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Dartmouth Fraternity House Is Searched, Student Arrested
The Dartmouth College fraternity house that inspired the movie "National Lampoon's Animal House" was searched and a student was charged with marijuana possession. From New York Times: Education on June 9, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..

Net Neutrality Haunts Cable Bill
Legislation designed to spur competition in cable television markets leaves lawmakers squabbling over regulating the internet. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 6:46 p.m..

China Restores Google.com
Two week blockade on uncensored version of the search site coincided with annual crackdown around June 4 anniversary of the Tianammen Square massacre. By Eli Milchman. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 5:46 p.m..

Rants 'n' Raves: Mindless Media
Readers blame the media, defend their generation and report from Europe in response to the Luddite's call for revolution. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

IM Attacks Rise
Attacks on IM programs continue to rise as businesses adopt the communications channel. From ClickZ Stats on June 9, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Court Orders the Internet Tapped
The FCC has the authority to order broadband ISPs to make their networks wiretap-friendly for U.S. law enforcement, an appeals court rules. Plus: How 27B Stroke 6. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..

Help Site for the Poor
A nonprofit group plans to launch a website with crucial information for the poor. Plus: The House passes a bill speeding up licensing for phone companies entering the able market.... Deutsche Telekom teams up with Microsoft to offer internet-based television.... and more. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Drop the Joystick and Back Away
Video games can be every bit as addictive as heroin -- some gamers in withdrawal began shaking and sweating when they see a computer -- says the director of Europe's first detox clinic for game addicts. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Barbara Ganley - Centering, Connecting and Creating: Transformations in Blogging Classrooms - bgblogging
Barbara Ganley weighs in with another good talk. She writes, "enhancing the learning experience for our students is not simply a matter of 'handing out blogs' like notebooks and then standing by to watch the miracle; nor is it a matter of setting up series of strict rules and parameters and methods. By thinking first about the nature of our learning community and our pedagogical framework, and how connecting students to themselves, one another, and the world makes sense in our classrooms, we can take powerful advantage of the connectivity and the transparency of the medium." OLDaily on June 9, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Ewan McIntosh - Assessment is for Learning - So is Blogging - edu.blogs.com
It stretches the bounds of assessment a bit, but Ewan McIntosh managed to get in this talk on blogging in any case. I like the example he lists, with links. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs, Assessment] [Comment] From OLDaily on June 9, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Tom Hoffman - Turning SIF On Its Head with TinyZIS - Tuttle SVC
I am sympathetic with the intent of this post, whih is to replace the Schools Interoperability Format (SIF), "a classic top-down, commercially driven standard, with no uptake whatsoever in the open source world," withg a small and agile open alternative. But I don't like some of the phrasing. This, for example: "wexTMre hitting an inflection point where the decisive point shifts from creating individual open source applications for schools to figuring out how to make them work together as an integrated system." I would not say 'integrated' - I would say 'connecte From OLDaily on June 9, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Biotech Engages in Germ Warfare
Drug-resistant infections kill more Americans than AIDS and breast cancer combined, but science is fighting back. So far, the superbugs are winning. From Forbes.com. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Crossbow Could Shoot Man Sky-High
An ingenious contraption modeled on a medieval weapon could launch its fearless inventor 20 miles into the air. By James Lee from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Think Outside the X
Even if you don't possess mutant psychic abilities, your mind can create barriers that prevent you from enjoying happy sex. Two movie X-Men need to revise their definition of sexuality before they give up. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Soccer, Anyone?
Marooned in the office while everyone else in the universe is watching the 2006 FÃ©dÃ©ration Internationale de Football Association World Cup? Not to worry. The net offers hope to all. By Eli Milchman. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Hollywood Undercover
The Defense Department's Cyber Crime Conference draws filmmakers to Florida as they search for a shot of high-tech realism. By Robin Mejia from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

The Great No-ID Airport Challenge
In which millionaire privacy activist John Gilmore challenges a DHS advisor to attempt a cross-country plane ride without showing ID. Wired News referees the gentlemen's wager. Ryan Singel reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on June 9, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Google spreadsheet not corporate. Duh
"Google Spreadsheets Not Ready for Corporate Prime Time" June 7, 2006 "Business users need more ownership, tech support and horsepower in their applications than Google's new spreadsheet app provides." "Released on June 6, the Google Spreadsheets beta is free to users with a Google Account. As many as 10 users can simultaneously edit a spreadsheet and communicate [...] From Internet Time Blog on June 9, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

New Filing in Duke Case Aims to Refute Allegations
A stripper has contradicted statements by another dancer who says she was raped at the party, defense lawyers said. From New York Times: Education on June 9, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..