Edu_RSS ~ July 24, 2003

Most recent update: July 24, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Planet PDF: Adobe's Robert McDaniels responds (again) to Nielsen criticisms of PDF Planet PDF: Adobe's Robert McDaniels responds (again) to Nielsen criticisms of PDF "Many of the "PDF Usability Crimes" you cite have nothing to do with Acrobat or PDF but are the result of poor design choices. Most of same arguments about poor navigation, large file sizes, and excessive text blocks can be used to describe poorly designed HTML as well.... From elearningpost on July 24, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (16022) Zope tips I'm back from a visit to Zope headquarters in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I was there to attend the training seminar that supports Zope Corporation's TurboIntranet product, but it was also a great opportunity to refresh my understanding of the various layers of underlying Zope technology. ... From Jon's Radio on July 24, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (16021) Made it to Asheville What a wonderful drive today! Blue skies. Huge, white clouds. Not too much traffic on the roads and only one slowdown due to a small fender bender. The mountains are green and lush all around us. The air is clear. Temperature is mid-70's at 9:30PM, going to mid-60's overnight. There is a large festival in Asheville over the weekend. Seems like some sort of eclectic, artsy, music gathering. Might slow us down gettign to our favorite vegetarian restaurant in town, but we'll work something out I'm sure. Tomorrow, we&a From carvingCode on July 24, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (16020) Cringely Proposes a Music Sharing Alternative WEFUNK writes "The I, Cringely 'Pulpit' column at PBS presents an interesting idea for a new business model to take on the RIAA. He suggests that a publicly ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (16019) Epiphany names new CEO From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (16018) Ballmer: Tech's future is boundless Microsoft's CEO overflows with enthusiasm about the future of technology and Microsoft's place in it. Its CFO gives a more measured view. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (16017) NY Times: In the Lecture Hall, a Geek Chorus NY Times: In the Lecture Hall, a Geek Chorus "Over the past year, as wireless networks have been introduced in hotels, university auditoriums and conference halls, people with laptops have realized that they do not have to sit idly during the presentations. Some people, of course, ignore speakers entirely by surfing the Web or checking their e-mail - a practice... From elearningpost on July 24, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (16016) Slashback: Railing, Blocking, Scoffing Slashback tonight brings you more information on homemade railguns, the future history of SCO (seen from the past), one website's response to alleged RIAA ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (16015) Introduction to the Theory of Relativity Part III: General Relativity This is the third of a series of elementary, informal, and mostly equation-free articles descibing the Theory of Relativity in physics. The series will have four installments: Part I: History This described the history of ideas in the development of relativity. Part II: Special Relativity This described Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Part III: General Relativity This gives at least a taste of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which extends the Special Theory to cases involving acceleration and gravity. Part IV: Implications, Controversies, and Miscellany From kuro5hin.org on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (16014) Oceans of Stories This week's edna-for-schools newsletter focuses on Oceans of Stories and Children's Book Week. From EdNA Online on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (16013) Newsmakers Archive: 2002 From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (16012) Voting machine fails inspection Researchers analyzing the source code for an electronic voting system find that a voter could cast unlimited ballots without detection. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (16011) Oracle confirms bid for bigger PeopleSoft Oracle raises its offer to acquire PeopleSoft by nearly $1 billion, reflecting the successful completion of PeopleSoft's bid for J.D. Edwards. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (16010) Libraries get a break on Net filters The FCC gives libraries an extra year to comply with a controversial law that says if they accept federal funds, they must install Internet filtering software. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (16009) The World Votes &#187;Here's a site that lets the world vote in the next US presidential election.Since the world's vote counts about as much as that of a confused elderly Jewish lady in Dade County, Florida, it's too bad the site is only publishing the results afterthe US polls close when it can have absolutely no effect.&#171; [Joho the Blog] From owrede_log on July 24, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. (16008) Response on Application Packets and Basic License In response to a question (see comments on this post), I talked with a Blackboard employee.&nbsp; This is obviously not an official response, but the Basic version of Blackboard does NOT have the building blocks architecture (it doesn't have Tomcat), so the application packet releases will not be available to them.&nbsp; They will, however, be rolled into the major and minor releases, e.g. 6.1, 6.2, 6.5 and available to Basic version clients through those releases.&nbsp; It will mean that there will From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (16006) So, when exactly did business go sour? Proclaimed by me, July 20th of each year will now be "the day when business ethics became an oxymoron." From kuro5hin.org on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (16005) The Daily Cartoon for July 25 Today's Daily Cartoon From Ben Hammersley.com on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (16004) Linux group broadens membership Extending its membership base beyond the computing industry, the Open Source Development Lab is inducting Unilever, whose sales count products such as soap and tea. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (16003) Web debate on photos of Hussein's sons Photos of Saddam Hussein's dead sons quickly circulated across the Web Thursday after the U.S. government released them, prompting debate about how and whether to display them. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (16002) Microsoft shakes up CRM sales strategy The company is letting far more partners sell its next package of customer relationship management software and will offer it to them at large volume discounts. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (16001) USB Cellphone Chargers The dealer who sold me my Ericsson T-39 mobile phone said there was no USB charger available. I'd gotten used... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (16000) In the Conference, But On the Back-Channel Today's New York Times Circuits section has a story -- "In the Lecture Hall, a Geek Chorus" -- describing the... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (15999) Getting directed to directories This Minot North Dakota schools site looks vaguely like Manila at work with directories. This is the architecture I want for a single school library. From homoLudens III on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (15998) And trackback is working here now Thank you Shifra at IU. From homoLudens III on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (15997) Disney to Make Movies Available Online musiholic writes "Disney has cut a deal with Movielink to make various Disney (and Disney subsidary) films available for 30-day paid downloads. Users can watch ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (15996) Tide rises for eBay earnings The online auctioneer raises its outlook for the year, announces income and revenue that were nearly double that of the year-ago quarter, and unveils plans for a 2-for-1 stock split. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15995) Oracle warns of three new flaws The database maker alerts customers to a flaw in its database server and two vulnerabilities in its E-Business Suite, and warns again of a problem with its application server. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15994) Click or Brick Colleges Zane Berge asks the question, "Will traditional, residential education in the 21st century be found only at a few elite institutions and be only for the wealthy who can afford to attend them?" He lingers on the idea that new technologies, when they are introduced, are usually used to do old things. But this changes. "Distance education needs to be individualized, interactive and independent of time, a system that places the emphasis on learning rather than teaching, and its focus should be on outcomes rather than on input." By Zane Berge, GlobalEd, July, 2003 [From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15993) Re-Learning E-Learning The author describes a report that "identifies three principles and five education consumer segments to guide e-Learning providers." Most of the article looks at the principles. Instead of creating coures, provides should create "bite-sized chunks". Instead of replacing traditional instruction, they should find gaps and niches. And instead of creating new content, they should provide "new, and better, mediums for learning built around traditional content." The first two points are reasonable, but the third is questionable. True, "E-Learning will find its largest audience outside traditional ed From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15992) Canada's Digital Collections Funded by the Canadian federal government's Youth Employment Strategy, Canada's Digital Collections is a growing collection of subject specific resources created by young Canadians. The site "showcases hundreds of Web sites celebrating Canada's history, geography, science, technology and culture." Sites like this are a part of the new face of online learning content. By Various Authors, July, 2003 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15991) Partner Search As part of the European Commission section of elearningeuropa, a partner search facility has been added. "The aim of this forum is to help establish contacts between organisations in different countries interested in collaborating in the development of e-learning projects and in finding partners. The forum enables users to read messages already posted in order to identify possible partners or to post their own messages describing their organisations." By Various Authors, elearningeuropa, July, 2003 [ From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15990) Blogging By The Numbers When things get popular on the internet, the numbers get big. How big? Well, this census of blogs reports that there are there are roughly 2.4 million to 2.9 million active Weblogs as of June 2003. Of course that means that only two percent of the internet population has created a blog and, according to Jupiter Research, only four percent of the online community reads them. By Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas, July 23, 2003 [Refer][From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15989) Trade Winds Much more interesting is this account of the use of wireless instant messaging in the classroom. In this case, the text chat was displayed on a large screen in front of the room. "A panel on Web services featuring Salesforce.com CEO Mark Benioff provoked the most talked-about moment of the conference HYPHEN at Benioff's expense.... We thought this (Benioff's point) was news, until Ross Mayfield, CEO of one of the Web's leading blogging software providers, Socialtext, led an online chat charge showing that most of this was apparently untrue." The author does a nice job of From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15988) In the Lecture Hall, a Geek Chorus Interesting look at the impact of wireless instant messaging in the classroom. By now, though, we know what to expect. Some people read their email while others comment on the lecture. And, of course, some lecturers are complaining. Superficial, lightweight, and out-of-date account of the phenomenon. By Lisa Guernsey, New York Times, July 24, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15987) The Whole Picture of Elearning This is a simple overview, created because "projects fail because the characteristics that need