Gigabit Ethernet is finally affordable: $20 for a card, $130 for a switch Yes! From Gigabit: Finally Affordable QUOTEToday I saw on the shelf a Hawking Tech HGA32T: a gigabit PCI card with about the same footprint as any generic Realtek-style card.  You know, the ones that you buy on sale for $5-10 just so that you have an extra laying around.  The beautiful part about this gigabit card is the price: $20 bucks.  That's all well and good, you've been able to find gigabit cards in the $40-50 range for quite some time if you found them on sale. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..
Weblogs vs. Email for Discussion Interesting commentary via elearningpost on a story I think I pointed to a while back on weblogs generating more discussion than email. Possible reasons are given as being: "my students now get a lot more email than they used to. Course-related mail gets mixed in with the usual jumble of spam and whatever else. All too easy just to hit th From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 10:49 p.m..
Alternative Comments Worth filing, radiocomments has been giving is a painful downloading time of late... seems to have got a bit better tho' just recently, but we'll see... I've finally (last night) got my comment importing script working, so now I can grab all the comments for a user on radiocomments.userland com or radiocomments2.userland.com and push them into the pycs.net comment system. If you want to switch your comments from the UserLand server over to mine, drop me a line, and I can do it fairly easily. [--> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 10:49 p.m..
More good weblogs That weblog vs. email thing has found me some more good feeds, here they are... Blogkathleen [feed] 'the CEO of an e-learning company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts' Commoncraft [feed] 'helps organizations realize business value from online communication tools like --> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 10:49 p.m..
The Fork in the Road: A Political Morality Play in One Act The Keaton family was a peculiar family, they made every decision democratically. Their democratic tradition was a new one as far as family decision making in the world was concerned, but they were confident in their little democracy and stood by it as the fount of their shared happiness. Every choice they made was voted on, and the majority decided. And that was how the Keaton family navigated the choices that families make in this world. For better or worse, they had faith in their peculiar system. From kuro5hin.org on February 26, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
OnStar calls on Big Blue for voice software From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Oracle's cloudy crystal ball With so many forces mounting opposition to Oracle's hostile bid to buy PeopleSoft, cooler heads might suggest it's time to call it quits. But Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has never been one to follow conventional wisdom. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
I've looked at Ryze a bunch of times in the last c ... I've looked at Ryze a bunch of times in the last couple of years, but hadn't created an account. I thought the concept of "pivots" was interesting, and it's always discussed in the context of social software that works reasonably well. I don't know if the focus was different in the early days, but the service is now all about making money, both for the site's creators and the network marketers who seem to dominate the space.I guess I should have known what I was getting into -- the tagline on the site is "Bu From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on February 26, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
Why would a multi-millionaire NHL hockey player ta ... Why would a multi-millionaire NHL hockey player take courses online? Towering Senators defenceman Zdeno Chara says he's learning online because he spends a lot of time in hotels and on the bus, and there's no way he could take classroom courses with his schedule. From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on February 26, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
Offenes, kollaboratives E-Learning? Ich habe mich halbwegs wieder abgeregt, doch dieser Artikel aus Telepolis vom 19.2. geht mir nicht aus dem Kopf: 'E-Learning braucht Kontinuität. Mehr nicht?' von Karl Ulrich Lippoth und Manfred Schweres. Anlässlich eines Rückblicks auf die diesjährige Learntec (nächstes Jahr bin ich dann endlich auch mal vor Ort, hoffe ich) finden sich hier einige ebenso intere From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on February 26, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
Large Pension Funds Challenge Eisner. LOS ANGELES - The pressure on Disney's board of directors increased Thursday as a handful more large pension funds said they would follow the lead of the nation's largest such fund in not voting to re-elect chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
Letters Outline Eisner-Ovitz Partnership. LOS ANGELES - Letters between Michael Eisner, chairman of The Walt Disney Co., and then-Disney president Michael Ovitz in 1996 reveal Eisner's attempt to make the ill-fated partnership work and the embarrassment generated by Ovitz's brief tenure. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
(no title) Applied Decentralization: A large-scale social system for HLS It's been a few months since I've posted - a very busy and exciting time here at Groove. Both in terms of what's been happening in the business and market, but also because we're closing in on the first beta of Groove V3. I can't wait to ... From Kolabora.com on February 26, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
Busy Maven's Guide to the 2004 Canadian Conservative Party Leadership Race Please check out my Busy Maven's Guide to the 2004 Canadian Conservative Party Leadership Race From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
Geeky Maven's Guide to the 2004 Canadian Conservative Party Leadership Race Please check out my Geeky Maven's Guide to the 2004 Canadian Conservative Party Leadership Race From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
On becoming the local media Jonathan Peterson: Become the Local Media. Yeah baby, yeah! I see a big opportunity there. The cost of blogging is practically zero and there's got to be people who like to follow what happens locally and wouldn't mind writing about it. How to get started? Set up a community aggregator, e.g. using the TrackBack-based Topic Exchange or the RSS-based Rollup. (I've written about --> From Seb's Open Research on February 26, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..
