Edu_RSS ~ August 22, 2003

Most recent update: August 22, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Flaming Cellphones phorm writes "Many of us have heard the urban legend of cellphones causing fires at the gas pump, but how about the hazards of replacement batteries? Reuters ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (21570) Barnett'a Manuals for bicycle repair Here's a link to a posting on Bike Forum which includes a listing of all chapters to the Barnett's Manual in PDF format. From carvingCode on August 22, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. (21569) Untitled Jake: "The WYSIWYG editor for Mozilla has been released for both Radio and Manila." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (21568) New DVD-copying tools to hit shelves Despite staunch legal opposition from Hollywood, DVD drive company Tritton Technologies agrees to distribute software for copying DVDs. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (21567) WIPO Pressured to Kill Meeting on Open Source panthan writes "The Washington Post has has an article about a proposed meeting of the WIPO concerning open source having been removed from consideration, ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (21566) Untitled 11/24/01: "Mets fans know that some day we will win it all. Red Sox fans must know, by now, that it ain't gonna happen." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (21565) Untitled Michael Feldman: "I almost came out and told you about the little voice inside my head whispering insistently that, finally, this was the year." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (21564) Network glitch shutters NY Times office Reporters and editors shut down their computers after the newspaper's network becomes unstable, in a week where variants on the MSBlast worm and the Sobig virus have run rampant. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (21563) MontaVista swats back at SCO The company, a specialist in Linux-based software for embedded devices, advises customers not to pay anything to SCO for Linux licensing plans. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (21562) Red Hat Enterprise 3 Beta Reviewed viewstyle writes "eWEEK has got a review of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Beta, code named Taroon. It now has the new Red Hat Bluecurve interface. New important ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (21561) Marketers, FBI unite to curb spam The Direct Marketing Association intends to help the FBI nab spammers--and help preserve its members' ability to send commercial e-mail. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (21560) Hittin' the Beach Didn't get away much this summer what with the new job and everything else that always seems to be going on. So we're escaping for a long 4-day weekend to Chincoteague Island. (Sorry, "Pat"...the Jersey shore just isn't for me.) It's going to be really weird starting the school year NOT in the classroom. After 20 years of navigating the mayhem that is opening day, it will be nice to just kind of sit back and watch. In fact, I'm coming in late the first day because From weblogged News on August 22, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (21559) Anna K sends Amazon CEO into shock Bras in stock From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (21558) Open Source at TiVo CowboyRobot writes "ACM Queue has an article by TiVo co-founder Jim Barton, in which he explains how the company relies on open source technologies to create a ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (21557) Untitled Microdoc: "The way we have developed the Internet is creating the biggest economic, social and cultural time-bomb of the century." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (21556) Untitled 2/3/02: "An easy to install HTTP server that communicates with the mother ship via XML and can search the local area network as effectively as the whole Internet." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (21555) Untitled Steve Gillmor: "What I'm really looking for is a private Google, where I can find random notes without exposing them publicly." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (21554) balance in exile The thread about Ms. Boland's (mis)characterization of open-source software (remember the days when statements were either true or false?) reminded me of an odd fight I found myself in the middle of at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in February. I was asked to give one of three keynotes launching the second preparatory conference. At a press conference before the keynote, a From E-Commerce Guide on August 22, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (21552) Race against Sobig reportedly successful Twenty servers that the computer virus had scheduled to download attack software were shut down, avoiding a potential wave of new e-mail. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (21551) AMD's Opteron party squashed by AMD Sanders left on his own From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (21550) Top University Rankings for 2004 Released jemecki writes "US News and World Report has posted their annual rankings for the top colleges and universities in America. Of particular interest to ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (21549) Untitled From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (21548) Untitled Halley Suitt: "I've just published a piece on blogging in Harvard Business Review." Congrats! From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (21547) U.S. E-commerce Gains in 2Q 2003 The second quarter brought an increase of roughly 28 percent, and July's figures are strong too. From CyberAtlas on August 22, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (21546) Canadian court approves Corel buyout From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (21545) Palm loses patent ruling From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (21544) Week ahead: It's oh so quiet The tech sector takes a pre-Labor Day break, with Tech Data and McData among the smattering of companies scheduled to report earnings. