Limperts Academy of Design "Design y ... Limperts Academy of Design "Design your future from anywhere in the world with this International Awarding Body" Added: 28 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Limpert’s Academy is an international awarding body that was created to meet the growing demand for quality design education, that is relevant to today’s market. PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Off the shelf e-learn From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 28, 2004 at 11:22 p.m..

It's not the music I've been on the road - playing keyboards with PsychicTV and shooting additional interviews for my Frontline documentary. We played two gigs this weekend, one in DC and the other in Pittsburgh. Nothing against DC whatsoever, but the gigs were like night and day. Surprisingly, though DC was a super-professional venue called the 9:30 Club, with great sound and an able-bodied crew, the experience paled in comparison with the show we did at a bizarre little garage-becoming-a-performance-space called The Eye (or Thee From rushkoff.blog on June 28, 2004 at 11:22 p.m..

MacOSX 10.4 Server Bundles Blosjom Weblog! Just came across this: According the the preview page, Tiger is coming with Blosjom bundled... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Gnome, Longhorn, Tiger, ..., and CC metadata We are happy to hear that current and upcoming operating systems will have built-in support for application-level metadata. Gnome (Linux), Longhorn (next version of Windows) , and Tiger (next release of OS X) all will be offering some way to store and search metadata for files and applications. Creative Commons: weblog on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

In the classroom, reporting skills come in handy A former newspaper columnist uses his journalism background to relate to students. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

A walk on the digital side A technology partnership between educators in South Africa and Chicago helps a poor school near Cape Town. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

More college students sign up for sign language Sign language becomes the language of choice for a growing number of college students. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Sun puts Java into gear for cars The JavaOne crowd envisions a future with downloadable horn tunes as Sun's Jonathan Schwartz outlines a push to put Java in autos. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

A tale of two Tigers Also: Google bolsters star power...iPod plans turn car owners green. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Sun seeks pep in Java show At JavaOne in San Francisco, Sun looks to the future of its flagship software product. Also: Driving Java into cars and a peek at the Looking Glass. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Oracle drops PeopleSoft CEO as witness Oracle won't call Craig Conway to testify, but Lawson Software's CEO takes the stand. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Gates issues 'progress report' on spam In an "executive e-mail," the Microsoft founder outlines strategies and argues against an e-mail "postal rate." From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Cognitive and Logical Rationales for e-Learning Objects I didn't particularly enjoy this paper - it was hard to follow, didn't really advance anything new, and where it did seem to be new and clear, seemed wrong. But it's being discussed by the IT Forum right now (and generated some dicussion last month on another forum) so I'm passing it along. It also gives me the opportunity to say that knowledge isn't something that's built or constructed or assembled or transferred (or anything else that resembles a house or a factory). Knowledge is derived from perceptual experience only, and education is the process of instigati From OLDaily on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

My Theoretical Overview of Instructional Systems Nifty diagram that "represents an attempt to symbolize my own conception of instructional systems as a field of study and practice," the image followed by a detailed exegesis. Now, somebody, please, tell the author to shut off all the <blink> tags on his site. By Gustavo E. Prestera, March 17, 2003 [Refer][Research][- From OLDaily on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

University Head's Comments Air by Mistake All I can say is: oops! By Associated Press, Seattle Post-Inteligencer, June 23, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Canadian Semantic Web Interest Group (SWIG) This group is just forming: "The Canadian Semantic Web Interest Group is CSCSI supported group of researcher, government and industry representatives promoting Semantic Web research and technology in Canada." By Various Authors, June 28, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

The Ocean, The Bird, and the Scholar I couldn't help but think of Kenneth Clark as I read this text of the 33nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The author argues that the traditional cornerstones of the humanities, history and philosophy, ought to be replaced by the arts. "Such studies," argues the author, "establish in human beings a sense of cultural patrimony." Well, maybe, but why does there have to be a cornerstone, and why does there have to be authorities to tell us what our culture is? Via ArtsJournal. By Helen Vendler, National Endowment fo From OLDaily on June 28, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

