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Advanced Search Techniques using Natural Language Processing
This article provides a nice overview of search technologies including natural language processing technology. From elearningpost on November 24, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..

Thanksgiving Day
It's Thursday morning in Hong Kong. In a few hours it'll be Thursday -- Thanksgiving Day -- in the United States. Thanksgiving is America's finest holiday, by far. I have so much to give thanks for, and hope you do as well. Tonight, at a dinner with some local folks and expatriates, I'll silently hoist my glass and make what has become a traditional toast to my family and friends back in the U.S., and to all of From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 24, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

Wiki does not mean “open”
I’m glad to see some are beginning to understand that they can have a useful wiki and avoid wiki spam. Rather than leaving the door open and complaining about the vermin that walk in, open it only for those you want to sit down and chat. ¶ I’ve been surprised to see the fairly re From Open Artifact on November 24, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

Somebody has to do something
Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. Jerry Garcia ¶ From Open Artifact on November 24, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

Innovation trumps litigation - Craig Burton
Craig rocks! Slogen der Woche! From Craig Burton weblog : Patents...Blase as Yesterdays PR Practices.: QUOTEHere's my take: The only real defense for a technology company is innovation. I'm not saying technology companies shouldn't pursue patents. They should. Investors and stakeholders will tolerate nothing less. But in the end, innovation is what makes the difference. Innovation can topple even the biggest monopoly ever. You know who I'm talkin' From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..

Did Microsoft Critic Get Millions?
Financial Times: Microsoft critic given $9.75 million in deal. The landmark antitrust settlement this month between Microsoft and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, one of its oldest adversaries, resulted in a $9.75m payment to the CCIA's top official, according to confidential documents seen by the FT. I hope this story is not true, but with a sinking feeling I suspect it is. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 24, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) Version 2 Requirements
A new draft of the requirements list for the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) Version 2 is now available. By Susanne Guth and Renato Iannella, November 24, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on November 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Linking Thinking: Self-directed Learning in the Digital Age
This is a remarkable report, much more revolutionary than it may appear at first glance, and worthy of detailed consideration. The author argues, in essence, that the internet enables a great deal of self-directed or informal learning, that learning in this way is viable, that there is an increasing demand for it, that government and inbstitutions can do little to control it, but that it serves not only an economic role but also is a foundation for civil society. In order to support self-directed learning, two major things must be in place: universal access to the internet, access that goes we From OLDaily on November 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Add-ons Extend Firefox Growth
Article about the Firefox launch parties, Firefox extensions, and about Wikalong in particular. Notes that a popular use of this service may be to post logon IDs and passwords at news sites requiring registration. By Jim Wagner, InternetNews.com, November 24, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on November 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Wired for Wikiphonics
Breeze presentation from Brian Lamb,so you know it combines wikis, RSS, blogs, learning and chaos. OK, well, the talk is mostly about wikis. It's the delivery that is interesting. Like James Farmer, I wish I could do something like this without Breeze (or other software that requires a real live software budget to acquire). By Brian Lamb, November 24, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on November 24, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

WikiSpam and Passwords
A few fellow edtech bloggers who have taken up wikis have of late been inundated by wiki spam. I too was pelted almost continuously with wikispam from China from around June through to September when I finally screamed enough! But instead of just chucking my wiki out, I enabled the write password on it. I run my wiki mostly for my own purposes, and for some collaborative editing with a few colleagues. It's mostly open to the public to read, but ultimately I want it as a real quick and dirty online not From EdTechPost on November 24, 2004 at 8:52 p.m..

More good McCain work
Senator McCain has become an important force for good in the land of IP extremism. I reported a hold he had placed on H.R. 4077 because of valid concerns about whether the freedoms it granted (to enable parents to filter "smut" from films) would be read to deny fair use in other cases. The same careful eye has now caught a very elegant trap buried within the Lessig Blog on November 24, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

bytes and bullets
So months ago, I posted this odd post, titled "INDUCING gun control legislation". I had to pull the blog post because the Washington Post had accepted something close to this op-ed. At the time, of course, INDUCE was looming. Activists, including Public Knowledge, EFF, and industry has now of course succeeded in stalling the legislation for now. The basic point of the op-e From Lessig Blog on November 24, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..

Killing Philadelphia freedom
In September, I reported that Philadelphia was considering funding a WiFi service for the city. Sixty percent of the citizens have no access to broadband. The city elders believe that's no way to enter the 21st century. But as Public Knowledge now reports, a bill on the Governor's desk would now make it impossible for Philadelphia to offer such a service, because it "competes" with private businesses offering the same s From Lessig Blog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Vocational education and training and innovation: Research readings
Innovation in business, particularly across the major industries on which Australia's economy rests, requires a skilled workforce. This book of research readings explores the role Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector can fulfill to assist business innovation. In doing so, various chapters consider the implications of innovation for Australian workers and identify the VET sector's contribution. Other chapters, based on international comparisons, evaluate elements of the national innovation system currently missing or under-emphasised. It finds VET provid From EdNA Online on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

ARC Grants for 2005 Announced
New projects to be funded under the Linkage Projects scheme include: investigating ozone-enhanced particle emoval from waste water; and investigating the effectiveness and appropriateness of child restraints. New projects to be funded under the Discovery Projects scheme include: high-resolution mapping of surface and root-zone soil moisture to achieve more efficient water use practices in agriculture; developing systems for the landing of unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles, by studying how bees orchestrate smooth landings, with potential application in defence and space exploration; and a p From EdNA Online on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

