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A 'Plan B' for PeopleSoft customers
With an Oracle buyout looking likely, software-maintenance start-up TomorrowNow's phone is ringing off the hook. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Redefining a new generation
On the bookshelf: William Gibson's Pattern Recognition, his latest book and his first foray into a story based on the modern age. That's right, this time he has no cybernetic femme fatales or sentient holograms to rely on; he only has his stylized prose going for him. The story is still very technocentric, with the jetsetting main protagonist Cayce (pronounced "Case"...hmm remember him?) trying to uncover the author of a series of CG videoclips posted anonymously on the Internet. A Macintosh G4 Cube, an iBook, and a corporate credit card are the main props. Still, Gibson manages to s From silentblue | Quantified on September 20, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Adobe beats estimates on strong overall growth
Despite a slight seasonal dip, the software maker surpasses earnings expectations, as year-over-year growth comes in strong. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Briefly: IBM, Boeing team up for defense work
roundup Plus: TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi...ContextWeb nabs $3 million...Macromedia taps into AIM. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

New Zealand Flexible Learning Leaders to follow in Australia's cyber footprints
New Zealand has looked to its closest neighbouring country, Australia, to find a successful model for improving the e-learning skills of its leading flexible learning teachers and trainers. The model they turned to was the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's Flexible Learning Leaders Project. Since 2000, the Project model has funded and supported more than 200 Australian people who are leading flexible learning initiatives within their organisations. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

E-learning products of the future will operate in an interconnected world
E-learning products of the future will operate in a world that is interconnected through information and communication technology that will be used by all teachers, trainers and managers, not just IT 'geeks'. To help vocational education and training (VET) providers gain a clearer picture of their future workplace and work practices, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework has nationally launched a new website. Read the brochure to find out more about the 'VET Interoperability Framework' initiative. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

Blended Learning Design in VET - survey and call for showcase items
Are you looking for new ideas for using the web and e-learning materials for your teaching and training? Do you want to see up close how others are using blended learning in vocational education and training? Maybe you're even interested in showcasing some of you own teaching and training programs and materials? If you answered 'yes' to any of the above questions, then here is your chance to contribute to an exciting new product from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's Elearning and Assessment Project (flexiblelearning.net.au/projects/elearningassessmentstrategies. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

Outstanding Victorian Teacher/Trainer to study best practices in flexible learning
The Victorian Training Award 2004 for Outstanding Teacher/Trainer of the Year, 30-year-old Brad Beach, will use his AUD$10,000 scholarship for professional development focussing on best practices in flexible learning. "If we can identify what keeps students interested, we can assess what methods these teachers use to ensure their students' needs are met. For example, we can figure out how to run online role plays, online debates and conduct action-based learning online." From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

Popular new e-learning 'Toolbox' training product targets Indigenous learners
Three new interactive e-learning training products, 'Flexible Learning Toolboxes', featuring scenarios, images and learning experiences designed for Indigenous learners, have been released by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. They are the 'Cultural Resource Management' Toolbox, 'Deadly Jam Music Festival' Toolbox and the 'Building Skills' Toolbox. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

Virtual training on show at NET*Working 2004
NET*Working 2004 'Inclusion and Inspiration' being held from 8-19 November, features a comprehensive online conference program showcasing technology in learning, as well as the opportunity to attend local face-to-face events in all States and Territories. NET*Working 2004 is an initiative of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, a national strategy collaboratively funded by the Australian Government and all States and Territories to support the vocational education and training system meet the rapidly increasing demand for e-learning from industry, enterprise and clients. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

E-learning through IDL: an exciting new way to learn in the NT
An exciting new way of learning is currently happening for a number of students at the Charles Darwin University (CDU) Katherine Campus in the Northern Territory, using interactive video technology. Students enrolled in the Certificate III in Community Services (Children's Services) have taken part in a pilot project that focused on 'e-learning through video', which was initiated in collaboration with the CDU Alice Springs Campus and the Northern Territory Department of Education, Employment and Training. Facilities at the Alice Springs School of the Air were also used to trial From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

New CD-ROM brings research to life
A CD-ROM which presents research findings from seven vocational education and training research projects, undertaken with funding and support from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, is now available free of charge. The dynamic Applied Research CD-ROM features video clips of each of the lead researchers talking about their projects. Users can choose to listen to specific information about each research project including segments on the research context, questions, findings, future directions and recommendations. From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

Private providers "critical to Australia's education and training system"
Private training providers not only play a specific role in meeting the training needs of Australian small businesses, but are critical in fostering innovation, being responsive to industry needs, and delivering training in specialised areas. Mr Jim Davidson, Chair of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's Flexible Learning Advisory Group, and also Deputy Secretary of the Victorian Government's Department of Education and Training (Office of Training and Tertiary Education), made these comments at the recent Australian Council of Private Education and Training 2004 National Con From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

Framework-supported animated software consortium cleans up at Northern Territory 2004 Training Awards
A software developing consortium which successfully designed a revolutionary new animated computer program with support from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's LearnScope professional development project scooped four major awards at the Northern Territory 2004 Training Awards last weekend. Mr Easterby-Wood, one of the MARVIN (Messaging Architecture for the Retrieval of Versatile Information and News) developers, said From Australian Flexible Learning Framework News Headlines on September 20, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..

Using Livejournal in EFL Classes
I recently wrote a short piece for the Internet TESL journal describing how I added an experiential element to my EFL reading/writing classes last spring through the use of Livejournal. Students wrote weekly and were able to interact with the peers from abroad in the target language. It was educational and fun for everyone involved. The paper is entitled, Using Livejournal for Authentic Communication in EFL Classes. Special thanks to apcampbell News on September 20, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

Skype for Mac OS X Beta
August 31, 2004. Skype Technologies S.A., the Global Internet Telephony Company that offers people the ability to make superior quality voice calls using their Internet connections, today launched the beta version of Skype for Mac OS X. The software can be downloaded for free and is available immediately... Finally, the folks at Skype managed to put out a client for OSX. But wait a minute ... it requires 10.3 From Seblogging News on September 20, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..