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (21543) Palm raises $18 million From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (21542) Church and State, Edit and Advertising The Washington Blade reports that the Baltimore Sun first declined to run the announcement of a lesbian "life commitment" ceremony between two local gay rights activists on its "Celebrations" page, and then ran finally ran it--in the classified ads. The exchange of e-mails between Ingrid Ackerson, who submitted the announcement, and the Baltimore Sun advertising staff is documented here. The root of the problem is that the responsibility for the content of the From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on August 22, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (21541) Circ Padding Circus Style Magazine, a spinoff of The Baltimore Jewish Times, is apparently doing some circulation padding. I say this because we recently started getting a copy of the magazine here, addressed to the former owner of the house--and he's been gone for seven years. So, is the magazine having so much trouble making its numbers for advertisers that they're buying up old mailing lists and adding them to their circ file? Is this how they can claim they're "mailed to 45,000 affluent h From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on August 22, 2003 at 4:50 p.m.. (21540) Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Steven on Over It's official - the flyer has gone out, registration is open, and the cows are coming home to roost (or something like that) for Steven Cohen's presentation at SLS! Keeping Current - Anyone Can Do It! "All information professionals attempt to keep current by attending conferences, reading trade journals, and subscribing to e-mail lists. Bu From The Shifted Librarian on August 22, 2003 at 4:48 p.m.. (21539) "Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0" Working Draft Published 22 August 2003: The Internationalization Working Group has released an interim Working Draft of Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0. The document addresses character encoding identification, early uniform normalization, string identity matching, string indexing, and URI conventions, building on the Universal Character Set defined by Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646. Read about the Internationalization Activity. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on August 22, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (21538) Five XQuery and XPath Working Drafts Published 22 August 2003: The XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group have released five Working Drafts. Comments on all of these documents are invited, especially on open issues. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on August 22, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (21537) RSS - KISS Allen at cogdogblog rightly railed against using RSS to transmit full newsletters and the like. I mentioned a similar concern about the length of individual entries being sent out via RSS feeds. I'd not like to see RSS become the tool for huge graphics and Flash files, or for full newsletters or campaign speeches. Rather, RSS better serves as a "summary" of the entry. Then, teh reade From carvingCode on August 22, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (21536) The Trilogy as One jmays writes "New Line is re-releasing 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two Towers' except this time, in their respective extended versions. When? Once ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (21535) Untitled Stateline.Org: Bloggers Train Sites On State Governments. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (21534) FCC rules: Who, what and why complain The long-awaited release of new rules governing broadband and high-speed Internet services has thrown federal regulators headlong into controversy. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (21533) Cutting-edge 'smart shelf' test ends The largest supermarket chain in Britain ends a test of a system designed to track purchases and thefts of Gillette razors. Privacy-advocates had bristled over the setup. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (21532) Flash memory devices raise security flags They could be a security risk, experts say. Administrators can't control the information transferred between these devices and a corporate network, unlike e-mail and other network traffic. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (21531) Mapping Pedagogy to Technology: A Simple Model Via james Farmer comes this presentation that outlines major features of some theories of pedagogy, shifts them a bit, then maps them to technology (specifically, WebCT Vista). I think it's a good (though brief) presentation. But I am inherently sceptical of models, no matter how well based in theory, that place class management and administration at the center, surrounded by everything else. By Jo Coldwell, August 23, 2003 [Refer][ From OLDaily on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (21530) Building the Maricopa Learning eXchange(Using a Bit of Competition and Bribery) It's no longer three dimensional (though it has nice pictures of the three dimensional original), but this web version of the Maricopa Learning eXchange poster delivered to the recent Merlot conference does something the original didn't really do: it explains all the parts of the Learning eXchange and lets me link to them. By Alan Levine, Maricopa Community Colleges, August 21, 2003 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (21529) Syllabus Syllabus launches a new website, promising "more content; easier nagivation". Among the features highlighted are "exclusive online content, articles and expert opinion pieces... the Syllabus database by key topics for information critical to you, [and] ... easier navigation and interactive community resources such as forums and polls." Check out the nifty navigation bar - be sure to mouse-over the 'Conefrences', 'News' and 'Commentary' links. I gotta get me one of those. By Various Authors, Syllabus, August 21, 2003 [--> From OLDaily on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (21528) A Full Stomach Leads to Better Learning, Schools Say I think the headline says it all. Is there any reason, any reason at all, why a society that could afford it leaves its children unfed? I hear from all sides about morality in society. But before you begin to talk to me about the morality of this or that, let's begin with the basics. This. If you won't feed children, don't talk to me about morals. Ever. By Corinne Purtill, Gazette.Net, August 