New Medical Education and Research Complex (TAS)
The Tasmanian State Government wwill contribute $12 million towards a Medical Education and Research Complex in Hobart. Mr Lennon and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania, Professor Daryl Le Grew, announced that a $40 million complex is being developed. Mr Lennon said the State Government was proud to be able to secure the future viability of both the Tasmanian School of Medicine and the Menzies Research Institute by supporting the project. “This Medical Education and Research Complex will strengthen our health.UniTas Media release, 17 November 2004 From EdNA Online on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Victorian Schools Innovation Commission E-News
Subscribe to the fortnightly Victorian Schools Innovation Commission (VSIC) summary of its latest news and events. From EdNA Online on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Review About the Role of Universities
The report reviews the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes and the way in which we should define universities into the future. The National Protocols currently outline only one model for an Australian university. This has been the subject of much debate in recent years since the issue was first raised during the review of higher education in 2002. If Australia is to remain internationally competitive, we need to continue to consider ways in which we can encourage more diversity in the higher education sector. The release of this paper is timely and raises a number of iss From EdNA Online on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Stephen Downes’ EduPodcast Aggregator
Stephen Downes has been running his Edu_RSS educational blog aggregation service for a while now. I've used Edu_RSS to build conference blogging aggregators (for Merlot 2003, and NMC 2004). He has now put together a page that spits out all posts related to podcasting. Since he's semi-selected the feeds to ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

The Incredibles
Josh, King and myself went to see The Incredibles last night, after grabbing a bite and a pint at Kilkenny's Pub. It's all been said about the movie already, but man does Pixar rock. The story was rich, deep and detailed. As were the characters. Many of the scenes could have ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Week In Review Podcast
Time for another brain dump. This time, I talk about the Pachyderm development process. listen in. Format of this podcast - not just barfing out links today - maybe next episodePachyderm developmentJosh was in town for the weekVNC + Projector + couple of extra keyboards on USBSpent much time on:generation processapollo ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

GarageBand doesn’t like iSight
I was hoping to use GarageBand instead of Audacity as part of my recording suite, but the stars aren't aligned... The only mic I have on my desktop G4 is my iSight camera, which sounds pretty good, but runs at 48KHz. GarageBand only likes 44.1KHz sources, so it doesn't work. Doh. Looks ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Apple Store coming to Canada
Well, they're opening one in Toronto. Looks like the Rest of Canada has to wait until at least the middle of 2005 before more Canadian Apple Stores will be opened. Come on Apple Store Calgary! They're just finishing up renovations on Market Mall - that would have been perfect timing to ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Podcast Downloads Part Deux
I just checked the Apache logs and grepped out the lines dealing with the podcasts, and it looks like the podcasts have been downloaded a total of 1377 661 times! (see update below) Holy crap! Who is downloading this stuff? No, really. I'd love to know. If you've downloaded ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

reBeLog » WebObjects thoughts.
David just published a great post on developing with WebObjects. He really boils down the WebObjects development experience into a few bullet points, which I will copy/paste here for searchability... The last point is really the best one - I've come across this so many times on CAREO and Pachyderm. We'll ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..

Web retailing gets really personal
Plus: Geek squad comes to the rescue. [News.com Extra] From CNET News.com on November 24, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Groklaw founder exits open-source firm
Pamela Jones steps down from OSRM, which insures against open-source intellectual property risks. From CNET News.com on November 24, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Microsoft proposes piracy amnesty
Software juggernaut raises the white flag, offering to replace people's counterfeit copies of Windows XP. From CNET News.com on November 24, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Secure flight gets test flight
Poor watch lists and a centralized architecture are still issues. From CNET News.com on November 24, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Playlists could be WinAmp hack
Playlist files for the WinAmp player could contain a new flaw, a security firm warns. From CNET News.com on November 24, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Paul Martin Pushes For New World Forum
Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin, while attending the APEC Summit in Santiago, Chile, tried to garner support among world leaders for his idea of instantiating a new world forum, a so-called L-20 group of leaders, consisting of the G-8 countries and the leaders of about 12 other emerging economic powers like India, China, Brazil and South Korea. As The Toronto Star reported, the animated Prime Minister Martin literally had to be yanked away by his own handlers after describing in urgent tones the need for United Nations reform and for a new forum of world leaders that he wants to crea From kuro5hin.org on November 24, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

WikiRadio
A fun presentation (in Breeze) which describes wikis. Primarily for an educator audience. ¶ From Open Artifact on November 24, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Content Ecosphere
Things go in phases I guess. One of the things I enjoy about blogging is keeping drafts of things that are important to you. I received an email earlier today from Jason Evangelho who does the Hardcore Insomnia Radio Podcast. He asked myself and a couple of others to provide some subscriber data about our shows as he is a fan of our shows (as we are of his I assume). It prompted me to finish this which I began in September, and the answer to Jason's question is now embedded.... I was talking with someone last sp From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

The New eLearning Pretzel
Yesterday's eLearning triumvirate of content, delivery, and services is being crowded out by business information, business process outsourcing, and enterprise software. Get a financial analyst's big picture -- and two years of research on for-profit education companies.... From The Workflow Institute Blog on November 24, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Most under 40s don't pay for news
This totally aligns with my experience. Most under 40s don't pay for newspapers no matter how 'good' or 'well written' they are. And most can see through newspapers and view them with indifference ; certainly not as authorities. From Wired News: Newspapers Should Really Worry.: QUOTEImagine what higher-ups at the Post must have thought when focus-group participants declared they wouldn't accept a Washington Post subscription even if it were free. The From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

More map resources
Courtesty of Diana Sinton, NITLE's GIS program director, are the maps available from the USGS Education Map Catalog. The browser-ready images should work well for presentations, multimedia narratives, and web authoring.... From MANE IT Network on November 24, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..

