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Not that David Davies
Ok, so I indulge in a little vanity surfing, I use PubSub to keep track of who's commenting on my weblog posts. I have one PubSub subscription for my weblog URL and another for 'David Davies', figuring that there aren't that many bloggers with the same name yet (though it is a popular name in the land of my fathers, Wales, so come the Welsh weblogging revolution who knows - although I'm only 1/4 Welsh myself). Anyway on a good day I may get maybe one or two entries in my PubSub feeds. But today, I got 33! Wow, did I From David Davies: Edtech on August 2, 2004 at 10:57 p.m..

Exit Valenti
Jack Valenti says goodbye in the LA Times today, rating his career "AE--always exciting." A few better and less-well known Valentisms from the King-Kong of lobbyists: On the nascent cable industry, in 1974 "[Cable will become] a huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television... From Lessig Blog on August 2, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..

Broadcast Flag Burning
I wasn't convinced that the broadcast flag was such a big deal. But this story about Tivo asking the FCC for permission to add new features is changing my mind. Creative destruction doesn't ask for permission. (Thanks to Jonathan Zittrain, Susan Crawford).... From Lessig Blog on August 2, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..

Brutal interrogation backfires, results in danger to GIs
There are a number of reasons why an occupying power shouldn't use torture, pain, fear, lies, starvation, sleep-deprivation, extremes of heat and cold, humiliation, and other cruel and unusual techniques. The case of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi illustrates one more very important reason. When you torture people they will tell you anything to get the torture to stop. So you can't trust what they tell you. And, if you are so possessed of hubris, brinksmanship, and holy righteousness that you act on the questionable intelligence, you can find yourself in a very costly war that has no From kuro5hin.org on August 2, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..

The best question comes from a third-grader
To teach young students, we need to understand their culture and interests - in this case, Pokémon. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Can you be a techie if you can't type?
In an age of Google and IM, formal typing classes are falling by the digital wayside. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Quick trip to a new career
A growing number of Americans are going back to school to learn a trade. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Germans question traditional means of learning a job
Their time-honored system of teaching job skills through lengthy apprenticeships may be finished. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Symantec sued for labeling product 'adware'
Small software maker says security giant has crushed business by mislabeling its anti-spyware product. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

SanDisk chief bullish on flash
CEO says flash memory has opportunity to store data in products ranging from camcorder phones to e-book-bags for students. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

CeBit America 2005 canceled
Organizers say they cut the trade show because there wasn't enough revenue to justify a third year. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

LinuxWorld's San Francisco shindig
special coverage As the LinuxWorld show kicks off in San Francisco, everyone wants a piece of the open-source action. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Sun chips away at wireless chip connections
Technique to allow chips to communicate without circuit boards or wires could greatly alter computer design. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Developing a Knowledge Management Strategy
According to the author, a knowledge management strategy "must identify the key needs and issues within the organisation, and provide a framework for addressing these." It then outlines a process to do this. He notes that "It is easy to jump into 'solutions mode', recommending approaches such as communities of practice, storytelling, content management systems, and much more." But such practices must match the actual need of the staff, which you only find out if you ask them. By James Robertson , KM Column, August, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

'Degrees for Sale' at UK Universities
There is a danger in having an organization that gets paid for teaching people also be responsible for evaluating whether that teaching has been successful. This item, in which it is alleged that universities are passing students in order to keep the money flowing in, is illustrative of this danger. By Martin Bright, The Observer, August 1, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Patchworking - Showing Off Your Assets
This is pretty interesting. The author adapts the concept of 'patching' - a business process where an organization is broken into loosley associated pieces or 'patches' - and applies it to individual learners to create a 'portfolio' of assets. The resulting map (see the diagram in the article) goes well beyond what we might see in a typical profile, inmcluding such things as the person's vision and beliefs, their network of contacts, their work environments, and more. I think this would be a good development tool - people often sell themselves short, but only From OLDaily on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Group: Linux Potentially Infringes 283 Patents
It's discomforting to see the two sides gear up for what may become an all-out patent war against open source. Can't say I didn't see it coming, though. Of course, this claim, by an insurance company offering patent protection coverage, seems a little self-serving. Welcome to the world in which litigation (or the threat of it) is more profitable than creativity - the sign of a seriously damaged economy. By Stephen Shankland, ZD Net, August 1, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

How to Be Creative
Nice article that should probably have been titled "How to be good at anything." The author's main point is that "everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb," and that the difference between a worthwhile life and the other lies in the decision to climb it (my 'Everest' is stated at the bottom of my home page). Once you make the decision to accept your own particular challenge, it becomes a matter of aligning your priorities and being clear about your motivations. "If somebody wants to rip my From OLDaily on August 2, 2004 at 10:55 p.m..

