Colbert Report Hotline of Atonement - 1-888-OOPS-JEW (667-7539) This is a real working number for you to call in and apologize to Stephen for however you've wronged him. All Diggers who constantly complain about Stephen Colbert on the front page, this is your chance to ask Stephen for forgiveness. You might even end up on the Report! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
BusinessWeek on the Wii's Mii character-creation system "What Trinen, Nintendo's manager of localization, showed off at a Sept. 14 promo event in New York could end up transforming game-console technology. Nintendo execs say the feature, dubbed the Mii Channel, will let any user populate games with cartoonish 3-D versions of oneself, friends, film stars, or pro athletes. " From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Exclusive: U.S. Troops Abandoned Me, Convoy Driver Says A dramatic video obtained by ABC News shows how U.S. troops behaved during an attack on a Halliburton convoy in Iraq. A driver who survived says the company tried to cover up the incident. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Lott On Iraq: "Why Do Sunnis Kill Shiites? They All Look The Same To Me" “It’s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what’s wrong with these people,” Sen. Trent Lott said. “Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Symantec says Vista will "reduce consumer choice" Symantec and Microsoft have always had an uneasy relationship: the former depends on the latter for a platform for its products, yet often finds itself in direct competition with the software giant. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
NBA Live 07 Review: Honesty Is the Best Policy The agony and shame just WON'T WASH OFF! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Intel proudly shows off snooping tech AMT can effectively snoop on what's inside your PC. The principle is simple. Details about a VPro or Centrino based PC are saved into non-volatile memory. But, scarily, this information can be read even if the machine's power switch is in the 'off' position. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Tokyo Rose, Dies at 90 Iva Toguri D’Aquino, the Japanese-American convicted of treason in 1949 for broadcasting propaganda from Japan to United States servicemen during World War II as the seductive but sinister Tokyo Rose, died Tuesday in Chicago. She was 90. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Performance Preview Intel allowed us a few minutes with their upcoming quad-core processor code named Kentsfield. We got to run a few benchmarks and have them here to share with our readers. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
Sonic Demo On 360, The Worst Sonic Yet? Unless Sonic Team make drastic changes to the game, based on the demo they released earlier today it's fair to say that this could be the worst Sonic game ever. Should Sonic Team abandone this disaster and create a 2.5D Sonic game, with 2D levels rendered in 3D graphics? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
Virgin Frequent-flyer Cashes in 2,000,000 miles for 75 mile Space Flight The closest that Alan Watts came to experiencing outer space was on a theme park ride -- now the British businessman has traded his multitude of frequent-flyer miles for a real journey 75 miles (120 kilometers) above Earth, he said Thursday. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
Lenovo to recall 500,000 notebooks for battery woes Recall makes Lenovo the fourth major PC manufacturer to haul notebooks back due to battery issues. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
Boys told no standing to urinate It's an entirely new definition of "Standing Room Only." Or perhaps a new measure of "equality" has arrived. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
Bill Clinton Loves Ubuntu! Bill Clinton has embraced the concept of Ubuntu, the concept of "I am because you are". The ancient african concept which is known by most as an open source OS. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
Ubuntu Edgy Eft Beta 1 Released The First Beta has finally been released for The most popular Linux desktop of the day. The beta introduces many new features along with new artwork, such as the desktop, usplash, and login screen. Get it while it's hot. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
This Girl Is Almost Perfect She's nearly a 10/10...... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:17 p.m..
MLB pulls podcasts from iTunes Store Major League Baseball has pulled its podcasts from the iTunes Store following a spat with Apple over presentation of the content. The league reportedly asked Apple last week to remove the podcasts because of a lack of control the league said it had over how its podcasts were promoted on iTunes. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Star Wars Darth Vader Pet Costume A fan of Star Wars that I am... I have my limits.I will not ask my girl friend to dress up as Princess Leia before intimate times, I don't tell people how fast my car can go in "parsecs", I will never say "May the Force Be With You" in place of "Good Luck" and most of all, I will NEVER EVER EVER EVER dress up a pet of mine in a Star Wars costume. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
High Speed Camera Captures Objects Getting Shot in Slow-Mo There are several items shown but my favorite is the Egg. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Contactless Cards: Are Privacy Jitters Legit? While the cards are a boon to merchants and are part of a large new RFID industry -- from manufacturers who make the tags and readers to software companies that create data analytics for ROI -- the technology also presents some security concerns as merchants may have the ability to track goods and services more closely than some would like. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Huge List of Full-Length Cartoons Here is an impressive list of full length YouTube cartoons gathered for your viewing pleasure. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
2,000,000 Pokemon D/P and 500,000 DS lites SOLD OUT in Japan within HOURS! Translation (From Aurora): Japanese sources have announced a shortage in stock for Pokémon Diamond/Pearl in the majority of retailers. Despite the 2 million copies allocated to shops for today (1 million per game), this was not enough to meet the demands. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Why Some Republicans Want to Lose Three factors are driving the conservative backlash against the Republican-led Congress. Fiscal hawks are furious about the growth of the federal government. Conservative lawyers are upset that Congress allowed President Bush to claim expansive powers to eavesdrop on American citizens and detain suspected militants without trial. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
