Copyright case: applying DRM to the Constitution In a case of copyright law applied counterintuitively, an edition of the United States Constitution exists with software limiting its usage. The Microsoft Reader edition includes digital rights management (DRM) restricts its printing.... From MANE IT Network on June 26, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

What should I do, now that I have A+? From BestTests.com on June 26, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

What Happens To Your Computer If You Die From BestTests.com on June 26, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

What should I do, now that I have A+? Part II From BestTests.com on June 26, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

NEW! TOP SITES! From BestTests.com on June 26, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

NEW Network+ Practice Test! From BestTests.com on June 26, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

Greece Wins!!! Sure it's not related to educational technology ... but this is monumental, and hey, it's Friday. See the full story from CBC or Euro2004.com. Go Greece!!!... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Open Source into the Mainstream ... Obviously, a lot has transpired since the GNU Manifesto, or the beginnings of the Linux project. While Linux and open source software have entered the mainstream, there seem to be those that see this emergence as problematic and detrimental to... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Belarus internet use up 7% Internet use in the former Soviet republic is slowly but steadily rising, according to Project Omnibus, a survey of internet users in the country. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Dutch shoplifter name-and-shame website launched A Dutch anti-shoplifting vigilante has launched a website that posts pictures of alleged shoplifters. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Polish IT market to grow by 15% this year - report The Polish IT market will see a growth rate of 15.1 per cent this year, according to market research group PMR, and next year this double-digit growth will continue, with the rate of expansion forecast at 12.1 per cent. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Digital Chocolate purchases Sumea The acquisition provides American mobile software developer Digital Chocolate with relationships with European mobile operators, international distribution channels, and a catalogue of leading games for mobile phones. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

2bn mobile subscribers by mid-2005 - research Between 2004 and 2009, market analysis firm Pyramid Research expects total mobile subscribers to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5 per cent, surpassing 2.5bn subscribers by the end of 2009. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

O2 Germany to launch commercial 3G O2 Germany is to launch its commercial 3G services from the first of next month. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

BBC launches internet access to archive dating back to 1934 The BBC Motion Gallery, launched yesterday, offers instant internet access to an enormous collection of moving image clips, which can then be purchased for a variety of uses ranging from corporate videos, new media and advertising to TV and feature films. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Loudeye purchases OD2 Digital media firm Loudeye has bought Peter Gabriel’s digital music download operation, On Demand Distribution for €32m. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

TIM blocks Voda UK SMS Following numerous complaints of text message spam from Britain, and that many messages sent between the networks were not being received, Telecom Italia Mobile has blocked all text messages sent from Vodafone UK. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Russian student hacks mobile network A teenaged hacker managed to access one of the country’s largest mobile networks and send obscene text messages to 15,000 mobile subscribers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

FLV Metadata Some info on FLV (Flash Video) metadata from a Macromedia developer. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Comdex 2004 Trade Show Cancelled "Computer trade show Comdex, once the biggest event on the tech calendar, has been canceled this year, a victim of the growing interest in shows emphasizing consumer electronics and specialist IT gear. Eric Faurot, vice president of Comdex organizer MediaLive International, revealed the plans in an exclusive interview with CNET News.com, saying the company plans to give Comdex a breather after years of falling attendance, in the number of both..." (For years I had asked my employers t From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Apple To Bring H.264 Codec To QuickTime "Apple on Wednesday announced that the H.264/Advanced Video Codec (AVC) will be incorporated in its QuickTime software in an upcoming release next year. The video technology has been ratified by the DVD Forum for use in the High Definition (HD) DVD format; it was jointly developed by the Motion Picture Expert's Group (MPEG) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and has been ratified into the MPEG-4 specification as well." From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Maxtor SATA MaXLine III Maxtor has introduced its third-generation MaXLine series of hard disks. Originally introduced over two years ago as the 120GB and 160GB DiamondMax D540X drives, the MaXLine series are designed for larger organisations and ship with a whopping 16MB buffer, native command queuing (up to 32 instructions execution to improve storage subsystem bandwidth), and additional SATA II features. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

