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Microsoft touts wireless connection as iPod killer - Reuters
Microsoft Corp. unveiled on Thursday its new "Zune" portable media player, hoping its ability to share music wirelessly can win over consumers despite its late entry five years after Apple's market-dominating iPod. The world's largest software maker said From Techno-News Blog on September 23, 2006 at 10:49 p.m..

Microsoft Releases Office 2007 Refresh - Gregg Keizer, echWeb
As expected, Microsoft ... released the last publicly-available preview to Office 2007. Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh, which weighs in at 495MB from the Redmond, Wash. company's Download Center, had been anticipated for weeks by testers. From Techno-News Blog on September 23, 2006 at 10:49 p.m..

Sony to Launch Blu-ray Recorder in Japan - Colleen Taylor, Electronic News
Sony Corp. will launch a Blu-ray DVD recorder by year's end in Japan, pushing forward the new blue laser high-definition technology. The company did not offer a specific release date or price, nor did it say when it would be available in the United States From Techno-News Blog on September 23, 2006 at 10:49 p.m..

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Websites Help Sort College Entry
Providing one-stop shops for students looking at colleges, 35 states ease the labyrinth of class planning, financial aid, transcripts and online applications. Some private-sector sites offer unbiased student rankings. From Wired News on September 23, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Wikipedia Classroom Ideas
Stephen points to a listing of Wikipedia school and university projects that gives some interesting examples of how we might think about teaching Wikipedia. Most of these are higher ed examples, but I think many are still relevant for K-12. There are a fair amount of suggested uses for Wikipedia in the classroom [...] From weblogged News on September 23, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

The World is Flatâ€¦Revisited
I’m in the throes of research for a next book, and I’ve been going back to my highlighted, starred, underlined, exclamation pointed parts of The World is Flat in my idea collection process. I’m impressed at how well the implications for education seem to be holding together. Anyway, I came across this one starred part [...] From weblogged News on September 23, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Music Listening Program at Lewis
One composer is featured each week and one selected work of that composer is repeated each day over the school's PA system, or on a portable stereo.... Each week our music teacher, Tony Jamesbarry writes a short web post for the staff and community with more information about each featured composer. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 23, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..

Yahoo's anti-DRM stance - If it's a stunt, I still like it
Hiawatha Bray has a good article in The Boston Globe about Yahoo's anti-DRM general manager of online music, David Goldberg. Yahoo is offering the new Jesse McCartney CD for the usual $9.99, but without DRM. If I had even the slightest interest in Jesse McCartney, I'd be girlcotting it. But I like what Goldberg says. [Tags: drm yahoo digital_rights itunes]... From Joho the Blog on September 23, 2006 at 10:48 a.m..

Press!
Press! I have a 50mm macro lens for my camera, and it's a joy to work with. What I love the most is being able to make extraordinary photos out of the most mundane of situations, such as this... From Column Two on September 23, 2006 at 9:45 a.m..

The importance of user experience: the poster
Frank Spillers has posted details on the poster presenting the importance of user experience. To quote: Here's a poster that reflects some thoughts about user experience...all of the bottom row items (outcomes of positive user experiences) in the poster are... From Column Two on September 23, 2006 at 5:46 a.m..

The compelling business reason for a global intranet
Jane McConnell has written a piece on the compelling reason for a global intranet. To quote: I was recently asked to help a company define the compelling reasons they should have a global intranet. In other words, why not just... From Column Two on September 23, 2006 at 3:47 a.m..

U.S. Best Seller, Thanks to Rave by Latin Leftist
Ever since Hugo ChÃ¡vez, the president of Venezuela, held up a copy of Noam ChomskyÂ’s Â“Hegemony or SurvivalÂ” during a U.N. speech, sales have spiked. From New York Times: Education on September 23, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

City Says 339 Students Were Left Back Unnecessarily
The finding came a day after New York State released the results of the 2005-6 reading and writing exam. From New York Times: Education on September 23, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Report Says Education Officials Violated Rules
Officials improperly selected the members of review panels that awarded large grants, a searing report found. From New York Times: Education on September 23, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..