How not to diffuse a bomb!!!! Funny ( tragic too) video of bomb squad people in India trying to diffuse a bomb by going at it with a HAMMER and setting it off in the process. It shows the whole thing going up in smoke too. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Afraid of the Fear of Terror One of Mozart's operas been taken off the playlist at Berlin's State Opera for fear of a terrorist attack. It's a shocking example of pre-emptive surrender: At this point, it seems, terrorists don't even need to issue a specific threat in order to intimidate us. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Stephen Colbert on Bill Clinton and Fox News Stephen Colbert's take on the recent showdown between Bill Clinton and Fox News. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Al Franken on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart Al Franken pays a visit to the Daily Show and talks about his possible run for office in 2008. Stewart then puts Franken in "The Seat Of Heat," where he asks him to fill in the blank: "pundit comedians should not run for office because ______." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
China sucessfully tests new thermonuclear fusion reactor Chinese scientists on Thursday successfully conducted the first test of an experimental thermonuclear fusion reactor, which replicates the same energy generation process that fuels the sun. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
PC Guy from Apple Ads Way Smarter Than Mac Guy Radar interviews John Hodgman, you know, the PC Guy from the Apple ads. And reading it makes me feel just stupid. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo Interior Concept (incl. new VIDEO) Future passengers aboard Virgin Galactic spaceliners can look forward to cushioned reclining seats and lots of windows during suborbital flights aboard SpaceShipTwo, a concept interior of which was unveiled by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson Thursday. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Internet Channel on Wii It does Flash SO much better than the PSP! Doesn't look like Opera, though. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
President Talabani says there will be no civil war in Iraq Iraqi President Jalal Talabani disputed on Tuesday reports of growing violence in his country and declared, "I can assure you there will be no civil war." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
The Thin Pill The breakthrough came last December when her new endocrinologist diagnosed her with something called metabolic syndrome. She'd never heard of it. As she Googled to learn more, her chronic ailments – the weight, the high blood pressure, the lack of energy – started to make sense. They even seemed treatable. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Barack Obama:weaker the government's case against you, less rights you have Barack Obama went on the Senate floor and gave us a very good speech on civil liberties and security… From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Digg.com Decreases Work Productivity by 43% Being a lover of technology and apparently having no self-discipline I found myself spending way too much time on digg and other social websites lately. I decided to do something about it. Attached is a simple script to redirect access to certain, ehem, non-productive sites on a schedule of your choosing. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
PHP: Easy, elegant news feeds with lastRSS The RSS format is great for getting the lastest headlines in your favourite news reader. But what if you run your own website and you want to include some of these headlines on your own site? You could always copy and paste them into your HTML, or even type them in yourself. But perhaps your best bet is to use the lastRSS PHP class. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
2080Kids to help dyslexia sufferers 2080Kids is a company behind innovative solutions for making the internet accessible for all. In the UK it is suggested that 30% of students from 0-16 suffer from some form of communications disability and difficulty. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Enterprise Search Summit 2007 The summit aims to be an in-depth conference about how to develop, implement and enhance cutting-edge internal search capabilities. It is designed for information managers, IT or search professionals to learn strategies and build the skill sets they need to make their organisations' content not only searchable, but findable. It is intended for Search managers, Intranet/portal managers, IT managers, Information & knowledge architects, Taxonomists, Content managers, Web publishers & developers, Information professionals and Knowledge management professionals, Anyone who is responsible for o From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Identity theft == cash in your pocket Computer Associates has a new plan to win over customers to its security software—offer them a warranty. The company has partnered with Warranty Corporation of America (WaCA) to offer cash benefits if users of its software are victims of identity theft or virus infestations. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Steve Jobs tells Phil Shiller to Demo Wireless Accelerometer by Jumping (Video) From 7 years ago, but demonstrates the lengths Apple would go to to entertain Macworld Attendees...After having introduced the AirPort wireless technology at MacWorld NY, Steve insisted that VP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Shiller helped him demo it - as well as entering the "Demo Hall of Fame" From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
U.S.: Afghan attacks triple since truce KABUL, Afghanistan - American troops on Afghanistan's eastern frontier have seen a tripling of attacks since a truce between the Pakistani army and pro-Taliban tribesmen that was supposed to stop cross-border raids by militants, a U.S. military officer said Wednesday. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Diebold makes its e-poll book software "glitch-free" Ah, Diebold, our favorite democracy-threatening, gadget-making punching bag. Earlier this week, Diebold showed off a software fix to Maryland election officials of the company's new "e-poll books," a device to keep track of voter records and registration From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
KDE vs. Gnome: Which is better for you? An essay that looks at the differences of each GUI and what each is best for. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Lazarus Microbe's Immortality Secret Revealed Scientists have discovered a novel genetic repair process that allows a hardy desert microbe to die and resurrect over and over again. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
