our choose license app. A launch event was held today in Amsterdam. Thanks to the Instititute for Information Law (IViR) in collaboration with DISC, a public domain initiative by Nederland Kennisland and Waag So From Creative Commons: weblog on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

IBM offers new e-mail defense Security service aims to stop spam and viruses before they get inside a company's network. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

AMD is betting on low-priced chip The company's new Sempron is designed to compete with Intel's Celeron, but can it really make AMD the king of the low end? From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Google to publishers: Some butter for your bread Indie Webmasters can now get a chunk of the change that's generated by ads related to Google search boxes on their sites. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Cisco upgrades to help networks defend themselves The company is introducing antivirus collaboration on its routers. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

From keeping threats out to keeping data in Qualys scans networks for holes in their defenses. Now it's looking to help companies comply with law by stopping leaks. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Supporting Student Autonomy Online David Wiley hits the mark with this set of notes for his forthcoming talk at Strathclyde, addressing autonomy and informal learning as key strategies. "As I pursue my own personal interest in open sustainable learning," he writes, "autonomy is a key issue." Quite so. But, "Content needs social interaction wrapped around it. And since there aren't enough teachers to go around in the world, supporting students' autonomy (alone and in groups) is our only shot at taking all the learning objects in the world and making something like an educational experience from them." By David Wiley, From OLDaily on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Challenges for the Semantic Web and Information Systems from Culture An intelligent look at some of the complexities involved in building a semantic web, beginning with the observation that the computerization of knowledge has elided much of what we know about semantics in the process of transforming text to boolean constructs. "The focus on logic has had a more subtle consequence of assuming that the semantic web is/should be about a single logic, namely, the truth system with which we happen to use today. In the realms of science and business this is completely 'logical'. When making transactions, we need assurances that our customers use the same r From OLDaily on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Microsoft Research DRM Talk True story: while I was in Saskatoon, knowing that Air Canada shows movies only on flights longer than 3 and a half hours, and facing a three hour and 22 minute flight, I bought a copy of Gangs of New York and set it up to play on my computer. I test-played it for a couple of minutes, packed my computer, and caught my flight. After the take-off, I unpakced my computer and went to watch my movie. I put the DVD into the player, fired it up, and... it wouldn't play. The key (whatever that is) didn't match. Maybe I had to be online, maybe I was only allowed to play it once - who k From OLDaily on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

How Microsoft Lost the API War Two good think pieces on Microsoft. This first item is a little technical but a good read even if you don't follow it completely. Essentially, the author argues that, since Microsoft has changed its (mostly secret) application program interface (API) so frequently in various versions of Windows, developers have abandoned Windows as a software platform and are now programming for the world wide web. This is bad news for Microsoft, since it depends on programmers to write applications that make Windows worth buying. But why, asks the author, would a developer write software for Windows when From OLDaily on June 18, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Blended collaborative learning: online teaching of ... Blended collaborative learning: online teaching of online educators "Blended Collaborative Learning is essentially a tutor-led distance learning method that blends available face-to-face and online techniques on a foundation framework of facilitated asynchronous conferencing. Blended Collaborative Learning actively encourages the modern form of 'communities of practice' and permi From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..

GlobalEducator.com "Building an ex ... GlobalEducator.com "Building an extensive collection of peer-reviewed articles and resources for the new breed of Global Educator." Added: 18 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: The GlobalEducator vision is to create a community of practice for Global Education professionals. LIBRARY: --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..

12 steps to successful e-learning " ... 12 steps to successful e-learning "Introducing the concept of life-long learning is a massive undertaking for most organisations. It needs a major shift in culture, requiring commitment, careful implementation and ongoing support to be successful. George Eybers, chairman of Skills2learn, says there are 12 basic steps to ensuring the success of an e-learning implementation." George From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..