U.S. Rediscovers Antitrust in Opposing Oracle-PeopleSoft Merger Circus contortionists can't match the pretzel logic of filing this case, not when we recall the department's only other major software action since Bush assumed the presidency. You may recall that one -- the Microsoft settlement, which essentially endorsed an actual monopolist's lawbreaking. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 26, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..
Implementation Strategy for the Establishment of the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership - Project Update The Consortium has completed the stage one options and recommendations paper. This paper covers the strategic issues that need to be taken into consideration to establish the NIQTSL. It was developed on the basis of consultation with stakeholders, including meetings and written submissions, expert advice provided by the Project Advisory Group and desktop research. Source: The Allen Consulting Group, 18 February 2004 From EdNA Online on February 26, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
University Creates Indigenous Think Thank An executive think tank of Indigenous leaders will help develop Indigenous research and education strategies at Charles Darwin University. Vice-Chancellor Professor Helen Garnett today announced the appointment of Indigenous academic and community leaders to assist in developing strategies for a university-wide approach to Indigenous development. The move follows consultation with Indigenous people within the Territory and nationally.CDU News, 24 February 2004 From EdNA Online on February 26, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
CAUDIT IT Benchmarking Project The CAUDIT [Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology] IT Benchmarking Project will initially include surveys of all Australian and NZ universities in relation to three services which are IT support services, data network Services, and educational technology Services in teaching spaces. These three services are the first three in a range of services which will be benchmarked by CAUDIT. The project is overseen by a CAUDIT Standing Committee - Alan McMeekin (Monash University) is the Chairperson of that committee. John Lockwood is the Project Officer. The first results From EdNA Online on February 26, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Autodesk on the upswing The drafting and design software maker reports substantial profit and revenue growth for its fourth quarter and the fiscal year. Piracy remains a concern, however. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Happy Birhday to Me This weblog is one year old today... it's been QUITE a year! Thanks for reading :o) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..
Abandon your love of navigation widgets and get back to basics Michael Angeles has written a blog entry on the role of navigation widgets. To quote: Mark Hurst has an interesting discussion on the Page Paradigm. Mark's discussion affirms the anxiety I've been feeling lately about navigation elements. I'm tracking data... From Column Two on February 26, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
Usability: drawing outside the lines Molly Holzschlag writes about the tension between usability heuristics and real-world needs. To quote: Although one-size-fits-all usability concepts provide a good foundation for designers interested in creating usable sites, a great user experience has far more to do with what... From Column Two on February 26, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
Influence of training and exposure on the usage of breadcrumb navigation Spring S. Hull reports on the results of recent research into the influence of training on the usage of breadcrumbs navigation. To quote: Summary: Recent studies have shown that while the use of breadcrumb trails to navigate a website can... From Column Two on February 26, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
User centered information retrieval Marcel van Mackelenbergh has created a fascinating site on user centered information retrieval. This answers a range of common questions, such as "How to test information retrieval" and "How to improve metadata?". A good site, well worth visiting.... From Column Two on February 26, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
Building better teams MITSloan Management Review has published the results of research into knowledge sharing in teams. To quote: There were two major findings. First, teams that shared knowledge, both intragroup and externally, tended to perform better. This result confirmed much earlier research.... From Column Two on February 26, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
Survey reveals document management costs are unaccounted for by most health organizations CMS-Wire reports on a survey on document management costs within the healthcare sector. To quote: According to a recent survey commissioned by Lanier Worldwide and conducted by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), nearly three-fourths of healthcare managers indicated... From Column Two on February 26, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
Open Source 'Chandler' Project Hits Milestone The Open Source Applications Foundation just announced the release of Chandler version 0.3. Chandler is the combination personal information manager and platform that has enormous potential to help re-energize the stagnant PC desktop software marketplace. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 26, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..