What an Opportunity! Mars rover reaches new milestone Nearly three years after landing on Mars, the rover "Opportunity" has reached a region of the planet that may provide the best clues yet about the history of the red planet. The golf cart-sized robot is now overlooking Victoria Crater, half a mile wide, 230 feet deep. NASA has just released pictures of the area transmitted by Opportunity. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Slimmest cellphone screens in the world LG and Philips LCD have worked together to create the slimmest cellphone screens in the world, with a thickness that measures only 1.3mm. This is roughly 32% to 55% slimmer than what their competitors are able to squeeze out. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Programmers need to stop writing code According to devsource.com, the Big G reckons that the days of developers thinking that turning out code on time and on budget were over. One presentation said that rapid application deployment systems were damn good at turning out pants programs really fast. However it is more important to be agile rather than fast. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Irish (Notre Dame) to offer season tickets for first time in 30 years "For the first time in more than 30 years, Notre Dame will make 5,000 season tickets available to football games starting next season, charging a fee to help pay for more than $40 million in repairs to Notre Dame Stadium." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Awesome Colbert Report / Half Life 2 Mod Half Life 2 game play contained within the warmth of The Colbert Report studio. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Bush's "Shadow Government" ? The SPP is a done deal, without Congress or us "The documents clearly reveal that SPP, working within the US Dept. of Commerce, is far advanced in putting together a new regional infrastructure, creating a 'shadow' trilateral bureaucracy with Mexico & Canada that is aggressively rewriting a wide range of US administrative law all without congressional oversight or public disclosure," From digg on September 28, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
ESPN drops their cell phones In a disappointed conference ESPN announced that it would be ending its foray into the cellular world. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
MySQL Backup and Recorvery with mysql-zrm on Debian Sarge This guide describes how to back up and recover your MySQL databases with mysql-zrm on a Debian Sarge system. mysql-zrm is short for Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, it is a new tool that lets you create full logical or raw backups, generate reports about the backups, verify the integrity of the backups, and recover your databases. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Fox News Declares Bush Tax Cuts A Success - Studies Say Otherwise Not to be a buzzkill or anything... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Amazing Drinking Trick How many times has he practiced this? This bloke has way too much time on his hands!! I'm off to practice From digg on September 28, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Top 5 Linux and Windows myths "I've come across a lot of things being spread around recently about both linux and windows, and why one is better than the other. You're always going to have people on both sides, but regardless, there are things I've heard in particular for both sides of the argument that aren't true." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
GIF is NOW finally free - for real, with a final Unisys joke Patents for the GIF format, once claimed as the exclusive property of Unisys, will shortly expire - restoring GIF to its once prominent position in the open source world. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:52 p.m..
Optimus Prime Speaks Peter Cullen has been the voice of Optimus Prime for 20 years. Short interview on his career and involvement with the new Transformers film. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:52 p.m..
How well can you draw with your mouse? Cool game in which you have 4 seconds to draw random objects, if you are successful, you move on to the next level From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:52 p.m..
48hr CODE A THON for Open Source Advocacy Tools! A new experiment in programming and politics ala Barcamp fashion The LeagueofTechVoters.org is gathering together a herd of programmers to create, fix and modify pre-existing tools in Drupal to focus on advocacy. We want to create modules that help join together tech experts and NPOs to better influence legislative process in a effective way From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Vector Art with Photoshop A nice tutorial for converting a rastor image (photo) into vector. very good for creating vector images of your own photos or banners for your website. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Madden for Wii has Better Graphics Than Xbox and Controls NOT Gimmicky The title is solid and actually pretty good looking, too. Not Xbox 360, of course, but definitely well beyond GCN and better than Xbox. The game is fun. On top of that, it's not gimmicky. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
'Crocodile Hunter' felt he'd die early "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin always felt he would die early, but that he would be killed in a car wreck and not by an animal, his widow says. Terri Irwin said her husband had an uncanny way with animals that both of them believed would keep him safe as he played with dangerous beasts. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Physicists observe subatomic quick-change artist It's taken 19 long years of painstaking, high-precision experiments, but it's finally official: Physicists have announced the observation of a subatomic particle known as the Bs (pronounced "B sub s") meson switching between matter and antimatter states at a mind-boggling 3 trillion times per second. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Iraq War is Getting Worse, MUCH Worse - Attacks Every 15 Min Veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq. He also reveals key intelligence that predicts the insurgency will grow worse next year. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
New Photos Reveal 1935 Airship at Bottom of Pacific Ocean On Feb. 12, 1935, during severe weather off Point Sur, Calif., a U.S. Navy flying machine called the USS Macon fell from the sky, plunged into the Pacific Ocean, and sank. It was the nation's largest rigid, lighter-than-air craft, and the last of its kind. This month researchers documented the wreckage of the 785-foot dirigible. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Microsoft's Peter Moore Talks 'Wii-60' - Aims for Dual Owners In a canny piece of anti-Sony propaganda he said, "Dual platform ownership of Xbox 360 and Wii could be as high as 40% depending on what territory we are talking about. The influence of the Wii-60 movement seems to be growing enormously." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Top 10 Weird Al Videos I know that there are those of you out there that will spend countless hours debating the subtle nuances of why “White and Nerdy” eeks out “Fat”, but let me say this…Weird Al fans of new and old, can’t we all just get along? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Olbermann responds to NY Post's mockery of death threat Keith Olbermann responds to the NY Post's coverage of a death threat he received with "anthrax" (powdered soap) inside, in which they make light of the situation and poke fun at him for ensuring his own safety. Video and transcript at the link. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Marvel MMO Coming to Xbox 360 and PC Marvel, Cryptic and Microsoft bury the hatchet. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Republican candidate for NY Attorney General under federal investigation Jeanine Pirro, speaking at a Manhattan news conference, said she was under federal investigation for plotting to secretly record her husband to find out whether he was having another affair. She also said that any probe into her troubled marriage was "highly improper" but she had no intention of quitting her campaign. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Christopher Walken talks with Conan about running for President. Christopher Walken on Conan O'Brien remarking on http://www.walken2008.com/ his US Presidential Campaign website that was made by Gen[M]ay.com members. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Microsoft sets price for Zune, songs Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season. Microsoft's 30-gigabyte Zune will retail for $249.99 -- 99 cents higher than the iPod with the same amount of storage -- when it goes on sale November 14. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