20, 2003 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (21527) Darl is an anagram for "lard" ...and that, apparently, is what SCO CEO Darl McBride is building his company's long term strategy on--rendered pig fat. McBride, who a just a year ago was pimping for UnitedLinux and hoping to use SCO's installed base to push Linux into the small and medium business markets in earnest, is now claiming that all his former friends in the Linux community of being orchestrated by IBM in their attacks on his "poison pill" strategy for profits from Linux. From Sean Gallagher: buzzword-compliant on August 22, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (21526) Darl is an anagram for "lard" ...and that, apparently, is what SCO CEO Darl McBride is building his company's long term strategy on--rendered pig fat. McBride, who a just a year ago was pimping for UnitedLinux and hoping to use SCO's installed base to push Linux into the small and medium business markets in earnest, is now claiming that all his former friends in the Linux community of being orchestrated by IBM in their attacks on his "poison pill" strategy for profits from Linux. From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on August 22, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (21525) Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Do... From ResourceShelf on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (21524) Celebrity Encounter: Tony Shalhoub Our 18-yr-old daughter spotted Tony Shalhoub at the Agricultural Fair on Martha's Vineyard last night. Our daughter is a good critic of acting and is talented in that direction herself, and Shalhoub is towards the top of her list. She's admired his range, from Galaxy Quest to Big Night. She, her aunt and my wife approached him as he waited for his daughter to get off a ride. They expected to gush for a moment and then to back away apologetically. But not only was he polite, he engaged them, and especially our daughter, in conversation. Where is she... From Joho the Blog on August 22, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (21523) On Videogame Journalism Michael_Blessed writes "The most incisive critique of games journalism currently out there. I would say that as I participated, but there's some real ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (21522) Motorola unveils first Linux smart phone The cell phone maker unveils its first Linux-powered handset, part of an ambitious plan to use the open-source operating system to power all of its phone products. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (21521) IBM spirits Diageo away from HP Big Blue continues its string of on-demand computing services wins, announcing a new infrastructure outsourcing deal with beverage giant Diageo. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (21520) Dell turns to snail mail to send patch The company is sending out CDs with a fix for some of its Axim X5 handhelds. Dell had offered a downloadable patch, but some used it to perform unauthorized upgrades on older handhelds. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (21519) OpenOffice for Mac OS X delayed Limited developer resources mean Mac OS X users will have to wait until 2006 for a native version of the open-source office package. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (21518) Henry Wallace, we hardly knew ye. Former Vice President and then-secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace's1944 article on "The Danger of American Fascism" has been resurrected at truthout (and pointed to by Metafilter). The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an A From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on August 22, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (21517) Google's SafeSearch is a Non-Partisan in Blocking Pages from the White House From ResourceShelf on August 22, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (21516) Hear Dean I listened to Chris Lydon's recording of a talk Gov. Dean gave a few days ago at a gathering of 250 people in New Hampshire. Listen to this mp3 and you'll have a good idea if you want to support Dean or not. I do.... From Joho the Blog on August 22, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (21515) Bad Dog: Stuffing Newsletters inside RSS I am all for expanding the use of RSS, and new things are popping up every day. However, stuffing an entire newsletter inside an RSS feed as listed at Lockergnome (referring to Barbara Feldman's "Ezine-Tips" on Using RSS to Deliver Newsletters seems to me a bad trend of stuffing a lot of things into RSS feeds that need not be there. As an "EZine" maven, Barbara is proposing alternatives to sendin From cogdogblog on August 22, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (21514) Time for listing making Have put it off long enough. I need to start a list of to-do's to prepare for Fall quarter. I've got several updates/mods to do to my distance courses, syllabus to put together and a new office to put together after the campus made some major room changes over the Summer. I also need to make a decision about whether I'm going to keep the Drupal-based eduBlog I started in June. (I'm not fully satisfied that Drupal is a platform for introducing teachers to weblogs. There are interesting features, but they just don't seem to fit together well.) From carvingCode on August 22, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (21513) Netgear Routers DoS UWisc Time Server numatrix writes "For the last few months, hundreds of thousands of netgear routers being sold had hardcoded values in their firmware for ntp synchronization, ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (21512) Untitled Register: "The prolific mass-mailing Sobig-F email worm, which has flooded computer users this week, could attempt to download a Trojan horse tonight, anti-virus companies are warning." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (21511) Untitled Reuters: "Computer security experts raced to beat the clock Friday as the super-potent Sobig.F e-mail virus threatened to unleash a crippling barrage of data across the Internet." From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (21510) 08/11/03 08/11/03 From CyberAtlas on August 22, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (21509) E-mail Around The World, July 2003 MSN Hotmail was the hottest e-mail service in all the measured countries except for the U.S., where Yahoo! holds a slight edge. From CyberAtlas on August 22, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (21508) Week in review: SCO shows the code The legal battle over Linux escalates, with the company revealing controversial code that it says was pilfered, but skeptics remain unconvinced. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (21507) Educaterra permite consultar el diccionario de la Real Academia La 22ª edición del diccionario de la Real Academia Española de la Lengua<... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on August 22, 2003 at 1:52 p.m.. (21506) New NetNewsWire Beta Beta News Get your Beta here Quite a lot of work has been done here since the last update!!!... From Disruptive Technology on August 22, 2003 at 1:52 p.m.. (21505) spam-slinging websites from hell I was the victim of some bizarre spam yesterday directed at my work e-mail account. Someone used the neo-con spin site NewsMax' article-forwarding feature to send me an article about how the Democrats in California were assaulting the Constitution, with the message, "Spam this f**kboy." I'm guessing the sender meant the author of the artilce and not me...or maybe they were referring to my anti-spam column? In any case, the return address the culprit used was the e-mail for --> From Sean Gallagher: buzzword-compliant on August 22, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (21504) The horror....the horror Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury is channelling Francis Ford Coppola channelling Joseph Conrad, with B.D. as Willard and Duke as Kurtz. This should be diverting. From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on August 22, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (21503) spam-slinging websites from hell I was the victim of some bizarre spam yesterday directed at my work e-mail account. Someone used the neo-con spin site NewsMax' article-forwarding feature to send me an article about how the Democrats in California were assaulting the Constitution, with the message, "Spam this f**kboy." I'm guessing the sender meant the author of the artilce and not me...or maybe they were referring to my anti-spam column? In any case, the return address the culprit used was the e-mail for --> From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on August 22, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (21502) Sneaker endorsement deals get smaller Check out 3-year old Mark Walker, Reebok spokesperson, and watch as he sinks 18 baskets in a row. Maybe Nutella should check out this kid's diet. From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on August 22, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (21501) Jenzabar Posts Record Second Quarter Earnings Results (8/20/03) Jenzabar, Inc today announced record second quarter earnings for 2003. The company posted a 26% sequential growth in total revenues and a 44% increase in total revenues over the second quarter of 2002. From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on August 22, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (21500) National Archives and Records Administration's Acquisition of Major System Faces Risks From ResourceShelf on August 22, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (21499) Untitled Ernie Ball goes open source I've been searching for news that's not, in any way, related to SCO just to try to balance it out. Not just news, of course, but things that are actually discussion-worthy. If you just want the big open source headlines, Linux Weekly News should be your first stop. This is a piece worth reading, Rockin' on without Microsoft. It's a look at the chain of events that drove Ernie Ball away from Microsoft, and toward From Corante: Open Source on August 22, 2003 at 1:49 p.m.. (21498) Chris Brumme's blog Microsoft senior developer Chris Brumme doesn't post often to his weblog often, but every one of his essays is a lengthy, authoritative, and candidly self-critical exploration of .NET and CLR arcana, the sort of thing you might expect to read on MSDN (minus the self-criticism, that is). And in fact, the absence of this material from MSDN is controversial. Back in June, Dare Obasanjo complained about that. Robert Scoble's response was: ... From Jon's Radio on August 22, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (21497) Intel ups Q3 revenue forecast Chips on the rise, Flash flat From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (21496) Nvidia class action suit dismissed Over and done with From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (21495) Vodafone flogs off Japan Telecom for £1.4bn Focusing on mobile From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (21494) Sobig-F timed for Trojan download tonight? Twist in the tail From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (21493) Practical C++ Programming, Second Edition adrienlamothe writes "Practical C++ Programming is dedicated to teaching the reader how to program in the C++ programming language. The book actually has four ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (21492) A SoBig surprise this afternoon? - William Jackson, Government Computer News The SoBig.F worm that infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world this week apparently carries an encrypted payload set to activate this afternoon. What the results will be, however, experts cannot say. oeUnfortunately, we don From Techno-News Blog on August 22, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (21491) Untitled Adam reports that the spam-free test worked. Bing. We communicated without seeing a single spam or virus-generated email. Just like the good old days, before email melted and evaporated. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (21490) Approaching a cc.edu Recommendation There is finally a reasonable cc.edu proposal on the table (the proposal and some framing context are reprinted below), but no one has provided any feedback on it as of yet. Do people just not care? The lack of passionate... From autounfocus on August 22, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (21489) Enter the Scirus Test Zone From ResourceShelf on August 22, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (21488) Untitled Blackboard to Launch Learning Content Management and e-Portfolio System for Academic Market. I had heard talk recently of Blackboard entering the 'content management' marketplace, and the speaker was puzzled why they would want to do this. From the looks of there announcement, they are not necessarily trying to compete with your standard web content management system that serves your public web presence (thought it's not clear that it couldn't do that too) but instead taking the step to add learning c From Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 22, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (21487) Untitled Found in Stephen Downes' OL Daily. JH _____ A Subset of Tools for Collaboration. This short page contains a number (thirteen, to be precise) of tips for librarians on how to use the web to address specific educational needs. Each tip is linked to an example giving readers a model to work from. The tips are good, too. Examples include sharing technology expertise peer-to-peer database, developing ideas quickly or providing current information with blogs, and creating a critical thinking structure. By Debbie Abi From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (21484) Untitled I'll be in San Francisco Thursday through Saturday, for a brief business trip and a visit with a couple of friends. This time I'll be staying in the city. I'll have a car. Maybe a Chinese dinner at Henry's Hunan on Saturday night? Chris, you want From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (21483) China starts its search engine game One Chinese software company announces a campaign to beat U.S.-based search engine giant Google; another plans to expand overseas. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (21482) Lawsuit against Nvidia dismissed From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (21481) Cracks seen in Microsoft pricing Thailand's program that brings low-cost computers to the poor could have the unintended side effect of ending Microsoft's one-price policy, according to Gartner. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (21480) Internet Convergence 2.0 There's an opinion / trends article I wrote posted on Macromedia's DevNet website. It gives a cursory overview of ten trends that are driving a new Internet convergence. Enjoy and would love comments! From Jeremy Allaire's Radio on August 22, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (21479) Judge dismisses Palm patent case win Plaintiff to 'evaluate' other vendors' products for violation From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (21478) Japanese Deploying Powered Exoskeletons for Elderly FoeNyx writes "The AFP is reporting that 30 Tokyo firms have planned to set up a joint-venture in next spring to market an 'exo-skeleton type power assist ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (21477) Anonymous User Challenges RIAA Subpoena Arclightfire writes "First there was the setback of a New England judge throwing out an attempt to uncover the names of students at MIT accused of piracy and ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (21476) Oxford English Dictionary Adds Internet Terms From ResourceShelf on August 22, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (21475) Citation Analysis Source: ISI Russian Science,... From ResourceShelf on August 22, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (21474) Web Search--Yahoo Source: News.Com Yahoo puts In... From ResourceShelf on August 22, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (21473) Catherine Zandonella, Economics of open access, Th ... Catherine Zandonella, Economics of open access, TheScientist, August 22, 2003. The good news: she covers the controversy in detail, moving well past the cliches and misunderstandings common just a few months ago. The bad news: except for one line on PubMed Central, she ignores the economics of open-access archives. (PS: For the record, she also misquotes me. I said that even if an open-access journal publisher went out of business or were bought by a commer From FOS News on August 22, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (21472) 192 switch-off not cheaper for punters Oh well From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (21471) Australian Court Doubles CD Importers' Fines anti-fsck writes "Australia's Full Federal Court today upheld a lower court's decision that music labels Warner Music and Universal Music had engaged in ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (21470) Untitled I've started a list of aggregators that understand RSS enclosures. Right now I only know of one, but I hope that changes soon. Enclosures are, imho, a really big part of where RSS will go. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (21469) Untitled 3. Chris's "open sampling" of the crowd. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (21468) Untitled 2. Q&A with the candidate. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (21467) Untitled 1. Dean's 24-minute talk, in its entirety. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (21466) Untitled Chris Lydon has three audio excerpts from the Howard Dean presentation on Wednesday night in Manchester. I've included each of the audio excerpts below as enclosures, in today's Scripting News RSS feed. Enclosure-aware aggregators will automatically download them so you don't have to wait for them to download. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (21465) the extremists in power I don't even know how to begin this story, so stupid and extreme it is. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was convinced by Jamie Love and others to hold a meeting about "open collaborative models to develop public goods." One of those models is, of course, open source and free software. Lobbyists for Microsoft and others apparently (according to this extraordinary story by Jonathan Krim) started lobbying the US government to get the meeting cancelled. No surprise there. Open source and fr From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (21463) SozioTechnik Sp&auml;ter lesen! SocioTechnical Capital . Paul Resnick , one of the most thoughtful investigators of the social aspects of sm... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on August 22, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (21462) PhD on online social networks connected selves . Danah Boyd is doing a PhD on Friendster (or more generally on online communities, social networks and i... From thomas n. burg | randg&#228;nge on August 22, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (21461) Don't mail me I'm real (nach maria milonas) Ich weiss nicht, was mich dahin gef&uuml;hrt hat, jedenfalls bin ich&nbsp;jetzt dort und denke mit Schmerzen an unsere IT und d... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on August 22, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (21460) Im Monstr&#246;sen des Usenet Marc Smith, Standup Sociologist . My buddy, mentor, and Smart Mobs muse, Marc A. Smith, was interviewed by CNET recently.(... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on August 22, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (21459) Blogs on Yahoo Yahoo-Listing zu Blogs From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on August 22, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (21458) Toshiba debuts smallest HDD MP3 player Reg Kit Watch Cooler than iPod shock From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (21457) IBM Testing New Grid Technology with Quake 2 boschmorden writes "In conjunction with IBM, a group of college students from the University of Wisconsin developed GameGrid, a derivative of IBM's OptimalGrid ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (21456) Untitled Adam Curry: "This is where we get to sneak RSS into the email jet-wash." The only people I can communicate with are people who send and receive over RSS. Adam will probably see my comment on his post in about 40 minutes or so in his aggregator. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (21455) Untitled Email is still broken. I'm trying Eudora, it seems to work a little better than Outlook Express, but of course it's totally strange and all my filters are gone. It doesn't work better enough to use it instead of Outlook. The solution may be switching to Fastmail. In the meantime I'm missing boatloads of email. Thanks for all the great tips in the comments on last night's --> From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (21454) Untitled Phil Wolff's "plant requirements" for BloggerCon, in response to Bob Doyle's message that the Pound Hall rooms don't have WiFi. They will, one way or another. I hope Wendy and Robyn can see this, because (per the post below) my email is totally broken. From Scripting News on August 22, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (21453) Traveling with Dean The Dean campaign has invited me to travel with the Governor &#8212; ok, actually, in the large crowd of people around the Governor &#8212; during the first leg of the "Sleepless Summer Tour" in order to blog about it on the Dean campaign weblog. I'm going to meet up with them in Falls Church, VA on Saturday night and go to Milwaukee for a late-night rally. I've never traveled with a presidential campaign, although in 1960 I was attendee #15,672 at a rally for JFK at the Roosevelt Field Mall. I'm excited. My inclination at the moment is to do... From Joho the Blog on August 22, 2003 at 8:48 a.m.. (21452) Traveling with Dean The Dean campaign has invited me to travel with the Governor &#8212; ok, actually, in the large crowd of people around the Governor &#8212; during the first leg of the "Sleepless Summer Tour" in order to blog about it on the Dean campaign weblog. I'm going to meet up with them in Falls Church, VA on Saturday night and go to Milwaukee for a late-night rally. I've never traveled with a presidential campaign, although in 1960 I was attendee #15,672 at a rally for JFK at the Roosevelt Field Mall. I'm excited. My inclination at the moment is to do... From Joho the Blog on August 22, 2003 at 8:48 a.m.. (21451) Trackback in Class Lila Efimova and Sebastien Paquet (among others) are working through some issues with Trackback, and lately I've been thinking about how it might be used in my classroom. One thing I think I like about the concept is that it would allow students to put feedback comments into their OWN Web logs which would then show up as a Trackback link for the student at which the comment was directed. (Does that make any sense?) That's potentially a good thing from an assessment standpo From weblogged News on August 22, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. (21450) Motorola launches first Linux smartphone First to two 'secret weapons', too From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (21449) Coalition uses Web for emergency notification - Grant Gross, IDG News Service The 9-1-1 emergency service in Oregon has expanded to include instant notifications to school administrators, hospitals and other people who need timely emergency notifications, thanks to a coalition of Oregon local governments and technology vendors u From Techno-News Blog on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (21448) Content Delivery for a Virtual High School - W. Joy Lopez, THE Journal In the fall of 2002, Visions In Education, a charter school for home-schooled and independent-study children, opened Visions High School Academy (www.visions academy.org), a virtual project-based high school. The five educators who started the program From Educational Technology on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (21447) Handhelds in Education - THE Journal According to the Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education (Hi-CE) at the University of Michigan: "Computers can be great learning tools when used effectively, but high costs have long hindered educators from providing each student with a l From Educational Technology on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (21446) Verizon Launches First Online Literacy University - THE Journal The first online university dedicated to literacy, Verizon Literacy University (VLU), was launched in May as a national online training program for people interested in supporting and volunteering their efforts toward literacy causes. The university is From Online Learning Update on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (21445) Jack Kemp To Address AIU Online Graduating Class Through Virtual Commencement Ceremony American InterContinental University Online (AIU Online), one of the fastest growing universities in North America and subsidiary of Career Education Corporation, today announced that Jack Kemp will be the speaker at AIU Online's upcoming web-based gra From Online Learning Update on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (21444) An interview with Janet Poley, CEO of the American Distance Education Consortium - Justine K. Brown, Converge ....What's the state of distance education today? Distance ed is continuing to grow. The numbers keep going up. We now have much more of a hybrid or blended state where people do some courses face-to-face and some via distance education. We see a lot From Online Learning Update on August 22, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (21443) Worm's double whammy Networks experience disruption as an old virus reappears as a mass-mailing machine and an MSBlast variant that patches the original vulnerability spread. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (21442) Who's minding the Net? CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the different responses to the blackout and to new Net worms speak volumes about our preparedness for a serious attack on the cyberinfrastructure. From CNET News.com on August 22, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (21441) Charlotte City Council In July of 2000, Mike Jackson wrote a piece for the Charlotte Business Journal about the impending arena vote. At the time, the referendum was a bit of a fantasy, as there was no such referendum on the horizon. As you may already know, the referendum ended badly for those in support of the arena. The editorial includes several quotes... From Don't Back Down on August 22, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (21440) Hi-tech crime a 'significant' threat, warn police New tools, old crimes From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (21439) IT jobs under threat from WTO deal 'Don't panic,' says contactors group From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (21438) AMD to ship Athlon 64s as Athlon XPs Limited to 32-bit 'legacy' mode From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (21437) SoBig worm not slowing down yet - CNN Businesses and other computer users haven't yet seen the worst of the SoBig worm, according to a leading e-mail security firm. Mark Sunner, chief technology officer of MessageLabs, said that normally viruses, worms and other computer problems peak o From Techno-News Blog on August 22, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (21436) Internet terms make entry in dictionary - Charles Arthur, the Independent Cyberslackers, egosurfing, data smog? All three terms have entered the English language, according to the compilers of the Oxford Dictionary of English, who have added 3,000 more words to the 350,000 words and phrases in modern usage. A substantial number From Techno-News Blog on August 22, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (21435) Wily Child Pornsters Thriving The increasing online sophistication of the purveyors of child pornography has resulted in a veritable explosion of websites devoted to this purpose. Authorities nail them when they can, but the perverts always seem to be one jump ahead of the law. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21434) Microsoft Fixes Web Browser Flaw Amid the deluge of Internet worms that have bombarded computer users since early last week, Microsoft releases a patch for two critical vulnerabilities in its Web browser and earlier this week launched a security software campaign. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21433) No Surveillance Tech for Tampa Police in Tampa, Florida, are removing facial recognition software from the Ybor City entertainment district after the 2-year-old deployment of the software failed to produce arrests. Civil rights groups hailed the move. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21432) Keywords: To Buy or Not to Buy Sellers of sponsored keyword results, the paid links that pop up in response to specific search queries, have been getting rich off small businesses over the last two years. But the party may not last. Joanna Glasner reports from San Jose, California. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21431) Genetic Tests in Your Bedroom An accidental spill on a CD was the inspiration for a new method to test genetic material using just a CD drive and an inkjet printer. The team that developed the test says the procedure could bring sophisticated tests to labs that can't afford costly equipment. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21430) Say Hello to the New X-Men The Mountain Dew-fueled all-nighter is history. Today's supercoders work 40-hour weeks, two to a computer. Welcome to extreme programming, the latest revolution to rock the software world. By Martha Baer from Wired magazine. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21429) An Army Travels on Its Stomach Why does the grub served up by the U.S. Army taste so bad? The Army is trying to fix that -- not by improving the food, but by enhancing the smell of the food. Will that convince the average GI? By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21428) Write a Story, Go to Jail A student who wrote a violent short story on a school computer may face 10 years in prison. Prosecutors say they are trying to prevent more school massacres; the student's defenders say they're fighting attempts to criminalize thought. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21427) Woman burned by exploding cellphone Cheap replacement battery blamed From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21426) Novell decimates workers, goes into the red One job in ten axed From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21425) TSMC foundry market share dips But IBM at al still have a very long way to go to catch it From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21424) Nvidia signs UMC as chip producer Well, sort of... From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (21423) Gillette Pulls RFID Tags In UK Amid Protests akb writes "Indymedia UK is reporting that after protests against the trial of RFID tags by Gillette at a Tesco store in Cambridge, increasing press coverage, ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. (21422) BIgo Assistant Tiny has been released. BIgo Assistant - full featured Go (Baduk, Weiqi) Games/Fuseki/Joseki database. [PRWEB Aug 22, 2003] From PR Web on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (21421) PR Showcase re-vamps website for September Conference PR Showcase 2003 http://www.prshowcase.net, the UK's largest PR conference for PR and media professionals is to launch its new look