T-Mobile turns handsets into music players European download service for cell phones equipped with T-Mobile's Ear Phone technology cuts out cost of player. But what about song prices? From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Apple lets young Tiger roar After a sneak peek, Steve Jobs promises Apple's next operating system will be out early next year. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Java to hook up with Vodafone's 3G network European carrier plans to launch next-generation wireless broadband network and taps Sun for the downloading platform. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Gates: Open source a great ad for Windows Microsoft chair says it's great to have "a few design wins" by Linux and such in the news--it shows how much simpler Windows is. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Web Server Statistics Page Jupitermedia's ServerWatch reports on surveys that examine the number and types of servers being used to power the Internet. Check the results of the monthly surveys right here. From ClickZ Stats on June 28, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Apple's Tiger stalks Longhorn Long wait for Longhorn marks an opportunity for the next Mac OS X, code-named Tiger, which is set for demo at Apple's developer confab. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Report: PC-TVs set to take off "Sky's the limit" for entertainment PCs in the next few years, as tech breakthroughs drive sales, according to a new study. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Borland jumps into Java tools group In a reversal, Borland joins group promoting easier, more interoperable Java tools. IBM remains on the fence. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

British Web Archiving Project A project from a consoritium featuring the British Library and others will archive more than 6000 web sites, Ingrid Marson reports in British Library plans to archive whole UK Web, ZDNet UK, June 24, 2004. (Source: The Virtual Chase) Evidently the archive will include discussion forums, weblogs and "informal material," along with government documents. "One of the problems faced by the consortium is that, due to UK copyright law, permission is needed before a site can be archived. The Br From Open Access News on June 28, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Using Quantum Cryptography to Find Invisible Men Since HG Wells first published his lauded exploration of racial identity, Invisible Man, people have been entranced by the myth of invisible men--be they heroes such as Invisible Woman of the Fantastic four, or villains such as Hollow Man's Sebastian Caine. But is it truly a myth, or do invisible men walk among us? And if an invisible man were to be created, how would we detect him and track his movements? From kuro5hin.org on June 28, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..

VeriSign unveils e-mail protection service The service uses more than 10,000 rules to determine whether a message is spam, the company says. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Beta on tap for Visual Studio, SQL Server Just in time for TechEd Europe, Microsoft also plans a low-cost edition of its Visual Studio software development product. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Juniper unveils new SSL VPN feature Company adds support for a security standard to let remote workers access several applications without having to sign on multiple times. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

HP ponders a less-glorious Itanium future Co-inventor of high-end chip says things will be fine, even if Itanium never catches on widely. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

New eMachines desktops hit stores But Gateway, which wants to place its own brand PCs on store shelves, launches only three new eMachines models. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

More on OA to drug-trial data Victoria Stagg Elliott, Drug controversies prompt call for clinical trial registry, American Medical News, July 5, 2004. Excerpt: "Clinical trial registries are not a new concept. More than 300 exist. The largest, run by the National Institutes of Health, is available online....Advocates say the sheer number of registries makes the process of finding trials too cumbersome for patients and scientists alike. And many trials aren't registered anywhere. Also, no repositories From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 28, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Red Fish, Blue Fish Color Communication & Symbolism "Colors in motion - an animated and interactive experience of color communication and symbolism. (flash. via One's web)" [MetaFilter] This is a very cool explanation of color, one that might be helpful for librarians that design web sites. From The Shifted Librarian on June 28, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

You Can Take the RSS Out of the Article,... SmartStream™ Alliance Newsreader Brings RSS One Step Closer to Mainstream "SmartStream™ Alliance (http://smartstreamalliance.com/) just released a desktop newsreader for the Kerry campaign that uses technology from MyST Technology Partners. This demonstrates a unique perspective concerning smart Internet applications and the use of RSS in friendlier ways. Imagine From The Shifted Librarian on June 28, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

The State Giveth, and the Feds Taketh Away Hoosiers Get Free Software Online "SimIndiana software is designed to let residents use any computer to access personal files and software stored on a remote server. The applications include e-mail, file management, file and group sharing, and remote printing. Residents can also download tools for word processing, making spreadsheets, and managing calendars and contacts. The package is availabl From The Shifted Librarian on June 28, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Improving the User Experience Online for Library Users I would love to get a grant to have 37signals design an online library catalog. I've been reading their book Defensive Design for the Web: How To Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points because I'm redesigning our merged web site/extranet/intranet, and while most of the suggestions in the book are fairly intuitive, most of us don't take the time to add in all the little niceties and user-supportive framework. It's a very quick read and an easy ILL for librar From The Shifted Librarian on June 28, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