A survey of playlist formats. "This document is a survey of playlist data formats. It is useful in two ways. One, as a collation of data which is normally scattered all over the web, it is a helpful reference. Two, having this data in one place makes it easier to observe patterns. Playlists are comparatively simple objects. They are nothing but lists -- here is the first song, here is the second. As a result they fail to excite the imagination of many people, because the expressive possibilities seem too limited. But from my background as From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Internet Radio Bots rand()% (yeah, that's a real name) is an Internet radio station that streams nothing but computer generative music. Down Kraftwerk fans down! It means music generated from computer algorithms. Everything you hear here is composed in real-time, therefore in a sense this is an avant-garde jazz station only that the cats are software bots. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

iChat AV at 35,000 Feet Can you astroturf your own marketing dreck? I suppose it's just coincidence that in the screenshot Apple's product line manager took for this Apple Hotnews story he casually mentions to a friend that "Sales should be up significantly this quarter From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

New Services Improve Access To Independents "High-speed computer access is not the only way to spare yourself a trip to the video store. Among the most popular alternatives, rent-by-mail giant Netflix has attracted millions of users with its giant library of DVDs and simple fee structure ($20 for as many movies as you can watch in a month). It has been so succ From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

PHP media file parser PHP4 script that extracts useful metadata from multimedia file formats. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

FCLA-Digital Archive: File Format Information A series of technical reports on various file formats, including available metadata. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Wireless a priority for big media With high-quality wireless video on the horizon, media companies like Disney and Time Warner are thinking about providing full mobile phone services. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Free Video Hosting on the Linux Public Broadcasting Network Linux Public Broadcasting Network. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Mobo for Vertically Challenged Devices VIA is shipping an ultra-low profile mini-ITX mainboard suitable for flat TVs, LCD-panel computers, and other vertically challenged devices. The Epia MS uses a minimalistic I/O backplate and SODIMM memory for a slimmer form-factor, and is VIA's first mini-ITX board available with a --> From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Up time (Supernova Conference Blog) The connectivity is much better from Supernova today. Here's the conference blog. IT Conversations is webcasting the event. More about that here. From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

First Ever Ruggedized Satellite Glove Phone Unveiled Network Anatomy has revealed that they're working on a multimedia communication system built into a ruggedized, waterproof glove for emergency workers. Called CommanderGauntlet, the glove is powered by Microsoft Windows CE and will feature wireless data, satellite phone, video and text messaging. It will even support Wi-Fi, From unmediated on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

autonomic computing and the intelligent internet... In Government Computer News (GCN), William E. Halal shares some of his predictions on: The Intelligent Internet. Information and communication technologies are rapidly converging to create machines that understand us, do what we tell them to, and even anticipate our needs. We tend to think of intelligent systems as a distant possibility, but two relentless supertrends From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

binary knowledge management and the army... Today in Silicon Valley Biz Ink: Binary Consulting to Provide IT and Knowledge Management Policies and Planning Supporting the US Army BETHESDA, Md., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Army has awarded a support services contract to Binary Consulting, Inc., of Bethesda, Md., to lead a team of four businesses that will provide information technology planning, developme From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

net-centric knowledge management... More government sponsored knowledge management news today in a Business Wire that announces: Hyperwave KMINCE Initiative to Participate in Quantum Leap-2 Demonstration of the FY 04 DoD Horizontal Fusion Portfolio. Here's a partial excerpt: WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2004--Hyperwave, a leading provider of Collabo From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 26, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Learning by the numbers The Two Things 1. People love to play the Two Things game, but they rarely agree about what the Two Things are. 2. That goes double for anyone who works with computers. The 25 most difficult questions an interviewer can throw at you. From 1983, yet still topical. 23. What do you feel this position should pay? Don't sell yourself short, but continue to stress the fact that the job itself is the most important thing in your mind. The interviewer may be trying to determine just how much you want the job. Don't leave the impression that money is the only thing that is important to you. From silentblue | Quantified on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Get Human! Monolithic Voices Aren't Credible, Especially Online Recently I was interviewed by a major international organization about what makes great Web content. I'll protect their anonymity, but I would like to share a key point that arose in this interview. It hits on something so fundamental to content from organizations, institutions, or businesses that I must share it with my CONTENTIOUS readers. This organization asked, "When we write we often have to take a more general tone and angle to incorporate the views and policies of our consituencies. Consequently, our style tends to be wordy, generic, and serpentine. What tips do you hav From Contentious Weblog on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