to be addressed aren't...and other characteristics are given too much emphasis." The descriptions are sketchy, but the graphic is very nice and suitable for use in in-house presentations. Clip and save. By George Siemens, elearnspace, July 22, 2003 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15986) Groove: Ten Good Reasons Not To Buy George (I'm redesigning) Siemens picks up this nice link containing a sharp, incisive criticism of Groove. Having just used Groove to conduct an online seminar to Australia, I am in a good position to say that the criticisms are justified. Groove demands most of your system's resources, it is a bandwidth hog, its interface is awkward and cumbersome, and it is missing some essential features, such as videos. I also agree with the author's assessment that Groove is innovative, but it really must slim down (though I don't know if it can, because it uses Java) and really rethin From OLDaily on July 24, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (15985) Eldred v. Ashcroft: How Artists and Creators Finally Got Their Due One of the drawbacks of online publication for at least some academics is that their work gets a wide reading and is thus exposed to the scrutiny of the Blogosphere. This article, published in an academic journal (at a major university yet) is a case in point. I don't need to offer a criticism; this review tears it to shreds. But I will offer one tidbit to indicate the quality of reasoning in this essay: "The fact that artists and songwriters live significantly longer than they From Joho the Blog on July 24, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (15983) Saddam's biological weapons I just got a spam trying to sell me the Iraqi Most Wanted deck of cards that actually had a clever subject line: Saddam's Evil Biological Weapons: His Sons. Hard to find anything good to say about them. Nor do I want to.... From Joho the Blog on July 24, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (15982) Weblogs and political discourse Boston Globe: Blogs shake the political discourse. [via Der Schockwellenreiter]Interesting to see how opinion leaders in the weblog community push towards political relevance of the weblog discourse. Well... seems the whole weblog community wants to be opinion leading somehow... From owrede_log on July 24, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (15981) Uncle Sam may need to pay for Linux SCO eyeing the White House From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (15980) Oracle updates business-management tools From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (15979) Plasma TVs ease Gateway loss The PC maker reports a second-quarter loss that is smaller than expected, helped by plasma television sales and cost cuts. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (15978) Will Longhorn rope everything together? Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs--and much of these efforts are tied to Longhorn. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (15977) Chris Lydon interviews David Sifry Chris Lydon interviews David Sifry, father of Technorati. I like Technorati a lot - it is a very useful tool to track connections between weblogs (or the reading trails of the weblog authors). From owrede_log on July 24, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (15976) Learn eXact LCMS and WebCT According to the WebCT site, "The newly released eXactWEBCT delivery plug in enables WEBCT users to transparently add an effective back-end LCMS technology to their existing WEBCT delivery installations supporting easy authoring, packaging, indexing, storage, management and cross conversion of their WEBCT contents to and from AICC, LRN, IMS and SCORM formats." I am REALLY interested to hear from anyone who has had any experience with Lea From EdTechPost on July 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (15975) RIAA Now Targets Pirates' Parents cecil36 writes "In a follow-up to the subpoena silliness by the RIAA, the Associated Press is now reporting that the RIAA is now issuing subpoenas to family ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (15974) Untitled Deane Barker: "Here's an idea that credit card companies should implement: a RSS feed of your credit purchases, in real-time." From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (15973) Your Marketing $ucks Reject everything you think you know about marketing and dare to imagine something different. From E-Commerce Guide on July 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (15972) No, Really Subpoenadefense.org: "Even if you did have copyrighted material on your computer, you might have a lawful right of fair use." From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (15971) Orbitz site on the fritz From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (15970) Start-up aims to simplify XML Clear Methods says programming with XML needs to be simplified--and it hopes its software, designed with that in mind, will win over converts. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (15969) Web sites unfazed by SCO threats In one important section of the Linux market, large companies so far don't seem fazed by SCO Group's warnings that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property, according to a new study. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (15968) SBC targeted in antitrust lawsuit Four California Internet service providers file suit against the Baby Bell, claiming it unfairly inflated wholesale prices for DSL access. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (15967) Sessions Three and Four The session documentation will be online (behind a login, but they seem okay with reposting - I asked). This is good and I can thin this down and get on with other stuff too. :-) I'll continue posting as interesting things arise. I went to the contt api session and now am in the tools and context passing api session. From Serious Instructional Technology on July 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (15966) Dell denies Opera users support Even the Feds can't make a deal From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (15965) Gartner Says Delay Linux Deployment Due to SCO Sridhar writes "SCO's legal threats have prompted Gartner Group to recommend that companies delay deployment of critical Linux applications, determine "whether ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (15964) Microsoft talks shop At a meeting with analysts, the software giant opens up about research spending and software sales, new hires and executive shuffling. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (15963) New GPS handheld hunts for customers Garmin, a maker of global positioning system devices, has begun shipping its first PDA. It hopes to create a new niche for the slumping handheld industry. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (15962) Blackboard Developers Workshop David Carter-Tod is live-blogging the Blackboard Building Blocks Developers Workshop. I'm not, of course, because I'm busy being one of the people putting on the workshop. And I'm not a Java developer, so it's all over my head anyway. :-)... From Ten Reasons Why on July 24, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (15961) Will Humanoid Robots Take All the Jobs by 2050? Anonymous writes "Marshall Brain (the guy who started HowStuffWorks) has published an article claiming that robots will take half the jobs in the U.S. by 2050. ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (15960) DirectX Flaw Leaves Windows Vulnerable cryonic*angel writes "Just when you thought it was safe to start buying music from BuyMusic, another another Windows security flaw is found, in DirectX this ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (15959) Lecture Hall Back-Channeling emmastory writes "The New York Times is running a story on the phenomenon of lecture hall back-channeling - now that many conferences and universities have ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (15958) Questions for DoJ IP Attorneys Asked and Answered These answers are from the lawyers in the U.S. DoJ's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) -- the people who prosecute criminal file-sharing ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (15957) Diebold Voting Systems Grossly Insecure Several well-known security researchers have examined the code for Diebold's voting machines (which we last mentioned two weeks ago) and produced an extensive ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (15956) Perl 6 Essentials JayBonci writes "It may come as a surprise that within the pages of 'Perl 6 Essentials' lies what could be two books, despite its length. If not for lack of ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (15955) Open Source/Proprietary - An Issue of Two Codebases? g00mba_b0y asks: "For the past year I and a small team of developers have been working on an open source targeted, general business application framework. I ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (15954) Brace Yourself II Michael O' Connor has now read the James Grimmelmann piece I pointed to below: Mwah ha ha hah hoo ha ha haaa hah ha ha bu wu wooooo wah ha heee hee hee heeheeheeheehee wooo huh buhuh wah ha hah ha ha ha ha hoo... gasp...oh god...I'm sorry, I ha ha HA HA HA HA HAAA HAAAH AA HO HO HEE HEEEEEEEEE HUH HA HA HO HE AHA AHO UHUH heh eh heee heeheeheehe From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (15953) Merrill Lynch hangs up on Cisco The financial firm will replace its 3-year-old Internet telephony gear from Cisco Systems with new equipment from Avaya. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (15952) step away from the podium Ross blogged the NY Times article on backchannels first, it seems. But I'm not interested in quoting it...I'm more interested in talking about its implications, and the responses it seems to generate from speakers. Two of my friends in the social software world, Stewart Butterfield and Anil Dash, are speakers who find the backchannel annoying. (Stewart says so in the article; Anil agrees in his a From Corante: Social Software on July 24, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (15951) Transformers! The advantage of a standardised, structured data format is not limited to data exchange with other systems that understand the same format. Some cool work with XSLT by Raymond Yee and also the Digital University (DU) of the Netherlands demonstrates that content in one standard format can be transformed into another in practice. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on July 24, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (15950) Dan on Copyright - Trespassing on the public domain Dan Gillmor makes the point that we have to keep hammering home: Creators of creative works do not own their works the way land owners own their land. The US Constitution gives authors some rights that land owners have but carefully circumscribes them: creators have a monopoly on the right to publish their works for a limited time (originally 14 years, now life + 70) and within a limited domain (Fair Use). Is this unfair to creators? Nope, and not just because creating a public domain is a greater good to which the creator must bow. Creators do this... From Joho the Blog on July 24, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (15949) The World Votes Here's a site that lets the world vote in the next US presidential election. Since the world's vote counts about as much as that of a confused elderly Jewish lady in Dade County, Florida, it's too bad the site is only publishing the results afterthe US polls close when it can have absolutely no effect. (Thanks to Wiebe de Jager for the link.)... From Joho the Blog on July 24, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (15948) Doc Saves the Net Doc's Linx Journal article on saving the Net is setting new records for page views and comments. Jeez, all it does is tell the truth. I don't see what the fuss is about :)... From Joho the Blog on July 24, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (15947) Show Your Love for RSS By way of Dave Winer (by way of NetNewsWire on my desktop) come these nifty graphic badge icons from Bryan Bell. Get yours today in delicious pink, blue, green, as PNG or GIF files, nicely provided to match your... From cogdogblog on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (15946) How to enable Trackback on your weblog This morning I upgraded the server that runs the weblogs at Berkman -- one of the new features we got was Trackback. It's a much-valued feature by some people who keep weblogs. It allows one site to tell another site "Hey I'm pointing to you." Manila, the