Edu_RSS ~ June 4, 2003

Most recent update: June 4, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Aimster oral argument So this is very cool -- the 7th Circuit posts mp3s of its argument, so you can hear the argument in Aimster here. (Thanks to Howard Bashman.) From Lessig Blog on June 4, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Hard Drive Searching: A New Version of Scopeware is Available Personal Information ManagementHard Drive Searching: A New Version of Scopeware is AvailableAbout a month ago I mentioned a personal search tool called Scopeware Vision that allows you to keyword search html web pages, many document file types (including Word and Adobe Acrobat), Outlook e-mail boxes, and other material on your hard drive. From ResourceShelf on June 4, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. New Robotic Telescopes See and Think If you give an inkling about science or astronomy specifically, this should be filed in your "Bad Ass" folder:NASHVILLE -- If an asteroid is discovered tonight and found to be on a collision course with Earth, you may have a... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. Contributory vs Vicarious Liability Aaron Swartz's summary of the Aimster hearing mentions that the judges discussed whether Aimster might be vicariously liable, but not contributorily.  Some scattered thoughts on the matter: To start, let's get an idea of what the distinction is in terms of purpose and definition.  One key difference is that you don't need to have knowledge of infringement to be vicariously liable, but you do for contributory liability. That difference could produce some cir From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 4, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Content syndication: ready for the masses? Tony Byrne writes an article about the challenges of content syndication. To quote: We're big fans of content syndication in general and RSS in particular. But in the latest (June, 2003) issue of EContent Magazine, we investigate why syndication has... From Column Two on June 4, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Poor stats use are affecting policies An brief article in Image and Data Manager presents the claim that poor stats use are affecting policies. To quote: Key policy decisions made by government and public agencies are being put at risk by poor use of statistics. That... From Column Two on June 4, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Linking vs. searching: guidelines for use Dr. Bob Bailey writes about a literature survey on linking versus searching, with some interesting stats and results. To quote: Sanjay Koyani at the National Cancer Institute and I did a quick survey of the available literature on linking and... From Column Two on June 4, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. 'Departures and Arrivals' - or - "The rumors of our cancellation have been only slightly exaggerated." All is not lost in the SFUSD blog world. Tech partner Karen Claxton has found a job just up the street from MLK, at 21st Century Academy. Carol Tateishi has offered me a ha From homoLudens III on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Cruel cruel fate (0 words) From dive into mark on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. This Week's Featured Content: VentureBlog and Bag and Baggage We've have been enjoying the content on VentureBlog and Bag and Baggage for some time, but recently both of these Creative Commons licensed blogs did a great job covering The Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital Conference. Thanks to some restrictions on the conference, professional journalists were not allowed to cover the event, but audience members could. --> From Creative Commons: weblog on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Revised server numbers hurt HP, help IBM Hewlett-Packard's server business declined more than originally thought in 2002, say revised figures from research firm Gartner. IBM, on the other hand, benefits from the change. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Group drafts a truce in flaw dispute A security and software coalition drafts rules for issuing bug alerts in an attempt to temper a hot debate over when and how alerts should be released. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Homeland Security to tap director From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Palm merger was no slam dunk After years of lackluster interest in merging with Palm, Handspring had a change of heart at the start of the year in a deal some equate with a shotgun marriage. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. SCO reopens German Web site From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. CETIS makes online documentation system for QTI ASI available CETIS Assessment SIG member Niall Barr of Strathclyde University has developed a rather nifty system to browse the many elements of QTI as well as a list of possible response types. Not just that, you can discuss them as well. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on June 4, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. Developing a content management system-based web site Clare Rogers and John Kirriemuir write about the efforts of JISC in the UK to develop a CMS. To quote: This article describes the development of a content management system(CMS)-based web site for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) [1],... From Column Two on June 4, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. Apple to host indie music party From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Listen and Learn from Info Science Pioneers Resources of the WeekSome very interesting reading for you this week as we take a step back and listen to and learn about the world of online information and info science from many information science and industry "pioneers". This fascinating reading is "must read" material for anyone interested in the topic. From ResourceShelf on June 4, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. EBSCO Finalizes Acquisitions of RoweCom U.S.A., Australia and Canada Information Industry--EBSCODeal Complete, EBSCO Finalizes