Launch of Global Knowledge Review
David Gurteen (in conjunction with Bizmedia Publishing) have just published the first edition of the Global Knowledge Review. To quote: We are inviting you to join a knowledge conversation. Wherever you are in the world, whatever your occupation or profession... From Column Two on September 20, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

CM Professionals is launched
Today marks the launch of the CM Professionals, a global association for those in the field of content management. To quote: A group of thirty content management experts from around the world has announced the formation of CM Professionals, an... From Column Two on September 20, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Dust makes mesh of wireless sensors
Start-up Dust Networks takes the covers off a low-power wireless system for linking sensors in walls, remote cameras and other places. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Earnings alert: Adobe strong despite drop
Plus: Linux demand lifts Red Hat profit...Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit...Lawson expects quarterly loss. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Radio to Go
The folks at iPodder may be on to something very big. As I've said before, one area of neglect on the 'Net is the availability of "talkie" MP3s that people can listen to while on the road. This might include news programs, articles read aloud, or talk radio. The biggest problem, until now, has been finding and gathering them as they are released. That&ap From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 20, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Breathing Again
The beginning of the semester has just about killed me. Being short-staffed, teaching the two-week intensive 'survival Japanese' course - while creating homework, tests, and quizzes for it, coordinating the area studies, giving feedback on the dozens of papers already submitted, answering students questions, dealing with administrative difficulties, and trouble-shooting the computers and printers at the center has added up to 15hr work days (including weekends) and little room for anything else. I am hoping that this week marks a return to a more 'normal' sort of exisite From apcampbell News on September 20, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Gates', Ballmer's pay holding around $900,000
Paychecks stay the same for the top two, but compensation changes for other Microsoft workers as stock grants replace options. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

"Rethinking Scholarly Communication: Building the System that Scholars Deserve"
"Rethinking Scholarly Communication: Building the System that Scholars Deserve" is a useful new article in D-Lib, on digital repositories. We have argued for a revised notion of the unit of communication so that in a new scholarly communication system the... From MANE IT Network on September 20, 2004 at 7:01 p.m..

On blogs and teaching in the liberal arts college
Middlebury College's Barbara Ganley has Webbed up a paper on teaching writing with blogs in the liberal arts world. The paper is very rich, and draws on the author's years of experiment and experience with student blogging. With the... From MANE IT Network on September 20, 2004 at 7:01 p.m..

Free Content Still Sells
Even after seven consecutive weeks at the top of the nonfiction bestseller list, publishers are still puzzled about the success of the 9/11 Commission Report. A word-for-word reprint of a government panel report -- the 516-page paperback -- is not the kind of item that usually tops off the nation's reading list. Moreover, like most government documents, it's available online for free. Nonetheless, rather than turn solely to the commission's website to download the report, more than 600,000 people have instead paid $10 or so for a printed copy. For the rep From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..

Battle of the Classifieds
In the Netherlands, auction and classifieds site Marktplaats has been an unexpected market leader. The site was launched by an organization selling second-hand items, and quickly became a public darling. The thing that is most striking to me is that the site is really ugly and, in fact, almost amateurish in appearance. Looks can be deceiving, though. Marktplaats, together with Dutch E-bay, is the biggest Dutch e-commerce site according to Nielsen/NetRatings, and also has a healthy balance sheet: in 2003, it turned a $3.6 millio From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 20, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..

Mind your early adopters?
Yesterday night I read the article "Design Research for Sustained Innovation" by Carl Bereiter (2002) from the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology at the University of Toronto. In this article Bereiter cites Moore's (1995) distinction between "early adopters" and "visionaries" who are receptive to innovation and then says the following about the early adopters:"My own experience with innovative design research suggests that early adopters should be avoided whenever possible. They are the quickest to seize on an innovation, but they are also the quickest to aba From Seblogging News on September 20, 2004 at 6:51 p.m..

16 Teachers, 105 Students Using Blogs
My superintendent wanted an update on where we were with the instructional side of Weblogs and the numbers in the title are what I sent him. More are probably on the way as it's still early. I also gave a brief description of how the teachers and students were using them. "Blogging" was not in there anywhere. Later, I got back this e-mail: You may want to develop some conservative projections on the increase in the use of web logs by our staff over the next three years. Knowing the BOE, I anticipate the BOE will ask this question as well as what measurable increase in s From weblogged News on September 20, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Ivan
So I wake up about 7:30 yesterday to the sound of helicopters flying low over the river, think not too much about it since it's not that unusual occurrence, and go about the usual business of getting through an early morning with a five and a seven year-old (read: chaos.) It's a beautiful day. Sun is shining. Birds chirping. All is well. Pull out of my driveway at about 10 o'clock and notice two port-o-potties sitting in the entrance to the boat launch about 100 yards down the street from my house. Strange. Take a cursory glance down toward the launch and, From weblogged News on September 20, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

RSS enclosures cont'd
Some days ago I had a post on filtering rss enclosures. Now today a rss-enclosure-plugin for Movable Type was released.mt enclosuresBrandon Fuller has released an enclosure's plugin for moveable type. Now you can publish iPodder From thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 20, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Lost on campus: the ballot box
For college students, voting for the first time is a process fraught with obstacles and confusion. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on September 20, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Earnings alert: Linux demand lifts Red Hat profit
Plus: Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit...Lawson expects quarterly loss...SCO to cap legal costs. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

PalmOne posts profit, exceeds estimates
Handheld maker's revenue rises 62 percent in its first quarter, driven by strong sales of phones and other devices. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

del.icio.us, social software for bookmarking
del.icio.us covers new ground in social software, as it focuses primarily on sharing bookmarks. Anyone can search the quickly-loading website to get a very live scan of what webpages people are noting. If you register for the web application (free,... From MANE IT Network on September 20, 2004 at 6:02 p.m..

Intel Puts More Money In Digital Home
The investments, from Intel Capital's $200 million Digital Home Fund, will go to five software and hardware firms: Cablematrix, Mediabolic, Pure Networks, BridgeCo and Envivio. Intel didn't give specific financial details. Zurich, Switzerland-based BridgeCo designs chips and software for wirelessly connecting PCs to consumer elec From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

Call for Public Journalism Scholarly Papers, Panel Ideas
This from the Civic Journalism Interest Group (CJIG) at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC): The AEJMC will hold its 2005 convention in San Antonio, Texas, next summer -- and it's time to start rounding up ideas for panels and programs. The deadline for proposals is the end of the day on Oct. 15. We need you to submit a proposal (or several) for sessions at the San Antonio convention. The topic can be anything that has to do with civic, or public, journalism, From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

SMS Novel To Be Made Into MMS movie
From TechCentral:China’s first novel delivered through SMS (short message service) is being made into a film that will also be delivered to cellphones and on the Internet, state media said Sunday. The Taiwan-based company Bestis Technologies has bought the film rights to Outside the Fortress Besieged, a 4,200-character, 60-chapter novel that has been sent out to mobile subscribers in short installments, Xinhua news agency said. < From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