software running our weblogs, now supports Trackback. From Weblogs At Harvard on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (15945) Nice model for an eBN members list and much more at eLearning Space. Includes organizational affiliation, job title and blog url. From homoLudens III on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15944) Wow - Skip Dodson's Guide to Radio and Manila "Finding what we want on the Internet is always a challenge. Finding information about using Manila and Radio Userland is no exception. This Guide is a work in progress. I use it as a place to index (catalogue) useful information as I find it. If the Guide helps others, that is even better." Radio and Manila working together. Ooooh - just look at those directories. From homoLudens III on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15943) First book on blogging in Chinese From Issac, who says it's published expensively in T'aiwan. Let's see, quarter of the world's population... From homoLudens III on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15942) More on BB conference Matt Pittinsky still talking.&nbsp; 1997 vision, IMS, object economy, back-office integration, architectural vision.&nbsp; We're finally getting close. The problem with the BB docs - 900 pages long for the API docs. Talking about APIs, extensibility, interoperability.&nbsp; These are all very good things.&nbsp; The vision is very good. More stuff about the status of the business and state of the industry. Time to talk about the R&D strategy - learning system, transaction system and portal system.&nbsp; Georgetown has implemented Shibb From Serious Instructional Technology on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15941) Session One - Introduction to Building Blocks Damn!&nbsp; I just lost a good post here on this session.&nbsp; Damn, damn, damn. OKI, SIF, .NET, integration... BB Corp using building blocks and developing them themselves.&nbsp; Creating a market for developers. I hope this presentation is online - it probably won't be. Program notes: www.blackboard.com Product add-ons tab. Developers tab for the SDK, etc. Developer network is not behind the developer tab (go figure).&nbsp; Go to behind.blackboard.com for that.&nbsp; I don't se From Serious Instructional Technology on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15940) Session Two - My first building block Have I told you how much I hate IE today?&nbsp; Yet again a post lost.&nbsp; I realize it's also a question of my unfamiliarity with this laptop and a sensitive touchpad, but still... Yes, another post lost. Lots is very simplified by the Building Blocks manager. An agent is a java web app with one extra file mandatory directory is web-inf. start with skeleton. everything not under web-inf is web accessible just a .zip file or jar file with that structure.&nbsp; web-inf: web.xmlbb-manifest.xmlconfig directory< From Serious Instructional Technology on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15939) Western Digital buys up Read-Rite assets Bankruptcy sale From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15938) PestScan: free spyware checker Review Spotter, not killer From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15937) Tiscali resolute following ad slap Stands by data From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15936) Americans love Dell, Microsoft (but Sony most of all) Band of Brands From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15935) UK workers talk favourite revenge tactics The curse of the ex-employee From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15934) The Overclocking Store ceases trading Blank page From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15933) RIAA is 'fighting for survival' Letters Die another day From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15932) Microsoft unwraps enterprise apps strategy Chasing the mid-market From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15931) Overture sales climb, profits fall Merger costs From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15930) Untitled I upgraded the Berkman weblog server, now all the weblogs can have Trackback. I wrote a howto. It'll be interesting to see what kinds of questions come up at tonight's meeting. From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (15929) Worldwide Cable Modem Subs Expected to Double By 2007 North America leads the cable broadband market, followed by the Asia-Pacific region, and Europe. From CyberAtlas on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15928) Online Ads Are Bigger, Richer A second-quarter ad-serving report shows that online ads continue to increase in size and dynamism. From CyberAtlas on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15927) Western Digital to buy component maker The hard drive maker will acquire the assets of Read-Rite, a manufacturer of hard drive components, for $95 million in cash. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15926) Microsoft plans to boost R&D, jobs Chairman Bill Gates says the company is raising its research spending to $6.8 billion this year. That spending increase should translate into 5,000 new jobs. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15925) Web marketing sells like teen spirit Smart marketers will use the Web if they want to harness some of that teen spirit, according to a new study on media consumption among young people. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15924) IBM offers financing deal From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15923) Asian Linux: Some keen, others cool Asia could leapfrog the West in Linux development, but some governments are reluctant to do so, says an IBM executive. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15922) Trackback SPAM? As part of PITCH we are working on developing a clean growth path for comments attached to a published article to grow into a published article of their own. As we have envisioned many uses of trackback for this purpose,... From autounfocus on July 24, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (15921) Blackboard Building Blocks Developer Conference - Day One Today and tomorrow I'm going to be in this conference.&nbsp; I'll try and blog it.&nbsp; We're starting the general session right now and after Jan Poston Day(?), it's the CIO of Georgetown.