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CableTV without a Tuner - FREE HBO, FOX on your PC! With the beta release of the TVU Player, you can get live Digital cable, streaming over the Internet to your PC, for FREE. Watch HBO, Disney, FOX, ABC, all the big networks and more for no charge! WOW! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
The Other Steve I'm not surprised by its longevity. Once a company has millions of customers it can hang on for decades, getting extra chances for rebirth. One of a company's greatest assets is customer loyalty. A lot of ups and downs are due to the competitive nature of the business. Apple quickly became a huge company, but we had one product. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
What is the Bush-Rove "October Surprise"? Bomb Iran, Bioweapons Attack? Bush advisor Karl Rove has been touting his "October surprise," aimed at keeping Repubs in office. While Rove will most certainly exploit the fear factor, the question remains if we'll let ourselves be fooled, yet again. Rove may reason that a US attack on Iran's alleged nuclear-weapons facilities would be enough to rally the public around Repubs From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Vote in Round 2 of My Dream App, Get Free Mori My Dream App just started their second round of eliminations, and this time they have a group of popular bloggers on board as guest judges, including John Siracusa (Ars Technica), John Gruber (Daring Fireball), Scott McNulty (TUAW) and more. 6 of 18 remaining finalists will be eliminated. Who will you vote for? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Bush's Imaginary Foes President Bush's angry nonanswers to two straightforward questions yesterday were among the best illustrations yet of his intense aversion to responding to his critics' actual arguments. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Linksys Wireless-G Music Bridge disappoints The Linksys WMB54G Wireless-G Music Bridge is a wireless device that allows users to stream audio from their computers to their home theatre system. On the upside the device lets users get around DRM issues, on the downside, the review seems very unimpressed by the device's functionality. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Congress looks at P2P in academia College students: while they excel at both binge drinking and mumps-spreading, they're also voracious media consumers. Like the python which can distend itself to eat an entire deer, college students show an almost unlimited appetite for music and movies, so much so that they are Public Enemy no. 1 on the entertainment industry's Most Wanted From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
'Wag the Dog': MPAA Embarassment Over Pirated DVD Sniffing Labradors The Motion Picture Association of America will stop at nothing to prevent the international trafficking of pirated movies. The film industry lobby is enlisting the help of two Labradors, Lucky and Flo, that have been trained to smell chemicals found in DVDs. The problem: Pirated DVDs smell just like regular ones! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Arrested Development Avatars from Save Our Bluths (S.O.B.) Hilarious Avatars from saveourbluths.org for fans of the cancelled show. Check out the main site too for other funny stuff. "It's an illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money....or cocaine." -GOB From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Apple’s iTV & The Case of the Missing DVR A wave of analysts were confused by Apple's iTV announcement: "Where's the DVR?" Here's a look at why the iTV isn't trying to be a Tivo or a Windows Media Center PC knockoff. Daniel Eran, RoughlyDrafted Magazine From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Banjo Kazooie Returns on 360 "For months (even years), rumors have suggested Rare would be returning to their acclaimed Nintendo 64 platforming series Banjo Kazooie...At X06 this morning, however, Microsoft and Rare announced the series would be returning on Xbox 360 with "new next-gen visuals and presentation as well as their sharp wit and hilarious sense of humor" From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
How to Criticize a Software Developer Without Getting Punched We all know how to criticize; we learned a lot about it from our older brother or the bully at school. But the problem is how to critize well. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Giuliani defends Clinton on 9/11 efforts FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani defended Bill Clinton on Wednesday over the former president's counterterrorism efforts, saying recent criticism on preventing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is wrong. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Amazing Liquid Sculptures What you see on this site are high-resolution photographs of liquids in motion, captured with high-speed flash photography. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Gizmodo Review: Tivo Series3 After a long wait, the TiVo Series3 DVR is finally out. Sure, the new model supports recording two coveted HD sources at one time, and still offers most of the features we loved from the Series 2 (though TiVoToGo is gone for now). But, an $800 price tag might be steep for mainstream buyers and competition is afoot. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Amazing Staircase Design The inside of the new Thomas Heatherwick designed Longchamps store, Spring Street, New York. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Energy MIT experts side with 'Truth' Al Gore would be pleased to hear that "An Inconvenient Truth," his documentary on global climate change, passed the MIT test. Ernest J. Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative, and Peter H. Stone, professor of climate dynamics at the MIT Center for Global Change Science, declared that Gore did "a fine job framing the problem." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Intel to ship 1M quad-core chips before AMD ships first Pat Gelsinger has stated that Intel is set to ship more than one million quad-core chips before AMD ships its first. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Send Someone an "Ass in a Box" Enjoy sending a completely original spring loaded surprise to those on your A-Hole list...They will receive their specially gift wrapped glossy white box, cut the fancy bow and KA-BOINNNGGG! A custom made Spring Loaded Ass in their face will shock and surprise them! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Musharraf on the Daily Show Jon Stewart's entire interview with Pakistan's Pres. Musharraf (11 mins). From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Mini Linux PC breaks $100 barrier A Taiwanese company is selling a tiny Linux-powered mini PC that has a consumer electronics look-and-feel for $99, quantity one. Seems like a neat platform for a wide range of specialized applications and projects. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Why Do We Need A New Congress? They forgot they work for We the People Fed officials & the US military take an oath to uphold and defend the US Constitution and the laws of this great land. But that promise to fidelity seems to have been forgotten or ignored by many in the Govt today, particularly in the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. The goal is boot them all out of office, except for Rep. Ron Paul... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Moscow’s Rising Skyline A slew of new structures—including Europe’s tallest building—are sprouting up around the Kremlin to form a modern backdrop in Russia’s capital. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