Encode Windows Media on the Mac
Windows Media Format for Mac Doesn't Cleaner do this? This seems to integrate with QuickTime and therefore it's capabilities should be available in any QuickTime app. This would be better than only being able to use Cleaner. Anyone have experience with it? From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

Check your users bandwidth
Bandwidthmeter - a speed test script...Designed for ISPs to put on a local server for speed testing between broadband connections. Optionally saves results into a MySQL database. For viewing by an administrator. From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

Wikipedia Reaches 1 Million Articles
Wikipedia, perhaps the first widely successful online open and collaborative publication, has reached it's 1 millionth article according to this press release:Started in January 2001, Wikipedia is currently both the world's largest encyclopedia and its fastest-growing, with articles under active development in over 100 languages. Nearly 2,500 new articles are added to Wikipedia each day, along From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

Textbook Publishers Freaking Out Over File Sharing
Upset that students might actually try to learn something without first paying ridiculous sums for textbooks, some textbook publishers are complaining that students are sharing scanned textbooks over file sharing network. Of course, the reporter had trouble finding a single student who was actually doing this -- and most students seemed to think it would be something of a pain to read a textbook that way. Instead, many believe that this is just the textbook publishing industry's way of e From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

[7610] Random observations after using Simon's 7610 Flickr uploader to upload 80 photos
Here are some random observations and comments on the state of Java and mobile phones and the mobile Internet after spending the weekend uploading over 40 photos with Simon's cool prototype one step upload (after approx. 10 clicks) app: 0. It is very cool to upload (even at 640x480) photos in one step in real time to Flickr despite the comments that follow below (thanks Simon and thanks Fido and thanks Nokia for providing the phones and software and service that makes From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on September 20, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

A New Approach to Literacy
There's a great article in the new Kairos titled "New Literacies and Old: A Dialogue" which is a back and forth Q & A between Stuart Moulthrop and Nancy Kaplan of the University of Baltimore. The gist of the discussion centers on the future of writing and the redefinition of literacy, and if you have a spare 20 minutes, the whole thing is definitely worth the read. I especially find Moulthrop's definition of the new literacy interesting, From weblogged News on September 20, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

Briefly: Macromedia taps into AIM
roundup Plus: Hewlett-Packard packages services for blades...Corel updates Painter...Hyperion targets broader base...JBoss ships J2EE app server. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Wikipedia Breaks One Million Articles
The Wikimedia Foundation announced today that the one millionth article has been published in Wikipedia. "Started in January 2001, Wikipedia is currently both the world's largest encyclopedia and its fastest-growing, with articles under active development in over 100 languages. Nearly... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Protecting Your System ...
A couple of posts ago, I touted the Mac platform as a great defense against computer viruses/virii (there seems to be some debate on the accepted plural form), spyware, etc. Well, of course, that was a very simplistic view, but... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Dissecting the Media: Trust and Transactions
The legacy media in general are threatened by audience loss to the Internet and citizens' media, and Rathergate is merely the latest example of a credibility apparently sinking by the day, There's been ample analysis from the perspectives of professional media, journalism, and politics. But from an investor's perspective, there&apo From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

SourceForge.net: gmail-mobile
gmail-mobile is a PHP application that will give you access to your GMail account with any WAP phone (WML format). It is built on top of libgmailer. You will be able to read your mail, compose message, reply, access to your labels...etc...more to come. From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

Kahle v. Ashcroft Coverage
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and Rick Prelinger, a film collector, want permission to digitize these so-called orphan works to create online libraries for free public access. In a suit filed in March, the plaintiffs in Kahle v. Ashcroft argue that multiple changes to copyright law have essentially made it impossible for works to return to the public domain. They want to have these changes declared unconstitutional. The copyright structure has changed so people no longer ha From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

667 MHz mobile processor from Samsung
Samsung has announced the development of a new mobile processor based on an ARM core capable of running at 667 MHz. The fastest processor currently in use is 624 MHz, which first appeared in the Dell Axim X30 Advanced 624 MHz. The new ARM 1020E-based chip sports 64 KB of cache, as well as an embedded vector floating point co-processor. It includes six instruction pipelines and runs a 133 MHz system bus. Many mobile processors are designed to support only integers (whole numbers), not more complicated floating-point (decim From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

A9's UI
I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere - so I'll pitch in my own insights into A9. Not only is it a major step forward in the world of search engines - and sure to give Google and Yahoo a run for it's money - but it's also a major step forward in mainstream UI. What I see is an adaptable, dynamic interface which is really simple to use and understand. It's sexy, it's functional and most importantly - it's from an innovative mainstream leader. Until these sorts of interfaces From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..

The popularity and importance of search engines
Nicht die aktuellen Daten zur Bedeutung von Suchmaschinen sind das Interessante dieses Reports. Sondern die Ergebnisse, die er unter dem Stichwort "Positive Search Experiences and Impressions" zusammenfasst: "Asked about their experiences and sentiments when using search engines, most Americans express... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 20, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Der Streit um das elektronische Lernen
Zuerst einmal bin ich wirklich erleichtert, dass der Autor offensichtlich noch kurz vor dem "elektrischen Lernen" die Kurve gekriegt hat! Der Inhalt ist auch nicht neu, aber unterhaltsam und passt gut zum morgen beginnenden Fernausbildungs-Kongress der Bundeswehr in Hamburg. Es... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 20, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Net threats stir new responses
roundup As worms proliferated through the first half of the year, attacks gained in sophistication. Also: A start-up fights zombies. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Finally, CBS Admits the Problem
Reuters: CBS Says It Was Misled Over Bush Military Memos. "Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in a report," CBS News said in a statement. "We should not have used them. That was a mistake, which we deeply regret."This begins to undo the damage. Now it's time for CBS to tell us what happened. For starters, the network needs to tell the world From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 20, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

Updated APOLLO Installer
I just put together an updated installer for APOLLO's supporting frameworks and resources. PackageMaker on MacOSX makes it so brain-dead simple to create really powerful installers. Gotta love that. And, it's free (included with the Developer tools). This version of the installer includes the Pachyderm PXFoundation and PXPublisher frameworks. (Less than ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 20, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Security firm looks to hire alleged Sasser author
German company Securepoint says teenager Sven Jaschan deserves a chance to prove himself on the up-and-up. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Textbooks dumped in favor of laptops
No textbooks? No problem. A revolutionary new high school outside Tucson, Ariz., plans to do away with the bulky, hardcover tomes in favor of laptop computers, making it one of the first schools in the nation to abandon the use... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 20, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..

