Edu_RSS ~ October 3, 2003

Most recent update: October 3, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Telepathy of sorts <img src="http://www.sfc.wide.ad.jp/%7Ezenigata/obj/cloud.png" height="50%" align="left"><a href="http://www.pmbrowser.info/hublog/archives/000513.html">Alf releases the code for HeadCloud</a>, and provides his best description so far of the <a href="http://www.pmbrowser.info/thinkbot.htm">ridiculously easy thought sharing</a> service it enables:<br> <p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">HeadCloud is a Napster-style service, where people connect to a central hub, send a list of the thoughts they want to share, and search the database From Seb's Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 10:47 p.m.. (30048) Still stifling after all these years The EFF has released an update of its DMCA report, Unintended Consequences: Five Years under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Excerpt from Section 3 on Free Expression and Scientific Research: "Section 1201 is being used by a number of copyright owners to stifle free speech and legitimate scientific research. The lawsuit against 2600 magazine, threats against Princeton Professor Edward Felten's team From Seb&apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. (30046) Flush Arnold Moveon.org put together a commercial in 12 hours that reminds us that Arnold not only has been groping women for decades but that just a few weeks ago he told Entertainment Weekly, "How many times can you get away with this - to take a woman, grab her upside down, and bury her face in a toilet bowl?" What sort of person finds that even vaguely appealing? It reminds of the time when my college had a guest lecturer in and one of the students began a comment, "Everyone wants to climb a bell tower and start picking people off... From Joho the Blog on October 3, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (30045) VeriSign bows to ICANN, suspends Net Grab Contract breach From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (30044) What Counts as Music and Why? The Importance of writes "There has been much discussion about compulsory licensing schemes. Most of the debate has been about music. But what happens when any ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (30043) Diller wants Google real estate As InterActiveCorp's Barry Diller builds a digital empire of consumer services, he's looking for a little help from the online search giant. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (30042) ALPSP awards recognize open access ALPSP has announced the ALPSP Awards for 2003. Open-access publications did very well. The award for Publishing Innovation went to The AfCS - Nature Signaling Gateway, the open-access experiment from Nature. All four nominees on the shortlist for this award were open access. The award for Service to Not-for-Profit Publishing went to HighWire Press, Stanford's From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (30040) Apple fixes Mac OS X upgrade The Mac maker posts a new release of the operating system--after an earlier minor upgrade caused some systems to have problems connecting to Ethernet networks. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (30039) Interviews with Two Online Pioneers: Carlos Cuadra and Roger Summit From ResourceShelf on October 3, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (30038) More on the Cathy Davidson article If you missed yesterday's Chronicle of Higher Education colloquy on Cathy Davidson's article on the scholarly publication crisis in the humanities, the transcript is now online. (Accessible only to CHE subscribers.) Several threads of the conversation are OA-related. The two most relevant are one on arXiv equivalents in the humanites and one on David Shulenburger's --> From FOS News on October 3, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (30037) Trapping innocent file sharers Will Knight, Innocent file-sharers could appear guilty, NewScientist, October 1, 2003. Excerpt: "The anonymous paper, Entrapment: Incriminating Peer to Peer Network Users, was posted to a free Australian web hosting service and suggests some users could claim that the evidence on which they are brought to trial is flawed. Experts contacted by New Scientist say the paper is a credible piece of work." (Thanks to Chuck Hamaker.) (PS: If this can happ From FOS News on October 3, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (30036) EdTechPost has MOVED! This blog/feed has moved! You can now find EdTechPost on the web at http://www.edtechpost.ca/mt/ And you can get the RSS feed at http://www.edtechpost.ca/mt/index.rdf I will leave the old site here as is for a while, but as of October 3rd, 2003 I am no longer publishing at this URL. Look forward to seeing you at the new site, cheers, Scott. - SWL &nbs From EdTechPost on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (30035) DivX Making Hollywood Inroads worm eater writes "CNet news reports that DivX is doing its best to become a digital video compression standard, and has been very successful in courting DVD ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (30034) Untitled We have an incredible team. Wendy Koslow, Erin Judge, Hal Roberts, Jesse Ross, Bob Doyle, Tracy Adams, Michael Feldman, Catherine Bracy, Susan "Sooz" Kaup, Maggie Cohen, Patrick Lewis, Lindsay Blohm. The law sch From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (30033) Untitled Jim Armstrong reminds that there was an event very much like BloggerCon at Foothill College in Cupertino, CA on March 25, 2000. Phil Wolff and Dan Gillmor, who will be here tomorrow, were at that event. I wonder who else? It also will be much like the live sessions we did at Seybold in the mid-90s. One of those had over a thousand people. Craig Cline who was my Seybold rabbi, will be here tomorrow. All these events rocked. My si From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (30032) The Admiral at my door Matt Haughey. Old. Friend. He couldn't resist the opportunity to stick it to me one more time, so he sent me a War Admiral stuffed animal. I have to admit, it's pretty cute, but it's no Biscuit. Now of course, once I get the Biscuit, I can spend my days re-enacting the famous m From megnut on October 3, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (30031) Biz Leaders Prefer Web A pair of studies reveal that high-ranking global execs turn to the Web before any other medium. From CyberAtlas on October 3, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (30030) VeriSign calls halt to .com detours The registrar shuts down its controversial SiteFinder service, which redirected mistyped and misspelled URL requests to its own site, after ICANN orders a probe. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (30029) More AS/400 SQL I'm sure everyone else already knows this stuff, but since I use my blog for reference when I don't feel like trying to look things up, I'm going to do another piece on SQL. Specifically, another piece on SQL subselects. This time I needed to update a field, instead of deleting from a file. So the subselect was used in... From Don't Back Down on October 3, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (30028) Dell and UT team for Texas-sized cluster Lonestar versus Shiner Bock From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (30027) Diving Into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k BSD Forums writes "This OnLamp article by Miod Vallat describes how the m88k-specific backend of the GNU C compiler, gcc, was fixed, from the discovery and ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (30026) Restart, Restore, or Continue Creating Democracy? The Importance of writes "LawMeme's James Grimmelmann, whose work has previously been noted on Slashdot, has written a new piece about virtual life and death ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (30025) Untitled I just heard about this conference to discuss the future of Silicon Valley. This is what I left behind. Did I do the right thing? Absolutely. The East Coast has been much better for me. If I ever go back to the West Coast, I won't go to "Silicon Valley." That's over. As they say, your mileage may vary. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (30024) Untitled I'm going through all the pages linked into the Day 2 grid, correcting time mistakes caused by the last schedule juggle. When they disagree, the time in the grid is the correct time. Sorry for the screwups. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (30023) Online Sales Tax: More Bark Than Bite? Last week, state and local officials approached Congress to ask permission to start collecting sales taxes in the mostly tax-free world of Internet shopping. How will your small e-commerce business be affected? From E-Commerce Guide on October 3, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (30022) Fresh squeezed bitterness I need instant bitterness gratification. (259 words) From dive into mark on October 3, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (30021) Microsoft security suit raises big questions User licenses typically shield software makers from liability for product defects. But if consumers are forced to use one firm's products, should it be held to different standards? From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (30020) seperations - varying states From Unfocused.Net on October 3, 2003 at 4:52 p.m.. (30019) The Blogesse-Oblige Since I have, ahem,other obligations this weekend, I will not attending Dave Winer's BloggerCon, virtually or in person. But I do have one point of conversation to throw into the mix as the blogarati gather at Hahvahd to think big thoughts: Is blogging now reinventing the gateway system for stories that print invented and television tuned mercilessly? I think it is. Ask anyone who's been Slashdotted, Instapundited, orDave'd. From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 3, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (30018) Untitled Learning Circuits -- ASTD's Online Magazine All About E-Learning. A Primer on Learning Objects By Warren Longmire. Designers and developers ... interventions. Why develop content as learning objects? Most electronic ... [Google Alert results for: learning objects] From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on October 3, 2003 at 4:48 p.m.. (30017) Three Articles about Learning Objects Learning Object Tutorial. ... All About Learning Objects. ... Learning objects are the core concept in an approach to learning content in which content is broken down into "bite size" chunks. ... [Google Alert results for: learning objects] From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on October 3, 2003 at 4:48 p.m.. (30016) Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema Last Call Published 2003-10-03: The HTML Working Group has released a second Last Call Working Draft of Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema with changes for use in non-XHTML contexts. Comments are welcome through 14 November. The document provides a complete set of XML Schema modules for XHTML, and allows document authors to modify and extend XHTML in a conformant way. Visit the HTML home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on October 3, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (30015) HP has one free port for Sun customers Let us help you help us From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (30014) Schools to Avoid: University of Florida Iphtashu Fitz writes "The University of Florida has apparently come up with a technological approach to deal with P2P file sharing on their campus networks. ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (30013) Untitled Perseus Development Corp "randomly surveyed 3,634 blogs on eight leading blog-hosting services to develop a model of blog populations." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (30012) Untitled Adam Curry: "I'm off to meet Chris Lydon at Berkman." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (30011) EFF on the Computer Owner as Adversary EFF on the Computer Owner as Adversary The EFF has published a substatial review of Microsoft's Trusted Computing Initiative (originally called Palladium and now referred to as the Microsoft Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, or NGSCB). They talk about the various components of NGSCB, it's current status in the marketplace, but then get to the heart of the matter.  "Trusted Computing" as implemented trusts Microsoft and it's licensees but it does not trust the owner From Corante: Amateur Hour on October 3, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (30010) HP courts Sun customers with freebies Hewlett-Packard is offering users of rival Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system $25,000 in free services and equipment as an incentive to switch to Linux-based HP systems. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (30009) Report: More info needed on H-1Bs Congress' accounting office says the government should do a better job of collecting data to help determine the impact the controversial H-1B guest-worker program has on U.S. workers. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (30008) Week in review: Circling the PCs Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge is not effective, Microsoft is working on a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter." From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (30007) Geeky Microsoft wants a TV makeover The software giant is promoting its Windows products on popular TV shows like Fox's "24" and HBO's "The Wire," airing this fall, as part of its push to transform the PC's image from "geek to sleek." From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (30006) And the results from last week's DotCommunist Straw Poll are in: "If the election were today, would you vote for....." A four-year trip overseas: 31.8% Dean: 27.3% Bush: 9.1% Clark: 9.1% Mickey Mouse: 9.1% Kerry: 4.5% Sharpton: 4.5% Ralph Nader: 4.5% Gephardt: 0% Lieberman: 0% From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 3, 2003 at 3:52 p.m.. (30005) And here's today's DotCommunist Friday Poll Just in time for BloggerCon... From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 3, 2003 at 3:52 p.m.. (30004) Should trade embargoes apply to scholarship? The US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has 350,000 members worldwide, including 2,000 members in Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and the Sudan. Because the US has a trade embargo against these nations, the IEEE has felt obliged to deny these members all the goods and services prohibited by US trade laws. This has meant blocking these members from reading the IEEE online journals and barring editors of IEEE journals from editing their papers. As the IEEE read US trade laws, it could accept papers from these members bu From FOS News on October 3, 2003 at 3:50 p.m.. (30003) Expensive Geek Toys Roundup An anonymous reader writes "I was recently asked by a coworker to come up with a list of <implied> expensive </implied> and cool gadgets for a VIP. ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (30002) Untitled Griff Wigley: "It was 22 here yesterday morn! Go Twins!" From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (30001) Untitled New addition to the ROWW: "The simplest example of this rule is the Reciprocal Link. If someone points to you does that create an obligation to point back? Absolutely not. But if you, at some point in the future, find something on the other site worthy of a link, you can say thanks for the link by pointing to it. There's no reason for this ever to stop. Linking is virtually free, and good for you, like Vitamin C." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (30000) Untitled Thanks to Myron Kassaraba for starting the BloggerCon PhotoBlog. I plan to post some of my own photos. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (29999) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (29998) ICANN Gives VeriSign 36 Hours to Pull Sitefinder Froomkin writes "ICANN this morning announced that it sent VeriSign an ultimatum: pull sitefinder by tomorrow evening or we'll sue. Details and links to ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (29997) Beyond Fear pres (Preston Tollinger) writes "I picked up Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security In an Uncertain World basically because it was by Bruce Schneier. I ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (29996) Writing on the wall for Sun? From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (29995) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (29994) GeoPhotoBlog: Name says it all This, I'm sure, will rip through the blogosphere in no time flat. geophotoblog - wow, Mikel just doesn't stop. I generally avoid using the word cool, but GeoPhotoBlog certainly deserves it. [Puzzlepieces] From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (29993) Begin with small groups Charlie offers a sensible suggestion to accelerate the building of a community feel into classrooms: Building a Community of Webpublishers [Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy] From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (29992) An RSS-Data / Namespace Experiment Les Orchard has conducted an experiment, comparing generating and parsing RSS-Data and XML/Schema/Namespace data within an RSS feed.  