The Shifted DJ Is in the House So I finally got a Shoutcast Server working with the WinAmp DSP plug-in on my home PC, and I'm able to stream it to Pocket Tunes on my Treo. How cool is that?! Of course, now I have to find the time to create playlists for the various scenarious in which I envis From The Shifted Librarian on June 28, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Ads in RSS: Abebooks Gets It, Moreover Doesn't Debra Overbey recently emailed me to ask for my thoughts about RSS and advertising, specifically, when is it too much? She's not against ads in RSS feeds, emphatically supporting 1-2 ads per day, but she was quickly becoming annoyed with the frequency of AbeBooks ads in Moreover feeds. I suggested she provide feedback as a user, which to her credit, she did.  Here's where she's currently at. (All emphasis below is mine, in partial disbelief.) "To abebooks.com: I was From The Shifted Librarian on June 28, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Last Post in Radio It's getting too frustrating trying to get Radio to publish what I'm writing, so this will probably be the last post until a new solution is in place. Hopefully nothing too important will come up during that time. Thanks for your patience. From The Shifted Librarian on June 28, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Another Net Hoax for the Ages

Apple's Latest Heading this morning to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, where Steve Jobs will deliver the keynote. There's never any WiFi connectivity inside the hall at such things, so I'll be letting you know later what's what. Deflectors on full: Entering Reality Distortion Field... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 28, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Linux companies hit play on Real's software Against the backdrop of Microsoft's media player troubles in Europe, Novell and Red Hat tap an open-source rival. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Microsoft prepares for search assault Don't lead people to sites for "potato chips if they mean computer chips," Gates quips. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Gates dishes out security promises Chairman says Microsoft will reduce the security updates required for Windows releases and will convince consumers to turn on auto-update. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Die Frage nach einem pädagogischen... Zusammenfassung: In dem Text "Die Frage nach einem pädagogischen Grundgedankengang" beschäftigt sich der Autor Jan Masschelein damit, wie man einen pädagogischen Grundgedankengang unter postmodernen Gesichtspunkten, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der zwischenmenschlichen Intersubjektivität formulieren kann. Hierzu problematisiert er zunächst Konzepte von Modernität, um daran eine postmoderne Kritik am "traditionell-modernen" Verständnis von Erziehung zu entwickeln (1). Anschl From BildungsBlog on June 28, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..

Comienzan Abraldes, su renovado: Abraldes' weblog Julio, su english version: Merodeando (English version) Vuarnet, su blog de investigación: Tesis de Maestría Los periodistas Guillermo Piro, Daniel Massei, Jorge Mayer y Edgardo Balduccio comenzaron Proyecto/4 También comienzan: Alehopgm: Weblog Ciencias de la... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 28, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..

MoD enlists e-learning From ScotFEICT on June 28, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..

Seb's Mail Blog Sebastien Paquet (Seb) started a new blog with an unique concept. Over to Seb - It has just dawned upon me that some of my email could prove valuable to the wider world, so I'm publishing some of it (with the permission of correspondents, of course) on a new blog called Seb's mailbox. (I use Blogger's email-to-blog feature and slight editing.) Here's the feed. Cool innovative approach Seb! Can we follow Seb's approach in learning design?... From soulsoup on June 28, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..

Metadata - Get Real It's time to get serious about metadata by Gerry McGovern When it comes to the Web, there is nothing more misunderstood than metadata. Technical people search vainly for a way to automate its creation. Many editors and writers want nothing to do with it. And yet without quality metadata a website cannot properly achieve its objectives. It's time to get serious about metadata.... From soulsoup on June 28, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..

The New Religion Wednesday, June 23, 2004 A Screed about Process If you walked into the conference I've been attending for the last two days cold, you would not have a clue what people were talking about or why you would want any part of it. You... From Internet Time Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Critical Concerns George Cotkin, a professor of history at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, asks, is cultural criticism today dumber, snarkier, and more commercial than that of the 1940s and '50s? From Chronicle: free on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

No Room In The Class As student populations surge in some states, public colleges struggle to find enough places, even for high achievers. From Chronicle: free on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

More on OA to publicly-funded weather data The National Weather Service has proposed OA to the weather data collected at taxpayer expense. According to a new Slashdot posting, Accuweather president Barry Myers is trying to mobilize the private weather forecasting industry to block the new policy and force the government to charge the public f From Open Access News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Major project to provide OA to historic medical journals JISC, the Wellcome Trust, and the U.S. National Library of Medicine are joining forces to digitize 1.7 million pages of historically sigificant medical journals for OA distribution on PubMed Central. For details see today's press release from JISC, the home page of the Open Access News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Recognized National Leader in Executive Coaching Joins Rapidly Expanding eLearning Firm From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Dell expands push into classrooms From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Bush details broadband goals From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

