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Google's Growing Grasp - JEREMY CAPLAN, Time
It's hard not to ogle Google. As the search giant picks up new partners ranging from MySpace and MTV to eBay and XM Satellite Radio, tech watchers are eying the Web colossus with growing curiosity. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company spent the summer From Techno-News Blog on September 30, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

US, UK Team on Mobile Research - Red Herring
The two countries, allied in war, look to the private sector and academia for network answers. While the military coalition led by the United States and the United Kingdom may be taking its lumps in Iraq, the two countries on Monday announced the selecti From Techno-News Blog on September 30, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

'Sticky' silicon could speed data - BBC
The research may mean computers shuffle data faster. Data speeds inside computers or across continents could get a boost from Intel research into hybrid processors. Intel researchers have solved a manufacturing problem that has delayed the creation of de From Techno-News Blog on September 30, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

Hurricane Research: Get It On
The National Science Board urges the feds to bolster efforts to understand hurricanes. Despite huge storm-related losses, NOAA staffing is down 30 percent and the focus is on short-term forecasting, according to the report. From Wired News on September 30, 2006 at 10:46 p.m..

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This feed has been discontinued and you should unsubscribe. The feed reader you are using does not support standard HTTP mechanisms for announcing that a feed has been discontinued so you will receive this message until you manually unsubscribe. Please contact the provider of your feed reader and encourage them to support the use of HTTP 410 response codes. Your feed reader identified itself as "Edu_RSS/0.2 libwww-perl/5.79" From Seb Schmoller's Fortnightly Mailing Home Page on September 30, 2006 at 9:49 p.m..

Frederic Wakeman, 68, Scholar Who Enlivened Chinese History, Is Dead
Frederic Wakeman Jr. was an eminent scholar of Chinese history who wrote richly detailed books spanning seven centuries. From New York Times: Education on September 30, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..

Berlin May Be Hydrogen Hub
Some European automakers and energy companies say Berlin is the best place to establish a network of hydrogen filling stations within the next few years. In Autopia. From Wired News on September 30, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Webcam Performance Etiquette
Maybe your mom didn't think to tell you to use your manners when you participate in an adult chat room. But she shouldn't have to. In Sex Drive Daily. From Wired News on September 30, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Explicit E-Mails, Foley Quits
A Florida Republican congressman resigns after a series of raunchy e-mails and instant messages to high-school-age congressional pages was made public. Rep. Mark Foley is the author of legislation to protect children from predatory adults on the internet. From Wired News on September 30, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Congratulations Science Leadership Academy
From Chris Lehman’s ribbon-cutting remarks on Thursday… There is another idea central to the creation of the Science Leadership Academy " and that is that schools can no longer exist in a vacuum in our society. We need students to be able to see beyond the walls of their school, beyond the boundaries of their neighborhoods [...] From weblogged News on September 30, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Webmontag Cologne one week later!
Please spread the word: The Webmontag-Event in Cologne was pushed one week (from 2nd October to the 9th October).Related: From owrede_log on September 30, 2006 at 9:45 a.m..

Parents Take Language Class Into Their Own Hands
In affluent suburban areas from New York to San Diego, children are studying second and even third languages at ages when they are still learning English. From New York Times: Education on September 30, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Museum Field Trip Deemed Too Revealing
An art teacher was suspended after one of her fifth-grade students saw nude art in the Dallas Museum of Art. From New York Times: Education on September 30, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

In Many Public Schools, the Paddle Is No Relic
Corporal punishment remains alive, particularly in rural parts of the South and the lower Midwest, where it is not only legal, but also widely practiced. From New York Times: Education on September 30, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Separate design and the CMS
There are two major elements to most web redevelopment projects: the redesign of the existing site, and the selection of a new (or replacement) content management system (CMS). These two elements reflect the underlying issues that typically drive web projects:... From Column Two on September 30, 2006 at 1:48 a.m..

The ideal designer & PM
Scott Berkun has written an article on the ideal designer and project manager. To quote: One question I'm often asked is what is the ideal designer? - I get this from managers or VPs in tech companies, trying to figure... From Column Two on September 30, 2006 at 1:48 a.m..

Want to learn from reality or a pale imitation?
Dick and Jane. I remember them all too well. My primary school teacher made us focus on this drivel. I have a learning disorder: impatience. “See Spot run” held my attention for a few minutes. Then I went back to cutting up. I was bored silly. I almost flunked second grade. My mother bought me Classics Illustrated [...] From Internet Time Blog on September 30, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

The intranet homepage, protect it with a policy
The intranet homepage can be the most coveted piece of online real estate in your organisation. Everyone will have their own firm view as to how the homepage should be used to drive organisational imperatives. Managing these competing priorities is... From Column Two on September 30, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..

The enemy of intranets is apathy
Many intranet teams see themselves as battling resistance to change when attempting to grow the intranet or deliver new functionality. The challenge is perceived as overcoming these barriers to a successful intranet. In practice, though, the real enemy of intranets... From Column Two on September 30, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..

Dell unveils energy-efficient product strategy - Antony Savvas, Computer Weekly
Dell has announced an energy-efficiency product strategy, underscoring the importance of reduced power consumption for businesses. The company has released an energy resource guide at www.dell.com/energy to help customers project their power needs using D From Techno-News Blog on September 29, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..

Rivals seek to imitate iPod-iTunes success: report - Reuters
Several rivals of Apple Computer Inc. plan digital music devices to work closely with their own online music services, just as Apple's iPods and iTunes do, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. RealNetworks Inc. on Monday plans to announce a deal wi From Techno-News Blog on September 29, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..

One fifth of corporate email is spam And five per cent of traffic contains malware - Matt Chapman, vnunet
A fifth of all messages received by corporate email servers are spam, according to research by an antivirus company. Panda Software said that its GateDefender Performa website had identified 21 per cent of emails as spam messages. Perhaps more worrying, P From Techno-News Blog on September 29, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..