Le Gach Buin A Laogh
St. Columba, the Induce Act and the struggle to advance culture. 2004-08-02 14:01 From mcgeek.com on August 2, 2004 at 3:41 p.m..

Blogging on TaoRiver
Now blogging on http://taoriver.net/ - RSS: http://lion.taoriver.net/wp-rss2.php. From Lion's Den on August 2, 2004 at 3:39 p.m..

RSS feeds pentru directoare LO
Propuneri la New page for 'RSS feeds from learning object repositories' - http://www.edtec... From WeBlog.ro feeds on August 2, 2004 at 3:39 p.m..

Open Access bei historicum.net
Eine kleine Linkliste zum Thema "Open Access" bietet historicum.net an: http://www.historicum.net/aktuell/openaccess.html From Archivalia on August 2, 2004 at 3:37 p.m..

ARCHIVALIA in der GWU
Zum Aufspüren digitalisierter Frühneuzeitquellen empfiehlt sich insbesondere das mit großer Sorgfalt von Klaus Graf zusammengetragene "Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts als frei zugängliche Faksimiles im Netz", das sich insbesondere auch um die Erfassung des "Streuguts" bemüht. Gudrun Gersmann, Miami mal anders. Digitalisierungsprojekte im WWW, in: GWU 55 (2004) H. 4, S. 255-257, hier 256f. Das so gerühmte Verzeichnis: http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/113113 From Archivalia on August 2, 2004 at 3:37 p.m..

FOREX TECHNICAL COMMENTARY: Euro Bulls Foiled
The EURUSD has meandered around the 61.8 retracement for four sessions following the sheer drop from multi month highs. From Currency Trading News by DailyFX on August 2, 2004 at 3:37 p.m..

FOREX OPTION STRATEGY: August 2, 2004 - August 9, 2004
The USD is weaker this morning following the decision to increase the threat level for New York City, parts of Northern New Jersey and Washington D.C. following very specific information uncovered following the arrest of an al-Qaeda operative in Pakistan. From Currency Trading News by DailyFX on August 2, 2004 at 3:37 p.m..

US Q2 GDP REPORT: If You Are Confused, You Are Not Alone
US Q2 GDP printed meaningfully worse at 3 vs. 3.6 expected, but Q1 GDP was revised materially better from 3.9 to 4.5. From Currency Trading News by DailyFX on August 2, 2004 at 3:37 p.m..

Search, Track, Monitor, Publish: GoogleAlert
Among the many different tools and online services that can be utilized to create key topic trackers, competitive intelligence reports, and content newsfeeds for independent publishers GoogleAlert stands out from the group for its focus on Google Web results and... From Robin Good's Latest News on August 2, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..

Readers and friends
When you write for a magazine, explicitly or not you adjust your style to match your readers' expectations. And, if you don't, your editor will do it for you. No matter how diverse the demographics of the readers, their expectations are usually quite precise, including how much profanity to use, how much description, the number of people interviewed per article, how conspicuous the author herself is in the story, the type of vocabulary, and the nature of the narrative. In short, there is such a thing as a New Yorker article, and you can recognize one even if it's not... From Joho the Blog on August 2, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..

Radeon Mobility vs. Intel Extreme Graphics: An answer
I've been trying to find out if the Intel Extreme Graphics 2 chipset in the Thinkpad X40 will outperform the Radeon Mobility in my Thinkpad X22. I've looked lots of places and blogged the question, but it's been tough finding any info other than that the Intel chipset uses system memory rather than onboard memory, meaning it can access more, slower memory. IBM tech support had no info, so I called the account manager for Harvard, since I'm looking at doing the upgrade through my Berkman affiliation. The first person I talked with, Eric G., didn't have an answer, but... From Joho the Blog on August 2, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..