Acquisitions of RoweCom U.S.A., Australia and Canada From the annoucement, EBSCO Industries, Inc. confirmed on Wednesday, June 4, 2003, it definitively closed its acquisition of the U.S. From ResourceShelf on June 4, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. What We Blog About When We Blog About Blogs Ah, looks like Stephen Downes is getting on board with my loathing of the "everything is a weblog and weblogs are everything" hype. ;-) Stephen's dead-on right: the "Online Learning 2003 Weblogue" is just a discussion board masquerading as a... From Ten Reasons Why on June 4, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Apple tweaks Keynote software From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Pilot grabs more than $5 million From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Contract illuminates Novell, SCO spat A 1995 contract obtained by CNET News.com shows SCO Group receiving broad rights to the Unix operating system but Novell retaining copyrights and patents. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Scalix scoops up $13.2 million From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference Saw this off Slashdot a few days ago (I'm still catching up after all that downtime), the ever-friendly Nigerian's are hosting one of those synergistic technical conferences for the hopelessly naive and blindingly gullible:I am Mr. Laurent Mpeti Kabila, a... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. Recording Artists Safety Guide To The Beach Not endorsed by the RIAA, or any other lawyer assholes. L-O-Freaking-L anyone?... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. Art Directors Club Gala Seats are still available for the Art Directors Club's 82nd Annual Awards Gala and Exhibition Preview, to be held tomorrow night in NYC. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. Job(s) opening Apple is hiring. Do you qualify? From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. One to one usability 101 Holovaty conducts homespun, first-person usability test across online news sites. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. IE/AOL: the flip side [in depth] Why proposed negative (anti-IE) and positive (pro-luxury-browser) grassroots campaigns cannot change consumer behavior or alter Microsoft and AOL's business decisions. What is likely to happen to design and development methods over the next few years. Some of this is actually good news, really. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. CSS support revisited A handy chart detailing CSS2 support in just about every browser you can think of, plus a few you never think about. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. Reclaim the public domain With a click of your mouse, you can help persuade the U.S. Congress to undo some of the damage caused by the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. The Tide Turns? Jewsweek.com is running a nice piece on what I'm trying to do and the reaction I'm getting. From rushkoff.blog on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Verizon Stay Request ...has been denied. Despite this [PDF]. Sigh. DC Internet.com: "Both sides in the dispute have said they believe the case will eventually end up at the Supreme Court as test case about the subpoena power of the DMCA." From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. MySQL raises $19.5 million From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Microsoft Gets IP Rights To English Language It's true, I saw it on the Internet:BELLEVUE, WA, July 15, 2004 -- Semi-Unabridged Webster Corp., publishers of the Semi-Unabridged Webster Dictionary of 1923, today announced it has granted a license of English language intellectual property rights to Microsoft Corporation.... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. Swazi king blames women's trousers for world's ills Not quite late breaking, but this story cracks me up every time I see it:MBABANE, Swaziland (Reuters) -- Swaziland's absolute monarch has singled out women wearing pants as the cause of the world's ills in a state radio sermon that... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. RIAA claims progress in Verizon case The recording industry group says an appeals court has denied a request for a stay in the high-profile privacy case, which seeks the identities of two alleged file swappers. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Palm deal harks back, looks forward The merger brings Handspring's founders back to their old stomping grounds in hopes they'll repeat the success of the early Palm--but it may not be an easy reunion. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. So, What Is A Content Management System? High-level overview of the use of content management systems (CMSs) in the creation of websites. Describes business benefits, escription, and content lifecycle. By James Robertson, Step Two Designs, June, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on June 4, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Macromedia Updates E-learning Tools According to the article, "The new version (or Authorware), 7, includes a number of enhancements intended to streamline the process of putting together such presentations, most notably the ability to import files created in Microsoft's PowerPoint software." As Maish comments in eLearningPost, "Here we go again..." By David Becker, Business Week, June 3, 2003 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on June 4, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. If You Really Want to Know, Ask a Blogger This nice article hammers home some points that traditional news media ought to keep in mind: Because bloggers are often experts in a field, and journalists are often not, the information found in a blog may frequently be more accurate than the information found in a corresponding news article. And because bloggers are not constrained by the commercial or political interests of a publisher, bloggers are able to report news that will not be covered (or that will be covered only from a certain point of view). Finally, because bloggers link freely, and because traditional news coverage is hidden From