Back to School and Gaming Kids
LOS ANGELES -- Back to school for many kids means "back to internet access" in classes where the best of filtering software is not foolproof, particularly against seemingly harmless websites used for invasive marketing. Wired News: Back to School and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 20, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..

Mobile Phones Cleared for Takeoff
European plane maker Airbus SAS has successfully completed the first in-flight trial of mobile phones and infrastructure equipment based on Global System for Mobile Communications technology, the company says. Advertisement The trial, which took place aboard an Airbus A320 flight-test... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 20, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..

Alice chatbot wins for third time
A computer chat program called Alice has won a prestigious prize for human-like conversation for the third time. BBC NEWS | Technology | Alice chatbot wins for third time... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 20, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..

The Sun Does Not Shine Online
UK tabloid newspaper The Sun has decided to scale back the content available on its website, in order to improve the paper's falling circulation. As reported by newsletter e-consultancy, managers at the newspaper conducted a survey that discovered the paper was losing about 90,000 readers a day to its website, which offers the same content as the paper but for free. Reporter Mike Butcher (who also blogs at www.mbites.com) sugg From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 20, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..

OmniWeb as a Presentation Tool
I just got out of a meeting where we were preparing for another meeting (ick) which will involve discussing various web sites (design, structure, content...). Initially, Gord was using a Thinkpad with IE (ick again), which was barfing on pages, and being a general PITA to present from. So, I ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 20, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Briefly: Corel updates Painter
roundup Plus: Hyperion targets broader base...JBoss ships J2EE app server...Firms bundle Web services wares...PMC-Sierra lowers forecast. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Cisco's P-Cube aims to stop spam at source
The start-up, soon to be acquired by Cisco, adds feature to help broadband service providers fight "zombie" attacks. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

PalmOne taps out keyboard for rival devices
New add-ons include a wireless keyboard that works with PDAs and smart phones from HP and Dell as well as its own. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Massimo Marchiori Receives Technology Review TR100 Honor
2004-09-20: Massimo Marchiori, W3C Research Scientist at MIT and research professor in Computer Science at the University of Venice, has been chosen as one of Technology Review's 2004 TR100, a group of one hundred young innovators in technology from around the world. The award recognizes Massimo's innovative contributions in a variety of fields including search engines, networks, Semantic Web, privacy, and modularity. Join us in congratulating Massimo for his achievement. Read about his past and ongoing work on Massimo's home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 20, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Are you a "likely voter"?
In the weeks leading up to November in the US, it’s abundantly clear that this is not “election season” but rather “polling season”; with the actual voting still some ways off, our pundits must resort to polls and surveys as an estimate of what the will of the people will be on Election Day. But just how accurate are the samples in those polls? From kuro5hin.org on September 20, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Open source moves to network management
A California-based start-up says the open-source business model makes sense for network monitoring, a services-intensive area. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

How free is free music?
Via Techno-News Blog and the International herald Tribune (in turn from Jon Pareles and the New York Times), I read about some great and varied sources of music available to dowload and play, legally, for free. On the surface, this seems like a neat idea. Certainly when compared to the ethically-dodgy ground of sharing commercially published music or the expense of buying CDs or iTunes. What I want to know, thou From Frank Carver's weblog (Teaching and Learning category) on September 20, 2004 at 1:03 p.m..

Alice Systems develops Orange 3G Mobile Office Card
Swedish software-based services provider Alice Systems has developed a 3G Mobile Office Card for Orange UK. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Parrot CK3300 employs Fastrax GPS receiver
The Parrot CK3300 is the first Bluetooth car kit to provide GPS functions that allow the use of PDA or smart-phone navigation software while using the phone hands free. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Alcatel to deliver payload modules to RSCC
French communications solutions firm Alcatel is to develop payloads for the Russian Satellite Communications Company’s two communications satellites. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Alcatel acquires eDial for €22m
French communications solutions company Alcatel continues to expand its enterprise software offerings by acquiring eDial, a US software-based solutions company. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

TODAY 2PM EST: live interactive webcast w/ Unmediated
Starting today at 2PM EST, the Unmediated crew is going to be webcasting The Weekly Show live from NYC. We'll be using Shawn Van Every's Interactive Tele-Journalism system (the same system we used for the Konscious.TV during the RNC) to allow you to chat and ask questions with the various thinkers and developers invited to participate. This week, members of Unmediated will be on, so come chat with us about the decentraliziation of media and emerging tools and processes. unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

A good event: Michael Moore
No, not *that* Michael Moore -- the Real Canadian Deal, Michael Moore. I've recently had the pleasure of working on a project with Michael, and I know that he will be unbelievable in the session described below! The Institute for... From Rick's Café Canadien on September 20, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..

"Are you making the most of campus services?"
If you're not sure what campus support services are available for you and your family, you're probably overlooking valuable opportuntities to get financial aid, academic assistance, employment, child care and more.... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 20, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..

Speaking in San Jose
Calendar note for Silicon Valley folks: On the evening of Oct. 4, I'm giving a talk in San Jose, sponsored by the Commonwealth Club and San Jose State University's Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. The topic will be "The Emergence of Grassroots Journalism," and given current events there's plenty to discuss. Details here. I'm als From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 20, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..

Wikalong - Firefox Wiki Sidebar
When I implemented an experimental Wiki integration with CAREO, I imagined it would be simplest to just tie a Wiki page to each URL, on demand. By extension, that model could have provided a Wiki page for every URL on the internet. Wikalong does this for all pages in Firefox - ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 20, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

VoIP provider fears predatory practices
To a large degree, the concerns of Net phone provider Nuvio illustrate how the industry has become politically divided. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Cisco adds to storage switching portfolio
Two new products are designed to make it easier for businesses to connect storage computers across long distances. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Enterprise WLAN penetration to reach 50% by 2008
There will be 39m WLAN users by the end of 2004 and 120m WLAN users by 2008, according to new figures from market research firm Radicati Group. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

E-Plus passes 9m subscriber mark
German mobile operator E-Plus has crossed 9m subscribers, but is still in the third position among mobile operators in the country. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

Song Networks to provide multi–service network to Espoo
Nordic telco Song Networks is to provide the Finnish city of Espoo with a multi-service network. The three year contract is worth about €7m. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