World to US: Listen up!
Our elections will deeply affect much of the world. So, much of the world apparently wants to let us know what it thinks. Talk to US wants to help: Talk to US is a non-partisan public benefit organization seeking to expand US-international dialogue by inviting the opinion of all those affected by our decisions. We are collecting 30-second video messages from around the world, with the most powerful to be broadcast nationally, starting with Link TV (which reaches more than 20 million homes). Should be interesting. Of course, 30 seconds is just about long enough for communications to make deep.. From Joho the Blog on August 2, 2004 at 3:32 p.m..

Tivo and the broadcast flag
Want to see just how absurd our attempt to regulate the sharing of content has become? Read Rob Pegoraro's excellent explanation, in The Washington Post, of TiVo's recent proposal to the FCC for an exemption to the Broadcast Flag ruling.... From Joho the Blog on August 2, 2004 at 3:32 p.m..

ATRIP Conference, Utrecht
Last week I gave a talk on the licences and their relationship to the public domain at the ATRIP Conference in Utrecht, Holland. ATRIP is the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property. Abraham Drassinower of the University of Toronto Law School gave a fascinating paper dealing with CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, a recent judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada involving a fresh look at the nature of authorship. I hopeCreative Commons: weblog on August 2, 2004 at 3:28 p.m..

64-bit Intel server onslaught begins
The Nocona systems' 64-bit extensions make it easier to support more than 4GB of memory on "x86" chips. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 3:28 p.m..

Microsoft, Thomson ink deal for new MSN TV box
Revamped device will let subscribers stream music and video from the Net and from files stored on PCs. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 3:28 p.m..

LinuxWorld's San Francisco shindig
As the show kicks off, everyone wants a piece of the action. For example, does Sun really want to buy Novell? Also: Patent power. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 3:28 p.m..

District attorney candidate rapped for sex post
Oregon Supreme Court reprimands Classmates.com user pretending to be a teacher sleeping with his students. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 3:28 p.m..

VoIP provider Vonage suffers outage
Some customers can't place calls for about an hour, underscoring risk of switching from a landline phone network. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 3:28 p.m..

Powerful and Easy-to-Create Instructional Narratives
Interactive Narratives (a great site that is well worth exploring) points this morning to this compelling piece of multimedia photojournalism about layoffs at a factory in North Carolina and their impact on the people. While this particular essay looks like it was produced by professionals using custom Flash designs, its… From e-Literate on August 2, 2004 at 11:34 a.m..

RSS and the Power Law
I share James Farmer’s frustration that some of the Power Law blogs don’t have RSS feeds. There was a time when I would regularly surf dozens of sites every day to see if they had been updated but that time has long passed. Now, with my beloved NetNewsWire RSS newsreader,… From e-Literate on August 2, 2004 at 11:34 a.m..

Who's on first?
Every business is a process -- actually, a collection of processes. An alphabet soup of software such as ERP, CRM, SCM, and HRIS has glued many smaller processes together and toppled departmental "silos," but much remains to be done. The next generation of enterprise software, based on Service-Oriented Architecture, seeks to consolidate every function within a business, including learning and LMS, into a single, overall process. Let's look at the big picture....... From The Workflow Institute Blog on August 2, 2004 at 11:34 a.m..

Bildung braucht Information:...
Präsentationen des Informationszentrums (IZ) Bildung des DIPF Frankfurt/Main. Das Informationszentrum (IZ) Bildung des Deutschen Instituts für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung (DIPF) hat zwei PowerPoint-Präsentationen zu seinen Bildungsinformationsangeboten entwickelt; sie können seit Juli 2004 direkt von der DIPF-Homepage heruntergeladen werden können: http://www.dipf.de/datenbanken/recherche_beratung.htm. Die beiden From BildungsBlog on August 2, 2004 at 11:33 a.m..