The Strange Psychology of Adsense Keywords My husband and I are out here in the beautiful western slope region of Colorado, visiting our friends, online entreprenuers Randy Cassingham and Kit Riley Cassingham. Of course, we're all sitting here in the living room of their brand-new mountain home, geeking on our laptops. Randy was just telling me about the oddities of the ads that Google Adsense serves up on one of his sites, --> From Contentious Weblog on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Looking for off-the-Shelf Content I recently received this request:brandon-hall.com is presently conducting research on providers of off-the-shelf (as opposed to custom-built) online courseware to teach Executive Development, Business and Professional skills, Soft skills, and Information Technology skills.We invite all courseware providers in New Brunswick and elsewhere to participate in this research. Incentive to participate:* We presently have a mailing list of 24,000+ subscribers. If your company is selected to be included in one From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

WebCT, accessibility, usability and the disabled student This module contains discussions about features and tools used with or within WebCT, their accessibility pertaining to WebCT, and suggested solutions to inaccessibility. Additionally, illustrative examples of selected WebCT tools, and general guidelines for accessibility and improved WebCT course design... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Introducing WebCT to Newbies This presentation covers ten successful WebCT 'newbie' startup strategies developed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute over the last two and half years: (1) encourage use of online learning, support and content resources; (2) give instructor/designers an express course training and design... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

WebCT Course Design Rubric Kind of a neat rubrics for the WebCT designers in the crowd. WebCT COURSE DESIGN RUBRIC 1... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

WebCT Help Index Another useful developer link. WebCT Help Index... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Why are blog working? Life is funny, you'll work like a dog on something, and it will just plain won't work. And once in a while, a very simple concept will just work. I think that research and life has more to do with luck, as in "try many things and hope that something will work", rather than pure intellect. Which is why I think that centralized, authoritarian systems are doomed to failure. And I think it also explains why the Americans, with their relatively free flowing class structure are eating up the rest of the world. Build all the castles you want, and force people to be your servants... but you& From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 26, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..

Do you censor your own blog? Yuhong is worried that as more people visit her blog, she will censor her content. [1] You might recall that Yuhong is the latest NRC researcher to join the blogger community. There is no question that writting for a public, however small, will impact the content. In this sense, a blog is not intimate. But I think she forgets that a blog is social tool. I do take notes, very careful notes... and they are not in this blog. My blog is not for private thoughts, but rather, to express thoughts that I feel free to share. Because I know other people might read me, I have to think about them a bit From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Received a Gmail account through Sean Sean [1] was cool enough to invite me to join Gmail. Gmail is the Google free email service where you have almost unlimited storage (1GB to be precise) and various cool Google tools to search your emails. I'm not convinced I'll use it very much, but it is cool to have it. My address is lemire atsymbol gmail dotted com. Thanks Sean! [1] http://raincoatagreements.net/ From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Back from NECC I returned from NECC on Thursday morning--about 4 hours later than planned due to some bad storms in Atlanta. Nothing like getting home at 3 am to throw your schedule off. While the original plan was to post some notes from the convention, my lack of foresight in making sure that I had the URL for the ole' blog bookmarked on my infrequently-used laptop, along with connection issues in the hotel, meant that I never quite got around to posting anything. I did make some notes on the things... From Brain Frieze on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