Here are his conclusions: RSS-Data's convenience to script authors is at odds with the RSS 2.0 spirit of View Source. Producing and consuming RSS-Data could be easier than handling purpose-specific XML schema in scripts. Since RSS-Data doesn't follow in the spirit of XML spe From Jeremy Allaire's Radio on October 3, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (29991) Finger, faceprints get green light for Europe's ID standard Here's looking at you, ID From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (29990) Final Matrix Set for Synchronous Release sdirector writes "'Warner Bros. has announced that in a whoa-worthy bit of synchronicity The Matrix Revolutions, the concluding chapter in the Wachowski ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (29989) Untitled Doc: "In fact.... well, stay tuned." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (29988) Sharp lights up mobile electronics From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (29987) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (29986) "Web Searches: The Fix Is In" From ResourceShelf on October 3, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (29985) Distributing Learning Objects This short article by Stephen Downes focuses on important issues related to distributing and finding learning objects. Federated Search System, Harvested Search Systems, and Peer-to-Peer Search Systems are discussed and illustrated in the article. The article appeared Oct. 5, 2003 in the Australian Flexible Learning Community electronic newsletter. "The three major models may be differentiated along a number of axes, however from the point of view of educational content one of the most useful axes is the degree of control over learning resources offered by different systems. In a federated sys From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (29984) MPs' spam report due out Monday Can't wait. No really... From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (29983) Sony claims victory in PS2-is-a-PC battle Court sided with plaintiff, not European Commission From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (29982) Ig Nobel Awards 2003 prostoalex writes "The Ig Nobel awards for 2003 were presented at Harvard University. Hold your breath for the winners of this year's awards from Annals of ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (29981) Untitled BloggerCon essay: The Rule of Win-Win. It's not finished, but I have to stop writing for now. Maybe you have something to add? Let me know. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (29980) Kucinich backer hacks CBS News site The network's news site is apparently hijacked by a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich on Friday morning. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (29979) EU directive could spark patent war Merits aside, the EU's proposed directive on software patents could lead to chaos because it's out of step with U.S. laws in, say analysts From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (29978) Stability seen for memory market Dynamic RAM is starting down the road to recovery, but the market for the technology is still in guarded condition, according to a new report. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (29977) Österreich gründet Domain-Gericht Wer sich durch eine österreichische .at-Domain in seinen Rechten verletzt sieht, dem steht ab sofort eine zusätzliche Rechtsschutzmöglichkeit zur Verfügung:... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 3, 2003 at 11:52 a.m.. (29976) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 11:50 a.m.. (29975) Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Do... From ResourceShelf on October 3, 2003 at 11:50 a.m.. (29974) The October/November Issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology From ResourceShelf on October 3, 2003 at 11:50 a.m.. (29973) Another musician's weblog Scott Andrew and the Walkingbirds "are apparently some kind of lo-fi, DIY urban acoustic pop and weirdo country thing". Free (for non-commercial use) MP3 downloads. I like. Quite well-known already in blog circles, it seems. Related earlier posts of mine: Musician weblogs, -- From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (29972) ICANN Locates Its Spine ICANN, the domain-name governance organization, has demanded that Verisign stop hijacking mis-typed domain names to its own search site. Verisign's... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 3, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (29971) On the Road Heading to Boston for the BloggerCon gathering, where I'm on a panel on Sunday. Updates much later today.... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on October 3, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (29970) Senator calls for end to excessive fines against file-traders A little sanity please From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (29969) Earthstation 5 Claimed to be Malware Rob from RPI writes "You may remember the announcement about a company, or program, or both called Earthstation 5 who recently 'Declared War' on the MPAA. Well ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (29968) Untitled Mark Bernstein: "The mass audience can only hear the brutal, the stupid, the squalid -- the simplest messages of sensuality and fear." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (29967) Untitled For the record, I believe in the power of editing. I practice it myself. I have an essay I'm working on today that I wrote two days ago but held up so I could edit it with a fresh perspective. What I don't believe in, emphatically, is what comes after editing, and often is called editing -- dumbing it down -- the notion that some thoughts are too complicated for the audience. I quit the system that requires editing because, after editing, I was saying things I didn't agree with. There's no point writing for suc From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (29966) Toshiba delays fuel cell The company shows off the latest version of its fuel cell for portable devices, but problems with the new technology mean it will not be commercially available until 2005. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (29965) Filme vor Gericht Einen wohl einmaligen Beitrag über "Theorie und Praxis der Filmprüfung in Deutschland 1920 bis 1938" von Ursula von Keitz (auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 3, 2003 at 10:52 a.m.. (29964) Neues Rechts- und Weblog-Portal Ein neues Portal, das sich allerdings noch in der BETA-Phase befindet, hat heute "detod" eröffnet. Außer dem neu hinzu gekommenen... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 3, 2003 at 10:52 a.m.. (29963) START - Natural language Question Answering System START - Natural language Question Answering Systemhttp://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/infolab/globe.htmlSTART, the world's first Web-based question answering system, has been on-line and continuously operating since December, 1993. It has been developed by Boris Katz and his associates of the InfoLab Group at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Unlike information retrieval systems (e.g., search engines), START aims to supply users with "just the right From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 10:52 a.m.. (29962) Topic Exchange client: first test release OK guys, here it is. The first test release of the Topic Exchange client. Currently for power users only. Works on Windows, and might work on Linux or Mac OS X. ite-client-2003-10-03.zip Release notes Enjoy!Comment [Second p0st]... From Radio on October 3, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (29961) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (29960) The end of open? After writing my Accountability in comments post, I found an enthralling discussion of parasitism and the decline of openness going on over at Many-to-Many. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (29959) Mobile composition Wired: The Incredible Shrinking Studio. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (29958) ATI Q4 sees revenue jump 71% Income, margins up too From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29957) Sharp brings Aquos LCD TV tech to PDA displays 160-degree viewing angle in any direction From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29956) Why 3G won't fry your brain just yet Dutch health study questioned From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29955) Mplayer Revisited Joe Barr writes "It's been two years since I first wrote about Mplayer. Maybe the fury of the developers/community reaction to the fact that I dared to ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29954) Open Source Making Inroads in Small Businesses prostoalex writes "In a story mainly about new OpenOffice release, NewsFactor Network quotes an interesting finding of Jupiter Research analyst: "Open-source ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29953) Untitled Sara Wedeman: "Because there are many, many voices, we have a chance to stumble on one that conveys a different view than our own." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29952) Untitled Jeff Jarvis: "I wouldn't blast them -- unless I'd ended up stranded on I-95." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29951) Untitled I added Mitch's piece to the list of BloggerCon essays, it clearly belongs in the discussion. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29950) Untitled Mitch Ratcliffe: What is good about unedited? From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (29949) Manugistics to resell Sun products From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (29948) A brighter outlook for handheld screens? Japanese company Omron develops a technology that it says makes handheld screens brighter and clearer while consuming less power. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (29947) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (29946) Blackwell president on open access Richard Poynder interviews Blackwell President Bob Campbell in the September issue of Information Today. Excerpt: Q: What about existing threats? A: Obviously, there is the open access debate, which gets muddled up with other issues. In fact, open archives should be viewed as complementary to traditional journals. Q: So you have no problem with academics archiving their papers, so long as they carry on publishing with you? A: Right. Q: I guess you see greater threat from initiatives like the Public From FOS News on October 3, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (29945) Oxford UP launches an open-access initiative Oxford University Press announced today that it will provide open access to articles published in OUP journals, written by Oxford University authors, and stored in the Oxford institutional repository. Quoting Martin Richardson, director of the OUP Journals Division: "I am delighted that we are the first publisher to become involved in this innovative project. Access to our online journals corpus will provide a substantial collection of high quality scholarly research across a broad range of disciplines, facilitating investigations into some key technical, From FOS News on October 3, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (29944) Off to BloggerCon I'm very psyched to be heading up to Boston today to see some old college friends tonight and then hang with some of the best Web loggers out there tomorrow and Sunday. And also looking forward to seeing some familiar faces like Pat and Steve Burt and Barbara Ganley, and meeting some more of our edublogging group like Skip and Carol Dodson from Ohio, Erin Cler From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (29942) Untitled Jeremy's instructional design and technology blog is just full of gems. I'm very glad to have discovered it. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (29941) US intros tougher sentences for computer crimes Deterrent effect? From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29940) 118 118 ticked off by regulators DQ services warned to pull up socks From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29939) Consumer lawsuit claims damages for MS security failures Had to happen sooner or later... From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29938) Nintendo halves UK, European GameCube prices Getting desperate? From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29937) Merrill Lynch Rips Sun cosjef writes "In an open letter to Sun, an analyst for Merrill Lynch tells Sun to change or risk adding itself to the junkyard of formerly-great technology ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29936) Untitled According to Adamsj, Delta Web Fares from Atlanta to Boston, round trip, $128. It's still not too late. You can get here for Day 2. Cheap date. Dress warmly, bring an umbrella. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29935) Untitled I've heard from Adam, Doc and Lance. They seem to like the hotel. ";->" From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29934) Untitled 0xDECAFBAD: "I'm really interested in seeing where this goes, because this comparison of RSS-Data, RSS namespace extensions, and even RDF seems like another very concrete, non-theoretical way to demonstrate the benefits and drawbacks of these ways of thinking about data and interoperability." From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (29933) ANN: Review vocabulary (and FOAF-a-matic plug) There's a first draft of a vocabulary for media reviews at: http://www.purl.org From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29932) Re: TTL type attribute on items ... There is an expiry predicate available through the use of Qualified Dublin From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29931) TTL type attribute on items A question I have been mulling over. Currently RSS is used for syndicating co From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29930) Re: Mod:content - do we need a CDATA section? ... In my case a bad guess - I wasn't even aware that the CDATA sections were i From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29929) Re: Mod:content - do we need a CDATA section? Minor brain fart - I'd forgotten that CDATA was just a syntactic shortcut for a From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29928) Re: Mod:content - do we need a CDATA section? It doesn't matter, because escaping happens at the XML level. I think whatever From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29927) Mod:content - do we need a CDATA section? Just trying to tidy up my rss feed, and I'm not sure the best way to proceed. From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29926) Re: About channel ... I don't disagree (the model *is* the key), but I thought it easier to put i From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29925) Re: About channel Danny: Preservation of any RDF/XML "striped" syntax may be missing the mark. Th From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29924) Re: About channel ... The short answer would be no, as something like: From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29923) Re: About channel ... against what the spec says should be in an RSS document. XML/RDF with such From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29922) Re: About channel From an RSS-1.0 ... Only from a purely XML/RDF point of view - while being vali From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29921) Re: About channel No, neither the specs nor any readers support such a thing. From an RSS-1.0 From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29920) About channel I want to know if is possible to have channel inside channel Thanks Mauricio From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29919) ANNOUNCEMENT: Urchin version 0.8 Urchin [1] is an open source, Web-based RSS aggregator and filter. The primary From rss-dev on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29918) Scholars Portal Scholars Portalhttp://www.arl.org/access/scholarsportal/ARL Scholars Portal Working Group, Staff Liaison, Project Advisors and Information available from this site. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:52 a.m.. (29917) Trumping Google? Metasearching's Promise Trumping Google? Metasearching's Promise by Judy Lutherhttp://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA322627&publication=libraryjournalInteresting and well debated article on various library listservs®. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29916) Charity Navigator Charity Navigatorhttp://www.charitynavigator.org/Charity Navigator, independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities. Searchable database of over 2,500 charities. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29915) RDF Review Vocabulary RDF Review Vocabularyhttp://ideagraph.net/xmlns/rev/Table of contents: Introduction, Namespaces, RDF Classes, RDF Properties, and Examples. Appendices: A RDF Schema, B License & Copyright From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29914) Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishinghttp://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/scipub/index.htmAn Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing, a report commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, provides a comprehensive analysis of an industry that generates some £22 billion annually. Most research findings are published in journals, generally run either by commercial publishers or learned societies. The growth of the web has created new opportunities for the From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29913) New Tool Exposes the (Corporate) Ties That Bind New Tool Exposes the (Corporate) Ties That Bindhttp://www.cspinet.org/integrity/database.html The financial ties between industries and the scientists, academic and nonprofit groups that conduct studies on them are sometimes difficult to discern, but a new resource from the Center for Science in the Public Interest is making that job easier. The Integrity in Science Internet Database covers the fields of nutrition, environment, toxicology and medicine. The information contained in the database has From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29912) UNITeS WSIS UNITeS WSISwww.unites.org/wsisThe United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS), part of the UN Volunteers program, has updated its web site with news about its plans for participation at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), December 10 - 12 in Geneva, Switzerland. At the summit, UNV will showcase both UNITeS and its online volunteering service at NetAid (www.netaid.org/ov). As part of these activities, UNV will create a "mock" community telecenter at the ICT4D Platform From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29911) BRINT 'The BizTech Network' BRINT 'The BizTech Network' http://www.brint.com/BRINT 'The BizTech Network' is the premier knowledge resource and global community network for Business Technology, Information Economy, and, Knowledge Management executives, professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Recommended by Business Week, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, Information Week, CIO Magazine, KM World, New York Times, and hundreds of other worldwide publications, it is the largest, deepest, and most reputed resource on le From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29910) Techwatch: Technology and Standards Watch Techwatch: Technology and Standards Watchhttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=techwatch_homeTechnology and Standards Watch helps keep track of developments in information and communications technologies that might have high impact on the core business of Further and Higher Education in a few years' time. It commissions reports on specific technologies and provides many links from this site to technology resources elsewhere on the internet. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29909) Tree of Knowledgebases Tree of Knowledgebaseshttp://students.washington.edu/lmon/knowledgebases.htmlA nice one page resource for KnowledgeBases. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29908) MonsterMedia - Monstrosity in the Face of Weblogs MonsterMedia - Monstrosity in the Face of Weblogshttp://randgaenge.net/stories/2003/09/30/monstermediaenglish.htmlA very nice paper/thesis by Thomas N. Burg. This paper is trying to setup the grounds for researching the newly established blogosphere and the media culture in general in terms of cultural practices vis a vis the new phenomenon. Martijntje Smits theory on how society reacts on new technologies forms the basis o From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29907) Knowledge Discovery Resources and Sites Knowledge Discovery Resources and Siteshttp://www.KnowledgeDiscovery.infoKnowledge Discovery is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis from the Internet on knowledge discovery research. We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to be added to this comprehensive listing and please submit by cl From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29906) "info" URI Scheme for Information Assets "info" URI Scheme for Information Assets with Identifiers in Public Namespaces http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-vandesompel-info-uri-00.txtThis document defines the "info" Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for information assets with identifiers in public namespaces. Namespaces participating in the "info" URI scheme are regulated by an "info" Registry mechanism. This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29905) SWIM - Streaming Web-Based Information Modules SWIM - Streaming Web-Based Information Moduleshttp://www.swiminfo.dk/english.htmlThe vision behind the SWIM project is to develop a web-based multimedia programme that furthers the development of students' information literacy skills. The programme is designed as a contextually relevant, interactive tutorial, which is divided into well-defined modules and integrated in various web environments relevant to library users and teaching environments.The project objective is to support students in t From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29904) JISC Resource Guides JISC Resource Guideshttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=resguidesEach Guide is compiled by a dedicated Resource Guide Adviser who selects the key resources for the subject area and presents them in both print and Web format. Advisers offer a programme of outreach activities in response to your subject needs, including hands-on workshops and training events. They also play a crucial role in soliciting community feedback, helping to ensure that communication about the provision and use of resources a From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 3, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (29903) Movable Type Question Alan Levine of Maricopa College asks this question to EdBloggers who run or admin Movable Type weblogs. " I am looking for suggestions from someone running more than 15 or 20 MovableType blogs. Click here to see Alan's post. "... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 3, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (29902) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (29901) Tied research Integrity in Science Internet Database: Scientists' and Non-Profit Ties to Industry via Michael - neat idea... as an illustration, here are the results of a search for industry-sponsored coffee research. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. (29900) The straight dope on the Matt Davis [via Gary]: I work at Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, in Cambridge, UK, a Medical Research Council unit that includes a large group investigating how the brain processes language. If there's a new piece of research on reading that's been conducted in Cambridge, I thought I should have heard of it before... From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. (29899) Congress moves to resolve internet tax debate - eSchool News staff and wire service reports For years, state and federal lawmakers have wrestled with whether--and how--to impose taxes on internet access fees and online purchases. Now, Congress is considering two measures that could bring these issues closer to a resolution. House lawmakers o From Techno-News Blog on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (29898) Four Internet pioneers discuss the sorry state of online communication today - Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon Somewhere between that spam promoting spyware disguised as a chipper e-greeting and the latest e-mail-borne virus masquerading as an urgent software upgrade, something got lost. Not just a single overlooked urgent message from your boss, lodged in a s From Techno-News Blog on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (29897) Feds give $44 million for rural broadband - Dibya Sarkar, Federal Computer Week The Agriculture Department last week announced nearly $44 million in grants to develop broadband Internet access, telemedicine services and distance-learning opportunities in rural areas. About $23.5 million will go to 57 distance-education projects From Techno-News Blog on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (29896) Saving My Sanity with Robo Demo - Sabrina Sterling, techLearning A learned professor from Troy State once wrote, "If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be worth a million." How truly the words resonate. I have taught computer applications for several years as an adjunct instructor in two school s From Educational Technology on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (29895) Today's Computer Buyers: Acvice from the Experts - Education World Recently, we asked the 2003-2004 Education World Tech Team: What would you recommend that today's educators who are buying new computers for their personal and professional use --and who want the technology to be usable and useful for as long as possib From Educational Technology on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (29894) Capella University Named One of America's 500 Fastest-Growing Pivately Held Companies by Inc. Magazine Capella Education Company, the parent company of Capella University, today was named to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies for the fifth year in a row. The company was ranked 179th in a field of 500. "We're thrilled that Capella has From Online Learning Update on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (29893) Cameron Barrett Looking around tomorrow's room, in my head, I see Cameron Barrett, chief blogger for the Clark campaign. I also see a guy who went to Siberia last year, and started his weblog in 1997. 