Ersetzt Rapid eLearning das...
Seit einigen Wochen bahnt sich ein neues Schlagwort seinen Weg: „Rapid eLearning“ (ReL). Entsprechende Workshops und Seminare stehen hoch im Kurs. Können wir damit was anfangen? Was steckt hinter diesem „schnellen Lernen“? Besteht kein Widerspruch zwischen „schnell“ und „lernen“? ... Den gesamten Artikel finden Sie im [eduContent]-Magazin. From BildungsBlog on August 2, 2004 at 11:33 a.m..

e-Learning research in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Latest e-Learning research in Europe, Middle East and Africa - AME Info Business News Found Via :UI Designer According to this article various elearning research projects conducted over the past five years have found that: "Employees genuinely like e-learning and find it effective Courses are enjoyable &ampacirc;&ampeuro;“ 93.5% state that they have enjoyed the courses they have taken The learning is effective &ampacirc;&ampeuro;“ 87% can give tangible examples of how they have applied their learning Application of the learning goes beyond just the individual &ampacirc;&ampeuro;&#8 From soulsoup on August 2, 2004 at 11:32 a.m..

how to be creative
Excellent intralinked visual blogpost(s) on how to be creative. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with books on algebra etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the creative bug is just a wee voice telling you, "I&amprsquo;d like my crayons back, please."... From soulsoup on August 2, 2004 at 11:32 a.m..

RSS Calendar - yet another indication that RSS will emerge as a universal transport protocol
Now if only this would work seamlessly with iCal it would be even better. From RSSCalendar.com - Product Overview: QUOTERSSCalendar is an exciting new way for individuals and organizations to share their calendars with family, friends, and colleagues - utilizing the latest in "Really Simple Syndication" (RSS) technology, including RSS channel creation and aggregation. Not only is RSSCalendar easy to use but it is also easy to administer, and setup is a snap. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:32 a.m..

Blogging is gonzo journalism (amongst others)
Blogging is two way digital paper (a concept I first heard from Patrick Delaney) ; it can be journalism (gonzo or 'normal'). It can also be a diary or a journal. It can also be a marketing tool. It can be a support tool. It can be a 1000 things. From Get Real: The Standoff Between Blogs and Journalism: QUOTEYou're right, blogging's not "subjective journalism," per se. Blogging is gonzo journalism, wher From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

Blogs are about the people not about the technology
Suw nails it. Blogs are about giving voice to the people; from the person on the ground to the CEO and everybody in between. The technology sucks but it is good enough to start being used by all. Getting caught up in the tech for tech's sake (which is a mistake that a lot of techs make) and not as means to an end (i.e. enabling more people to express their voice) is a waste of time. From Corante > Strange Attractor > Lumpers and Splitters: From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

Google building a real network computer
I bet this is exactly what Google is building. We live in very interesting times. From What is Google Building? - Dare Obasanjo QUOTEA friend of mine, Justin, had an interesting idea at dinner yesterday. What if Google ends up building the network computer? They can give users the storage space and reliability to run place all their data online. They can mimic the major desktop applications users interact with daily by using Web techno From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

Fortress - shock and impact resistant USB 2.0 and Fireware drives
It ain't cheap at $799 US for the 80GB drive, but a Fortress combined with tape drive sounds like the ideal backup system for the rich and the paranoid. From Features for Fortress: the ultimate USB 2.0 and Firewire Hard Drive: QUOTEShock Dampening: Patented Visco-Elastic Dynamic Dampening System Shock Resistance: Drive assembly will withstand a non-operating impact from a drop-height of 72.00 inches (1.83 metres) onto concrete.UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

Google's IPO video points to a world of ubiquitous video
Marc nails it. It is all coming together. Expect more companies to 'video blog' their IPOs (check out Google's video here by filling in a valid US Zip code and state) and other publicly required info rather than using the same old same old stale boring old PR strategies of days gone by. From Marc's Voice: Everything comes together - eventually: QUOTE From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

Student Voters
A little-noticed law that requires colleges to make a good-faith effort to provide voter-registration materials on their campuses is about to be invoked by politically active students. From Chronicle: free on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

Talking Tags
New high-tech labels help libraries track books, but worry privacy advocates. From Chronicle: free on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

August issue of SOAN
I just mailed the August issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. In addition to the usual round-up of news from the past month, it takes a close look at the proposals in both the US and the UK to mandate open-access archiving for the results of taxpayer-funded research. The US proposal comes from the House Appropriations Committee and focuses on NIH-funded research. The UK proposal comes from the report of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and would apply to all taxpayer-funded research. Open Access News on August 2, 2004 at 11:31 a.m..