How to rip off Best Buy and other Electronics Stores. I got $165 off my new tv set. The original price was pretty expensive, so how much you save depends. Pretty cool idea. You basically outsmart the salespeople. Anyone else tried this? Does it work anywhere besides Best Buy? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Symantec admits its Mac OS X spyware prediction was wrong 18 months ago Symantec said: "Mac OS is increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity that is more commonly associated with Microsoft" but on Wednesday it quietly admitted the prediction was wrong. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Wikipedia List of Sexual Slurs A collection of known sexual slurs have a read have a laugh From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Too Much Testosterone Kills Brain Cells Tests on brain cells in lab dishes showed that while a little of the male hormone is good, too much of it causes cells to self-destruct in a process similar to that seen in brain illnesses such as Alzheimer's. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Laser Guided Lego "Rocket" Launcher The LEGO Rocket Launcher pinpoints four targets and fires rockets at them. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Terrorists Hating Canada, Is like Hating Toast... There is no Reason to. Congratulations Canada, Apparently you are finally a Terrorist target... But why? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
New anthrax vaccine shows promise SAN FRANCISCO - Five years after anthrax attacks left five dead and terrified America, scientists are reporting progress on developing a new vaccine they hope will work faster and with fewer side effects than the current one. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Google Top Results of each Element creates Periodic Table of Elements Uhhh...Xenon didn't look like this in Science Class.....A friend of Davebug came up with an interesting idea: what if you made a periodic table of the elements by take the top Google image search result for each element? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
How to Heighten Your Sense of the Absurd Guy Kawasaki interviews Jon Winokur, the author of twenty books on a subjects from advice to Zen, on how to heighten your sense of the absurd. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
The Sniper Detecting Robot The RedOwl robot also employs a suite of advanced optics including a thermal camera, 300X zoom daylight/infrared camera, infrared laser illuminators, a rangefinder, high intensity white driving light, and voice communication microphones and speakers, all in a package that weighs less than 5 pounds. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
KDE & Kopete Appear on NBC's TV Show "Heroes" The pilot episode of NBC's flagship drama for the 2006 fall season proudly features a laptop showing a KDE desktop and KDE applications such as Kopete and KMix running on Mandriva Linux. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Meds Killed Daniel Smith "he death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel was caused by a lethal combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro, pathologist Cyril Wecht has revealed to PEOPLE exclusively." Read on From digg on September 28, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Olbermann Reveals What Little the Bush Administration Did Before 9/11 Keith Olbermann responds to Bush’s non-response to Bill Clinton. He goes over his first months in office leading up to 9/11. It’s not a pretty picture. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
O'Reilly on Iraq - I "couldn't care less about the country" On the September 25 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly declared: "I don't care what Iraq was, I don't care what it will be. I just don't want them killing anybody or helping Al Qaeda." O'Reilly added that he "[c]ouldn't care less" about Iraq, even though he had previously criticized others for doing the same. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Study: 107M viewed online video in July NEW YORK - More than 100 million Americans, or three out of every five Internet users, viewed video online in July, a new study finds. ComScore Media Metrix recorded both streaming, which requires a live Internet connection, and downloads, in which a user saves a file that can be viewed later or offline. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
New York considers banning trans fats Think you may be a candidate for heart disease? Perhaps you should move to New York where, soon, you may not be able to have any partially hydrogenated oils with your meals. Or just move to Denmark where those rascally trans fats are already outlaws. Would you like fries with that? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
FULL GTA4 Game EXCLUSIVE to Xbox360 CONFIRMED at X06 Microsoft announced at X06 that Rockstar will release for download on XBLA "hours worth of gameplay" add-ons within months of the release that WILL be exclusive to the Xbox360. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Bill Gates is Now Worth $90 Billion According to Forbes Microsoft founder saw his shares nearly double in the past year despite being villainized as a ruthless monopolist by government watchdogs and fellow software billionaires. While the U.S. pursues its antitrust investigations, Microsoft continues its aggressive expansion, teaming up with cable, fiber-optic and wireless companies... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
A Hidden Google Page [ACTUALLY WORKS] Here is a hidden Google page that lets you search from it as well! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Bush won't release full intel assessment WASHINGTON - The White House refused Wednesday to release in full a previously secret intelligence assessment that depicts a growing terrorist threat and has fueled the election-season fight over the Iraq war. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