Virus attacks increase, show new trends - report
New trends such as a growing threat to the Linux operating system and an increase in attacks on e-commerce sites surfaced in the year’s first half, according to a report by Anti-virus firm Symantec. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

Nordic wireless investments taking off – IDC
Nordic companies are investing more in wireless technology, according to a study by market advisory firm IDC. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

BT in talks with broadcasters to deliver webTV
Growing broadband and digital TV penetration has prompted UK telco BT to attempt to make TV programmes available over the internet. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on September 20, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

Nuevo blog humorístico del autor del Weblog de una mujer gorda
Hernán Casciari acaba de anunciar el estreno de un nuevo proyecto humorístico: Glob! Noticias Interpretadas El autor explica la dinámica de este fotolog de humor periodístico: "Cada madrugada elijo la noticia del día (intentaré que sea una información universal, o... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 20, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

October is Health Literacy Month
Studies show that poor health is disproportionately high among patients with low functional health literacy, "the ability to read and comprehend prescription bottles, appointment slips, and the other essential health-related materials required to successfully function as a patient." Get information... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 20, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

Briefly: Firms bundle Web services wares
roundup Plus: PMC-Sierra lowers forecast...WebSideStory cuts IPO to 4.4 million shares...BMC looks to simplify network operations. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

AOL buys into comparison shopping
As part of its redesign, AOL launches comparison shopping site aimed at stealing business from Yahoo, Google and Shopping.com. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Tim Stahmer's Weblog Noted in Technology and Learning
> The Back Page > September 15, 2004" href="http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BAL5OOAXZXEUMQSNDBGCKHQ?articleID=47204073">Techlearning > > The Back Page > September 15, 2004 Online For all you blogophiles out there, instructional technology specialist Tim Stahmer's Assorted Stuff is one of the more compelling Web logs covering K-12 education. In addition to waxing eloquent about the latest education news in the general press, his day-to-day experiences as an educator, and his thoughts on Apple iMovie versus Windows Movie Maker, Stahmer, who works in the staff From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 20, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..

Barbarian culture
I'm going to NYC today for a meeting sponsored by the World Economic Forum tomorrow, isolated and secure on Governor's Island. (Jeez, have they no sense of: a) sybmolism; b) irony ?) I don't actually understand what the meeting is about or for, but the attendees seem to be about 35 people from the entertainment industry and a few miscellaneous others. The title of the event is "Barbarians at the Gate." Here's a draft of what I plan on saying during my 7 minute slot on the first panel of the morning. Your comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated... From Joho the Blog on September 20, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Creative Commons & Wired to Release Licensed Compilation CD
Hopefully, you know about the Wired/CC concert with David Byrne and Gilberto Gil.  That by itself is a great step for CC.  But it gets better: "Next month, songs by the Beastie Boys, David Byrne and 14 others will appear on a compilation CD whose contents are meant to be copied freely online, remixed or sampled by other artists for use in their own new recordings. "The Wired From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 20, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Briefly: PMC-Sierra lowers forecast
roundup Plus: WebSideStory cuts IPO to 4.4 million shares...BMC looks to simplify network operations...Data center firms settle cookie suit. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

The Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year is the largest arts prize in the United Kingdom. Its pur ...
The Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year is the largest arts prize in the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to promote public awareness and appreciation of the role of all museums and galleries by highlighting excellent new work being undertaken in the sector. A single award of 100,000 will be presented to a museum or gallery anywhere in the UK, whose entry, in the opinion of the judges, best demonstrates a track record of imagination, innovation and excellence through work mainly under From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 20, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

On 23 September 2004 Oxford University Press will publish the Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph ...
On 23 September 2004 Oxford University Press will publish the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - the stories of 50,000 men and women who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000. A series of events will be held around the UK and Ireland to celebrate the publication. The Oxford DNB is available at the introductory price of 6500 or $11,000 until 30 November 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 20, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

And all that jazz: free music online, available and legal too - John Pareles, New York Times
Downloading music from the Internet is not illegal. Plenty of music available online is not just free but also easily available, legal and - most important - worth hearing. That fact may come as a surprise after highly publicized lawsuits by the Recor From Techno-News Blog on September 20, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla products - CERT
Several vulnerabilities exist in the Mozilla web browser and derived products, the most serious of which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Mozilla Mail contains a stack overflow vulnerability in the display From Techno-News Blog on September 20, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Will cyber journalists turn the tables on big media? - Christine Boese, CNN Headline News
I've been reading a new book by Dan Gillmor called "We the Media." Actually, I'm reading the e-book, but I already know I will pony up for the print version as well. This book picks up on a line of thinking popularized online by something called "The C From Techno-News Blog on September 20, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The Instruction Of Research Methodologies In Graduate-Level Distance Education Degree Programs - Tom JONES and M. Cleveland-INNERS, TJODE
The field of distance education remains in an early stage of development. As recently as fourteen years ago, Shale (1988) suggested that distance education had asserted itself but could not define itself. Existing as a sub-field in education, distance From Online Learning Update on September 20, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Cyberscholars follow their own schedule: On-the-run students go online for graduate classes - Steve Stanek, Chicago Tribune
Julia Corcoran's days are full. She's a plastic surgeon at Children's Memorial Hospital, assistant professor of surgery at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and the mother of two preschoolers. With almost no free time during the da From Online Learning Update on September 20, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Critical Mass. for AMD's chip designs?
As the chipmaker plows profits into research, it's hoping for good things from a new design team in Massachusetts. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

PeopleSoft's last hurrah?
After Oracle's court victory, customers will look for reassurance at what could be PeopleSoft's last annual user conference. From CNET News.com on September 20, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Autoresponder Development: Interactive Sales Letters
I recently came across Interactive Sales Letters. Having some experience with autoresponders, I have generally found them too impersonal to make consistent use of them. Sales-speak aside, Interactive Sales Letters may represent the next iteration of automated email response tools...... From Experience Designer Network on September 20, 2004 at 8:01 a.m..

ALT-C 2004 - Comments on 'What can we learn from the UKeU experience?'
I attended the Elearning for remote adult learners - What can we learn from the UKeU experience? post conference workshop at ALT-C 2004 wondering if I would be alone with the presenters. After three days of sitting through many presentations this could be one workshop too far! I need not have been concerned, the room was well populated with interested participants and it helped shine some more light on the ill fated UKeU. From Auricle on September 20, 2004 at 7:54 a.m..

eCuaderno Linkblog y Blogroll
En febrero di a conocer mi perfil público de Bloglines (que le llama la atención a Furilo), y el mes pasado comencé a probar el servicio de blogs (recurso en el que, como Enrique Dans, he estado trabajando este fin... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 20, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Hot Type
Two cases of plagiarism plague academic presses, while a new paper by a scholar of public policy explains why stealing another's work might be worth the risk. From Chronicle: free on September 20, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..