1997. That was one of the big years. It's the year Scripting News started. The tools were starting to mature. There were other people to read. You could still count the blogs on your fingers and toes, but it seemed huge compared to where it was a year before. It always seems huge when you're on the kind of curve blogs are on. Jim Moore says his blog started on April 1 of t From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (29892) Citizen bloggers Overlooked in the press articles about blogs, probably because the reporters don't understand technology, is an interesting fact -- blogs have been used to create some kickass formats and protocols. XML-RPC, SOAP, RSS, OPML, Blogger API, MetaWeblog API. These formats are being used widely by all kinds of developers. Markets are being made around them. These formats and protocols could never have happened going through the proscribed methods, where the working groups are dominated by people who are not motivated to keep things simple and easy to understand and implement. These are facts From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (29890) Digital dreaming CNET News.com's Charles Cooper writes that stuffing a bunch of existing technologies into a computer box won't go down in history as the last word in digital convergence. From CNET News.com on October 3, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (29889) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (29888) TrackBack from comments? I notice Michael has given up on the heroic endeavor of logging every comment he posted on other sites.  But as I wrote earlier, this is something that should really be automated. I see four advantages to having a local log of the comments you posted on remote sites: It authentifies the origin your comments; It provides wider exposure, both to your writing and to the sites you're commenting on; From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 3, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. (29887) South Korea launches Hynix probe Who was responsible for its losses? From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29886) WiMAX trials give new hope for broadband wireless specialists 802.16a From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29885) Albatron, Chaintech prep NV36 boards GeForce FX 5700 nearing release From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29884) GSM rebrands 3G service but claims victory over CDMA prematurely CDMA2000 ahead of 3GSM From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29883) Siebel teams with IBM in software climbdown CRM OnDemand From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29882) IBM adds Windows, AIX, AS400 to hosting services line-up iSeries, pSeries, xSeries From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29881) Back to school: For older students, it means sticker shock, decisions - Ashley Schneider, Courier & Press .... But do online degrees count for anything? "It depends on where the degree comes from," said Ann Johnson, a representative of University Alliance, a company based in Georgia that offers online degrees from several colleges and universities. "If th From Online Learning Update on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29880) Self-discipline a key success factor in distance learning programs - Heidi Sylvester, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Despite the growing range and increasing flexibility of MBA programs, many executives required to spend large chunks of time traveling for business continue to struggle to find on-campus programs that they can fit into their work commitments. Because t From Online Learning Update on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29879) Jacob Levy on Zawodny A few days ago on Zawodny's blog, Jacob Levy, who I've known for many years, From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29878) Chris Locke the Rageboy Chris Locke and Halley Suitt came to the Thursday night meeting too. Chris is in from Boulder, CO. Based on last night's conversation, in front of about 25 other people, including Jay, I wonder if we're in agreement at all about what we're doing in the weblog world. Of course there's no law that we have to be in agreement. And if we're not, it's good because you can read both our blogs and get two views of the same data. I've made my point. This is called trianguylation, and it's one of the big great things about having lots of people writing. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29877) Jay at Makeoutcity One of our semi-regulars at Berkman Thursdays is Jay from MakeoutCity.Com. He's a student at UMass-Lowell, and works in the software industry there. He's probably about 19, skinny, Elvis Costello-type glasses, gelled hair. Let's see, that makes him about 30 years my junior. But he's a hell of nice guy and smart. Somehow he sees things that I miss. Like for example last night on the walk back from dinner he told me that most people his age think that talk radio is bullshit. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29876) Untitled Good morning sports fans and welcome to the kickoff day for BloggerCon. It's very cold, in the 30s, but the sky is clear, and they're forecasting a beautiful New England fall day, highs in the 50s. People are starting to arrive. Last night's meeting at Berkman was packed, lots of new faces and old friends. I have a lot of work to do, not the least of which involves writing at least two essays, but for me, the conference planning is over. Now it's time to do. From Scripting News on October 3, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (29875) The Future Of RSS Not many of us have yet been able to familiarize themselves with RSS. This short acronym which stands for Rich Site Summary or also Really Simple Syndication is a new technology which allows Web site owners to make their content available to others in a number of new and interesting ways. First of all, newsletter publishers, can provide their periodical load of news and articles through an RSS feed instead of sending out an email. But what's the advantage? Users are getting wary of spam and promotions they are getting in their email inboxes. Many of them think that this... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on October 3, 2003 at 6:53 a.m.. (29874) How To Receive RSS Feeds In Your Email In Four Simple Steps After having explored the ingenious RSS-to-email service brought to you by the great guys at BlogStreet, here is another breakthrough solution that allows ANYONE on any computer platform to immediately try out RSS feeds without having to learn anything new, and without needing to download/buy a newsreader/aggregator. Here is how my article, posted online, looks when converted into an email that Bloglet sends to my email account: Enters the new RSS service from Bloglet. Here is how it works:... From Robin Good&apos; Sharewood Tidings on October 3, 2003 at 6:53 a.m.. (29873) Warum Dinge auf den Boden... Die Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie - wunderbar erzählt von Martin Kornelius, basierend auf seiner Diplomarbeit "Von Zimmer-Menschen, Flachländern und anderen Bewohnern der Einsteinschen Welt", an der Abteilung "Didaktik der Physik" der Universität Karlsruhe. [via Industrial Technology & Witchcraft] From BildungsBlog on October 3, 2003 at 6:53 a.m.. (29872) Update von LLRX Aus dem monatlichen Update von LLRX (Stand: 29.09.2003): "The Future of RSS" - Is E-Mail Publishing Dead?"; ein (kritischer) Kommentar... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 3, 2003 at 6:53 a.m.. (29871) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (29870) Toyota Says Hybrids Can Be Cheap The Japanese auto giant gives reporters a sneak peek at its Prius production line, saying the fast-selling, fuel-saving gasoline-electric vehicles can be manufactured cost-effectively. From Wired News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29869) Microsoft Sued for Weak Security A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles claims the company's software is vulnerable to viruses and its complex security warnings aid crackers rather than the general public. The suit alleges unfair competition and violation of two consumer rights laws. From Wired News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29868) Waiting for DVDs, the Sequel The next generation of DVDs will take advantage of the improved resolution of high-definition television. So what's taking so long? A Wired News column by Peter Rojas. From Wired News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29867) Insurance Rates Driven By GPS A Georgia Tech study will paint a detailed picture of when and how people use their cars. The traffic data, collected through GPS and engine monitors, could be a gold mine for insurers, but a headache for privacy advocates. By Will Wade. From Wired News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29866) Machines Learn to Mimic Speech Computers still can't really understand us, but they're getting better at pretending. Today's programs can mimic accents and isolate meaningful information from babblers. Michelle Delio reports from New York. From Wired News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29865) In Search of Planets and Life It may take a while, but scientists are determined to find planets beyond the solar system. Apparently more may be out there than we thought -- maybe even a few that could harbor life. By Erik Baard. From Wired News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29864) Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users A program designed to nab file swappers at the University of Florida appears to be successful, much to the chagrin of students. The pilot project is a model for other schools coping with peer-to-peer sharing on campus networks. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29863) Trojan hijacks web browsers August IE patch may not offer full protection From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29862) Mac OS X 10.3 Panther hits Gold Master status Release imminent? From The Register on October 3, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (29861) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (29860) How to Kill Spam Without the State WaxParadigm writes "The Colorado Freedom Report, an online libertarian publication in Colorado, has an article today about How to Kill Spam Without the State. ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. (29859) Focus kein Marktführer Das Magazin "Focus" darf sich selbst nicht als Marktführer im Segment der Nachrichtenblätter bezeichnen - zumindest nicht unter Verweis auf... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 3, 2003 at 4:51 a.m.. (29858) El Centro Multimedia de Galicia inicia su programa de formación en nuevas tecnologías 2003-2004 El Centro Multimedia de Galicia. (CMG) inició ayer el IV Programa de Formación 2003-2004, cuyo objetivo es formar a profesionales en el manejo de las Nuevas Tecnologías ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on October 3, 2003 at 4:51 a.m.. (29857) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29856) Time Warner Telecom Delivers Local Internet And Voice Services To Concordia University From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29855) Opening made possible by single largest donation in 37-year history of TRCC From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29854) Distance learning reaches Rush County From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29853) Study: Families overestimate college costs From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29852) Self-discipline a key success factor in distance learning programs From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29851) Making Beautiful Music Together: NSF Award to Help New World Symphony Create Global Music Education Network From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29850) Carnegie Mellon Leads Team Receiving $7.5 Million from NSF to Develop High Speed Telecommunications Network Reaching Every Home in America From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29849) Too few go to college, reports say From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29848) Families Overestimate College Costs, New Study Finds From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 4:49 a.m.. (29847) "RAINED ON, BUT NOT RAINED OUT!" "RAINED ON, BUT NOT RAINED OUT!"On September 20th, 2003 in San Antonio's McAllister ParkSaint Mary's Hall high school & Trinity University students'Volunteered to present and did so with their "can do" determination."The Run for Hope and Beyond 2003, & The Pride of Texas Festival" [PRWEB Oct 3, 2003] From PR Web on October 3, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (29846) All-USA High School Band Program Launched MENC: The National Association for Music Education and Hershey Foods, Inc. Create the Hershey's All-USA High School Band National Program to Acknowledge Outstanding High School HYPHENAge Musicians [PRWEB Oct 3, 2003] From PR Web on October 3, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (29845) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (29844) Phil Phinds Phriendly Trackback Perched up at MIT, Phil Long is a key instructional visioneer, and in a recent Syllabus column he writes TrackBack: Where Blogs Learn Their Places. It's a nice general overview of TB, yes, but Phil seems to not see as wide as we do by focusing only on what Trackback means in the blog world-- ignoring what D'Arcy, Brian, and I have been pushing since March 2003 [1, --> From cogdogblog on October 3, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (29843) Email updates six degrees theory Technology Review summarises the results of recent Columbia University on the six degrees of separation theory. Some interesting results: The main reasons for choosing the next person in a message chain were geography-and work-related, and those people tended to be... From Column Two on October 3, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (29842) Four words to improve user research Mark Hurst has written an article on the value of a listening lab as usability technique. To quote: The method is the "listening lab": a more open-ended version of the traditional usability test. Listening labs generate strategic findings - not... From Column Two on October 3, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (29841) Intranet Peers in Government website Most of you are probably aware of the Intranet Peers in Government group, established as a community of practice for hands-on intranet managers across the Australian public sector. This group continues to prosper and grow, due to the enthusiasm and... From Column Two on October 3, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (29840) Taking the pulse of XML editing Kendall Grant Clark has written an article on the current state of XML editing tools. To quote: When I got a chance recently to attend a one-day conference of authoring and editing vendors, my only question was whether the conference... From Column Two on October 3, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (29839) Revised Admission for High Schools A new mandatory high school admissions policy will allow New York City students to apply to as many as a dozen schools but will admit them to only one. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (29838) Judge Allows Referendum on Class Size A State Supreme Court justice ordered that a referendum aimed at reducing the size of classes in New York City's public schools be put on the ballot. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (29837) Long Island Football Players Are Charged in Abuse Case Three high school football players were charged with a raft of felonies and misdemeanors stemming from allegations that they sexually abused younger teammates. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (29836) School Custodians Object as City Hires Private Firms The Department of Education moved over the summer to hire private contractors to clean as many as 133 city schools. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (29835) Debate Gives a Rare Burst of Exposure to Pace U. On Thursday afternoon, the 10 Democratic presidential hopefuls will face off in Pace's 650-seat theater in downtown Manhattan. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (29834) Start Teaching or Lose Semester's Pay, C.W. Post Strikers Are Told The C. W. Post campus of Long Island University has ordered striking faculty members to return to teaching by Monday. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (29833) Education Law Experts Back District's Response to Inquiry Experts in education law say a Long Island school district was wise to refuse to turn over findings from its own investigation into allegations of abuse by three of its athletes. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (29832) School District in Hazing Case Draws Anger From Parents Parents said the Board of Education merely hurt innocent children when it voted to cancel a Long Island school's football season in the wake of allegations of hazing. From New York Times: Education on October 3, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (29831) Charrette Center This week's featured content is the portal of community-based urban design at CharretteCenter.net. The site includes resources and articles, all carrying Creative Commons licenses, to help the planning and construction of future urban areas. From Creative Commons: weblog on October 3, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (29830) A humble reminder to self: When I teach about the history of the recent past, I tell my students that one of the greatest dangers is that they think that they already know what happened and why. Similarly, in approaching the scholarship of teaching, we have to rid ourselves from... From PEDABLOGUE on October 3, 2003 at 2:52 a.m.. (29829) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 2:49 a.m.. (29828) More is Less Do small class sizes increase your chances of having weak teachers? Joanne Jacobs found a report from a Canadian newspaper that suggests so. The logic goes like this: if you lower enrollments, you've got to add extra classes, so then you need more teachers to staff them. And the more... From PEDABLOGUE on October 3, 2003 at 1:54 a.m.. (29827) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 1:50 a.m.. (29826) New eLearning Project Management Tool to be Released From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 3, 2003 at 1:50 a.m.. (29825) Closest Asteroid Yet Flies Past Earth lmcl writes "New Scientist reports that an asteroid about the size of a small house passed just 88,000 kilometres from the Earth by on Saturday 27 September - ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (29824) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 3, 2003 at 12:50 a.m.. (29823) Telcos Stand Against RIAA john82 writes "In an interesting and insightful article, NetworkWorld Fusion discusses how lawyers for SBC and Verizon are fighting the RIAA's attempts to ... From Slashdot on October 3, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (29822) APERA Handbook on Educational Research The Handbook on Educational Research in the Asia Pacific Region has been published on behalf of The Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). APERA is a not for profit organisation founded in 2001 with the aim of promoting increased collaboration on educational research in the Asia-Pacific region. The Handbook is edited by John P. Keeves of the Flinders University, South Australia, and Ryo Watanabe of the National Institute for Educational Research (NIER) of Japan and is Kluwer International Handbooks of Education Volume 11. From EdNA Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (29821) CAUDIT National IT Planning Workshop Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, 8 December 2003. A forum to exchange up-to-date information on the theories, models, governance, processes and practice of IT planning in the Australian Higher Education sector. CAUDIT, October 2003 From EdNA Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (29820) Developing Content Solutions for the World Wide Web Content for the next generation of broadband Internet technology is being developed by a University of Queensland academic. Dr Philip Graham from the UQ Business School is heading an international interdisciplinary group researching broadband content development. UQ News, 24 September 2003 From EdNA Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (29819) Improving Australia's Overseas Education Industry Education and training are a major Australian export. The electronic Confirmation-of-Enrolment (eCoE) project uses new technology to increase efficiency and improve outcomes for overseas students who wish to study in Australia. The eCoE project has streamlined student visa processing and student visa non-compliance notification. It provides overseas students with a reliable and convenient website to find out about studying in Australia and it allows them to apply for a visa in the same transaction. The project also supports legislative requirements aimed at protecting and enhancing the Austral From EdNA Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (29818) Online Council - Joint Media Statement A National Broadband Strategy, regional and remote telecommunications services and improving e-government service delivery were among the issues discussed in Hobart today at the eleventh Ministerial meeting of the Online Council. Ministers from the Australian Government, state governments, the Northern Territory Government and the President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) addressed a broad range of issues driving the growth of Australia's information economy. 26 September 2003 From EdNA Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (29817) $20 Million for World Class TAFE Complex The Australian Government contributed $20 million to the construction of ‘Building F’ which will provide facilities for over 1,350 students a year. The new facility will play a significant role in meeting our industry’s future demands for a workforce with improved technological skills. The new building has seven levels, boasts eight general purpose classrooms, seven science laboratories, two photography studios and related processing areas, food technology practical areas and a computer room. It also accommodates teacher office areas, a customer service centre, building admin From EdNA Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (29816) Vice-Chancellor Elected New President of AVCC Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Di Yerbury, will take over the presidency of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee for a period of two years from January 1 2004. In taking on the top job, Yerbury has broken the run of vice-chancellors from the Group of Eight universities, who have headed up the AVCC for the past three terms, and has become only the second woman to be president since the AVCC was formed in 1920. Yerbury was Australia's first woman Vice-Chancellor, and is now Australia's longest serving VC. Macquarie News, 2 October 2003 From EdNA Online on October 3, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (29815) New home for collaborative learning blog This blog now lives at criticalmethods.org/collab/news.htm having moved from collab.blogspot.com. The reason for the move is to make use of a small personal publishing system I wrote, which is quicker and easier than Blogger and supports RSS feeds (see the little XML button on the right?) The topics covered will remain unchanged - mainly to do with online collaborative learning environments. By Martin Terre Blanche 3 Oct 2003 From Collaborative Learning on October 2, 2003 at 11:53 p.m.. (29814) Still setting up the new blog I'm still in the process of setting up the new version of this blog. Changing address is a pity, but I'm hopeful that once I have the initial difficulties sorted out it will be worth having more control over the technical side of things. Some advantages: Posting is faster and more intuitive than at Blogger. An RSS feed (I can in fact specify which of any number of channels a posting should go to, although I'm currently only using one). Visible comment sections next to each post (will have to see if it works, but I have a feeling people may be more likely to comment and read com From Collaborative Learning on October 2, 2003 at 11:53 p.m.. (29813) iRipDVD - 1.0b7 HQ direct DVD (or VOB-file) to MPEG4 ripper/encoder [VersionTracker: Mac OS X]... From Digital Hub on October 2, 2003 at 11:52 p.m.. (29812) Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From on October 2, 2003 at 11:50 p.m.. (29811) So, who's reading this then? Something I've been wondering about for a while, and which, in redesigning this, has come to the fore is 'how do I know who's subscribing to this weblog through rss'? Searching around on this I came upon Tim Bray's subscriber redux which explores the same issue and points to the Radio solution which, um, doesn't seem to work. Tim suggests that blogrolling to From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on October 2, 2003 at 11:50 p.m.. (29810) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]