The Best College Football Play Ever Best Ending to College Football Every. Nuff Said. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Mammoth bones found in Czech Republic - Yahoo! News Bone fragments from a mammoth, along with the remains of another prehistoric animal, have been found in the northwestern Czech Republic during excavations to build a commercial center, scientists have said. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Samsung 400GB Sata Hard Drive $99.99! No mail-in rebates! This is a great deal on an internal SATA drive from CompUSA. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Resurrected virus shows how 1918 flu strain committed mass murder In an experiment never seen before in medicine, US researchers went to Alaska to recover tissue samples from a woman victim of Spanish flu whose body had been preserved in permafrost.Teasing out fragments of the virus, they painstakingly recreated the H1N1's eight genes.They brought back to life a killer last seen more than three generations ago. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
How to turn a normal WordPress installation into a working online shop Loads of people I know would like to set up shop online, and either don't have the time or money to have a designer / programmer come in and do the job for them. I was helping someone do exactly this, and I thought I would share the technique with everyone. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Rock Climbing - 3000 Feet Up Without Being Hooked In Dean Potter soloing the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Harman to Negroponte: Release the Iraq Intel Report Before November Think Progress has the text of the letter, which blasts the administration for claiming it can't release the report until after the elections. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
AMAZING,,QUAD core gaming demo!!!! intel recently showed off what we can expect from games that take advantage quad core processors From digg on September 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Best Practices for Shareable Metadata This draft document is part of the Best Practices for OAI Data Provider Implementations and Shareable Metadata, a joint initiative between the Digital Library Federation and the National Science Digital Library. It comprises: Introduction which provides useful background; Best Practices for Shareable Metadata Content which includes general recommendation on authoring 'shareable' metadata, documenting decisions made, and recommendations on how to author certain classes of metadata elements; Best Practices for Technical Aspects of Metadata which includes recommendations for technical m From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Friendship - how to make new friends Friendships are an important part of life, but many of us find it difficult to find, make or keep friends. Life events, such as moving to another state or neighbourhood, starting a job can isolate us from our former support group. This article gives suggestions for making and maintaining friends. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Digital Library Building Blocks: Glossary This glossary can be searched or browsed under the following categories: CDL and UC terms, crawling and harvesting, digital objects, Interface Customization Tools, Library and Technology, Linking Services, Metasearching, Preservation and XML. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
What is Going on at the Library of Congress? The author argues that several recent decisions by the current LC administration, in response to the digitised world, have produced protests that LC is abdicating its professional responsibilities to the national system of shared cataloging, as well as undermining its core mission to acquire, catalog, make accessible, and preserve its own unparalleled holdings – especially its book collections. He states that if scholars in this country, in all subject areas, want to maintain efficient, deep, extensive, and systematic access to book collections in research libraries, they need to speak up no From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Descriptive Metadata Guidelines for RLG Cultural Materials RLG has compiled these Descriptive Metadata Guidelines for contributors, to ensure that the digital collections submitted to RLG Cultural Materials can be discovered and understood. While these guidelines reflect the needs of one particular service, they also represent a case study in information sharing across community and national boundaries. For contributors who are in the process of formulating policies for describing their collections — or simply trying to understand the choices and terminology — these guidelines provide an overview of key concepts and strategies. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information: Online Edition, Version 2.1 This is version 2.0 of the site devoted to metadata: what it is, its types and uses, and how it can improve access to Web resources; it includes a crosswalk. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Podcasts from colleges and universities For education, this emerging technology provides another way of sharing and transmitting audio for teaching and learning in schools and at home. In this section of the podcast directory users can select podcasts that have been published by colleges, featuring young people and adults. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Internet Tutorials This site provides instructional guides on the Internet and World Wide Web for the academic and research community. It includes basic searching guides, guides to understanding the World Wide Web, internet research tips, advice on using e-mail discussion groups, basic recommendations on the use of subject directories and search engines, information about Boolean searching, browsers and the deep web. It contains an extensive tutorial on the use of subject directories, search engine services, and the deep web. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
The attitudes of Australians to happiness and social wellbeing This paper, by Clive Hamilton and Emma Rush, makes a contribution to the debate about national wellbeing by exploring some public attitudes to personal and national happiness. A major strand of the paper examines the primary role of schools, and whether they should emphasise a happy personal life or preparation for the world of work. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Conan O'Brien's Green Machine: his classic Ford Taurus Conan obrien speaks about his taurus car on late night. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:48 a.m..
Christian terrorist attempts car-bombing in Iowa and gets charged with 2nd-degree arson. Class C felonies are punishable by imprisonment of not more than 10 years and a fine between $1000 and $10,000 under Iowa law. If he were a Muslim he would be left indefinitely in Guantanamo Bay. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:48 a.m..
Plan de Trabajo de la Academia de Ecologia Plan de trabajo para el periodo 2006 - 2007 de la Academia de Ecologia del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias...Acciones, compromisos, reglamentacion, normatividad. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 28, 2006 at 3:47 a.m..
Fire Spread Video An avi file showing the spread of a fire that starts in a typical room. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 28, 2006 at 3:47 a.m..
Rape Investigation This study tracks 15 rape survivors for a month following the day they reported the crime at the police station. The study provided the framework for the Thuthuzela Care Centre which was designed and first implemented in the Cape Flats in June 2000. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 28, 2006 at 3:47 a.m..