Using LMS as Learning Communities
The Saskatoon Catholic School System has been a frontier in the development of education in the cyber world. In the past, various teachers in the division have created subject curriculums online and ultimately taught these subjects as accredited courses. Having... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 24, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..

Altersversorgung (DDR)
Sächsisches Landessozialgericht 4. Senat, Urteil vom 7. April 2004, Az: L 4 RA 378/03 JURIS-Orientierungssatz Ein Staatsarchiv der ehemaligen DDR stellt keine wissenschaftliche Einrichtung iS des § 6 der Verordnung über die Altersversorgung der Intelligenz an wissenschaftlichen, künstlerischen, pädagogischen und medizinischen Einrichtungen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (AVwuaIV) vom 12.7.1951 (GBl DDR 1951, 675) dar. Aus den Gründen: Die Beschäftigung des Klägers im Staatsarchiv D ergibt nach From Archivalia on November 24, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..

Ab ins Archiv!
Oberverwaltungsgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt 2. Senat, Beschluß vom 18. November 1997, Az: B 2 S 353/96 JMBl ST 1998, 424-427 (Leitsatz und Gründe) VwRR MO 1998, 39-40 (Leitsatz und Gründe) Leitsatz 1: Es widerspricht § 73 Abs 1 Gemeindeordnung (GO LSA), einem ehemaligen Bürgermeister als "Ortschronist" oder als "Archivar" auf Dauer Gehalt zu zahlen, wenn diese Stelle nicht in den Haushaltsplan eingesetzt worden ist. Auszug aus den Gründen: Schon diese Ungereimtheiten der Zusammenfassung versc From Archivalia on November 24, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..

Power and joy, organized
With posts like these from Anne Davis and then Will Richardson, you start to see that teachers and students could form a common ground of powerful and joyful inquiry: Now I'm a real advocate of using weblogs with students but I wish I could effectively express how writing on your own weblog and being willing to put your voice out there can make a difference for you. It truly can change how you learn. It makes you an integral part of the process. You have a stake in it and it's real.... From Weblogs in Higher Education on November 24, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

Blog Torrent - Simplified bittorrent by Downhill Battle
Very cool. Looking forward to the Mac version and the Drupal module! From Blog Torrent - Simplified bittorrent by Downhill Battle.: QUOTEBlog Torrent is software that makes it much easier to share and download files using the bittorrent protocol. Blog Torrent is easy to install on your website: we don't use MySQL so installation is as easy as uploading a folder to your web host, and all administration happens in the web interface. Blog Torrent is easy for users: even if th From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

The New York Times >Economic View: Does a Free Download Equal a Lost Sale?
"Our best guess is that peer-to-peer networks in 2002 had no effect whatsoever on sales" From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

15 Megs of Fame | Artists and Fans unite!
Trying to host the long tail of music In a nutshell, 15 Megs of Fame serves two purposes. The first is giving listeners a free way of discovering and acquiring new music online. Not only do they get to discover the music, they have the opportunity to leave comments for the artists on their tracks, and score the music they're listening to from 0-5. Each listener also will pick their 'Preferred Genres', and fill out a short multiple-answer survey which will help us better understand the type of music they're looking From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

The beginning and the future of Internet radio
In November of 1994, WXYC-FM, the college radio station at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, began the first live Internet simulcast of radio programming on the Internet. The station staff just celebrated this decade of Webcasting with a panel discussion featuring some of the folks who made it happen. From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

Blog and RSS news
Steve Rubel has a good roundup of recent news developments about blogs and RSS. From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

New blog on media law
Robert J. Ambrogi, an attorney in Rockport, Mass., has started a new blog, Media Law. Says Robert: "I will track news relating to the First Amendment, access to public records, open meetings laws, journalist shield laws, libel and other legal issues relating to news reporting, with an emphasis on Massachusetts." Robert is a lawyer and former editor in chief of the National Law Journal and Lawyers Weekly USA. He's also executive director of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association -- a rare combination. HIs other blog is unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

Blog Torrent
Dave sez: Downhill Battle has released Blog Torrent to the masses! Blog Torrent is software that makes it much easier to share and download files using the bittorrent protocol on your PHP-enabled web site. Why does Blog Torrent matter? Making it easy to blog large video files means that people can share their home movies the same way they share their photos or writings. It lets people create vast networks of truly peer-to-peer video conte From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

Minnesota Department of Health: Influenza
Information about the current flu season and availability or shortages of flu shots. Includes a clinic finder, info for health professionals, and more. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on November 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Weblogs: Niche or Nucleus?
The title of my talk is Weblogs: Niche or Nucleus?, with a bias probably more towards the latter than the former. As we'll see, however, there are some potential gotchas! for the institution who finds blogs have caught them unawares.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