Special coverage: Oracle vs. PeopleSoft U.S. Department of Justice officials say they they will challenge Oracle's hostile $9.4 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft, dealing a major blow to the controversial deal. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
AOL ditches broadband offering America Online confirms that it has stopped selling a version of its Internet service that came bundled with high-speed Net access. But AOL will continue to offer its "bring your own access" plan. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
.LRN - fairly robust open source course management system http://dotlrn.mit.edu/ There's been a fair bit of buzz, and rightly so, for a few of the open source CMS systems out there; both Moodle and ATutor have come a long way and are increasingly looking like viable options for those wanting to go the open source route. There's another open source CMS that has been around for a little while now that hasn't receiv From EdTechPost on February 26, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..
A Short Course on Structured Course Development, Learning Objects, and E-Learning Standards http://careo.prn.bc.ca/losc/losccourse.html From Gerry Paille and his team (a partnership of BC School District #60, Open School BC and the Open Learning Agency/BC Open Univeristy to develop a 'CANCORE-compliant' resource network that will house materials from some of their older resource collections) comes this useful 3 module course on "using a structured language such as Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) or eXtensible Markup Language (XML) as a basis for producing a learning design and describing From EdTechPost on February 26, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..
Cray acquires Vancouver's Octiga Bay for $115 Million Congrats to the local Octiga Bay folks done good (second time around for the ex-Abatis folks!). They have a cool concept:building supercomputers out of Linux boxes From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
A Prolog Introduction for Hackers Strange, but true: Prolog is, without a doubt, currently the simplest and the most straightforward programming language of all mainstream programming languages; however, the special interests of academia and inept teaching have given it a horrible, pariah-like reputation. (After all, you cannot write a PhD thesis explaining obvious, practical things.) This article aims to ameliorate the situation; to introduce the practical simplicity of Prolog to those that might normally sneer at what they consider a horrible, convoluted playing field of doctorate theory. From kuro5hin.org on February 26, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Merrill Lynch raises targets for PCs From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Windows Mobile opened up to PC developers From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Out with the new, in with the old From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Jury clears IBM in toxics trial The verdict hands a significant victory to the semiconductor industry, which for years has been dogged with allegations of unsafe working conditions in plants. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Difficulty in searching open access journal sites Peter Jacsó, Proxy Searching of Non-Searchable and Poorly Searchable Open Access Archives of Digital Scholarly Journals, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2911, 552-555 (2003). Jacsó examines search capabilities for open access journal websites and finds them wanting, particularly in comparison with established publishers such as Elsevier. He proposes a work-around using search engines such as Google, All From FOS News on February 26, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
PLoS Medicine getting closer to launch PLoS has created a web page for PLoS Medicine, the new OA journal it plans to launch this fall. While the journal hasn't launched yet, the web site broadcasts a call for papers (acceptance decisions will begin in April) and lets users sign up for email alerts for news, sneak previews, and tables of contents. (Thanks to George Porter.) From FOS News on February 26, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
CSS 2.1, CSS Print Profile and CSS3 Paged Media Are W3C Candidate Recommendations 2004-02-26: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of three Candidate Recommendations for the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language. A snapshot of CSS usage, CSS 2.1 adds a few highly requested features, fixes errata and brings CSS2 in line with implementations. CSS Print Profile works with XHTML-Print for printing to low-cost devices. CSS3 Paged Media Module adds pagination, page margins, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes, and cross-references with page numbers. Comments are welcome through 25 August. Visit the CSS home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 26, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..