Calculators for Chemists Calculators for Chemists were set up as calculators of course but also for the following didactical reasons:
Objeto de Aprendizaje: Genetica Objeto de aprendizaje que explica de manera general el desarrollo de la genetica molecular, asi como la estructura del ADN y la manera de como este se copia para realizar la sintesis de proteinas. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 28, 2006 at 3:47 a.m..
Math Stories for Children Helps elementary and middle school children boost their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. The website for busy teachers, eager students, and involved parents. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 28, 2006 at 3:47 a.m..
iTunes update MISTAKENLY reveals CELL PHONE functions Normally, an iTunes update wouldn't be much news. But this one has lots of mentions of a "mobile phone" that can play video and display pictures. As far as we know, the ROKR and RAZR V3i can't do that. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
50 Pounds Of Silly Putty Off A Building Ever wonder what would happen if you dropped 50 lbs of Silly Putty from the 7th floor of an office building? Wonder no more! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
White House considers declassifying intelligence report The Bush administration said on Tuesday it may declassify an intelligence report in order to respond to Democrats who say the document shows the Iraq war has been a distraction from the war on terrorism. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said officials were "giving serious consideration" to releasing the National Intelligence Estimate, From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Was it Bush or Clinton who was soft on Osama? Pop Quiz! Who said this? "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." Or this? "I don't know where he is. I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him." And who disbanded the CIA unit dedicated to finding bin Laden? From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
The Antifederalists Were Right The Antifederalists were opponents of ratifying the US Constitution. Gary Galles writes that they feared that it would create an overbearing central government, while the Constitution's proponents promised that this would not happen. As the losers in that debate, they are largely overlooked today. But that does not mean they were wrong. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
House Passes Ban on Permanent Iraq Bases Congress is on the verge of barring the construction of permanent bases for U.S. forces in Iraq, a move aimed at quelling concerns in the Arab world that American forces will remain in the war-torn country indefinitely. The ban, which was inserted into the annual defense spending bill, won House approval Tuesday night with a vote of 394-22 for it. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Lame 3.97 (not beta) available now Lame 3.97 is here. Speed improvements, among many other goodies. Above link is to source. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30617534&forum_id=5500 From digg on September 28, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Digg: A Spyware Makers Dream Come True? With social book marking we have a similar situation. User generated content is hitting the front page of a website that gets 1 million unique hits per day. Starting to see the trouble now? Say I had malicious intent to infect people’s computers. Well submitting two pieces of software to Digg could infect tens of thousands of people. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Teacher Smacks His Student in The Head This teacher goes all-out to the point of actually whacking his student in the head, twice! Pretty crazy. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Howto: use your PC and Webcam as a motion-detecting/recording system This tutorial will take you step-by-step through setting up your PC and Webcam to act as a motion-detecting and recording security camera system. And the software required to do this is open source (free). From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Popcorn Lung??? One of America's favorite snack foods - popcorn - is at the center of a national health controversy. The chemical diacetyl, used to make artificial butter flavoring, has been linked to a respiratory disease called "popcorn lung" in hundreds of people. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Yahoo! acquires online video editing and sharing site JumpStart The Yahoo! family expanded again today with the acquisition of online video editing service Jumpcut. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Nintendo Prez on the Future of Gaming with Wii ABC's Ahead of the Curve features Nintendo of America's president in a video interview. Reggie talks about Wii technology, price and features, gamer stereotypes, Nintendo leading in video games industry, why Wii will truly be a new way to play, and Nintendo World Store midnight launch in New York. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Christians & Libertarians: Should they be allies against the state? Christians and libertarians share important core beliefs that apply to the political sphere. Libertarians do not believe in gratuitous violence, and similarly Christians believe that one should "Do violence to no man." For this reason, Christians and libertarians should be allies against the state, not necessarily in terms of political parties .... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Microsoft Messenger 6.0 Out For The Mac Microsoft Messenger 6.0 Out For The Mac - And Its The First Universal Binary from Microsoft From digg on September 28, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Antarctica facts file index This page from the Cool Antartica site links to a large list of fact pages on various aspects of Antarctica. Topics covered include environment, science, history, and animal life. From Recent Items on September 28, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
Microsoft Sues Hacker The world's largest software maker is suing the developer of a program that allows users to circumvent digital rights protection from Microsoft's Windows Media Audio (WMA) song format. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
DefectiveByDesign.org Takes Another Bite at the Apple DBD Members will target Apple's flagship stores in New York and London on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) as a precursor to hundreds of actions on October 3rd, the "Day Against DRM" aimed to raise awareness in the general public of the dangers of Digital Restrictions Management. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
ESRB must play every game in its entirety says proposed legislation “The current video game ratings system needs improvement,” Brownback said, “because reviewers do not see the full content of games and don’t even play the games they are supposed to rate." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Hybrids: Seven Worries, Seven Answers Sometimes buyers avoid hybrids for the wrong reasons. But, for some buyers, their worries are well founded. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Croc Hunter's wife: I've lost my prince It's been almost a month since a stingray barb killed her husband of 14 years, piercing his heart as he filmed a show on the Great Barrier Reef. Terri spoke with Barbara Walters, in her first interview since Irwin's death, about how she is coping. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Army Officer Admits To Forging Enlistment Signatures For Utah Minor When Pfc. Steven Price of Utah volunteered to join the Army in January, he couldn't do it alone. Because he's 17, recruiters needed his parents to give their written permission. Now, an Army spokesman says a Utah-based recruiter has admitted forging the signatures of Price's parents to enlist him. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Dot Mac Going Web 2.0? A few months ago, I was one of the many dotMAC users who complained bitterly about the lack of attention being paid to the service by Apple. Apparently, someone very powerful was listening and changes are coming. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Tux Factory Want to show off your geek side with some sweet avatars. Then check no farther tux avatars are here. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