New browser wins over net surfers
The proportion of surfers using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has dropped to below 90%, say web analysts. Net traffic monitor, OneStat.com, has reported that the open-source browser Firefox 1.0, released on 9 November, seems to be drawing users away from... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Making a bee line to being a telecom provider
Canadian start-up BeeTelecom, whose software lets anyone become a small-scale Internet provider, says it's close to letting people create their own miniature phone networks as well. Making a bee line to being a telecom provider | CNET News.com... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Security officials to spy on chat rooms
The CIA is quietly funding federal research into surveillance of Internet chat rooms as part of an effort to identify possible terrorists, CNET News.com has learned. Security officials to spy on chat rooms | CNET News.com... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Newspapers Should Really Worry
Publishers of newspapers and magazines like to corral readers when they're young. If you can shape kids' info-seeking habits when they're in their teens or twenties, so the thinking goes, you'll nab them for life. Because brand loyalty isn't just... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 24, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Students broadcasting online audio news
I see from the Chronicle of Higher Education and The Hilltop that the Black College Wire, a consortium of student newspapers, has launched an online audio version of its top news stories of the week. The link is in the main column of the news service's main page. These audios seem like a good idea that might be taken up more widely. I wonder, too, about the idea of a consortium of college or high school papers. It seems to me that students working on both high school and smaller... From Weblogs in Higher Education on November 24, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..

On BlogTalks
Thanks for all the feedback to my announcement to not continue with BlogTalk 3.0. I think it is now yours to decide where and what to do next. I surely believe that there is a "market" for a Weblog-Conference considering the number of users, the number of usages, the number of scholarly papers that are emerging, the number of software tools and services. Weblogs are a tool, a format, a way of communicating, a vision what it means to be present and dis From thomas n. burg | randgänge on November 24, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

Inspiring Creative Minds
Carla Mino, M.A., C.E.A.T., founder of Metamorphoziz, a consulting service for gifted children and adults, presented a workshop for parents, teachers, and experts in the gifted field at the 51st Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) on November 6, 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah. [PRWEB Nov 24, 2004] From PR Web on November 24, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..

Elisa launches 3G network in Finland
Finnish mobile operator Elisa has opened its 3G network, with coverage in ten cities. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

If you can't afford to go to the Bahamas this winter ...
On a video that removes winter blues. From Monkeymagic on November 24, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..

Concerns Over Online Threats This Holiday Season
Growing emphasis on larger and well known brands, versus small retailers. From ClickZ Stats on November 24, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

American broadband grows but slowly and unevenly: Commerce
A report on American broadband access, prepared by the Department of Commerce , finds more Americans using highspeed internet. But "A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age" also points to a slower than anticipated level of increase, and gaps in adoption by race and class, and between NITLE Tech News on November 24, 2004 at 1:59 p.m..

Welsh BBC site visitors increase after Welsh language tool intro
The BBC Wales website recorded some 250,000 page views in the first week following the introduction of its open-source Welsh language learning tool. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Sonera to implement a nationwide numbering scheme for Hartwall
Telco Teliasonera Finland is to deliver to beverage supplier Hartwall a group-level communications solution. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Portable PC Shipments in CEMA regions grow by 74% – report
Portable PC shipments have swelled by nearly 74 per cent year on year, while the desktop market has expanded by 17.8 per cent in volume year on year in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and Africa. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

SAP dominates European ERP market with 39% share – report
Microsoft Business Solutions and UK accounting and business management software provider SAGE Group are in a position to gain market share in the SAP-dominated ERP market. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Easy Group to enter contract with T-Mobile
The Easy Group is to enter into a contract with German mobile operator T-Mobile, with the companies agreeing to wholesale tariffs that are to be used by the yet-to-be-launched mobile service Easy Mobile. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Three major music labels tie up with P2P service
Peer Impact, which is to be launched in the first quarter of 2005, is to provide a legal way of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

1m MMS users on Telia network
During the third quarter of this year, 3.8m MMS messages were sent over Swedish mobile operator Telia’s mobile network in comparison to 2.3m MMS messages in the whole of 2003. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

P2P File Sharing + VoIP + Blog: Convergence Rising
Kazaa is getting into VoIP game and is going to integrate Skype technology with its file sharing software. Kazaa v3.0 will also include advanced search capabilities and a free weblog trial from TypePad, the hosted service by Six Apart.... From Kolabora.com on November 24, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

Presence Awareness Receptivity: Are You Truly Available?
'Presence' awareness has rapidly become one of the most compelling features of Instant Messaging (IM) applications. Never before in the history of communications have we been able to tell whether the person we want to communicate with can actually be... From Kolabora.com on November 24, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

EnviroInfo 2005
Informatics for Environmental Protection Networking Environmental Information September 7 — 9, 2005 Masaryk University in Brno Centre of Biostatics and Analyses Czech RepublicInfo 2005 leitmotif is Networking environmental information. EnviroInfo 2005 is open to scientists, managers and decision makers from various disciplines, experts from IT industry, governmental institu From Seblogging News on November 24, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Microsoft, Dassault Systèmes enter 3D design alliance
Microsoft and Dassault Systèmes have agreed to explore opportunities to work together to encourage broad market adoption of XML for 3D applications across the design and graphics industry. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Skull wallpaper virus attacks Nokia smart-phones
A virus disguised as wallpaper has been discovered that disables most features of the Nokia 7610 smart-phone and replaces the phone's icons with images of skulls. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

BT, Blueprint develop digital music service
British telco BT and media technologies company Blueprint are to offer a service for hosting, managing and distributing music and related content online. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Teliasonera delivers broadband network tp Hylte
The municipality of Hylte and Nordic telco TeliaSonera have launched a broadband network in the municipality that offers speeds up to 8 Mbit/s and up to 0.5 Mbit/s depending on their location. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

UK internet sales doubled in 2003
UK internet sales climbed to €56.5bn in 2003, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