E-Communications 101 E-Communications 101 : Interesting snapshot view of the different ways that schools can leverage the power of on-line communications tools from techLearning. This is truly a 100 level course, but lays out the basic things that should be considered in the different modes of communication in everything from simple e-mail newsletters, to web portals, to on-line meetings using tools like Macromedia Breeze. via Educational Technology From Brain Frieze on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Really Divisive Politics No lack of stupid and divisive political moves this week, on either side of the fence. Over at GeorgeWBush.com a video plays on the front page, featuring Democrats on anti-bush rants interspersed with images of Hitler of all things. As my 11 year-old daughter said "And this is supposed to help them how?" Meanwhile, the Democrats have their own issues, with the news released this week that convicted felons who had recently been released from prison were being paid to... From Brain Frieze on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Online Metrics: Tags Vs. Logs Is using tags (inserting a piece of programming code used as a mark on every page of a website) a better system than logs for online metrics? Time will tell. Until now the reading of log files was used as the standard method for that purpose in Spain. The Oficina de Justificacin de la Difusin (OJD) has been offering numbers measuring reach for online (also for print) media for years according to logs. But its May reports avai From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Keeping Foolish Secrets Classified Intelligence, Peter Zollman's consulting and research company, is out with a fascinating report on how newspapers are doing in selling classified advertising via the web. The report shows that newspapers selling classified ads online are acquiring new business, getting more money for their ads, saving money, and creating an opportunity to convert "order takers" in their ad departments into real salespe From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Murrow's First Non-Broadcast Winners The Edward R. Murrow Award winners have been announced, and for the first time websites of media organizations outside of radio and TV have been included. In a separate "Website Non-Broadcast" category, the winners were Washingtonpost.com and Belo Interactive's AldiaTx.com, for large and small sites, respectively. The category was judged on "Creativity, clarity, storytelling techniques, and use of audio, video, or other Internet techno From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Circulation Scandals Go Beyond Print Recent reports of overstated circulation at three newspapers are resulting in investor concern about newspaper companies. It also is likely to increase the pressure from advertisers to back up audience-measurement claims, whatever the medium, with data. While web-audience measures are flawed, I think it's safe to say that the measurement tools are already superior to those used for print and broadcast metrics -- and they will only get better From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Update: CMP Google News Block 'A Mistake' Jon Dube at Cyberjournalist.net is reporting that CMP Media blocked inbound links from Google News by mistake. The trade publisher did mean to block inbound links from competitors like CNET and Linux Today, but a technical glitch made the block broader than was meant. (See previous item about CMP posted here yesterday.) From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Forced Registration: The Black & the White of It I've been watching and writing about the news-website user-registration debate (on this blog and at Editor & Publisher Online), and the ensuing conversation unearthed two statements from readers that nicely sum up the two sides to the issue:Writes an online-newspaper insider who asked to remain anonymous: "It's cheaper for sites to require registration: Hits cost money (server load), and the only hits the bosses really want are from local read From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

E-portfolios can give you an edge This short article on workopolis.com highlights the benefit of using an e-portfolio to gain employment. I feel the sentiment is well placed but at the moment I am not sure that the e-portfolio will really increase job prospects. Employers I... From ERADC Blog on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Job mapping Perhaps the real strength of the e-portfolio in finding employment will be its inclusion within job mapping. The ability to match skills and experience with what is required, searchable by both employer and job seaker.... From ERADC Blog on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Mitsubishi Trium Eclipse Mitsubishi Trium Eclipse is a dual band mobile phone featuring GPRS and WAP, voice control, a speakerphone, voice memo recorder, two preloaded games, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

SAGEM MyX-2 SAGEM myX-2 is a dual band candy bar style mobile phone featuring a 101 x 80 pixels colour LCD screen, a WAP browser, a speakerphone for hands-free conversations, polyphonic ringtones, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

SAGEM MyC-2 SAGEM myC-2 is a dual band clamshell design mobile phone featuring EMS messaging, WAP, a speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Samsung SGH-E710 Samsung SGH-E710 is a dual band camphone featuring GPRS and WAP, MMS, video recorder, playback of downloaded video clips, Java, a VGA-quality camera, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Samsung SGH-E400 Samsung SGH-E400 is a tri-band mobile phone featuring GPRS and WAP, Java, active flip, a choice of polyphonic ringtones, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Nokia 7600 Nokia 7600 is a dual mode mobile camphone featuring Bluetooth, GPRS and 3G, MMS, MP3 music player, Java, a full e-mail client service, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Sendo S330 Sendo S330 is an entry-level dual band mobile phone featuring GPRS and WAP technology, EMS messaging capability, a choice of embedded game, and more From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Samsung SGH-T100 Samsung SGH-T100 is a dual band mobile phone featuring WAP capability, a voice memo recorder, active flip, voice control, polyphonic ringtones, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Samsung SGH-V200 Samsung SGH-V200 is a tri-band mobile phone featuring GPRS and WAP technology, MMS multimedia messaging, active flip, polyphonic ringtones, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Nokia 7210 Nokia 7210 is a tri-band mobile phone with featuring GPRS and HSCSD, a WAP browser, MMS, FM stereo radio, speakerphone, Java, and more. From Mobile Phone Directory - Phones on June 26, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

The best "thing" I found at NECC As usual, I came away from NECC with lots of ideas, information, and connections. If I had to name the single most important thing that I am taking back, it would have to be the information that I found out... From Edweblogs.org: NECC 2004 on June 26, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