E-Learning launched in Yemen - Mohammed bin Sallam, Yemen Times
The Yemen e-learning project, under the auspices of the ministry of Education and funded by the US embassy and the U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) completed the first phase of its training program Thursday 16 September. Twenty teachers From Online Learning Update on September 20, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Blog + Wiki = Web Collaborator
Reòeased today, Web Collaborator is a new online collaboration tool which allows online groups to work effectively around the same document. A wiki at its foundations, Web Collaborator has been designed with maximum ease-of-use in mind, and with an extra... From Robin Good's Latest News on September 20, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..

another kingdom of sience
Germany's science community will get internet-based tools that should change the way its scientists communicate and publish their outputs to the world or more precisely to the Internet. It intends to develop an all (meaning modes of communicating and disseminating) encompassing platform that - attention - could lock-in scientists if they don't implement the possible integration and syndication of information that resides outside tha platform. The need to use standards that are already available or devlop new ones. The Research Ministry (BMBF) assigned a project to the thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Informational Cascades in Online Learning
A nice in-depth look at informational cascades and their impact on online discourse. "In an informational cascade, individuals make decisions based on the decisions of others, discounting (or failing to develop or address) their own private information or judgment..." From elearningpost on September 20, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Reincarnated Napster Goes Public
Roxio bought the Napster name in a bankruptcy auction two years ago. Now, the company dumps its CD-burning software business to concentrate on selling and delivering music over the web under the Napster name. From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Back to School and Gaming Kids
Internet-ready schools do little to protect kids from seemingly safe sites whose only reason to exist is invasive marketing aimed directly at young web surfers. These corporate-sponsored 'advergames' look interactive but the endgame is 'buy.' From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Los Alamos to Remove Nukes
Within a year, officials plan to move all weapons-grade nuclear material from Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Nevada Test Site. The transfer will begin this month. From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

TB May Be Global Threat Again
Two separate studies by U.S. researchers find that super drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are at the tipping point of a global epidemic, and only small changes could help them spread quickly. From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Microsoft Shares More Source Code
Trying to head off growing competition from open-source rivals, Microsoft is expanding a program to give government organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software blueprints. From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

What to Eat on the Way to Mars
Think it's tough figuring out what to whip up for dinner? Try figuring out what to eat during a two-and-half-year trip to Mars and back. Food scientists have some solutions on the plate. By Karen Lurie. From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Quick Read on Your Genetics
A new technology under development in Australia -- geneballs -- may be used to quickly and easily tell you your genetic makeup. By Daithí Ó hAnluain. From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Papers Defend Classified Turf
After watching eBay siphon off their classified advertising revenue, newspapers are turning to an outsourced auction firm, CityXpress, to fight back. By Daniel Terdiman From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Saving the Artistic Orphans
Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, sues the federal government to help 'orphan works' return to the public domain. Pieces of history and culture are caught in a morass of far-reaching copyright laws. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on September 20, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Two Episodes of Banana Republicanism
As a lifelong resident of Louisiana, the U.S. state that gave us Huey Long and David Duke, I have always taken comfort in the fact that my home state is an island of insanity in a country that mostly gets it right. But lately I recognize some disturbingly familiar trends on the national scene. Listen if you will to the tale of two elections, and decide for yourself if the USA as a whole is turning into Louisiana. From kuro5hin.org on September 20, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..

User Research Abroad: Handle Logistics in Four Easy Steps
Nice list to points to take note of when conducting non-directed interviews by telephone with audience around the globe. Send an interviewee briefSend a translator briefRecord an accurate storySend a gift certificate From elearningpost on September 20, 2004 at 4:47 a.m..

Less is more for university websites
Universities, heed this finding: "Many university websites are poorly organized, and filled with out-of-date content that has been directly published from print. Delivering a better service to students and staff faces challenges because of decentralized management structures and concepts such as academic freedom." From elearningpost on September 20, 2004 at 4:47 a.m..

Cincinnati Youth Needs Hip Hop's Help.... local area activist along with others came up with the idea of a Hip Hop Youth Arts Center; a place where inner city youth can learn and experiment in the Hip Hop Culture. The organization known as C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (Citizens Organizing Neighborhoods to Regain Our Liberation) is opening this center, and they need the hip-hop culture's help.
Local area activist along with others came up with the idea of a Hip Hop Youth Arts Center; a place where inner city youth can learn and experiment in the Hip Hop Culture. The organization known as C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (Citizens Organizing Neighborhoods to Regain Our Liberation) is opening this center, and they need the hip-hop culture's help. They want to provide a safe retreat from the streets. A place where the youth thru expression can find alternative ways to violence thru areas of the hip hop culture. There have been over 75 homicides so far this year in Cincinnati, compared to 50 someth From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Ariadne Genomics and GeneGo Collaborate in Delivering Advanced Systems Biology Tools
Ariadne Genomics Inc. and GeneGo, Inc., two leading systems biology companies, today announced integration and co-marketing of tools for functional analysis of high-throughput experimental data. Ariadne Genomics' MedScan TextMiner automated text processing pipeline will be integrated and co-marketed with MetaCore, GeneGo's flagship analytical platform that includes proprietary, manually curated databases of human biology and chemistry. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004] From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Book Review - The New Start Suspense Series
Another positive review of The New Start Suspense Series, in both newspaper/magazine and online formats through two different organizations. Sales of the educational books continue well and the company is evaluating publishing and/or distribution proposals for the US and Canadian marketplaces [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004] From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Help Your School And Help Your Environment!
Sacramento, CA based company helps schools and charities raise much needed funds through cell phone fundraising efforts. YouCell.com boasts paying more for used cell phones than their competitors. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004] From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Magna Medical Asks Florida Media to Pull Government PSA
Magna Medical Screening Services has challenged the Office of National Drug Control Policy's use of a radio public service announcement titled "I HATE YOU," citing the ad as a complication to an already-delicate situation. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004] From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Comprehensive Health Education Foundation Elects Dr. Maxine Hayes as New Board Chair. Recognized as State and National Public Health Leader.
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C.H.E.F. ®), one of the nation's leading health and prevention education organizations, announced today that it has elected Dr. Maxine Hayes to Chair its Board of Directors. As State Health Officer for the Washington State Department of Health, and a recently appointed member of the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality by Secretary Tommy Thompson, Dr. Hayes brings her experience and training as a pediatrician and public health leader to the C.H.E.F. Board Chair position. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004] From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Manhattan GMAT's Live Online Course Popularity Soars
Based on the high standards set by the company's first LIVE Online Course, Manhattan GMAT Prep, the new standard in test prep for the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), will now offer multiple options with its advanced course online . Registration for fall classes is now open. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004] From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