MasterMind Explorer - Issue 73 - For Independent Publishers and Change Agents
MasterMind Explorer - Issue 73 - For Independent Publishers and Change Agents From MasterMind Explorer on November 24, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Big-Time Blogging
Bill Ives on business blogging: "For businesses or divisions in which community building is an objective, such as developer networks, cross-functional collaboration teams, research groups, or customer user groups, blogging tools deliver ideal capabilities. By the same token, individual and group control must be acceptable, and even desired, for blogging to work in a corporate setting. In addition, the personal voice must be seen as a good thing, whether to form a more direct connection to customers or to all From elearningpost on November 24, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learnin
It's going to be difficult to get rid of this fixation with LMSs. I was in a client meet this week and found to my horror that they had already purchased a LMS even before any formal strategy was discussed. This shows the level of ignorance of the field. Here's something every decision maker should note: "While LMS are useful for certain learning functions, advanced thinking skills and activities (i.e. the more learning mimics real life) require a move away from one-tool-does-it-all, and move towards picking tools f From elearningpost on November 24, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

EMI digital music sales up 300% for first half of 2004
EMI has reported that that its digital sales has climbed by 300 per cent in the first half of its fiscal year, to €17.4m - equivalent to two per cent of the company's total sales. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 10:56 a.m..

Level 3 launches European channel partner programme
Level 3's channel partner programme in Europe, will enable companies to offer voice-over-IP and other services to small and medium-sized business customers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 10:56 a.m..

Vodafone selects Coremedia DRM solution
Coremedia’s solution, which has been developed in accordance with the Open Mobile Alliance’s (OMA) DRM specifications and is based on Java, ODRL and XML, will allow Vodafone to securely distribute multiple content formats such as music tracks and videos. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 10:56 a.m..

Thomson acquires third of Content Guard
French technology firm Thomson has purchased a 33 per cent voting stake in DRM developer Content Guard, entering into a partnership with the firms other two stakeholders, Microsoft and Time Warner. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 10:56 a.m..

Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, to release greatest hits albums as real-tone downloads through Carphone Warehouse
Consumers will be able to buy whole albums via packs that list all the tracks as real-tones through the Carphone Warehouse’s 600 UK stores, under the retailer's new mobile content brand, Play Mobile. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 24, 2004 at 10:56 a.m..

MusicPlasma
MusicPlasma is a Flash-based visual/relational database of (recent) musicians and bands. It is fun to play with and a good demonstration of using Flash to create rich interactive applications. ¶ Comment: It would be interesting to use this model to show other relationships, i.e.: historial events, scientific discoveries, philosophies…. The more I hold back from From Open Artifact on November 24, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

Archive auf dem Markt?
Vermarktung und Verwaltung archivischer Dienstleistungen Vorträge im Rahmen des 63. Südwestdeutschen Archivtags am 17. Mai 2003 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, hg. von Nicole Bickhoff, Stuttgart 2004. Der 63. Südwestdeutsche Archivtag 2003 in Ludwigshafen setzte sich mit der Frage auseinander, ob die Archive angesichts des enormen Kostendrucks neue Wege bei der Finanzierung ihrer Aufgaben und/oder andere Formen der Aufgabenerledigung beschreiten sollen, ja müssen. Sieben der dort gehaltenen Vorträge, die jeweils Teilaspekte aus ihrer spezifischen Si From Archivalia on November 24, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..

BlogExplosion
I'm trying out BlogExplosion, a free service designed to build traffic on your site. Click on a button on the site and it sends you to one of its member's sites. For every two sites you visit, it sends one member to your site. I'm doing it primarily as an experiment in structured random browsing. This could be a really cool service if it were more heavily international than my first handful of clicks indicates...... From Joho the Blog on November 24, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Wiki despam script
A fellow who calls himself RichardP has written a script to despam wikis and is generously hopping around despamming other people's wikis. Somebody get this man a beer! I really need this for my personal wiki. From Seb's Open Research on November 24, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Correo de lectores
Vanessa Oniboni nos invita a visitar Dispatx Art Collective: "dispatx es un colectivo artístico autofinanciado en Barcelona". Mentxu Ramilo de la Universidad del País Vasco y autora del blog Enredando busca estudios sobre weblogs y comunidades virtuales en Cataluña y... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 24, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

CILIP Workshop - How to bid for funds - 20 April 2005 - London, UK - Many library and information se ...
CILIP Workshop - How to bid for funds - 20 April 2005 - London, UK - Many library and information services are learning to look beyond the resources of their own organisations for funding. This highly practical workshop will focus on applying techniques used in fundraising to help you make successful bids From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 24, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Dec. 1 discussion at the Berkman
Here's the topic for the next discussion I'm leading at the Berkman Center: What's ours on the Net? Put aside for the moment question of what's legally ours on the Net. Instead, consider what's ours in a less explicit and less rigorous sense. Google feels like ours (even though it legally belongs to its shareholders) while Microsoft's new search site feels like theirs. Weblogs feel like their ours while online columns do not. The Mac feels like it's ours while Dell computers do not. Craigslist feels like it's ours while newspaper classified ads and Monst From Joho the Blog on November 24, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Edmund Scientifics
In many ways culture seems to be taking the form of the commercial. While it may be too much to say that our modern culture is a commercial, there are some close similarities. This becomes especially apparent during the Christmas... From Experience Designer Network on November 24, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..