website ahead of its conference on 23rd and 24th September 2003. [PRWEB Aug 22, 2003] From PR Web on August 22, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (21420) 'McEducation' an inevitable outcome of air travel, Internet From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21419) Nunez provides courses by Internet From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21418) F.C.C. Discloses New Rules for Telecom Industry From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21417) Dell Cuts PC Prices From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21416) Students warned of copyright issues, possible subpoenas, as file sharing enforcement increases From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21415) Virus and Internet Worm Impact From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21414) Conference highlights home-school benefits From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21413) Online classes gain popularity with students From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21412) Maintaining the Integrity of a Web-Based Music Course From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (21411) Education News Parents Can Use A television series about ways to ensure children' educational success From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on August 22, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (21410) Untitled I'm adding the presentation to Mapping Pedagogy to Technology - a simple model - Jo Coldwell. Jo was more than happy to share... I think it's well woth a look ... perhaps people could share their thoughts (I know this one has stirred up quite a bit of interest? From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on August 22, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (21409) Untitled McBride: Delusional or pathological liar? You decide... Came across this article on InfoWorld, SCO CEO says IBM behind open source attacks, and I'm just shaking my head in disbelief... IBM Corp. has been quietly stage-managing the open source community's response to The SCO Group Inc.'s $3 billion lawsuit over Big Blue's contributions to the Linux source code, SCO's Chief Executive Officer Darl McBride said in an interview at his comp From Corante: Open Source on August 22, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (21408) Gaim Speaks Out on MSN Ban joejg writes "As FootNotes is reporting, the developers at Gaim have responded to the ban Microsoft is placing upon users of third-party clients accessing the ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (21407) Dispelling Some Myths About Credit Cards Periodically, various scary myths about credit cards begin to be circulated, and having seen this in a number of locations, I've decided to write a short article dispelling some of them. As an added benefit, this should also serve as a "how to use credit cards without getting screwed." As with many myths, the ones about credit cards do come from some true stories, but they're ones that are quite easy to avoid if you know what you're doing. Now you may say "a debit card is better anyway, so why should I care?" I disagree, so a secondary focus of the article will be to explai From kuro5hin.org on August 22, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (21406) Ready, Set, Teach! Want to help your students relax and get to know each other? The icebreakers "Sweet Tooth" and "Bingo" come complete with instructions and printable worksheets. For more first day teaching tips, see "How to Get a Course off to a... From Adult/Continuing Education on August 22, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (21405) iPhoto Training for .Mac Members Apple's online training course, Going Digital with iPhoto is the latest benefit for .Mac members. With 56 topics, each illustrated... From Digital Hub on August 22, 2003 at 12:50 a.m.. (21404) Snapz Pro X update improves compatibility, performance Ambrosia Software Inc. has updated its Snapz Pro X screen capture utility software. The new version improves compatibility with certain... From Digital Hub on August 22, 2003 at 12:50 a.m.. (21403) W3C System Status Available 21 August 2003: W3C public and Member email lists are not currently operating. In cooperation with the W3C Communications Team, the W3C Systems Team makes W3C System Status available from our home page. Similar to system status for subscribers to Internet service providers (ISPs), this new resource covers items such as power outages at W3C hosts MIT, ERCIM and Keio; email; and mailing list services. W3C Members also have the Member home page. Thank you for your patience. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on August 22, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (21402) IBM dismisses OpenOffice as child's play Peace, love and Microsoft From The Register on August 22, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (21401) Control the Camera on Mars Global Surveyor Angry Toad writes "According to Spaceflight Now, NASA is getting ready to take suggestions for what parts of the surface of Mars the Mars Global Surveyor ... From Slashdot on August 22, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (21400) TMDA Ends Spam Tagged Message Delivery Agent (TMDA) is a challenge/response style anti-spam system which I've been using successfully for about six months. The system is based on a white list. When someone not on the list sends me a message, their message is held in a queue, and a challenge is emailed back to them. When they respond to the message, they're added to my white list, and their original message is delivered to me. I've seen some resistance to systems like TMDA. This resistance comes in two basic objections: (1) it doesn't work, and (2) it's too rude. These From kuro5hin.org on August 22, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (21399) Bringing Home the Void Sonny Bono Has Left in the Public Domain In response to yesterday's post about Book Magazine's 2002 chart of the best selling classics, Eliot Landrum re-did the chart and added a column estimating when those works not already in the public domain would become so in the U.S. He also included cool little pop-ups that link to AllConsuming.net. Excellent work, Eliot! "A couple of notes: Besides From The Shifted Librarian on August 21, 2003 at 11:47 p.m.. (21398) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]