District 286 renews contract with BlueSky From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Online Book Database Provider ebrary Launches New APIs for Integrating Content and Functionality From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Patriot Act, Sarbanes-Oxley & Privacy Compliance Drive Need for Irwin Financial's eLearning Initiative From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

E-Learning For Short Attention Spans From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Study debunks online courses; local schools disagree From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Addresses Concord Law School in First-Time Online Colloquium From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Cognitive and Logical Rationales for e-Learning Objects From DEC Daily News on June 28, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Weblog, Aggregate & FOAF your School / Uni / Business etc. Tom comments on the importance & challenge of scaling weblogs to schools / universities (and, I guess, organizations): "...you're looking at managing much larger scale deployments of these technologies than many people have experience with. For example, a weblog for every kid in Will's school would be as big as Weblogs.com, which is, as we've learned, not something one can From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 28, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..

Congratulations to Bloglines! On getting into the Time top 50 websites!!! [Thanks Anol for the link] From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 28, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..

Learned Publishing - Volume 17 Number 3 July 2004 - is now available. Subscription required to read ... Learned Publishing - Volume 17 Number 3 July 2004 - is now available. Subscription required to read full-text From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

Jos Aponte, Executive Director of the Pikes Peak Library District, has been selected as the 2004 Tr ... Jos Aponte, Executive Director of the Pikes Peak Library District, has been selected as the 2004 Trejo Librarian of the Year Award by REFORMA, a national affiliate of the American Library Association that promotes library and information services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking community From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

Find, Collect, Save And Share: Amplify Launching today, Amplify is a new personal knowledge management tool and an online information collecting community that may greatly simplify your search and information collecting efforts. With the Amplify toolbar installed, you can easily capture any type of web content,... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 28, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

Internet Explorer Users Warned: CERT Recommends Use Of Non-IE Browsers To Protect Personal Information "A new Internet virus has surfaced that allows hackers to steal passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information when someone merely visits an infected Web site, government computer security experts warned this week. Hundreds of Web sites have been... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 28, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

The Structure Of Software Revolutions According To Tim "Open Source" O'Reilly In 1962, Thomas Kuhn published a groundbreaking book entitled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. In it, he argued that the progress of science is not gradual but (much as we now think of biological evolution), a kind of punctuated equilibrium,... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 28, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

Corporate blogs and fear of the boss Scott Rosenberg writes about the future of corporate blogging. Here's an excerpt: I'm sorry to be the pessimist at the party. But for large numbers of workers in America, particularly those at big companies, the dominant fact of life remains don't piss off your boss. And, in an era of health-insurance lock-in and easy outsourcing and offshoring, many U.S. workers remain doubtful that they can simply waltz into a new job should their activities displease the current hierarchy to which they report. So the odds of them feeling at ease publishing honest Web sites about their work li From Joho the Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..

Licensing stuff Joi explains the "free for commercial use" license from Creative Commons and helpfully compares the licenses used by Wikipedia and Wikitravel. (Joho's Creative Commons license, as noted at the bottom of this page, does not allow commercial use of its contents without permission. Like that ever happens.)... From Joho the Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..

Great Ed Blogging Links One of the things I just didn't get a chance to write about was Anne's presentation at NECC which was well attended and well worth it despite some technical difficulties. She is our best cheerleader for blogs in the classroom, no doubt. Whenever she speaks about her experiences, her passion just floods through, and you can't help but be inspired. And her blogging from NECC offered up some great links to her own resources, and tho From weblogged News on June 28, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..

New NY Times RSS Feeds You know, used to buy the Times every day. Then I used to go to the Website every day. Now, I just click through the stories at Bloglines. There is a post here somewhere about my changed news consumption habits, and believe me, they have changed dramatically due to RSS and Bloglines. Not sure whether it's a good change or not... Anyway, the Times has new feeds (Yay!) but it's lost some old feeds, particularly the education feed (Boo!) Add "Most E-maile From weblogged News on June 28, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..