The Selling of Cell Phone TV - Eric S. Brown, Technology Review
Recent signs of trouble in the large-screen TV business suggest that there might be market-driven limits to how big a television set can be. Yet might there also be minimum size limits? Judging from two recent announcements on mobile video delivery, we From Techno-News Blog on November 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Pentagon envisioning a costly Internet for war - New York Times
The Pentagon is building its own Internet, the military's world wide web for the wars of the future. The goal is to give all American commanders and troops a moving picture of all foreign enemies and threats - "a God's-eye view" of battle. This "Intern From Techno-News Blog on November 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

New Tools to Help Patients Reclaim Damaged Senses - SANDRA BLAKESLEE, New York Times
Using novel electronic aids, vision can be represented on the skin, tongue or through the ears. If the sense of touch is gone from one part of the body, it can be routed to an area where touch sensations are intact. Pilots confused by foggy conditions, From Techno-News Blog on November 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

ISU study seeks to improve virtual learning -PHIL ROONEY, Daily Nonpareil
A three-year, $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education will allow Iowa State University's College of Education to become the nation's first teacher education program to prepare undergraduates for virtual schooling. "Virtual learning is sor From Online Learning Update on November 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Strategic Recommendations to Develop e-Learning Projects - elearning Europa
Trainers Training and Evaluation are essential factors in an e-learning project, although they are not often considered as such. This article presents some key recommendations to develop a good e-learning project. The European Commission launched in 2 From Online Learning Update on November 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Internet plagiarism has increased among students: Hi-tech answer to student cheats - BBC
New measures to help detect cheating students are being demonstrated at a conference in Newcastle. A survey of around 350 undergraduates found nearly 25% had copied text from another source at least once. A new service that can scan 4.5 billion web p From Online Learning Update on November 24, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Zinio Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of two new products: Zinio Express, a browser-based mag ...
Zinio Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of two new products: Zinio Express, a browser-based magazine viewer and Zinio Reader 3, a new version of its award-winning Reader software From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 24, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

New York Times reveals identity of Amtrak Julie
Today's New York Times reveals the identity of Amtrak Julie! Since her debut in April 2001, Julie has earned high marks from callers, who have given her an approval rating of more than 90 percent, according to surveys done by Amtrak and by a company hired by the railroad. Many riders say that she sounds and acts so lifelike that they did not immediately realize that she was just a computer program. In handling roughly five million calls, or about a quarter of Amtrak's annual call volume Julie has saved the perennially strained railroad more From Jon's Radio on November 24, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Pheedo RSS/Atom Ad Server
Pheedo RSS/Atom Ad Server - Feed and blog ad firm Pheedo has launched an ad management tool that will let publishers insert paid ads into their RSS or Atom content feeds, and track the resulting activity. Kanoodle, which has been a pioneer in RSS ads, will provide syndicated ads, but publishers may also sell ads directly. From RSS Blog on November 24, 2004 at 7:00 a.m..

Is "enterprise content management" too broad?
I am in the middle of a conference on enterprise content management (ECM), being held in KL, Malaysia. Plenty of good talks, but what strikes me most is how diverse the subject-matter is. Topics covered at the conference include (in... From Column Two on November 24, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Contributing to Our National Gambling Sickness
Stories like this AP account of a broke man winning a huge lottery with his desperate bet are sickening. They encourage gambling by the people who can least afford it, and support a corrupting state enterprise. Bad enough that states encourage this sickness; worse that journalism organizations play along like such, well, suckers. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 24, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Database Flawed, Not Malevolent
Although Florida election officials are chastized for being lax in monitoring the company that built a lousy database for tracking felons and dead voters, an internal audit concludes that there was no intent to disenfranchise anyone. From Wired News on November 24, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

The Drive to Discover
The need to push our boundaries is in our DNA. We can't afford not to go to Mars -- or anyplace else, for that matter. By James Cameron for Wired magazine. From Wired News on November 24, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Dive! Dive! Dive!
Next fall, a team will venture to the Mariana Trench to drop a remotely operated camera system 7 miles down to the bottom of the deepest spot on Earth. Here are some milestones on the voyage to the bottom of the sea. By Michael Menduno from Wired magazine. From Wired News on November 24, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Few Step Up to Claim Free Shares
Shares of Travelzoo, a travel site famed for giving out free stock, climbed more than 1,000 percent in the past year. But now that the company has withdrawn a deadline for cashing in free shares, few have claimed their now-valuable stock. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on November 24, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Newspapers Should Really Worry
It's no secret that the internet threatens the newspaper business. But there's increasing evidence that young people are dumping print in favor of screens at a faster clip than anyone suspected. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From Wired News on November 24, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Playing the Touching Game
Its touch panel makes the Nintendo DS a unique and fun gadget, although the system and the current crop of games don't use it to its fullest. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on November 24, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Airlines Cough Up Passenger Data
After initial complaints about the government order, U.S. airlines finally comply, turning over a massive amount of information about travelers so the feds can test a screening system. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on November 24, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

WikalongExtension - Wikalong Firefox Extension
Very cool, who's hosting this wiki? I guess this is not evil like similar services that have come before because it's open source and anybody can host a Wikalong and it doesn't deface the page it's wikiing about since it's a sidebar! Is that right? From WikalongExtension - Wikalong Firefox Extension. (via Stephen Downes): QUOTEWikalong is a FirefoxExtension that embeds a wiki in the Side From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 24, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..

Cyberport's Struggles
This is an empty hallway in the latest phase of Hong Kong's famous Cyberport project, which was once touted to be a miniature version of Silicon Valley. I visited twice this week, and found the place fascinating in some ways and curious in others. More in an upcoming column. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 24, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..