The Four Gospels Become Easier to Study Thanks to Innovative New Book
By combining the accounts of the four Gospels of the Holy Bible, author Peter B. Jones of New Millennium creates a stimulating book for scholars and laymen alike. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004] From PR Web on September 20, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Weblog zum 19. Jahrhundert
Ich möchte gerne auf einen benachbarten Weblog hinweisen, der sich schon seit einigen Monaten der französischen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts widmet. Er ist Teil eines größeren Portals, und trägt aktuelle Informationen zur Forschung in diesem Bereich (Tagungen, Neuerscheinungen, neue Websites etc.) zusammen. From BildungsBlog on September 20, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

Archiving the Information Tsunami
Blogs and Archiving by Alex Halavais ..archiving the web will become much more difficult over the coming decade. This is particularly true because of the shift from a textual web to databases, images, and other mixed media. Tracking changes in a scientific database, for example, would likely be of importance to future researchers, but presents special challenges. On the flight back, I read the following in an article in the in-flight magazine, from a compiler of an online cuneiform lexicon: From soulsoup on September 20, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..

OurTV
OurTV is a new digital television station to be trialled in Canberra using the metropolitan high-speed networks present in the region. Its focus differs from existing TV operators in that much of the programme material is sourced from the local community. From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Innovative use of del.icio.us
David Wolf describes a way of using del.icio.us as a videoblog engine using RSS feeds of tagged bookmarks: ”if rather than giving a text description, I include a reference to a jpeg thumbnail. Now I could theoretically link to any piece of video I find or generate on the web and find it by searching for its tag. I´m looking forward to see an implementation of this. I guess using del.icio.us this way probably is a litte more complicated than my videoblog using From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

More on MS' Webcasting Hijack
From Wired News: Attack of the Radio Clones (See earlier Looking for non-RIAA Music?)Generic mouthwashes claim to be just as good as Listerine, and store-brand paper towels invite consumers to compare them to Bounty. This kind of marketing doesn’t raise many eyebrows. But what if an online radio station says it’s just “like” New York City’s Z100 or L.A.’s KROQ, and manages to sound pretty much the same? From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Wi-Fi finder via SMS
UK company Total Hotspots is now offering a new service to British phone users to track down public Wi-Fi hotspots at cafes and other locations via their phone. Subscribers on Vodafone, Orange, O2, and T-Mobile GSM networks in the UK can now send an SMS message "hotspot" to SMS number 84140. The service will then return a message containing the name, address, and phone number of nearby Wi-Fi locations, based on the phone cell the user is currently using. The service will not come cheap, however. Each request will cost 1 GBP (about From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

RIAA Sued for Patent Infringement
From the Department of High Irony: the recording industry heavies have been sued for infringing - and *inducing* the infringement - of a patent on P2P "spoofing." From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Linking inside of a video post
In a comment posted recently, James Morrison pointed me to some useful info. HERE'S a good article by Jon Udell. Written early August of 2003....he discusses the need for us to link within video and audio. He makes some good points. But he also says this:Almost anyone can create and post a snippet of audio or video, but almost no one can do so easily, spontaneously, or routinely.I think it's funn From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

The End of Television as We Know It
(reg. req.): Former Academy of Television Arts and Sciences chairman Bryce Zabel wrote this surprisingly strong essay on TV, and some great points too... -- "For me, it's not a state of convergence that we are entering in this digital age but something a little more metaphysical. All of the information overload is ganging up on our senses and coming together into something else: The Blur." -- "Will kids who can no longer appreciate the differen From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Human skin data transmission technology
Matsushita Electric Works has developed the human skin data transmission technology and started selling it to manufacturers of mesuring apparatuses like Teraoka Seikou. Teraoka Seikou will be able to build a system for sales agents who will wear a wristband that collects information. When a customer orders, say, ground beef, a sales agent touches a corresponding digitally-enhanced product information card. This data is transmitted through the sales agent's skin and stored i From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Digital Divide Among Kids Is Shrinking
For all the talk about the "digital divide" and how poorer kids weren't getting access to the internet that would be important to their ability to get jobs in the future, it looks like much of the problem is going away. Nearly all children in the US now have some form of internet access, though, there still are differences in how they access it. It shouldn't be much of a surprise to find out that wealthier families are more likely to have internet access at hom From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

SJCPL Goes IM for VR
SJCPL Goes Live with IM Reference. "Take a look: http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/asksjcpl/asksjcpl.html The site instructs our patrons : Ask a question via a live chat session Monday through Saturday during the Main Library hours of operation. We have user names for AIM, Yahoo! and MSN Messenger. A professional librarian will gladly help you find From The Shifted Librarian on September 20, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

NetGen Rhythms of Communication
Blogging in the Liberal Arts Classroom "Barbara Ganley has posted her complete BlogTalk paper titled 'Blogging as a Dynamic, Transformative Medium in an American Liberal Arts Classroom' which, not surprisingly, is an enthusiastic and articulate reflection on her successes using Weblogs in the cl From The Shifted Librarian on September 20, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Selling Converged Devices for Education
Mobile Learning Attracts High School Students "Starting this month, high school students preparing for the college entrance exam will be able to use personal gadgets to study instead of textbooks on the bus or subway.... The mobility-specific educational services will start on Sept. 22, when Iriver, the sales unit of local MP3 maker ReignCom, releases the PMP-100 in stores. Koreaedu will offer lessons from 12 top lecturers for the College Schol From The Shifted Librarian on September 20, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Throw Your Amazon Wishlist in Your Aggregator
Watchcow.net "You want to keep an eye on your Amazon.com wishlist or a particular Amazon.com/de/co.uk item, want to be informed whether and how much the price has been changed, but don't have the time? Watchcow.net to the rescue! This simple and handy service allows you to passively watch single Amazon products and entire wishlists in your newsreader, such as Bloglines (web), NetNewsWire (Mac), The Shifted Librarian on September 20, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Join ListenIllinois!
By the way, I keep forgetting to mention that we've opened up the third round of enrollment for ListenIllinois. If you're at an Illinois library and you're interested in joining this wonderful group purchase of audio ebooks, please feel free to contact me. Agreements are due back to MLS by October 1. From The Shifted Librarian on September 20, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Cass County's Classy Site
The Cass County Public Library has a gorgeous georgeous web site, which I would highlight even if the home page wasn't a blog. It really shows how much you can edit blog templates to make them look however you want (in this case, they're WordPress templates), so this one is definitely going in my presentations. From The Shifted Librarian on September 20, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Thanks, PUG!
On Friday I was lucky enough to speak about information shifting at the annual Polaris Users Group meeting. Great group of people, and I learned a lot about GIS Information Systems. For example, I didn't realize they were positioning Polaris the catalog to be the infrastructure for a library's site (actually, a portal). A. Paula Wilson and Vicki Terbovich from the Maricopa County Library District talked about the philosophical change between a cata From The Shifted Librarian on September 20, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..