[URGENT] Torture now legal, Constitution Officially Dead WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation Wednesday giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Suzuki Unveils Fuel Cell Electric Wheelchair Suzuki has developed "MIO," an electric wheelchair with a fuel cell unit. It has been designed based on Suzuki's previous electric wheelchair "Senior Car" operable with a handlebar. It is a motor-driven wheelchair that runs on electricity generated by the fuel cell unit. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Prayers Answered...Shaun Alexander to play THIS Sunday? "Alexander, who is crediting prayer with healing his fractured left foot according to the Tacoma News Tribune, hopes to play against the Chicago Bears on Sunday." From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Doom Is Live on Xbox Live Now "As you read this the original Doom, that's right the original DOOM should be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade" From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Peek at NSA's Secret Reading List The tantalizing tables of contents to the best spy magazines you'll probably never get to read have been posted online, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request that pried open four classified National Security Agency publications. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Old-fashioned land scams go high-tech An elderly woman from the East Coast roams the Arizona desert in search of her land. She's looking for a tidy lot in a subdivision and instead finds an arid wasteland in the middle of nowhere. She gets lost, runs out of gas and water and has to be rescued by a rancher. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
The COOLEST road you'll ever see! Pictures of a road that's been built into a cliff. This looks like it could be right out of a computer game. Where's a tail-happy Porsche when you need one? From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Google: How long is 8 years in Internet time? The guy who created the Google logos speaks. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Kazakhs Combat "Borat" Image with Huge Ads in New York Times It might not be coming out until November, but the upcoming film "Borat," starring Sacha Baron Cohen as a faux-Kazakh buffoon, is making Kazakhstan deeply nervous about its national image -- so much so that the country's government took out a pricey four-page full-color ad in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune today. From digg on September 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Send workers back to school The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal was commissioned by the NSW Government to look at the demand for skills over the next 20 years and how best to meet it. The report produces recommendations that it says could increase employment in NSW by 14 per cent over 20 years and put an extra $120 billion into the state's economy. The cost by 2025 would be an extra $4 billion a year, but it says this is an investment that would more than pay for itself. The Australian, 23 September 2006 From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
The attitudes of Australians to happiness and wellbeing This paper makes a contribution to the debate about national wellbeing by exploring some public attitudes to personal and national happiness. A major strand of the paper examines the primary role of schools, and whether they should emphasise a happy personal life or preparation for the world of work. The Australia Institute, September 2006 From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Announcement of Carrick Fellowships The Carrick Institute is pleased to announce the 2006 Fellowships. Carrick Fellowships are highly prestigious, awarded to outstanding scholars who are respected advocates for excellence in learning and teaching in higher education. See Carrick Fellowships for further information and a list of 2006 Fellows. The Carrick Fellowships 2007 Guidelines are now available to download. Carrick Alert, 28 September 2006 From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Open Citation Project - Reference Linking and Citation Analysis for Open Archives The project developed products and services to support the Open Archives Initiative (OAI). The project has completed its period of funding, but some services continue. This site is maintained and updated periodically with information on continuing and related work. It contains a number of papers, presentations and research reports about reference linking and citation analysis. From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Iadis international conference Web Based Communities 2007 The mission of this conference is to publish and integrate scientific results and act as a catalyst to the fast developing culture of web communities. The conference invites original papers, review papers, technical reports and case studies on the WWW in particular the emerging role of so-called WWW-Based Communities. Subject indications: The history, architecture and future of virtual communities; Group processes and self-organization; Cyborgs, teleworking, telemedicine, art games and learning communities; Expanding markets through virtual communities; Virtual communities for people with spec From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Australian Book Review (ABR) ABR aims to offer the fullest coverage of Australian books and literary culture. It also contains writing about current affairs and the broader culture. It provides broad, independent coverage of the latest books and ideas. The site provides tables of contents for current ands past issues and full text of a selection of articles and reviews. From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
OzArts online OzArts Online is designed to be an online service promoting contemporary Australian culture internationally. It is an online showcase of Australian contemporary arts, including individual artist and company profiles, and a searchable listing of forthcoming international events and touring information. It contains a free online newsletter and other general Australian arts news. From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Supporting Learning and Teaching at a Distance Forum The Carrick Institute is hosting the forum which is expected to attract around 60 higher education practitioners. The forum aims to: identify the primary issues relating to the support of learning and teaching at a distance; inform participants through demonstration of some specific technologies being used to support learning and teaching at a distance, with particular reference to the role of new collaboration technologies and how these compare to other technologies; provide a forum for discussion between participants about common issues in the support of learning and teaching at a distance a From EdNA Online on September 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
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