Blogtalks book
    Yay, better late than never... the Blogtalks book has arrived :o) Wonder if there's another one coming out of 2.0 and if it'll be as interesting as this one? From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:30 a.m..

Quills
Mmmm as pointed to by Tom an enterprise weblogging system based on Plone... Quills? "Quills is an Enterprise Weblog System for the Plone content management system. It is designed from the ground up to work well and provide specialized features for a multi-blog, multi-user environment." [EtriaDeveloper] Looks promising... but not half as promising as T From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:30 a.m..

Should I keep sending email updates?
Right then, I'm going to be shifting publishing platforms to WordPress soon and moving to incsub.org and am spending far too much time worrying about whether I can get an 'email me updates' tool (similar to the 'Watch This Page' tool I use for this page but which a. is a bit crap and b. doesn't work with WP very well) so that people can receive new posts through email. I've discussed the merits or otherwise of this at length but just can't make my mind u From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on August 2, 2004 at 11:30 a.m..

Off-topic rant: Why are browsers such terrible writing instruments? (Clay Shirky)
Off-topic Lazyweb-ish rant: Why, with the rise of the writeable web, are browsers still stuck in this “Go to a page, get what you want, go to the next page” mentality? Tabbed browsing means I have 3-4 windows and between... From Corante: Social Software on August 2, 2004 at 11:30 a.m..

Networked performance blog (Clay Shirky)
There’s a new weblog on the subject of networked performance, covering among other things, the Big Games pattern of Uncle Roy and Pacmanhattan. I love this pattern of work, of course, but can’t wholeheartedly recommend this weblog as an addition... From Corante: Social Software on August 2, 2004 at 11:30 a.m..

Mimi Ito on Mobile devices and presence (Clay Shirky)
Mimi Ito wrote an interesting introduction to the ways mobile devices change urban gatherings, including two themes especially near and dear to my heart. First, the ways coordination replaces planning: Mobile phones have revolutionized the experience of arranging meetings in... From Corante: Social Software on August 2, 2004 at 11:30 a.m..

Radical Reference is a service provided by librarians from all over the United States to give assist ...
Radical Reference is a service provided by librarians from all over the United States to give assistance to demonstrators at the Republican National Convention in New York City, August 29-September 2, 2004. They will answer your reference questions via blog, e-mail, chat, and in the street From Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 2, 2004 at 11:28 a.m..

Spread Your Change-Agent Ideas On The Web: ChangeThis Helps You Do It!
Bloggers are special. A jumble of slanted, shouting voices have overcome our airwaves, infiltrated our newspapers, filled every corner of our waking lives, and they aren't going to stop. It's affecting all of us. You may have noticed that every... From Robin Good's Latest News on August 2, 2004 at 11:28 a.m..

Three books worth reading
All are by friends, but I've turned my heart to stone and have taken a cold-blooded, objective eye to them, and recommend each: Dan Gillmor's We the Media has just hit the stores. Joe Trippi's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Micah Sifry and Nancy Watzman's Is that a Politician in Your Pocket?... From Joho the Blog on August 2, 2004 at 11:28 a.m..

Developing a knowledge management strategy
My KM Column article for August is on developing a knowledge management strategy. To quote: To be successful, a KM strategy must do more than just outline high-level goals such as 'become a knowledge-enabled organisation'. Instead, the strategy must identify... From Column Two on August 2, 2004 at 11:27 a.m..

Improving your intranet, task by task
The first of the two CM Briefings for August is written by Tina Calabria on improving your intranet, task by task. To quote: If a redesign is not feasible, what are the alternatives? There are a number of ways to... From Column Two on August 2, 2004 at 11:27 a.m..

Establishing an intranet community of practice
My second CM Briefing for August is on establishing an intranet community of practice. To quote: Many intranet teams have struggled with the role of 'gatekeeper', setting standards and attempting to enforce them on the intranet authors and publishers. An... From Column Two on August 2, 2004 at 11:27 a.m..