Chip equipment makers see better days Billings for chip manufacturing equipment reach their highest levels since May 2001. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Why not vacation in France? If you haven't yet booked your summer vacation, why not consider a trip to France? The New York Times has collected a bunch of articles to create a France Guide. From barges in Burgundy to the Romanesque architecture of Poitou-Charentes, there are lots of ideas for what to see and explore. If Lille, one of 2004's European Cities of Culture, is on your agenda, check out the Times' What's Doing In: Lille and Maciej's recent first-hand report, Lille. Bon voyage! From megnut on June 18, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

NEC targets overseas markets Japan's phone giant wants to sell its 3G handsets in Europe and is eyeing China as well. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Verizon 'very close' to 911 glitch fix The bug, which affects GPS phones, fills some 911 calls with static or causes every other word to drop. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Ex-Yahoo exec launches paid search predictor Former Yahoo executive Ellen Siminoff has re-emerged as CEO of Efficient Frontier, which produces a paid-search management service From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Briefly: Paid search predictor launched roundup Plus: IBM fires up hosted design apps...Semel donates $25 million to UCLA...SCO embraces more open-source software...HP gets in the eBay picture. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Piracy battle begins over digital radio - John Borland, CNET News.com Consumer groups, electronics companies and record labels squared off Wednesday in the first full public airing of proposals for antipiracy protections for digital radio networks. Digital radio, which transforms traditional over-the-air broadc From Techno-News Blog on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

International Conference Attendees Lament Hate Speech on Web - Erika Morphy, NewsFactor Network An international group representing 55 countries spent two days discussing ways to stem the spread of hate speech on the Internet. Conference attendees mulled the ethical problems posed by free-speech standards, as well as the technical difficulties in From Techno-News Blog on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

Texas to set up Wi-Fi access at rest stops - MATT SLAGLE, AP To encourage drivers to take more frequent breaks, the Texas Department of Transportation wants to set up free wireless Internet access at rest stops and travel information centers. The department is accepting bids until next week and plans to choose a From Techno-News Blog on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

ISTE and Microsoft Team Up to Provide Online Assessments of Technology Literacy in Middle Schoolers The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation mandates that by 2006 every eighth-grade student in the United States be proficient in technology literacy skills. To help teachers monitor student progress and meet the requirements, an innovative new online From Educational Technology on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

e2train and Mencap work together to enable young people with learning disabilities to fulfill their dreams e2train the Cirencester based e-learning company have recently started working with Mencap the UK's leading learning disability organisation. e2train are producing an effective and easy to use Youth Participation Toolkit aimed at young adults with lear From Educational Technology on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

Education without strings - CPI Intel today announced that the Abu Dhabi Men From Online Learning Update on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

McGraw-Hill Higher Education Launches New Online Learning Division Building on its leadership position in providing innovative electronic learning solutions, McGraw-Hill Higher Education today announced the formation of a new Online Learning division, aimed at accelerating its growth in online markets. JP Lenney, 49, From Online Learning Update on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

Corinthian's Exclusively Online Student Population Tops 2,000 Corinthian Colleges, Inc. today announced that its exclusively online student population is 2,035, exceeding the company's goal of 2,000 exclusively online students by the fiscal 2004 year end on June 30. The company also announced that Florida Metropo From Online Learning Update on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

Social Tools for Enterprises Symposium ... Social Tools for Enterprises Symposium Date: 12 July 2004 Venue: Bloomsbury Square Training Centre, London, England Added: 18 June 2004 EVENTS: July 2004 e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

Strong growth predicted for chip industry Latest upswing in global chip revenue won't wear off until 2006, market researcher iSuppli says. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Senate debates cybercrime treaty Privacy advocates oppose the measure on the grounds that it would promote "invasive investigative techniques." From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Intel offers glimpse at new chips The chipsets will be used in stylish "lifestyle PCs" and in entertainment PCs. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Supercomputer ranking method facing revision On the eve of a new list ranking the world's fastest computers, momentum is building for a change in the measuring process. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Nokia cash boosts Mozilla IE "killer" comes back from the dead as browser battleground shifts from PCs to devices. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Too late to rebuild IT? CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the debate about how to dramatically improve the IT infrastructure needs to get going soon. From CNET News.com on June 18, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Mac Personal Live Presentation Tool Debuts: SlidesNow! SlidesNow! is a new effective low-cost Mac software technology that allows any Mac OSX user to deliver slides on the Internet (to users on both PCs and Macs), together with a live video feed of the presenter. A built-in chat... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 18, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..