Sales Tax Still a Mystery to E-tailers Collecting sales taxes can be a source of confusion for many small businesses on eBay as well as for e-commerce businesses everywhere. From E-Commerce Guide on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..
David Weinberger, Berkman Fellow Bravo to the Berkman Center for snagging David Weinberger as a fellow! This makes the second Berkmanite to blog @ Corante. If you haven't yet read David's work, here's a (highly recommended) taste. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..
Opera gives details on IPO The Norwegian browser maker could be the first of several IPOs for the year when it begins trading in March. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Intel plugs power-supply guidelines The chipmaker says four major makers of power supply units for desktop PCs will follow its new blueprint for such units. An increase in energy efficiency would help companies save on electric bills. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
VeriSign sues ICANN to restore Site Finder The company alleges antitrust and other violations in a bid to remove restrictions on its domain name business. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
LCDs poised for prime time Monitors with the flat-panel displays are on the verge of surpassing bulky CRT monitors, and color LCD screens for mobile phones also are poised to hit a milestone, according to new research. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Lies! Lies! and Suckers Hm. John C. Dvorak argues that "The Internet is not a bastion of truth and freedom, it's a pit of horror and lies. It's geared up to become a mechanism of tyranny and madness." Nice example, though, as he argues that "trying to determine the exact wording of the 'bumpy ride' quote said by Bette Davis in the movie All About Eve is another amusing Internet exercise... Go to Google and search for 'Betty Davis bumpy ride' or 'All About Eve quotes.'" Spelling the actor's name correctly produces better results, of course, but I have to ask, is this the fa From OLDaily on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Bull Session With Professor IPod To revisit a theme from a few weeks ago: "Bull noted that a lot of users reported they stored a few "perennial favorites" on their iPod but generally were constantly shuffling new music in and out, which may explain why they're reluctant to pay for something they don't 'keep.' WN: Yeah. Apple has always said the iTunes music store was a loss leader, a way to sell more iPods. Bull: Right. In terms of usage, Apple got it intuitively right. People use (the iPod) as an alarm clock, and when they listen to it at night, they like the fact it can turn itself off. It's how peo From OLDaily on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
E-Books and DRM Would you pay hardcover prices for a book that will be throws away after one read? Of course not, and it is this that publishers do not understand. This article is a good introduction to some of the issues surrounding eBooks (though I would take issue with some of the statements expressed by Adobe spokesperson Shafath Syed). But the comments are the better part of the article, so don't skip them. "The key issues are (1) e-books aren't books and (2) most publishers simply don't understand the technology. A book is both data and a display medium that can last for centuries. Books From OLDaily on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
There's No Such Thing as Free HBO The lesson here isn't just another case of a company suing its customers, nor is it the new judicial system under which you are guilty if you could illegally access a file. No, while these cases show that the illogic of the music industry debate is spreading to other industries, that's not the story. In fact, the lesson is this: smart cards can be hacked. In fact, smart cards are so easy to hack that the defendants in this story, 22,000 in all (the number of people who didn't settle with Direct TV), are from all walks of life. "We've talked to people wh From OLDaily on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Selecting and Implementing an Open Source Software Digital Repository (FEDORA) The title of this presentation (PowerPoint placed into PDF) is a bit misleading; the talk is mostly about the Fedora digital object repository system. Still, the content is first rate, and for those immersed in learning objects, a peek such as this into the wider world of digital objects in general would be well worth while. Other papers from this seminar "To Have and to Hold: Metadata and Institutional Repositories" are also available online. By Corey Keith and Jon Dunn, RLG Members' Forum, December 15, 200 From OLDaily on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Edinburgh Now that Jay Cross has completed his coverage of his trip to Scotland, it is well worth summarizing in an item. One think I like about his work is the number of photos and images - they add a lot. So we are treated with one set, then then another, before we get to the conference. Then coverage of the opening plenary which included o From OLDaily on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Maurice Merleau-Ponty After my discussion of Tversky the other day, a reader wrote to remind me of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's philosophy of perception. Critcizing my paper on Relevant Similarity, the reader wrote, "it is the primacy of our perceptions, which are similar to each other (in terms of how and what we generally perceive) that is the tool for our cognition." Quite right, but to clarify, this is why a system of formal reasoning is inadequate to explain cognition, because if this is all we have, the senses are not sufficient for the task that they actually accomplish. There's a lot in Merleau- From OLDaily on February 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Lern-Quiz in Flash erstellen Bei den Flash Learning Games der University of Minnesota, Crookston kann man sein eigenes Lern-Quiz in Flash erstellen, oder auf eine Auswahl bereits vorhandener Games zurückgreifen (alle Multiple Choice). From BildungsBlog on February 26, 2004 at 6:10 p.m..