&nbsp; I'm in the back.&nbsp; There's great wireless connectivity, but I'm not sure about the power, so I'm plugged in at the back. The CIO is talking about "enterprise" systems and how LCMS are part of that.&nbsp; My experience with this kind of attitude is pretty sour, because IT support typically does not&nbsp;understand, From Serious Instructional Technology on July 24, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (15920) AOL taps technology strategist America Online names a new chief technology officer of AOL Technologies as the company heats up its efforts in broadband, wireless and other areas. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (15919) The software contrarian Sybase’sJohn Chen on why total cost of ownership is a farce, industry consolidation is not inevitable and why Larry Ellison is not everyone’s idea of the software messiah. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (15918) For a friend "Chocolate Cake" From Serious Instructional Technology on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (15917) Komtel ordered to stop 'nuisance' calls 'Blatant misuse of automatic calling equipment' From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (15916) Snipers fire at Sinn Fein's new online store Seditious claim From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (15915) F5 snaps up uRoam SSL VPN play From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (15914) iRiver 10GB iPod clone coming to UK Reg Kit Watch iHP-100 on its way From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (15913) Meditation in the Workplace? prostoalex writes "Nortel, Texas Instruments, Raytheon, Google, Apple and many others are apparently finding meditation and yoga to be a very efficient way to ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (15912) Untitled I'm trawling for suggestions for the technology panel at BloggerCon. From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (15911) Motorola pushed out of global chip making elite Joins IBM, AMD From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15910) Delay Linux apps, look at Windows, Unix, says Gartner SCO FUD starts to threaten enterprise sales From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15909) Hyperion buys Brio Musical beds From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15908) Palm Releases New Tungsten T2 securitas writes "Palm has released its latest PDA, the Tungsten T2. The T2 features a Texas Instruments 144MHz OMAP 1510 ARM processor, 32MB SDRAM (29.5 ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15907) Untitled BloggerCon has a logo, designed by Bryan Bell, of course. From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15906) Untitled Mike Walsh would like Chris to interview some non-bloggers. I concur. Reading Mike's site, I now understand why some people find Scripting a bit brash even in their face. I could say "Here's why Mike's weblog is a failure" or "How Mike could do better with his weblog." Mike would probably say it the first way. So would l. Why? It sells more papers. If you want people to click, say something provocative. If you want to blend into the crowd, say the same thing politely. From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15905) The Daily Cartoon for July 24 Today's Daily Cartoon From Ben Hammersley.com on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15904) Can Google save AOL? Paid search listings have helped pull Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN Web portal from the dot-com advertising mire, but America Online is still in search of a savior. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15903) Gwyneth, the Grateful Dead and Google CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says the hottest company in Silicon Valley is behaving as if the dot-com bubble never burst. Maybe there's a good reason for that. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (15902) Euro PDA sales leap as global sales slump Local vendors for local people From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (15901) Taiwanese chip makers prepare 802.11g assault Favoured weapon: price From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (15900) Untitled Essay: What changed with RSS? From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (15899) Get Ready for New 'Nano' Products Nanotech enthusiasts claim the technology will someday cure disease and eliminate pollution. But for now, consumers will have to settle for balls that keep their bounce longer and wrinkle-free khaki slacks that resist coffee stains. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15898) Fans' Hopes of Doom Dashed The publisher of a popular video game announces the delay of one of the most heavily anticipated PC games ever. Fans will have to wait until next year to get the latest chapter in their favorite shoot-'em-up, interplanetary adventure: Doom III. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15897) House Fights New Media Regs The U.S. House of Representatives approves a bill that would block the Federal Communications Commission from allowing further expansion of the largest television networks. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15896) Sterling: Barbarians at the Gate Europe wants to be the next superpower, but it faces big challenges ahead. A commentary by Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15895) Palm's New PDA Gets Rave Reviews Palm's new Tungsten T. Also: The wireless industry's latest sidekick in the (losing) battle against local number portability.... Americans prefer cheap cell phones to fancier, more expensive handsets.... all in Unwired News. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15894) Divvying Up the Pigskin Pie Fantasy football is big. Big enough to bring in millions for Web providers and thousands for the small operators who peddle advice and analysis. By Mark McClusky. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15893) Burners Sweat Over Package Prank You may have come across an e-mail promoting a package tour of this year's Burning Man -- complete with air-conditioned tents and front-row seats at the main event. Before you suffer a stroke, relax. It was a clever hoax. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15892) Read an Ad, Get Free Wi-Fi At least one U.S. airline plans to offer free Wi-Fi Internet service, and phone calls for as little as 50 cents a minute. Business travelers, in particular, want both services. But they have reservations about a plan to subsidize the costs of the services with intrusive advertising. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on July 24, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (15891) HP's app server fears, Unix dreams Exclusive Bright future for HP-UX From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15890) Hey, it's 'Internet Shopping Day' Should that be 'national shoplifting day'? From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15889) MS alerts users to Windows DirectX vulnerability Potentially devastating flaw From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15888) Hynix loses US 45% DRAM tax appeal Intl. Trade Commission backs Dept. of Commerce From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15887) Games firm sues Eminem for fraud Bad meets Evil From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15886) Russian Minister Gets Spammed, Spams Back elhim writes "According to an article in the Moscow Times: 'Spammers last week got on the wrong side of the wrong man, and quickly found themselves with a ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15885) What changed with RSS? Something remarkable changed with RSS in the last few weeks. Everyone has their own point of view, so far we've mostly heard from the detractors, but here's a couple of things that have changed that are major positives. 1. Other developers stood up to defend it. 2. Users are explaining it. It's good that people other than myself are standing up for it. The more people do this, the less personal the discussion can be. Do I have supposed character flaws that are shared by Jon Udell and Brent Simmons? We all couldn't be more different from From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15884) Untitled Last year on this day: "Silent signs of progress." From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15883) Untitled David Galbraith: "RSS is a winning meme, people outside of the grass roots weblog are starting to talk about and use it and RSS 2.0 passes the good enough test (with a couple of tweaks imho) for applications beyond headline syndication." From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15882) Untitled Ray Ozzie: "WiFi sniffing is easy to do, it is commonly done, and the real question is at what point will someone do real damage by using what they sniff, and when will this be brought to the public's eye by the courts or by Congress?" From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15881) Untitled NY Times: "Enabling wireless technology in university auditoriums has led to a back channel of communication for students to reveal their thoughts." From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15880) Untitled Chris Lydon interviews David Sifry, developer of Technorati. From Scripting News on July 24, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (15879) Tech versus the Human Touch; The "Crazy Curriculum" From an article (pdf) in the latest issue of Educational Horizons, a teachers' journal: Why did my first experiment with technology fail,and yet my second experiment succeeded? Analyzing the outcomes, I came to understand that the key factor was me. Students need a teacher. We educators need not worry about replacement by some new technology; education is all about the human connection. Another --> From Ed Tech Dev on July 24, 2003 at 5:47 a.m.. (15878) What Works: A Commentary on the Nature of Scientific Research The latest issue of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE) reprints an editorial by Lederman in which he reacts to the latest emphasis by the government on "scientifically-based" educational research. The Department of Education has established a What Works Clearinghouse to "provide educators, policymakers, and the public with a central, independent, and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education." Lederman: Overall, although the inten From Ed Tech Dev on July 24, 2003 at 5:47 a.m.. (15877) TSMC lauds 'fine' Q2 figures Income up 169%, that's why From The Register on July 24, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. (15876) X-Plane - An Obsession For Realism caseih writes "Popular Science is running an article on Austin Meyer, the creator of the popular X-Plane flight simulator. Although not an open source project, ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (15875) MULTILINGUAL BOOKS is pleased to announce the introduction of the Foreign Service Institute Korean Course, in Audio CD format. New Korean CD course will help our troops, business people, and others communicate in the critical language of Korean.Multilingual Books re-mastered the Foreign Service Course to CD for better sound quality and for ease of use. [PRWEB Jul 24, 2003] From PR Web on July 24, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (15874) NEW DESIGNATION AIMS TO BETTER PREPARE CANADIANS WORKING WITH SENIORS NEW DESIGNATION AIMS TO BETTER PREPARE CANADIANS WORKING WITH SENIORSHAMILTON, ON, 24th July 2003: A new Canadian designation program will assist business professionals in providing service and products to an aging Canadian population. By 2012, about one third of Canadians will be over the age of 55. The new designation HYPHEN Elder Planning Counselor (EPC) HYPHEN will target specific needs and help professionals better understand the issues that are relevant to the 55 plus age group. [PRWEB Jul 24, 2003] From PR Web on July 24, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (15873) Ask K5: What would you do as the U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security? There has been much discussion, on K5 and otherwise, about the current state of civil rights in the U.S. and the relative merits of the Department of Homeland Security in the face of increasingly limited freedoms of the average US citizen.  Many people agree that limiting personal freedoms is not the answer. What hasn't been discussed adequately, I think, is what K5'ers think should be done. From kuro5hin.org on July 24, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (15872) Security Experts: Electronic Voting Machines Threaten Democracy Last Sunday I raised alarms in my column about the danger of the new electronic voting machines that are rapidly... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 24, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (15871) Study of Colleges Critical of Antidrinking Drives Campaigns that aim to curb drinking by telling students that most of their classmates do not drink heavily are largely ineffective, a Harvard University survey has found. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15870) In the Lecture Hall, a Geek Chorus Enabling wireless technology in university auditoriums has led to a back channel of communication for students to reveal their thoughts. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15869) Air Force Academy Cadet Chief Backs Rape Report Disclosures The new commandant of cadets says he supports a policy making it mandatory for a commanding officer to be informed if a cadet seeks help on campus for a sexual assault. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15868) Player and Normalcy Still Missing As the police search for missing Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy, the case appears likely to bring much scrutiny to the Baptist university in Texas. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15867) City Plans to Add 6 Standardized Tests in Math and English City public school students will take three standardized tests in math and three in English at strategic intervals next year, in addition to annual statewide and citywide exams, as part of a new data-driven effort to quickly identify students who are failing to grasp basic skills or teachers who are not effectively conveying the material, Chancellor Joel I. Klein said yesterday. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15866) California Postpones Exit Exam Fearing that thousands of students might not graduate, California is postponing the use of its high school exit exam for two years. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15865) College Rating by U.S. News Will Now Skip a Key Factor Perhaps the most influential survey of American higher education is changing the way it ranks the nation's top colleges and universities. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15864) A Spat With Schools in the Middle The feud between the schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, and teachers' union president Randi Weingarten sounds like an impending separation, but there can be no such thing. From New York Times: Education on July 24, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (15863) 68 million Chinese Web surfers and counting From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15862) Canada's Digital Collections From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15861) Books24x7 Signs Agreement with John Wiley & Sons to Add Full Line of Wrox Titles to Its Online Library for IT Professionals From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15860) Adult education enrollment dips From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15859) Jones International University Introduces Three K-12 Master of Education Degree Specializations From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15858) Distance learning is beneficial but not widely OK'd, panel says From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15857) PVC [Palo Verde College] distance education classes help students complete college degree requirements From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15856) Behind the Scenes: The Process of Implementing a High School Web-Based Course From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 24, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (15855) Attention-shifting Article in the NY Times on back-channels of IM and Chat in universities, meetings and conferences.&nbsp; Misses recent events.&nbsp; Attention-shifting for early social software experiences will be meme for a while because its also a frame of reference shift. Cory Doctorow, a science fiction writer and blogger who h From Corante: Social Software on July 24, 2003 at 1:48 a.m.. (15854) Digitized Gutenberg Bible Available Prince_Ali writes "A digital copy of the Gutenburg Bible, the first major Western book printed from movable type, has been made available by The University of ... From Slashdot on July 24, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (15853) SuSE, SAP team up on customer support The new deal between the two companies is aimed at streamlining the process for customers who run SAP business software on the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. From CNET News.com on July 24, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (15852) Creative Commons licensed site templates Neil Turner, a student designer and computer science student has released his great looking site's template designs under an Attribution license. They're downloadable and valid to XHTML 1.1 standards and look pretty easy to modify for your own use, as long as you give Neil credit. From Creative Commons: weblog on July 24, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (15851) Rudy, Did You Make The Cut? I'm sure all of you reading this are familiar with file-swapping services like Kazaa, Napster, etc. As some of you know the RIAA is not a big fan of such services and has issued subpoenas to unveil the identity of... From Tim Swanson on July 23, 2003 at 11:48 p.m.. (15850) House Overturns FCC Media Consolidation Plan son_of_a_general writes "Looks like the House of Representatives just overturned the FCC's media consolidation rules, previously covered on Slashdot here(1), ... From Slashdot on July 23, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (15849) Dial scrubs Oracle From CNET News.com on July 23, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (15848) Microsoft to tout Windows Server sales The software giant plans to use an analyst meeting Thursday to tout, among other things, strong sales of its Windows Server 2003 operating system. From CNET News.com on July 23, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (15847) PeopleSoft details stock swap The software maker discloses financial details of its $1.8 billion exchange offer for J.D. Edwards in one of the most closely watched software mergers in years. From CNET News.com on July 23, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (15846) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]