Gingerbread LittleVersity Holds Hop-A-Thon to Benefit Muscular Dystrophy
Gingerbread LittleVersity, a childcare facility, will be holding a Hop-A-Thon at the Uptown Gingerbread LittleVersity location on November 30, 2004. The proceeds will be donated to Muscular Dystrophy research. Members of the community may sponsor a child by pledging per hop, or by giving a flat donation. [PRWEB Nov 24, 2004] From PR Web on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Justin F. Kimball Alumni Association, a Dallas,TX Based Non-Profit Educational Organization, Announces Plans for Spring 2006 Gala.
Justin F Kimball Alumni Association of Dallas, TX announces plans to hold 2 day Spring 2006 gala that includes alumni from 45 years of graduates. The Gala is expected to draw 750-1200 alumni to the event that will include a celebrity brunch speaker. [PRWEB Nov 24, 2004] From PR Web on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

INUS Technology Offers Special RapidForm Academic Licensing Promotion
INUS Technology, Inc. The leading provider of 3D Scanning Software for Reverse Engineering, Rapid Prototyping and Quality Inspection, announces the RapidForm@EDU academic promotion. [PRWEB Nov 24, 2004] From PR Web on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Atlanta History Center Selects Leapfrog Services Inc. to Manage IT Infrastructure
The Atlanta History Center, in consultation with The North Highland Company, has chosen Leapfrog Services to provide comprehensive management of its IT infrastructure and email and to provide help desk support for its computer users. [PRWEB Nov 24, 2004] From PR Web on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Ways to Deal with Cell Phone Jerks Without Becoming a Jerk Yourself
Stop the madness and help the world reclaim some peace and quiet! Jerks with cell phones have taken over the world, but there is hope. The "Jerk with the Cell Phone: A Survival Guide for the Rest of Us" includes everything you need to know to deal with cell phone jerks without being a jerk yourself. [PRWEB Nov 24, 2004] From PR Web on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Give the Gift of Knowledge
Science Kit has great educational gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list. From science games for kids, to intriguing gifts for that hard to buy for person, you'll be sure to find what you need at ScienceKit.com. [PRWEB Nov 24, 2004] From PR Web on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Turmoil Grips Elite School Over Money and Leaders
A debate is festering among graduates and parents at St. Paul's, an elite school in New Hampshire, with critics accusing trustees and the rector of mismanagement. From New York Times: Education on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

In a First, 2 CUNY Students Win Rhodes Scholarships
Two students at the City University of New York were awarded Rhodes Scholarships to study at the University of Oxford, marking the first year in which two CUNY students have won. From New York Times: Education on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Parts of Special-Ed Bill Would Shift More Power to States and School Districts
Congress has given state and school officials more power to shape the terms for providing services to the nation's 6.5 million disabled students. From New York Times: Education on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Charter Schools Fall Short in Public Schools Matchup
A study commissioned by the Department of Education concluded that the charter schools were less likely to meet state standards. From New York Times: Education on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

When Plagiarism's Shadow Falls on Admired Scholars
Two Harvard law professors, Charles J. Ogletree Jr. and Laurence H. Tribe, have publicly acknowledged that they have unintentionally misused sources. From New York Times: Education on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Battle on Gay Pride Shirts Leads to Suit Against School
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Tuesday against a Missouri high school that twice admonished a gay student for wearing T-shirts bearing gay pride messages. From New York Times: Education on November 24, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

NASA develops secret speech aid
NASA engineers are developing a technology that picks up and translates throat signals into words before they're even spoken. According to neuroengineer Chuck Jorgensen , when you're reading, sometimes you find that your tongue or your lips are moving but you're not making an audible sound. An electronic signal is being sent to produce that speech but you're intercepting it so it doesn't really say it out loud. That's subvocal speech.Electrodes cling below Jorgensen's chin picki From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

CNET News.com Now Supports TrackBack and Pingback
CNET News.com, which previously had been quietly testing trackbacks and pingbacks, today announced they are officially supporting them to help readers see the broader context and commentary around stories they report. For example, here's unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Introducing, ConvergSense (Om Malik)
Folks, starting today, I am going to be writing a new column on convergence for the Business 2.0 online. This is a bi-weekly column that is going to alternate with my Telecom Report column. I hope you can sign-up for this column to have it delivered in your In-Box. You can read the debut column, here. Here are excerpts… Though a slow starter, a new era of convergence is upon us, and it is the driving force of change and growth for From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..

Low Income Housing Connection
Last week, developers of 18 affordable-housing projects in Oregon were awarded federal grants to install high-speed Internet connections in more than 450 apartments. Many are offering tenants free or subsidized monthly Internet service. The government program known as E-rate helped subsidize the wiring of schools and public libraries, while recent government efforts have focused on proving broadband to rural areas. unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

Watered down copyright act
Hollywood did its damndest to force the Intellectual Property Protection Act (HR2391) through. It failed, but not altogether. The IPPA was a mash-up of other bills and if the entertainment industry had managed to sleeze it past congress, "opponents charge [it] could make many users of peer-to-peer networks, digital-music players and other products criminally liable for copyright infringement," said Wired News, going on, "The bill would also undo centuries of 'fair use' - the principle that gives Americans the right to use small samples of the works of others wit From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

The paradox of web audio/video
Web audio/video is special because there is a clash at the level of meaning. Hypertext has its own sense of time, and when it has to run on a schedule there is a conceptual meltdown. Imagine an endless series of web pages, each of which let you linger and click on stuff for one minute before transporting you to another web page. Imagine that each page is made up of sub-elements that linger for 30 seconds, and the sub-elements are made up of sub-sub-elements that linger for 15 seconds. No matter what you try to click on, by the time the mouse goes down it isn't there any more. From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..

