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Gadget Lab: Fleet of Foot
Take a jog with Adidas' smartshoe, blab away the day on a USB VOIP handset and type all night with a glowing keyboard. In Gadget Lab. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Drop a Bomb on Keyboard Culture
A constant eruption of text lays waste to satisfying texture in a world filled with typing trolls. But evolving technology will remake the landscape. Commentary by Momus. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Airlines Try Smarter Boarding
Forget back-to-front loading. Computer simulations produce a range of better boarding procedures that minimize passenger interference and get fliers in the air faster. (But first class stills boards first.) By Dave Demerjian. Plus: Our interactive guide to better boarding. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Spot a Bug, Go to Jail
Computer crime laws and zealous prosecutors too often conspire to hide security flaws that put your data at risk. It's time for a change. Commentary by Jennifer Granick. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

The World's Tallest Towers
Man's desire to build the ultimate skyscraper, coupled with today's construction technology, means the sky is the limit. By Sara Clemence. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Predicting the Next Big One
Reading the electric charge of giant rock formations could give cities precious hours of warning before an earthquake. By Evan Ratliff from Wired magazine. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Star Wars DVD Sets of Tomorrow
If the upcoming re-release of the original films strikes you as enragingly inane, consider the special-edition DVD sets yet to come. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Ex-NSA Chief Assails Bush Taps
The former head of the agency conducting Bush's extrajudicial domestic surveillance lashes out at the administration for disregarding the law in wiretapping Americans. Noah Shachtman reports from New York. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Looking Beyond Megapixels
Shopping for a digital camera is getting a lot more complicated. Here's our guide to the latest and greatest features. By Seán Captain. Plus: A gallery of cool camera pix. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

House Backs $10 Million 'H Prize'
Hoping to speed the arrival of hydrogen-fueled vehicles, legislators propose a series of cash prizes for innovative research in the field. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Rants 'n' Raves: Union, No
One reader believes unions went out with Brylcreem. Plus: A reader laments the demise of common sense. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Google Sidles Up to Social Search
The company's new Co-op service lets web surfers label pages for others' benefit, while Google Gadgets get ready to invade users' desktops. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Red Light for Net Porn Zone
A strange array of bluenoses and pornographers wins the day, as ICANN flip-flops and rejects a voluntary ".xxx" domain for sex sites. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

It's Official: UFOs Are Just UAPs
The British government conducts a thorough, and thoroughly secret, investigation into unidentified flying objects, concluding that UFOs are probably unidentified aerial phenomena. Ufologists remain unconvinced. Nigel Watson reports from Plymouth, England. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

At E3, Sony Stumbles
More than ever, Microsoft and Nintendo pose threats to the video-game console leader's dominance. Chris Kohler reports from Los Angeles. Plus: Game|Life From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Msoft, Nintendo Gang Up on Sony
Microsoft sides with Nintendo in game console battle. Plus: Parents sue Warcraft's Chinese distributor after son's suicide.... Hollywood video game store owner tampers with Xbox.... and more. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Not-So-Cuddly Pets
Exotic pets are increasingly becoming exotic pests with, for example, an infestation of giant snakes giving Florida's alligator population a bad time. They can also cost their owners an arm and a leg -- literally. By Ruth David. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Welcome to the Videodrome
With giant screens and spinning machines, the arcade of the future is here, and it's slightly nauseating. By Sonia Zjawinski from Wired magazine. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Tech Workers of the World, Unite
"Union" is a dirty word to a lot of people these days, but the need for workers to be protected is as important as it ever was. A revitalized labor movement is the answer. Commentary by Tony Long. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Union Dives Into the Internet Age
Hoping to attract younger members, a Dutch union offers stripped-down online membership at a fraction of the cost of traditional dues. By Allen Riddell. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

DOJ Drops Wiretap Investigation
Saying its lawyers were denied security clearance by the National Security Agency, the Justice Department abruptly ends its probe into the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Report: U.S. Spies on Everyone
Congress reacts angrily to a report that the National Security Agency has built an enormous database containing every phone call made within the country since shortly after 9/11, with the information being provided by the nation's largest phone carriers. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Feds Want Hacker's Genetic Code
New York Times hacker Adrian Lamo faces up to five years in prison for refusing to give his blood for a government DNA database. By Kevin Poulsen. From Wired News on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Art and Freedom
The best and perhaps saddest thing I learned during the conversations that followed my last two posts is that speaking one's truth in the market-driven cultural landscape is now considered an "act of courage." That is to say, if the things someone says are unpopular in one way or another, it can cost them money! Gay actors closet themselves (and find big cults to procure them fake wives) for fear of what disclosure would do to their box office draw. Singers who challenge the Bush regime's interventionist Iraq policies get harassed by angry conservatives. All this translat From rushkoff.blog on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Educator From Penn Will Lead Columbia's Teachers College
Susan H. Fuhrman is scheduled to start at Columbia University on Aug. 1, succeeding Arthur E. Levine, the college's president of the past 12 years. From New York Times: Education on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