OLDaily on June 4, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Intel:: How Educators are Using Weblogs How Educators are Using Weblogs is an article from Intel's "Innovation in Eduction" site: Weblogs, an increasingly popular form of Web publishing also known as blogs or blogging, offer an exciting new forum for online communication. By allowing for instant publishing and creating a space for dialog between writer and audience, weblogs are generating interest in fields ranging from journalism and world affairs to health news and medical breakthroughs. But this is still new territory for most educa From carvingCode on June 4, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. above 7,500 signatures for the Reclaim the Public Domain petition. From Lessig Blog on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Aaron on the Aimster argument Nicely summarized here. From Lessig Blog on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. E-mail Archiving Emerges as Critical Business Function For businesses large and small, e-mail holds a company's critical information. Now a growing number of businesses are realizing that they need to save these e-mails. And they just can't pack them away like receipts you toss in a box at home. From E-Commerce Guide on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. May's Top Affiliate Programs The top 10 affiliate programs of May 2003, as ranked by Refer-it. From E-Commerce Guide on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Scanning the Scanner Horizon U.S. Internet users are phasing out the flatbeds and beginning to embrace the multifunction units. From CyberAtlas on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Ballmer memo targets Linux The Microsoft CEO identifies open-source software as a key competitive challenge in his annual memo to employees. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Movielink hits play for new service From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Yahoo hires two new execs The resurgent Web portal names new heads for its marketing and international efforts, calling on a snack food veteran and a former journalist to fill the spots. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. MGM Mirage shutters online casino One of the most reputable names in gambling decides its online casino is a bad bet, citing uncertainty in the political climate for Internet wagering. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Tutor.Com Acquires LSSI's Virtual Reference Unit Virtual ReferenceTutor.Com Acquires LSSI's Virtual Reference UnitFrom the announcement, Included in the acquisition are LSSI Virtual Reference ToolKit From ResourceShelf on June 4, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Will Wright on Games Design & Communities PC Forum has provided a transcript of perhaps the best session of the conference, Will Wright's Models Come Alive, and has invited people to comment on it in their wiki.  Someone dug up the main slide from his presentation: From Corante: Social Software on June 4, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Exporting Higher Education: Learner Expectations The main variable which distinguishes the nature of service delivery between the different GATS modes is student autonomy. In Mode 1 services (Cross Border Supply), there is no physically present teacher/authority figure to legitimize and provide detailed specifications for the experience. From Transnational Education on June 4, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Art Directors Club Gala Seats are still available for the Art Directors Club's 82nd Annual Awards Gala and Exhibition Preview, to be held tomorrow night in NYC. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Restoring the iTunes Sharing Feature James Speth wrote to the pho list: I whipped up a crappy little application called 401(ok) that combines a few hacks to restore internet-wide sharing to iTunes 4.0.1.   I know I really liked the ability to access *my* music from anywhere, and I didn't like that the 4.0.1 update removed that feature. Steve giveth, and Steve taketh away. You can download it from: htt From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 4, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. The Amateur Solution to Gaming's Moore's Law Pro The Amateur Solution to Gaming's Moore's Law Problem Dana has already pointed out a potential solution Greg Costikyan's Moore's Law problem as the complexity of game design rises exponentially with processing power while the audience and acceptable prices for games can only rise linearly. Besides aiming game design efforts at cell phones and handhelds as Dana suggests, the --> From Corante: Amateur Hour on June 4, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. The Onion finds home on Rackspace From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. EarthLink: Block ads if you will From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Windows Server 2003 gets first patch Microsoft says the flaw's details are a positive sign for "Trustworthy Computing," despite the embarrassment of releasing a patch barely two months after the OS launch. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Cable 'foxes' enter the telco henhouse Long a bitter rival to the phone industry, the cable camp's dominant role in delivering broadband to U.S. homes has won it center stage at a key telephone network gear show. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Untitled I'm hitting the road now, 1PM Eastern, destination unknown. Maybe Concord, NH; maybe Newton, MA; maybe upstate NY. Just going to head north, listen to some tunes, and space out a bit, then flip a coin. The goal is to avoid Cambridge on graduation day (tomorrow) but get to Boston in time for the Weblog conference (Monday), and have my talk already prepared and memorized. From Scripting News on June 4, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. get it while you can Jed Horovitz has produced an extraordinary film about the "culture wars" which may well not be around for long. You can get Willful Infringement on DVD. Many people should. When the lawyers find this, we'll need archives stored in many places. (Note: the web page says I'm in the film, but only for a few seconds. The really great characters are two clowns.) From Lessig Blog on June 4, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Nothing Much Yet ...on the Aimster/Madster hearing here. But there are rumblings here, here, and of course, here. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 4, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. CAREO Traffic Higher than Normal I just checked WOMonitor for the deployed version of CAREO, and it says we've got 75 simultaneous users hitting it now. Yesterday, we had over 200. 30,000 hits in a week. Something's up... I wonder who's using it lately? It looks like everyone is hitting it as "Guest", so there isn't any login data to tell anything. Time to crunch the Apache access log... UPDATE: I combined all logs from careo.ucalgary.ca into a single 88MB log file to crunch. This might take a while...... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 4, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. CAREO 3.x Development Freeze Broken I've been a little busy lately, largely because I had to break the CAREO 3.x development freeze to meet some requirements for the MedCIS integration. That project is coming along well now, but there are still a few more tweaks I'll need to do in order to deliver it as required in the timeline they need. Basically, this means I have been forced to ignore CAREO/Extreme, and let King run wild with it. Actually, that's probably a good idea, anyway. He seems to do his best work that way. It's going to be cool to see what he's come up... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 4, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Sun's processor plans slip a notch The company pushes back planned release dates for its next high-end UltraSparc chips, putting a wrinkle in an ongoing face-lift of its processor lines. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Senator wants limits on copy protection A Republican lawmaker is drafting legislation that would scale back the ability of labels, studios and others to use anticopying technology, according to a source. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. CSS support revisited A handy chart detailing CSS2 support in just about every browser you can think of, plus a few you never think about. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Reclaim the public domain With a click of your mouse, you can help persuade the U.S. Congress to undo some of the damage caused by the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Job(s) opening Apple is hiring. Do you qualify? From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. One to one usability 101 Holovaty conducts homespun, first-person usability test across online news sites. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. IE/AOL: the flip side [in depth] Why proposed negative (anti-IE) and positive (pro-luxury-browser) grassroots campaigns cannot change consumer behavior or alter Microsoft and AOL's business decisions. What is likely to happen to design and development methods over the next few years. Some of this is actually good news, really. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 4, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Untitled The CALI conference for Law School Computing, June 19-21 at Duke Law School is doing some very interesting stuff with weblogs. Wish I could attend. Twist my arm. ";->" From Scripting News on June 4, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Untitled Weblogs.Com is in high water territory today, the first time since April 7. From Scripting News on June 4, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Aimster appeal -- the judges Judge Posner is one of the three judges hearing the appeal this morning in the Aimster case. This should be very interesting. From Lessig Blog on June 4, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Reminder Please change your blogrolls to point to http://www.copyfight.org instead of the old http://www.corante.com/copyfight. Thank you! From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 4, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Software Piracy Dips 23% in U.S. Improved copyright laws and deterrence via punishment are cited, but threats of Net-based piracy lurk. From CyberAtlas on June 4, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Community uproar at fotolog. Over at Scott Heiferman's marvelous Fotolog, there's a classic community uproar going on. Fotolog has hit a success crisis, becoming quite popular, and, because it focuses on pictures rather than words, it has attracted an enormous international community (particularly Brazilians, for some reason.) In response, the Fotolog staff has adopted the standard solution - limit the number of posts that can be made using the free service to control bandwidth and storage costs, and institute From Corante: Social Software on June 4, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. Web-Enhanced Human Relations: Conflict Resolution Online Conflict Resolution Training:  Current Products and Approaches The Costs of Conflict Are High Workplace violence in America cost than $4.2 billion, according to the National Safe Workplace Institute (http://www.workviolence.com), which published the results of a 5-year study in 1993. During the 90s, figures fluctuated, but remained high into the new millennium. It is estimated that more than 100,000 violent incidents per year are committed in work environments, with as man From Xplana on June 4, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. User agents revisited It's been a while since I took a look at my own browser stats. So long that the term is really obsolete, given the rise of the RSS newsreader. We might as well just call the things that fetch web pages what they technically are: user agents. Anyway, I started by looking for a comprehensive list of user-agent signatures, and found a promising candidate at PGTS. (Got a better one? Let me know.) Their compilation of about 6600 user-agent strings seemed reasonably cur From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Mama Muses on Social Software readings... Our own Liz Lawley posts her social software reading list over at mamamusings ('cause what were you gonna read at the beach? The 30th aniversary edition of Fear of Flying?) From Corante: Social Software on June 4, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. How Educators are Using Web Logs Here's a preview (via "Anne") about an upcoming series at Intel Innovation Odyssey on some in our circle of Web loggers. And it even has a picture of some of my students hard at work! Anne highlights this excerpt too: In addition, in the coming m From weblogged News on June 4, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. A Ray of Middle East Hope AP: Prime Ministers Make Strides in Furthering Mideast Peace. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged to dismantle illegal settlements in... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 4, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. Comments on LinkedIn Gory details of social network software More good discussion on Joi's site about LinkedIn. .....But to scale beyond the early adopters, especially with competition, these services have to do something valuable and create a good user experience. LinkedIn's core service -- trusted business introductions -- is useful but not, I think, a killer app...... [via Werblog] From Jeremy Allaire's Radio on June 4, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. Untitled Sneak peak at the new Treo 600. One of next-generation Treo mobile communicators, which aren't due out until September, was spotted at a Sprint PCS user forum in Dallas the other day. The Treo 600 looks like it's going to pretty different from previous models, and will be thinner and longer than any of the earlier Treos and have a smaller thumb keyboard and no flip cover. The leaked specs say that it will run Palm OS 5, and have a built-in digital camera, a slot for SD memory cards, 32MB of RAM. No pics yet, but you can From Handheld Instructional Technology on June 4, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Minor translation problems On the subway this morning, I was reading an ad for legal services in Spanish offering help for all kinds of misfortunes, including envenenamiento con plomo. Feather poisoning?! I thought. Of course, no, that would be envenenamiento com pluma. Con plomo is the far more common lead poisoning. I better get back to Mexico to brush up on my Spanish ASAP. From megnut on June 4, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. EDS signs $350 million desktop contract From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Petition Congress to Save Public Domain Larry Lessig asks that everyone read this online petition -- to reclaim the public domain -- and sign it if... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 4, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. Perframnce-Based Assessment Here's an entry in MLX about a Performance-Based Assessment Seminar held at Scottsdale Community College for BUS/CIS faculty to help develop a new model for student assessment. Facilitated by Dr. Janice Denton of the University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters College. Comment: We are looking in similar directions - this could be good resource. From carvingCode on June 4, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. Untitled Palm bails out Handspring with merger deal. Palm founders rejoin old firm [The Register] From Handheld Instructional Technology on June 4, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Palm Announces Acquisition of Handspring to Bolster Industry Leadership; Board Approves PalmSource Spin-off MILPITAS, Calif. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The boards of directors of Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) and Handspring, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAND), a leading maker of Palm OS(R) smartphones, today announced that they each have unanimously approved a definitive agreement for Palm to acquire Handspring to form a new, stronger market leader in mobile computing and communications. The Palm board also gave final approval for the spin-off of PalmSource, Inc. (Photo: --> From Handheld Instructional Technology on June 4, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Will another Sobig virus strike next week? Sophos has today reported that W32/Sobig-C, the worm posing as an email from Microsoft's Bill Gates that has been spreading widely across the internet, has been programmed to stop spreading from Sunday, 8 June onwards. This news comes just two weeks after a similar mass-mailing worm, W32/Palyh-A, appeared suddenly and spread rapidly before falling dormant on 31 May. From Techno-News Blog on June 4, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled News.Com: Palm to acquire rival Handspring. From Scripting News on June 4, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Have a great vacation Wendy. From Scripting News on June 4, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Rise Of Nations - A Player's Review Rise Of Nations is a real time strategy game that takes the best aspects of real time strategy, polishes them up, combines them with some of the best aspects of turn based strategy, adds some new stuff, and makes it into one heck of a great RTS. From kuro5hin.org on June 4, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Why Weblogs? (Con't) From Phil Windley: Among the problems cited by educators in teaching critical thinking skills to students are the lack of access to primary sources of information, the inability of students to experiment with thoughts and concepts before committing to them (on a test for example), and the difficulty students have getting multiple, valid outside reviews of what they are thinking. Weblogs are a solution to these problems. Weblogs allow teachers to guide informal classroom activity and to see student's work before its time for the test or final paper. Students gain a vehicle for From weblogged News on June 4, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. CMS Web Site (Via elearningpost) A really comprehensive article on how to build a Web site using a CMS (like Manila). An excerpt that