HEFCE Press Release on UKeU HEFCE's press release of 18 June is short but more informative than previously. It seems that £12 million of the £62 million originally allocated for UKeU is going to be used: "... alongside other funds, to support the development of e-learning in universities and colleges." From Auricle on June 26, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

TOIA - another perspective My colleague, Graham Blacker's, recent article on the beta release of the new TOIA system hopefully gave readers an insight into the how a person unfamiliar with Computer Aided Assessment might view the system. We threw him in at the deep end really:) Now it's my turn so read on. From Auricle on June 26, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

MPs attack e-university bonus payments Another polemic on UKeU by Donald MacLeod in yesterday's higher education section of the Guardian site based on a report of yesterday's (23 June) House of Commons' education committee interrogation of Sir Howard Newby, chief executive of the funding council HEFCE, and his chairman, David Young. From Auricle on June 26, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs - the Pew Review In a previous article, 'e' for efficiency? by Derek Morrison he made reference to a report by Carol Twigg on the nirvana of improving learning whilst at the same time reducing costs. Today, I'm going to provide an overview of and a brief commentary on this interesting work. From Auricle on June 26, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..

New Journal From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 26, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..

censhorship From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 26, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..

spelling reform update From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 26, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..

The Commons, Individuality, Fundamentalism And Our Evolutionary Challenge The Commons is everything that a community shares. Usually it refers to natural resources like land, air and water. But it is most usefully extended to all things we share, from culture to ideas to security to DNA. It can be viewed as including our common past and our even more shared future. The Commons is what we hold in common -- or perhaps what we need to steward together if we are going to survive and thrive as a community, country and world.... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on June 26, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

College admission counselors using IM From The Washington Times, Via: e-Learning Centre Blog Boston University's admission counsellors are online all day, quickly fielding questions from prospective students about admissions procedures, college life or the status of their application. The university has been using the software for nearly three years, and more schools are logging on.... From soulsoup on June 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

50 coolest websites from Time Magazine 50 coolest websites from Time - The complete list And some of the winners are.. Bloglines.com HYPHEN the online RSS aggregator If you want to stay plugged into the world of politics, technology, show business or any other area of professional or personal interest, you have to read Web logs, a.k.a. blogs, regularly-updated personal or collaborative online journals. eHow.com The site for tips and step-by-step instructions on how to do stuff. There's the practical (how to teach a child how to tie his shoes), the creative (how to make tile mosaics) and the merely suggestive (how to exercise a From Mobile Phone Directory - Glossary on June 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

Voice Mail (also Voice Messaging) is an answering service provided by the mobile phone networks, which can automatically answer a call - and record a message. From Mobile Phone Directory - Glossary on June 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

Voice Mailbox (also called Voice Message Box or Message Inbox) is the location of a subscriber's stored voicemail messages in the mobile phone network. From Mobile Phone Directory - Glossary on June 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

RTTTL (also known as Ring Tone Text Transfer Language) is a data format originally developed by Nokia and used to store user composed ringtones on their handsets From Mobile Phone Directory - Glossary on June 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

Trends in access, retrieval, and A&I John J. Regazzi, The battle for mindshare: A battle beyond access and retrieval, Information Services and Use, 24, 2 (2004) (read the OA edition). Regazzi's 2004 Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture, originally delivered February 23, 2004. Abstract: "The publishing industry in general, and the abstracting and indexing (A&I) industry in particular, fi From Open Access News on June 26, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

Major OUP journal converts to OA Oxford University Press announced today that Nucleic Acids Research will convert to a "full open access" publishing model starting in January 2005. From the press release: "NAR will adopt a mandatory OA model whereby authors pay a fee once their paper has been accepted, and all articles published online are immediately available without charge. NAR is a highly respected journal, listed by ISI as one of the top ten &ap From Open Access News on June 26, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

Funding for Fedora The Mellon Foundation has funded Phase 2 of the Fedora Project. Fedora is open-source software for creating OAI-compliant institutional repositories. From Open Access News on June 26, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

More on OA registries to drug-trial data Rick Whiting, Drugmakers Respond To Calls For Public Database Of Trials, Information Week, June 25, 2004. Excerpt: "Proponents of clinical-trial registries say they would alert doctors and consumers to potential drug risks. But debate continues over how such a database would be managed and what information it should include. Some industry execs say such a database could disclose trade secrets and overwhelm consumers with complex information." From Open Access News on June 26, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

New contributions to the Nature OA debate There are two new contributions to the Nature OA debate.