Creative Commons Benefit Concert Webcast
Thanks to the Ken and the team at Smartley-Dunn, we're pleased to announce that our upcoming concert this Tuesday night in New York City will be webcast live from this page (requires Apple's Quicktime player). Ticketmaster says the show is now sold out, and we won't be archiving the audio, but the concert will be streamed September 21st, live starting at 8PM. We want to thank Ken for putting it together, Wired and the artists for letting it happen, and Apple for hosting it all. From Creative Commons: weblog on September 20, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

E-Learning business models in the Web services era
E-Learning business models in the Web services era? from Auricle At this year's Association for Learning Technology conference (ALT-C 2004), held at the University of Exeter, there was the usual supporting vendor stands in the conference exhibition space, so in between sessions I took the opportunity to test VLE/LMS vendors' perspectives on a couple of pretty key issues. First, how possible and easy did they make it for licensees to extend/enrich th From soulsoup on September 20, 2004 at 2:00 a.m..

Defense Against the DoS/DDoS Attacks on Cisco Routers
DoS/DDoS attacks are a virulent, relatively new type of Internet attacks, they have caused some biggest web sites on the world. Cisco routers are said to have a market share of over 90% in the Internet. Read about the problems and solutions you should be aware of. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on September 20, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..

Blogger theses on Big Media's door
Here's a sidebar to the Post op-ed piece [written by Jeff Jarvis]: : In this age of blogs, says NYU Journalism Prof. Jay Rosen, "the writers are readers and the readers are writers." Citizens' media upends journalists' relationship with the public in ways that the Dan Rathers of that world have not begun to grasp. They're dismissive of it, which means they're scared of it. But they shouldn't be. This isn't a war, it's not even a revolution. It's a reformat From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 1:57 a.m..

Backbones Getting Cheaper
U.S. Cities see 55% price drop in 12 months. The price large corporations and ISPs pay for Internet access has been cut in half over the past year, reports Light Reading. According to data from TeleGeography Inc., the average price companies pay for STM-1 (155 Mbps) connectivity fell by 55% From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 1:57 a.m..

Media value chains
Tim Oren has an incredible post looking at the dissipating value of media bundles in this atomic age of media when the essential element of content is (to paraphrase former blog empress, now kitchen empress Meg Hourian) no longer the network or the publication or even the show or the page but the post. Tim looks at how consumers are unbundling media and how attacks on credibility (see: Rather) accelerate the unbundling and the loss of value. Being a VC, Tim then w From unmediated on September 20, 2004 at 1:57 a.m..

Mobile Learning Attracts High School Students
This was just waiting to happen: "Starting this month, high school students preparing for the college entrance exam will be able to use personal gadgets to study instead of textbooks on the bus or subway." [via SmartMobs] From elearningpost on September 20, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..

“Get a Mac” is one defense against spyware
Alec Couros has recently advocated getting a Mac as a means of protection against spyware. True enough, but there are other methods: If you are using Windows, get Firefox! Firefox is a great browser, and a project of the Mozilla foundation. Mozilla is the open source project that started when Netscape ... From Just Another Ant on September 20, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..

Blog Success Formula: Fill An Unmet Need
Blog Success Formula: Fill An Unmet Need by Dave Pollard A great post for all bloggers. I had to quote most of the original post. But please read the complete post if you are a blogger. The post rises many questions on my mind. Take SoulSoup for instance. The last original post by me was dated May 16th! Mostly it is working as a link-blog or as a filter. It is helping me a lot in PKM, but is it helping you? NB: One of m From soulsoup on September 20, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..

Pasta is Yummy (Liz Lawley)
Maciej Ceglowski, who partnered with Joshua Schacter to create LOAF, has just announced a new tool for users of Joshua’s del.icio.us social bookmarking system. Pasta allows you to create a web page using pasted-in text, and then add that newly... From Corante: Social Software on September 20, 2004 at 12:50 a.m..

Less is more for university websites
Less is more for university websites By Gerry McGovern Many university websites are poorly organized, and filled with out-of-date content that has been directly published from print. Delivering a better service to students and staff faces challenges because of decentralized management structures and concepts such as academic freedom. [..] I once stood in front of a group of university staff and asked the following question: What From soulsoup on September 20, 2004 at 12:09 a.m..

TSS Demo: quantaMod
A fun little game you should definitely try out is TSS Demo, as seen at the foremost computer wizardry convention known as Assembly04. Only 10MB, it emulates a Grand Theft Auto-type immersive world of fast cars and vast landscapes for havoc. I've had so much fun with it, I made a few modifications to the configuration files and soundtrack. Therefore, I am proud to present TSS Demo: quantaMod 1.1. Since there doesn't seem to be a way to contact the original authors, this is my attempt to work with the initialization scripts and sounds to enhance the gameplay. However, I can only tweak From silentblue | Quantified on September 20, 2004 at 12:05 a.m..

WireTap
I ran across a really useful little freeware program that works well with the Skype software I mentioned a few days ago. I thought it might be really helpful to be able to record some Skype conversations, and a bit... From Rick's Café Canadien on September 20, 2004 at 12:04 a.m..

Returning from hibernation
Autumn quarter is here, so the time is right to resurrect the old weblog from its summer slumber. I'm just getting my feet wet with courses thus far, but I do have the proposal for continuing the Interactive Simulation project this semester available online. It's an ambitious timeline, so I'm going to be From Holly's Research Journal on September 20, 2004 at 12:03 a.m..