especially resonates: Previously, JISC web content was produced by a small number of staff, using a centralised model to mount content and make changes. This approach often resulted in internal delays and frustration. The site lacked any automated features to maintain time-limited content such as news and events and, as such, this type of content could not easily be managed. From weblogged News on June 4, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Untitled I started a new section of the RSS directory for feeds and tools that support the 2.0 format. It's just a beginning, I'm sure this branch of the directory will grow quite fat over time. From Scripting News on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Untitled Last year on this day I started work on My Weblog Outliner tool. I gotta get back to work on that soon. It's a good thing. Outlining for Movable Type users. From Scripting News on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Palm to acquire rival Handspring The company plans to buy Handspring to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices. It also says it has finalized plans to spin off its PalmSource software division. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. CILIP Rare Books Group Annual Study Conference 200 ... CILIP Rare Books Group Annual Study Conference 2003 - Preserve or Perish - St. Hilda's College, Oxford - 10-12 September 2003 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 4, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Up Eclipsing Down: End of an Era Take a look at a presentation given by David P. Reed (CableLabs' CTO and not that other David P. Reed) to the FCC's Technological Advisory Committee in April. Slide 6 shows the ratio of downstream to upstream traffic trending down from 2.0 to 1.4 in just the months of May to September 2001. There's no data for later than that. Here's a screen capture of the relevant chart: Is it reasonable to assume that the trend has continued? If so, by now, there should be more upstream traffic than downstream. Wow! So much for thinking of the Internet as a... From Joho the Blog on June 4, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. My Fill of Anthropy The Happy Tutor is our proxy in a discussion about how the love of humans might actually result in building a better world for humans. I have a stubborn idea that I know won't work. I once tried writing about it in the rhetoric of a politician because it only sounds plausible if it's in a voice you don't take seriously. So, here it is in PowerPoint format: The Problem Those who have the money to give got it by being the one's least like to give it Business' Secret Prime Mover It's not greed It's winning!!!! (Hence business's love... From Joho the Blog on June 4, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Dean Meetup Tonight See you at the Howard Dean Meetup tonight. What's MeetUp? It's an online service that lets people organize real world meetings. Once a month, on the same day, supporters of Howard Dean meet in lots of cities around the country. If you want to go tonight - it's just a meet-and-talk sort of thing - sign up at MeetUp and then show up at 7:00PM at Coogan's, 171 Milk St., Boston, MA (map). (MeetUp seems to be quite a clue-y sort of outfit. Check the "about" page.) Who's Howard Dean? Oy veh!... From Joho the Blog on June 4, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Knowledge wants to be free Die New York Times hält für Deep-Links von Bloggern das Archive offen und zwar gratis. Das führt mich zu einer Bemerkung, ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 4, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Cyber Alert: Portrait of an Ex-Hacker - Arlene Weintraub, Business Week It's April, and more than 1,600 corporate techies crowd into a ballroom in San Francisco's Moscone Center. The room buzzes with excitement as the star attraction, convicted computer hacker Kevin D. Mitnick, saunters onto the stage. He's on a panel of security gurus and legal experts ready to talk about whether companies should hire ex-hackers to safeguard their computer networks. From Techno-News Blog on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Microsoft to introduce security certifications - CAROL SLIWA, Computerworld Microsoft Corp. tomorrow will announce its first set of certification credentials for IT administrators and engineers who specialize in security in a Windows environment. Dan Truax, director of business and product strategy for training and certification at Microsoft, noted that the company has offered security courses for years. From Techno-News Blog on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Broadband Internet Use Has Its Risks - LAURIE J. FLYNN, New York Times Besides speed, the most coveted feature of a broadband connection is that it is always on. But according to a study that is scheduled to be released today, those two advantages are exposing broadband customers to far greater risk than most of them realize. From Techno-News Blog on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Unique High-Tech Academy Plans Groundbreaking Today - Shane Johnson, The Salt Lake Tribune Utah's first high-tech high school is one State Board of Education stamp of approval away from reality. For 250 incoming freshmen and sophomores from across the Salt Lake Valley, the Academy for Math, Engineering and Science (AMES) promises a rigorous path of university-level courses in such subjects as biotechnology and robotics. From Educational Technology on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Maine lawmakers seek waiver from NCLB - eSchool News staff and wire service reports Maine is joining at least one other state in asking the federal government if it can sidestep President Bush's education reform law, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The law imposes substantial student-data demands and other technology-oriented requirements on state and local school systems. From Educational Technology on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Big Brother and the next 50 years Science fiction author and technology critic Bruce Sterling weighs in on the dangers of a future in which data mining puts a new wrinkle in the societal definition of personal privacy. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Microsoft's browser play The software giant hints it may no longer release a standalone browser, raising new questions about its monopoly endgame. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Internet Resources Newsletter Issue 105 - June 200 ... Internet Resources Newsletter Issue 105 - June 2003 - edited by Roddy MacLeod of Heriot-Watt University, is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 4, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Tutor.com has acquired the Reference Division of L ... Tutor.com has acquired the Reference Division of LSSI. Included in the acquisition are LSSI Virtual Reference ToolKit, Web Reference Services and LSSI Integrated Reference Management System with RefTracker From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 4, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. CABI Publishing has formed a Library Advisory Boar ... CABI Publishing has formed a Library Advisory Board in North America. Its remit is to provide a consultative forum to aid the strategic development of the business and to facilitate better communication, consultation and liaison between CABI Publishing and its library customers From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 4, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Online law school offered surprising personal touch - Bob Sullivan, MSNBC ... These e-learning pioneers took a leap of faith when they enrolled as the first students at Concord Law School. Now, in addition to law degrees, the group shares a unique bond, formed by dependency on interactive chat tools to get them through a grueling four-year challenge in which all their classes were online. From Online Learning Update on June 4, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Students Take ND Courses From Afar - Associated Press Officials say more students are taking online and other distance education courses through North Dakota's university system. The university system had about 42-hundred students taking distance education courses in the fall of 2001. That number increased to nearly 58-hundred this past fall semester. From Online Learning Update on June 4, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. The Claw Chooses Who Will Stay and Who Will Go I think I know the other two people in all of Texas that have seen: "Logan's Run" -- or at least the only two that will admit to it. If you haven't had the (dis)pleasure of seeing a 30-ish Michael... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. Building a TiVo, a Step at a Time Thanks to free software, intrepid do-it-yourselfers can build their own digital video recorders that promise to blow Tivos and ReplayTVs off the shelf. All you need is a lot of cash, some programming savvy and a little patience. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Imagine Machines That Can See Scientists want to build robots that can perceive and respond to the world around them, but it's a tall order. We still know very little about the way the human brain processes information from the body's sensory organs. Mark Baard reports from Boston. From Wired News on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Spam Is in Eye of the Beholder Direct marketers are convening to come up with the most alluring methods to get from e-mail inboxes into consumers' wallets. They aren't shady spammers, they say -- they just want readers to suspend disbelief and get involved with their e-mail. Michelle Delio reports from New York. From Wired News on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Bloggers Report Alt News From G8 News from inside the protests at this year's G8 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, reached the world quickly by way of on-the-spot bloggers. Offering an alternative to mainstream press coverage, some sites uploaded photos from demonstrators' Web-enabled phones. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Smartcams Take Aim at Terrorists The Defense Department wants to redirect intelligent video cameras, or DIVAs, from preventing traffic jams to fighting terrorism. The project's director anticipates the system will be a reality by this time next year. By Kari L. Dean. From Wired News on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Play It Again, RIAA: Sue Morpheus The recording industry is playing an old song: It has filed a new copyright-infringement suit against Streamcast, makers of the popular Morpheus file-sharing service. The suit involves a Web radio service never launched by Streamcast. From Wired News on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Iraq War Boosts Space Spending Satellites beaming weather, communications, and target info to the U.S. military proved crucial in the Iraq attack. Now the space industry expects to reap multibillion-dollar orders as the military upgrades its satellites. From Wired News on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Rise of the Dragon, Descent of the Eagle Nothing has quite captured my imagination during the last few years like China's fantastic growth and development. Admittedly, Steam: The Turkish Bath made for a close second. That precious little find was a repeat-renter as I explored the various awakenings the movie produced in my body (especially my pp). But even that was nothing compared to the growing realization that CHINA will, within the next decade, effectively inherit the title of "most successful society" from the United States, and will probably retain it for a very long time. From kuro5hin.org on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. BBC Food The BBC have launched a new cookery channel on satellite - BBC Food - my productive life is over. Damn... From Ben Hammersley.com on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. God Speed, Mars Express Ok, so blogging live was a bit of a stretch. Once the Mars Express had been reacquired, and all systems... From Ben Hammersley.com on June 4, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Right School for 4-Year-Old? Find an Adviser A growing corps of consultants claims it can guide your kindergartener into your dream private school. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. CUNY Board Will Consider a 25% Increase in Tuition The City University of New York is proposing to raise undergraduate tuition to $4,000 next year from $3,200, for in-state students at its senior colleges. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Hard Work Opens College Door for Whole Class The 31 students who graduated from University Park Campus School in Massachusetts are from a neighborhood notorious for its high crime rate and low academic standards. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. In the Affluent Suburbs, an Invisible Race Gap In Maplewood, N.J., two black men look for ways to bridge the gap in educational achievement that persists between blacks and whites even in affluent suburbs like this one. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. U.S. Youths Rebel at Harsh School Dundee Ranch, a behavior modification school in Costa Rica, lasted 19 months before the students overthrew their masters. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. The Changes Unwelcome, a Model Teacher Moves On A kindergarten teacher, perhaps the best one in Florida, is leaving her job because of the new focus at both the state and federal levels on standardized tests. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Japan Bank Regulator Weighs Departure Heizo Takenaka, Japan's top financial regulator, is preparing to return to academia as early as September. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. The Schools in Basra Expel 'Papa Saddam' Students across Iraq are now being asked to disregard the leader they learned so much about, and that seems to be coming easily to many. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. To Graduation, Tossing Obstacles Aside College commencement signifies the end of a journey, often long and arduous. But for some graduating seniors, the trip involves extra twists and turns. From New York Times: Education on June 4, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Usage Analysis for the Identification of Research Trends in Digital Libraries From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. The International Children's Digital Library: Description and analysis of first use From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Maine lawmakers seek waiver from NCLB From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. New master's program begins From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Fisher College of Business Offers 'Six Sigma' Educational Product Line From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Citrix Teams With Accenture on eLearning Program for Citrix Customers and Channel Partners From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. The Next Generation Internet: Features, Opportunities, and Challenges From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Deloitte Consulting Executive, Ray Pitts, Joins Click2learn as Vice President of Professional Services From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Centra Swings at Annual User Conference From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Meet John Warnock, ebrary CEO Information Industry--EbraryMeet John Warnock, Ebrary CEOSource: San Jose Mercury NewsFrom the article, "The value of information," said Warnock, the son of Adobe co-founder John Warnock, "is when information can be shared and interacted with. From ResourceShelf on June 4, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Interactive Features for Digital Texts Online Yesterday, I looked at some of the advanced searching and sorting and other kinds of text analysis tools available for digital texts. Now I'd like to turn to some interactive features that are intended to enhance the user's experience in reading the digital text. You can see immediately how far these free websites lag behind the wide range of features made available by commercial publishers for their e-texts (e.g. Metatext). This i From Xplana on June 4, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. A Searchable Database of Wi-Fi Hotspots Wi-Fi Wireless Internet AccessSource: Jupiter Media A Searchable Database of Wi-Fi HotspotsFor those of you who travel or just want to get out of your house and go online with your wi-fi enabled laptop, this database could be very useful. Coverage is global. From ResourceShelf on June 4, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. SpeedTrap Exchange Ever had that experience, where you're driving along, minding your own business and some obnoxious driver pulls up behind you, with his horn blaring and starts flashing his lights at you? The kind that kisses your bumper and follows you... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. KM Column: So, what is a content management system? I've just released my latest monthly KM Column article, as follows: So, what is a CMS? Gives a practical introduction to content management systems, and how they can benefit an organisation. As ever, feedback is much appreciated.... From Column Two on June 4, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. Legal action hits SCO Web site The company that has warned major companies that using Linux could get them in legal trouble shuts down its German Web site after a Linux advocacy group obtains a restraining order. From CNET News.com on June 4, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. An Open Letter of Apology to the Country of Iceland by Alan Haley I would like to take this opportunity to finally, formally, apologize to the country of Iceland. What I did was wrong. All of it. From the merciless exploitation of the country's natural resources, to the ill-advised economic... From Tim Swanson on June 4, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. Microsoft Patents Video on Demand? Gimme a Break Alexander Wolfe (Embedded-Watch.com): Microsoft granted US patent for "interactive entertainment" . If your company is thinking about delivering interactive video-on-demand... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on June 4, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]