New Technical Glitches Dog Yahoo The Internet giant is beset with more problems, this time resulting in a slow response from the company's servers. The company called the glitch an 'isolated hardware-related issue.' From Wired News on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Regular Folks to Kiss the Sky SpaceShipOne takes a shot at space Monday, and that's a little significant, as its backers are trying to engineer the first private civilian space launch. By Dan Brekke. From Wired News on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Dragging Doctors to the Info Age Politicians are finally paying attention to the dearth of IT in American medicine. But don't expect your doctor to stop scribbling prescriptions in longhand anytime soon. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Builders in a Strange Land The first settlers on Mars probably won't be dragging building materials to their new home, so people are planning to make buildings from what's already on the surface. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Breeding Race Cars to Win Horse breeders do it, so why can't car designers? A team of British researchers is using genetic algorithms run inside computers to 'evolve' better race-car designs to win Formula One races. In simulations the cars kick ass, but what about on real tracks? By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Stem-Cell Backers Lean on Reagan Supporters of stem-cell research are making the most of the increased attention brought on by the former president's death and his fight with Alzheimer's. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Galileo: Challenge to U.S. Might? Global positioning satellite technology, developed by the U.S. military, has become so pervasive and vital to national economies that the Europeans want their own version. But the Europeans have to solve a lot of problems first, including soothing American generals. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on June 18, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Boston University Corporate Education Center Joins ITTC as Platinum Sponsor - Project Management Assessment Tool to be Featured Boston University's Corporate Education Center joins the ITTC conference as a Platinum sponsor. The 27th annual edition of ITTC is being held June 21-23, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency Resort in Newport, RI. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004] From PR Web on June 18, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Press Statement on the E-Rate Program by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Consortium for School Networking (COSN) From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Build the business case for training and measuring ... Build the business case for training and measuring ROI "A training program with objectives linked to business results and backed with a solid business case is less vulnerable to spending cuts. To ensure adequate funding and organization-wide commitment to your training program, you must be equally committed to aligning its value to corporate objectives." Tom Cooper, LTI Magazine, 16 June 2004 Added: 18 June 2004 From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 18, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

SCOTT GREENBERG WILL DELIVER KEYNOTE AT 75TH STATE FFA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE - Motivator and Humorist will Share Stories of Courage and Triumph Scott Greenberg, Jump Start Performance Programs, will deliver the keynote address to over 800 FFA students and teachers on Friday, June 18 at 7:00 pm. Scott's presentations are designed to empower individuals to face fear and take on life's challenges with a winning attitude. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004] From PR Web on June 18, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

First Annual Youth Leadership Seminar to Take Place This Weekend The Minnesota MILE will be holding its first annual leadership seminar June 18-20th at Hamline University in St. Paul. Sophomore students from all over the state of Minnesota will convene at Hamline University for the Minnesota MILE intense 3-day youth leadership seminar. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004] From PR Web on June 18, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Christian Health & fitness advocate promotes unusual exercise program Jeff Consiglio promotes an exercise program that requires just one workout per week. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004] From PR Web on June 18, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. Announces "KMx Competitive Upgrade Program for SumTotal Systems Clients" Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. (KMSI), a leader in Web-Based Training and E-Learning Solutions, today announced its "KMx Competitive Upgrade Program for SumTotal clients" special offer. This special offer lets corporations and Government agencies, that have licensed software from SumTotal Systems, Inc. upgrade to KMx Enterprise at a substantial discount. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004] From PR Web on June 18, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Superior Internet Directory Developed For Acupuncture Schools Launch of AcupunctureSchools.com,a nationwide online directory of Acupuncture Schools, Oriental Medicine Schools and Chinese Medicine Schools in the U.S. specifically designed to attract potential acupuncture students and redirect them to the web sites of Acupuncture schools. The web site's address is descriptive, intuitive and easy-to-remember as compared to other sites on the Internet offering information on acupuncture schools. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004] From PR Web on June 18, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Zelnorm Action Group and IBS Self Help Group Speak on Behalf of the Chronic Constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Sufferer Zelnorm is a much needed drug for the relief of chronic constipation and constipation predominant IBS sufferers [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004] From PR Web on June 18, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Supporting Student Autonomy Online I’m linking to a paper (half-paper, really, since I’ll be leading a discussion using it as springboard) including notes I will use to lead a discussion at the “Supporting student autonomy: students’ creation and reuse of learning objects” event at the University of Strathclyde later today. The focus is on social interaction around open content, from self-organizing and game theoretic perspectives. Thoughts welcome and appreciated. From autounfocus on June 18, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Finished! From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