GeoLearning Web Seminar: Implementing Competency Management"A How-To Approach
Virtual session to outline how competency management solutions can help organizations hire, manage, develop and deploy people to achieve objectives. From DEC Daily News on November 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

College back from brink
Grand Canyon University, the small Christian liberal arts school that was millions in debt and nearly closed its doors in January, has been reborn. From DEC Daily News on November 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

World IT Spending Rebounds Thanks Largely to Developing World
The worldwide information and communications technology (ICT) market is on the rebound and outpacing the global economy as a whole thanks largely to rapid growth in emerging markets, according to new data released today by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). From DEC Daily News on November 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

Web classes a popular option for students
Internet courses from "Greek Tragedy" to "Psychology of Grief" have been added to the classes offered next spring and is the only way some students are able to complete their college requirements. From DEC Daily News on November 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

School briefs: Online education courses set for early childhood
DURHAM -- Durham's Partnership for Children has received a $35,250 grant to launch early-childhood courses through distance online learning. From DEC Daily News on November 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

Manhattan, Bozeman, Ennis joining statewide distance learning effort
By next fall, Manhattan students could take classes from teachers in other towns without ever leaving their desks. From DEC Daily News on November 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

Guidelines for Selecting Quality K-12 Online Courses
According to Ruben Lopez, Florida From DEC Daily News on November 24, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..

'Bearish' Doesn't Capture Top Economist's Worry
Boston Herald: Economic `Armageddon' predicted. Stephen Roach, the chief economist at investment banking giant Morgan Stanley, has a public reputation for being bearish. But you should hear what he's saying in private. Roach met select groups of fund managers downtown last week, including a group at Fidelity. His prediction: America has no better than a 10 percent chance of avoiding economic ``armageddon.'' From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 24, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

HP quietly begins weblog experiment
Hewlett-Packard is the latest IT vendor to try blogging. But analysts wonder if the weblog trend is the 21st century equivalent of CB radios, which made a big splash in the 1970s before fading. (I actually don't think this story is that interesting. I just find the CB radio jab really clever. -kc.) From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 2:55 a.m..

How to extend RSS 2.0
Draft: How to extend RSS 2.0. This is a new howto I wrote this morning while packing to fly to NYC. It's just a draft. Talking with Adam over the weekend, I said "Hey, if you can fly an airplane, you can learn to extend RSS." He laughed, probably wondering when I was going to call him on the unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 2:55 a.m..

RSS & Bit Torrent (How to)
Some time ago we discussed how the combination of RSS and Bit Torrent could be the future of video entertainment, allowing users to automate the download of video content to their PC. Engadget has a fairly decent "How-To" guide where they use the Java run-time engine and a copy of the Azureus Bit Torrent client with the RSS plugin. Of course if you download pirated television series, naturally expect a DMCA warning from the entertainment industry. From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

South Asia: from cross border journalism to cross border journalism
Very interesting meeting in Lahore, Pakistan, of the South Asia Free Media Assocation (SAFMA) headed by Imtiaz Alam. There were more than 200 editors from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan to give birth to what they call "cross border journalism". These editors want to avoid patriotic bias in the different conflicts of the region, especially in Kashmir, Sri Lanka and Nepal. It is the reason why editors try to set up a network which allows to exchange articles and columns and to cross th From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Media Takes Advantage of Brain's Shortcoming
Commentator Drew Westen studies the way that psychology and politics intersect, and he says the format of cable TV news -- throwing out a topic to two representatives of opposite sides -- capitalizes on a design flaw in the human brain. People believe what they want to believe, no matter what the facts are. From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Interesting study on fast-forwarding
CBS is about to release a study showing that DVR users have better retention of commercial messages than people viewing ads at regular speed. They claim a recall rate of 23% for DVR fast forwarders, but don't mention what lower rate regular TV folks recall ads at.It's kind of weird on the surface, but makes sense for a few reasons. One is that people using FF are concentrating at 100%, waiting to see the show come back so they can stop, while most folks stuck in 30-second ad jail can let their mind wand From unmediated on November 24, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Copyright Bill Scaled Back
Wired News: A Kinder, Gentler Copyright Bill? The Senate passed a scaled-back version of a controversial copyright bill Saturday, keeping a provision that imposes severe penalties on people caught with camcorders in movie theaters but scrapping other provisions that copyright-reform activists had criticized. It could have been worse. Lobbying from consumer-electronics and cyber-rights groups helped get rid of some of the most obnoxious parts of the Senate bill. It's n From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 24, 2004 at 1:46 a.m..

Ten Cool Things You Can Do With Webfeeds
Getting bored with using webfeeds to read blogs? Then here's the Cutting Through Guide To 10 Cool Things You Can Do With WebfeedsGet a new slant on the newsGet a new perspective on the world by subscribing to a webfeed from the world's most respected broadcaster. The BBC offers webfeeds for all i From Seblogging News on November 24, 2004 at 12:46 a.m..

Apple launches new student site with blog
Apple has launched a new version of its student Web site to promote its products to college students. The new site sports a completely new design, recommended solutions for certain college majors (Arts/Creative, Humanities, General Education, Sciences, and Professional Studies), integration with the online Apple Store, and a student blog--a first for the company. [MacMinute] From Seblogging News on November 24, 2004 at 12:46 a.m..