When the Professor Is a Tough Grader, and Your Dad
For many college students, in search of their own identity, being on the same campus as a parent may be as much togetherness as they can stand. From New York Times: Education on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

On Education: A Young Work in Progress Shattered on a Road in Iraq
The average age of the American fatalities in Iraq is 26½ and these losses echo in a particular way through the high schools the victims left. From New York Times: Education on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Boston University Gave Ex-Chief $6.1 Million, Officials Disclose
The deferred compensation for John R. Silber, two years after he stepped down as the university's leader, touched off outrage among other academics. From New York Times: Education on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Career Student Up for 13th Year
Johnny Lechner withdrew his application for graduation after he realized something was missing from his 12-year academic career: he had never studied abroad. From New York Times: Education on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Colleges Report Mystery Decline in SAT Scores
College applicants' average scores this year fell significantly, by more than 10 points at some universities. Usually, scores change glacially, a point or two a year. From New York Times: Education on May 11, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Rural Broadband Remains Spotty
Roughly 30 million American households subscribed to broadband at home in 2005. The rest use dial-up or don't access the Web from home. From ClickZ Stats on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Executives Slow to See Value of Corporate Blogging
Senior executives at Fortune 1000 companies still need to develop clear policies on corporate blogging. A few should adopt blogging as a marketing strategy. From ClickZ Stats on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Continuing Education Drives Distance-Learning Enrollment
Distance learning is expected to grow at a faster pace than on-campus enrollment over the next 10 years. From ClickZ Stats on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Uncle Sam doesn't want you
Foreign scholars denied visas say they are still waiting to hear why. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Pamela Slim - Open Letter to CEOs, COOs, CIOs and CFOs Across the Corporate World - Escape From Cubicle Nation
This article has gained some traction in the blogosphere and resonates as well in the educational world. The message is simple: this consultant (Pamela Slim) has given up trying to teach good practice to corporate management, and is now trying to teach their employees how to escape. She writes, "I was banging my head against the wall trying to find ethical, creative ways to train your employees on the merits of your forced ranking compensation plan. No amount of creativity could overcome the fact that it is a stupid idea..." She wraps up the column with some really fundamental (but so often i From OLDaily on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Miltiadis D. Lytras, editor - Semantic Web Factbook - SIGSEMIS
Hard to believe, but this is only the preliminary (abridged) edition. This 115 page PDF will overwhelm you with country reports (especially China, Ukraine and Poland), project reports and papers. Some of the interesting projects described include SemDis (discovering complex relationships in semantic data) and REWERSE (reasoning on the web with rules). The volume contains as a whole hundreds of links and references. It's almost too much, really - my preference would be to see similar information distributed once a day or once a week, spread out to give readers time to absorb it. And in HTM From OLDaily on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Charles Bailey - Strong Copyright + DRM + Weak Net Neutrality = Digital Dystopia? - DigitalKoans
Essay that is mostly an overview of the three issues listed in the title (Strong Copyright, DRM and Net Neutrality) with some discussion of their impact on libraries in the last section. The conclusion, as the title suggests, is that these three things would be bad for libraries. "What may be every publisher/vendor's dream, may be every library's nightmare. Aside from a potential surge of publisher/vendor-specific access licensing options and fees, libraries may also have to contend with publisher/vendor-specific DRM technical solutions..." [OLDaily on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Christian Long - Sorry, We Own That Smiley Face! - think:lab
Maybe it's overkill, but I want to list this item just to remind people why I think it is more often the copyright and trademark owners who are the thieves, and not the file sharers. [Link] [Tags: Copyright and Patent Issues] [Comment] From OLDaily on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Charles M. Vest - Open Content and the Emerging Global Meta-University - EDUCAUSE Review
Article based (loosely) on his talk at Snowmass last summer. In it, Charles M. Vest talks mostly about the thinking behind OpenCourseWare and a bit about open educational resources generally. It is important to understand, though, that this is a global movement, and is about more than the rest of the world being the passive recipient of MIT's largesse (sorry that sounds harsh, but that's how the article reads). In the last paragraph he gets to describing the meta-university, "a transcendent, accessible, empowering, dynamic, communally constructed framework of open materials and platf From OLDaily on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Will Richardson - Headline: Congress Targets Social Network Sites - Weblogg-Ed
This has received a lot of press today, but keep in mind that it's only a proposal, and once American legislators realize that it effectively bans minors from using the internet it will be watered down or withdrawn. One would think. Will Richardson comments, "It's not safety. It's politics. It's a hot button issue. It's fear mongering. It's power, or the potential loss of it." More. More< From OLDaily on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Mark Harrison - The Future of E-Learning - Kineo
I liked this presentation, though its use of Breeze made it hard to just flip through (because of the slides with time-delayed content). And forget about cutting and pasting a pithy quote into the newsletter. Anyhow, the author points out that most of the technologies we use in e-learning have been around for a while, and that they find their greatest use in informal learning. [Link] [Tags: Online Learning, News From OLDaily on May 11, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..