This particular outliner
Ted Goranson (from "About This Particular Macintosh") updated his detailed series of articles about outliners and knowledge tools. Very informative if you want to learn about software tools that help to think. He also published a detailed view into Frontier as its core application is supposed to become Open Source later this year. From owrede_log on August 2, 2004 at 11:26 a.m..

Sobering News
Steve Jobs had emergency surgery to remove a pancreatic cancer (Reuters), which he told employees is a rare form that is curable when caught early, as this was. May he have a speedy and full recovery. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 2, 2004 at 11:26 a.m..

Protecting Woody's True Legacy
The EFF has filed suit to help protect the fair use right to use Woody Guthrie's folk classic in a parody of modern politics. Here's the background. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 2, 2004 at 11:26 a.m..

Whoops, and Open Thread
I was deleting some comment spam for gambling web sites (the porn folks seem to be under control now), and somehow managed to lose two postings. Apologies. I'm about to board a plane but will try to resurrect them later today. Meanwhile, use this as an open thread. Be respectful of each other. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 2, 2004 at 11:26 a.m..

Moving
I'm sure you're aware that this site has been increasingly unresponsive and unreliable.  It's been free, so I have no complaints. From now on, I'll be moving my blogging to my work site, until I can get my personal site set up the way I wish.  The RSS feed for my weblog is here. From Serious Instructional Technology on August 2, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..

Beijing Manifesto
The Chinese love the monumental ambition. They hate the monumental price tag -- and the 'foreign' design. A portfolio of the grand ideas and grim realities behind the contentious new vision for China Central Television. By Rem Koolhaas from Wired magazine. From Wired News on August 2, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..

The Danger of the Dead
Across the country, coroners and health officials are figuring out how to dispose of hundreds or thousands of infectious corpses in case of a terrorist attack. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on August 2, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..

JibJab Asks for Court's Help
Ludlow Music, the owners Woody Guthrie's famous song, have been threatening to sue a Web animation firm for a week over alleged copyright infringement. But the site strikes first, filing a suit in a California court asking the judge to tell Ludlow to get lost. By Rachel Metz. From Wired News on August 2, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..

Internet Radio, Without Drudgery
To get truly personalized online radio, listeners have to spend time ranking hundreds or thousands of songs. Last.fm eliminates that tedium with a small software plug-in, which builds accurate profiles based on songs on a user's hard drive. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on August 2, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..

Bike Writer Pedals for Protests
Activist Joshua Kinberg is taking it to the streets with a graffiti-spraying bicycle, soon to be blanketing the streets of New York with anti-Bush slogans. You can get involved, too, via the Net and SMS. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on August 2, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..

Canada Music Biz Bites Dentists
Dentists in Canada discover they have to pay fees to Canadian music publishers for the right to play copyright music in their offices. U.S. dentists may be surprised to find out that similar rules apply in their country. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on August 2, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..

Spam Foes Band Together - Chris Ulbrich, Wired
An organization due to launch Thursday will connect influential opponents of spam around the world in an effort to roust junk e-mailers from their international hideouts. Anne Mitchell, president of the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy, wi From Techno-News Blog on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

Cellphone Antennas to Sprout Atop Light Poles and Signs - IAN URBINA, New York Times
At more than $6,000 a month for a few square feet, it may be the most expensive real estate in New York. The thin sliver of space on top of lampposts, traffic signals and highway signs is where the city plans to allow telecommunications companies to p From Techno-News Blog on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

Intel's vision: A wireless melting pot - Richard Shim, CNET News.com
The different strands of wireless technology will one day work in harmony, Intel predicts. The chipmaker is spreading its efforts across a number of wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, WiMax and next-generation cellular, because these will all co From Techno-News Blog on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

Lessons at the touch of a button - NAOMI L. JENKINS, Bucks County Courier Times
Textbooks are great, but they can't change into a memo pad, learning game, scheduler or calculator in almost an instant. The hand-held computers seven area schools will use this fall can. The schools won a state Hands-on Technology grant that will allo From Educational Technology on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