In Auckland I'm writing this from a hotel room in Auckland, New Zealand. It's good to travel overseas, and I was very pleased to be invited as the "international speaker" at the Strategic Intranet Management conference being held here.... From Column Two on June 28, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Ask Tony: Open source CMS Tony Byrne has written an "Ask Tony" entry on open source CMS. To quote: What's your view on Open Source Content Management Systems within the Enterprise? We use a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl)-style model for our intranet (although the... From Column Two on June 28, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Nice LCMS ;) I'm pretty sure I'm going to like this LCMS! From elearningpost on June 28, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Spiderman-India: Experiment in transcreation Transcreation, according to the Indian licensee of Marvel Comics, is the taking of a western idea and completely reinventing it so as to fit a local context. He is talking about the launch of Spiderman-India comic series. In this series, Spiderman dons a sarong and fights crime in the clogged streets of Bombay! I'm waiting to see how such a well-grained western idea can be adapted to meet local requirements. Such experiments will also shed some light on the degree of change required to meet globalization requirements From elearningpost on June 28, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Up on the imperial roof with Victor and Siegfried A rare night of cool breezes took us on the bus to Shanghai Centre, on a quick subway ride east to the PuXi terminus of Nan Jing Lyu (How come the guy who reads Chinese can't figure out where to board but the Dutch speaker can? It's not that I'm  without direction. It's just that mine is always vague.), and on a riverside stroll along the happily crowded Bund. We capped pre-dinner events with a drink on the roof of the Peace (formerly, the Cathay From homoLudens III on June 28, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

Your Phone: Mobile Mickey Mouse? Companies such as Disney and Time Warner already ply their wares in cinemas, on TV and over the Internet. Now they are considering full mobile phone services with help from existing network operators. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Patriotic PC Maker: No Outsource A U.S. PC maker is using the backlash against outsourcing jobs as a marketing campaign. Claiming it won't export jobs to save money, the company's red-white-and-blue website urges customers to support America by buying from them. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Ethical Hacking Is No Oxymoron Students at a southern California college pay nearly $4,000 to attend 'hacker college,' a computer boot camp showing how people break into networks. They graduate as 'certified ethical hackers' who can protect corporate IT systems. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

The Trillion-Barrel Tar Pit Who needs 'oil independence'? Our friendly neighbor to the north is sitting on a black gold mine. By Brendan I. Koerner from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Sun Dabbles in Open Source The company will make Project Looking Glass, a 3-D desktop and application interface development tool, available under the GNU General Public License. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Huge Gaps in Europe's ITunes By all accounts, iTunes had a fantastic debut in Europe, but the service is missing tons of music from independent labels. Music fans are expressing their displeasure through the service itself. Robert Andrews reports from Cardiff, Wales. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Forget Radio, Tune In to Net Internet radio services keep getting better and attracting bigger audiences. Digital features like personalization and variety blow away anything on the airwaves. But some of the services are better than others. Katie Dean reviews a few top choices. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Better Science Through Gaming Software for analyzing genomic data has been woefully inadequate, leaving scientists in a DOS-like wasteland. One company is solving the problem with a video-game sensibility. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Pursuing the Libido's Dark Side The massively multiplayer Sociolotron is strictly an adult-themed role-playing game that indulges many sexual taboos -- including rape. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Toshiba develops tiny fuel cell - BBC A tiny prototype fuel cell the size of a thumb has been developed by Toshiba. The Japanese electronics giant said the methanol fuel cell could power a gadgets such as a digital music player for 20 hours. Fuel cells generate electrical power by cataly From Techno-News Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Yahoo to Trillian: Talk to the hand - Jim Hu, CNET News.com Yahoo on Wednesday began blocking Cerulean Studios' Trillian software from communicating with its instant messaging service in its latest step to fence its popular client from third-party integrators. Beginning at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Yahoo changed From Techno-News Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Will RFID Spark the Next Revolution in Retailing? - Wharton, University of Pennsylvania Shoppers leaving Wal-Mart Stores these days are used to long check-out lines. In a few years, however, those lines well might be history. Wal-Mart is introducing radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to its products - small devices that emit radio From Techno-News Blog on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Schools look away after lifting of Michigan cell phone ban - Associated Press One year after Michigan lifted its ban on students carrying cell phones, many school districts are practicing a don't ask, don't tell policy toward them. Caledonia High School has instituted a policy where students can tote the phones but are required From Educational Technology on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC)- D-Lib Magazine ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. ENC acquires and catalog From Educational Technology on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Purdue, IU to offer dual degree in agribusiness - Jon Mills, Purdue Exponent Purdue From Online Learning Update on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Copyright excesses worry teachers, scholars - Corey Murray, eSchool News When digital video first streamed into schools, many predicted it would one day revolutionize teaching and learning. But the threat of lawsuits and new copy-protection technologies are keeping educators from exercising their legal right to use portions From Online Learning Update on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Search Engine Technology and Digital Libraries: Libraries Need to Discover the Academic Internet - Norbert Lossau, D-Lib Magazine With the development of the World Wide Web, the "information search" has grown to be a significant business sector of a global, competitive and commercial market. Powerful players have entered this market, such as commercial internet search engines, in From Online Learning Update on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Dates: 29-30 November 2004 Venue: G-MEX and Ma ... Dates: 29-30 November 2004 Venue: G-MEX and Manchester International Conference Centre, Manchester, England Added: 27 November 2004 EVENTS: November 2004 e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Unlocking the archives The new Unlocking the A ... Unlocking the archives The new Unlocking the Archives education site of the Royal Geographical Society provides free learning resources for secondary schools. Explore the resources on Antarctica - view the galleries or try the online quiz. Or choose from Everest or Images of Empire. The Society holds one of the most exciting collections in the world with photographs, maps, books, objects and documents which they are working to make accessible through this sit From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Do you use Dreamweaver in your e-learning projects ... Do you use Dreamweaver in your e-learning projects? Are you interested in telling others about it? DMXZone is a lively Dreamweaver community site that reaches out to an international audience with articles and tutorials and we are constantly on the look out for new contributors (we pay a small amount of money for our articles which generally come in at about 2,000 words). Many of our writers are web developers who use the exposure gained through writing for DMXZone to further their professional careers eit From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 28, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Pima Medical Institute Hires Director of Respiratory Therapy Pima Medical Institue in Colorado hires Renee Portmann as the new Directory of Respiratory Therapy at the Denver campus. [PRWEB Jun 28, 2004] From PR Web on June 28, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