Eduforge Eduforge is an open access collaborative learning and exploratory environment designed for the sharing of ideas, research outcomes, open source educational software, and tools within a community of educators, researchers and developers. From eLearnopedia on June 18, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

More Resources on storytelling 12 Principles of Storytelling by Eric Miller. I like these two points most, where the storytelling takes a form of perspective contextual discussion and where every individual start (verbally or mentally) their form and flow of the story. A Storyteller is Always Listening A storyteller must on one level remain utterly still and receptive in order to constantly be perceiving messages from her own unconscious, as well as from the external environment (including listeners, the weather, etc.). Storytelling is a Reciprocal, Shared Event In many forms of storytelling, the roles of teller and listene From soulsoup on June 18, 2004 at 2:55 a.m..

Hard Talks Q&A with Saul Carliner by Lisa Neal, Editor-In-Chief, eLearn Magazine. Loaded with hard facts, statistics and data. For example HYPHEN "There's a high level of dissatisfaction with e-learning courses. According to one study conducted by a private company and presented at last year's ASTD Conference, 75 percent rated effectiveness of e-learning as less than 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. The average rating is 3.9. " On mobile learning HYPHEN "I never thought that PDAs were going to become a major learning tool, as some predicted. Even with communications capabilities built in, the tiny scre From soulsoup on June 18, 2004 at 2:55 a.m..

Outsourcing Makes It a Small World After All Outsourcing Makes It a Small World After All by Dan Muse (SmallBusinessComputing, June 11, 2004) is primarily about how small firms can easily jump into the outsourcing craze using an online resource to identify contractors, who may be anywhere in the world. Beerud Sheth, vice president, Business D... From Kolabora.com on June 18, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

Business Continuity Planning: A Comprenhensive Approach Here are a few thoughts on the article Business Continuity Planning: A Comprenhensive Approach by Virginia Cerulla and Michael J. Cerullo (www.ism-journal.com, Summer 2004) The authors distinguish clearly between BCP and disaster contingency recovery planning (DCRP). This distinction is critic... From Kolabora.com on June 18, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

NMC 2004 - Vancouver Restaurants recommendations on VanEats For the benefit of NMC 2004 attendees, I have posted some Vancouver restaurant recommendations over on VanEats. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

Matt Yedlin, Cyprien Lomas, Ulrich Rauch- P2P in the virtual classroom Dr. Yedlin is quite a charismatic professor (even though he says he isn&ap From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

John Chalfa, Sydney Chalfa, Kelly Jones, NMC 2004 Digital Storytelling -everybody has a story (sounds like blogging to me!) - From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

Soren Kaplan, Julia Ashley NMC 2004 - Learning Communities and Social Computing - Tools and Techniques for Fostering Collaborative Learning -70% of learning is informal -learning is deeper if it is collaborat From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

NMC 2004 Small pieces loosely joined The three amigos (Lamb, Levine and Norman) are dyn From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

NMC 2004 Small pieces wrapup Check out Doug Foxgrover's photos on the right. Is this crazy? I From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

This is a beautiful Tool Again I am again blow away by how useful MLX Package #278 really is. I have used the correlation meter now in all of my courses.... From object human on June 18, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

BioMed Central data mining update BioMed Central, bacause of its Open Access nature, is a prime candidate for fulltext data mining experiments. As noted, the data mining is producing not just research results, but is already incorporated into prior art searches by the European Patent Office. Since its launch last year, BioMed Central's Open Access XML full text corpus has more than doubled in size, and now comprises more than 5000 articles. From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

OA journals in education James Farmer, Higher Education Online Education Journals - Scholarly & Free, Incorporated Subversion, June 7, 2004. Farmer compiles a hyperlinked list of OA journals in higher education and calls for additional references. (Source: Edu RSS) From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

OA to drug trial data Barry Meier, Medical Journals Weigh Plan for Full Drug-Trial Disclosure, New York Times, June 15, 2004 (free registration required). A good overview of a large, emerging story. In short: there is a growing call for drug companies to deposit data from their drug trials in a central public registry. No one is calling the registry "open access", but that seems to be presupposed. The purpose is to give researchers, doctors, and patients access to negative results, which are often suppressed, in From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