Study Groups and WebQuests - Parry Graham, techLearning
....One model of technology integration that has proved to be particularly successful is the WebQuest. Developed in the mid 1990s by Bernie Dodge and Tom Marsh, a WebQuest is "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that le From Educational Technology on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

V-mule Interactive Educational Game Prototypes
V-mule is a series of non-violent, multiplayer videogame prototypes that explore the potential learning aspects of these technologies. While the aims of the game are overtly to support the development of children From Online Learning Update on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

WebCT Exemplary Course Project 2004 Winners
In a highly competitive field with dozens of high-quality courses, why were the 2004 exemplary courses selected? This page contains summaries, written by David Graf and Maisie Caines, that explain why the five winners were chosen. Select the hyperlinke From Online Learning Update on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

e-Portfolio Thinking - Paul Stacey, BC Technology
Online learning like all digital domains has its trends and right now e-portfolios are on the rise. Are e-portfolios any different than my computer's hard disk? Lets find out.... Portfolios and e-portfolios in particular are seeing a resurgence and div From Online Learning Update on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

BP Selects The Oxford Princeton Programme for Industry Training Courses
One of the world's largest energy producers adds competitive advantage by providing employees with standard and advanced training in energy, commodities and derivatives markets [PRWEB Aug 2, 2004] From PR Web on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

Hyde Park's Hales Franciscan Appoints John Young Principal
John Young Appointed New Hales Franciscan Principal [PRWEB Aug 2, 2004] From PR Web on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

TouchSmart Publishing and the Primax Group Announce Strategic Partnership for Education Content
TouchSmart Publishing, LLC and The Primax Group today announced a strategic partnership to collaborate in developing digital (back-end) and page layout (front-end) content for interactive textbooks. [PRWEB Aug 2, 2004] From PR Web on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

Students Create National PR Publication
The University of Missouri-Columbia Public Relations Club recently established Buzz Magazine, a national publication for public relations students, recent graduates, young professionals and educators. Buzz will serve as an educational supplement about the public relations industry. [PRWEB Aug 2, 2004] From PR Web on August 2, 2004 at 11:24 a.m..

Ume for Beginners
The ume, or Japanese Apricot, is an interesting little fruit, and it has the added cachet of being Japanese, so obviously there are hordes of ravening fanboys out there just waiting to read a detailed description of this mouth-puckering delicacy. From kuro5hin.org on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

Vaccinations Against Drugs: Coming Soon to a School Near You
According to the Independent, Britain is seriously considering giving children vaccines intended to prevent later drug use (If the Independent link goes subscriber's only, the story is replicated here with a different headline). These apparently work by making permanent changes to the brain, preventing the "euphoria" that drugs such as cocaine provide. From kuro5hin.org on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

An Unconventional Way To Elect Presidents
The current national election system of the United States is flawed. Designed in the late 18th Century, it was built to fit a different society. It was designed for a loose federation of 13 states stretched out along the Atlantic shore. The telegraph would not be invented until the middle of the 19th century and the automobile would not be invented until the late 19th century. Transportation was difficult. Horses carried people over dirt roads. Communication was by messenger. News could take weeks to travel from one end of the country to the other. Advances in transportation, communication From kuro5hin.org on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

Review: The Five Obstructions
The Five Obstructions (also known as De Fem benspænd) A documentary about a filmmaker, Jørgen Leth, who re-visits his seminal 1967 work, The Perfect Human and is instructed by his former student, Lars von Trier to remake the film five times, each time with a different set of restrictions (or obstructions). From kuro5hin.org on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

Breaking the rules with open source
Start-ups, investors turn to open-source software to jump-start new companies. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

A billion PC users on the way
PC users will grow from about 670 million to over a billion in six years, but the new buyers are going to need some discounts. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

Software piracy: Hype versus reality
In the face of increasing skepticism, Bob Kruger of the Business Software Alliance says new piracy stats reflect the real magnitude of the growing threat to digital copyrights. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

John Kerry's real tech agenda
CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, examines what Kerry was doing and saying about tech before he announced his bid for the White House. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..

Viacom snares SportsLine.com
The media giant snaps up its longtime sports news partner for a hefty sum. From CNET News.com on August 2, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..