The Oxford Princeton Programme to Provide Long-Awaited Course in Houston, TX USA: Increased U.S. Demand Brings "International Oil Trading" Course to the United States [PRWEB Jun 28, 2004] From PR Web on June 28, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Summer learning gets students ahead in school Students often forget about learning during their summer break. Teachers have shared that in some cases it takes six weeks for students to get back into the swing of learning. Keeping the kids learning throughout the summer makes them better students in the fall. [PRWEB Jun 28, 2004] From PR Web on June 28, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Discover the Real Secrets to Building Muscle and Burning Fat That the Fitness Industry and Supplement Companies Don't Want You to Know - 7 Fitness Tips You Can Use Now for Fast Fat Loss Without Expensive Supplements or Fad Diets Americans spent over $40 billion on diet and weight loss products in 2003... yet we are fatter than ever and obesity related health problems cost us over $117 billion in 2001 according to Gregg Gillies, author and trainer. "Something is clearly wrong with this picture. The fitness magazines stay in business by generating advertising revenue from these companies. It's not profitable for the magazines to tell you the truth - that the vast majority of supplements don't work." Gillies also suggests the following 5 tips to help get you started in the right direction so that you don&apo From PR Web on June 28, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

July is National Cellphone Courtesy Month - Etiquette Expert Offers Eight Tips To Help Transform Cellphone Offenders Into Considerate Wireless Users Tips to being a more courteous cellphone user. [PRWEB Jun 28, 2004] From PR Web on June 28, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Young Parents Apply Their Ph.Ds to make Science Seriously Fun Young parents apply their Ph.Ds to make science seriously fun! [PRWEB Jun 28, 2004] From PR Web on June 28, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

RSS feed no longer available This New York Times RSS feed is no longer available and you should unsubscribe from it. Available RSS feeds are listed on this page on the New York Times website From New York Times: Education on June 28, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Why free for commercial use? A-list blogger and CC board member Joi Ito has posted a thoughtful mini essay on why he uses a license that allows commercial use for his blog. He also writes about the decision of whether or not to use a license with the ShareAlike provision. Of course you can always make your own choice via the Creative Commons website. From Creative Commons: weblog on June 28, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Briefly: Java gets ready for 3G roundup Plus: Microsoft to release next version of CE...Overture fine tunes local wheels...Start-up catalyses $3 million. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Java gets ready for 3G Vodafone is expected to use Sun's software to sell its next generation of cell phone downloads. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Bush vs. Kerry on tech CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh's been listening to what the presidential contenders say about technology. Is there any difference between these two? Read on. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Is Java cooling off? Sun tries to quell dissension among Java backers while fending off Microsoft. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

HP vs. Cisco? Rivalry between the long-term partners heats up as Hewlett-Packard seeks to build on gains in the low-end switching market. From CNET News.com on June 28, 2004 at 9:46 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 28, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

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