Nonsubscription costs for libraries in storing ejournals Roger Schonfeld, Donald King, Ann Okerson, and Eileen Gifford Fenton, The Nonsubscription Side of Periodicals: Changes in Library Operations and Costs between Print and Electronic Formats, CLIR, June 2004. Excerpt: "In the past 10 years, projections about the cost impact of a shift to the electronic format have led to hard-nosed considerations of business models and prices. With the advent of journal package deals, consortial negotiations, and alternative proposals such as open access, libraries' subscription and license c From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Senate Tangles Over VOIP Rules From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

FCC vote settles educational spectrum From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

McGraw-Hill Higher Education Launches New Online Learning Division: JP Lenney Named President of New Unit From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

SUPA [School of Urban and Public Affairs] to offer master's online From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

State officials find flaws with new virtual charter proposal From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

ISTE and Microsoft Team Up to Provide Online Assessments Of Technology Literacy in Middle Schoolers From DEC Daily News on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

300 images from 1800 sites Beautiful! Seriously! [thanks Greg :o] From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Inducing You To Visit Other Blogs As is probably apparent, I haven't had enough time to link to all the great posts out there.  Please visit everyone on the blogroll, esp. Frank and Copyfight.  The big news of the last 24 hours has been the INDUCE Act.  I wonder how much of this blog is an illegal inducement under the Act. Sigh. In any case, here are a couple of links to get you started: Copyfight, --> From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 18, 2004 at 2:49 a.m..

Napster Players Can't Play Napster Songs Frank points to a couple articles about Napster deciding to give away Rio Chiba portable players to users who sign up for one year subscriptions.  What's funny is that the Chibas can't play music that a subscriber downloads; you have to buy the song for a dollar in order to move it to a portable device.  Unless yo From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 18, 2004 at 2:49 a.m..

Bad Beastie Boys, Bad Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil "It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection system, that automatically, silently, installs 'helpful' copy protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems. I’m not sure exactly what it does yet, but I am sure regreting actually purchasing said media now… they don’t deserve my money if they choose to pull stupid stunts like this. Inst From The Shifted Librarian on June 18, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Book Cover for 'We the Media' Here's a jacket-cover image for my soon-to-arrive book, We the Media. The designers did a great job. We're starting to build a website to accompany the book. My goal is to have something as lively and useful as Howard Rheingold's Smart Mobs site. I'll tell you more as the publication date gets closer. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 18, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Cory Asks Microsoft to be Microsoft Cory Doctorow gave a talk today at Microsoft, asking the company to go back to its roots on the issue of Digital "Rights" Management (aka Digital Restrictions Management), or DRM. He posted the talk on his website. Here's what he tried to persuade the Microsoft folks: 1. That DRM systems don't work 2. That DRM systems are bad for society 3. That DRM systems are bad for business 4. That DRM systems are bad for artists 5. That DRM is a bad business-move for MSFT From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 18, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Boingo and the Mac I'm not at all sure that there's a business model in Wi-Fi connections other than offering them as part of something else, but if anyone is going to make this work it's probably going to be Sky Dayton and his team at Boingo. I haven't used Boingo, in part because it's been a Windows-only service, and I've bugged Sky every time I've seen him for a Mac version. It's coming -- a beta Boingo for the Mac has been sent to a few folks, which means the real thing is coming soon. Still not sure about the business model, bu From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 18, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

School Internet Program Lacks Oversight, Investigator Says A federal program that helps poor schools connect to the Internet has come under scrutiny for waste and fraud. From New York Times: Education on June 18, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

SAT May Offer a Do-Over Exam After Answer Sheets Are Lost Officials of the Ardsley public schools told 123 high school students on Thursday that the SAT exams they took on Saturday had disappeared from the district office. From New York Times: Education on June 18, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Roslyn Schools Chief Quits Amid Inquiry on Spending The school board announced that it had accepted the resignation of Frank Tassone, the district superintendent, and alerted state officials to possible misconduct. From New York Times: Education on June 18, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

3rd-Grade Reading Scores Indicate Number Held Back Will Double As many as 10,000 third graders, twice as many as last year, are expected to be held back this year under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's tough new promotion policy. From New York Times: Education on June 18, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

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