Information Control For Social Manipulation The news and entertainment we consume, and thus our thoughts and opinions, are shaped not just by the media and entertainment corporations but by governments, their agencies and the military-industrial complex. "It's possible the entertainment industry could help the government formulate its message to the rest of the world about who Americans are and what they believe." 128 highly referenced information items nailing the pervasive incestuous relationship between government and media to shape mass perceptions. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 26, 2004 at 6:09 p.m..
News for Today, Feb 26-27 Two instalments in one today, as I was traveling and very busy yesterday: Pumatech is working on a new architecture for synchronizing personal handheld devices and desktop computers. Previously, the architecture relied on point-to-point solutions (eg, this Palm with this... From Kolabora.com on February 26, 2004 at 6:09 p.m..
FeedBurner - Transmogrify :-) your RSS and Atom Feed today FeedBurner is a cool hack complete with a blog. Get some stats on your feed item clickthroughs, put a nice stylesheet around it so people don't get gobbledygook when they click on your feed and tons of other features. Check out my Feedburner feed! From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 6:08 p.m..
Implicit Structure and the Dynamics of Blogspace - iRank for blogs Something to read. QUOTEBeyond serving as online diaries, weblogs have evolved into a complex, interconnected social structure through which ideas flow.  Such a structure is ideal for the study of memes and the propagation of information.  In this paper we describe general meme categories and create a tool to infer and visualize the paths that specific memetic infections take through the network. This inference is based in part on a novel utilization of data describing historical, repeating patterns of infection.  We conclude From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 6:08 p.m..
Woohoo! I found out this morning that I've been offered a fellowship at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. I start officially in July. What a great opportunity! I'm thrilled.... From Joho the Blog on February 26, 2004 at 6:06 p.m..
Schools Become Best When Supporting the Home School: A Situation When Doing What We Must is Best Anyway?! Schools Become Best When Supporting the Home School: A Situation When Doing What We Must is Best Anyway?! Summary: I follow up on yesterday's entry by stripping away several of the unexamined assumptions of a career schoolman -- me. Here's a partial result: Instead of asking the famiiar "Should we home school?" parents are entitled to ask "Under what conditions would we consider sendi From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
Textpattern Textpattern habe ich die lägste Zeit verfolgt, reichlich Pages im Backoffice. Die Usability ist die Kernfrage. Textpattern is here! Textpattern : A flexible, elegant, easy-to-use content management system for all kinds of ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 26, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
MSc Creative Technologies Das bringt neue Ideen fürs nächste Jahr. Creative Technology programs and transparency in academia Geoffrey Rockwell made up a very cool "Creative Technology Curriculum" . I'd have loved to get a degree in that if it had b... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 26, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..
Blog als SeminarBestandteil II Bei Sebastien Paquet gesichtet. Immerhin die aktive Teilnahme am Blog macht 15% der Benotung aus. Networking, Knowledge & the Digital Age is a weblog community that serves as a publishing medium, discussion forum, and coll... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 26, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..
Penalize "opt-out" marketers: Donate your postage-paid envelopes as cash. I'm tired of shredding credit card offers because of the risk of identity theft. The idea that I am somehow responsible for my "fair share" of the junk mail burden, i.e., disposing of someone else's garbage, is repellant and beneath contempt. From kuro5hin.org on February 26, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
Microsoft considering update dubbed 'XP Reloaded' The software giant is discussing whether to issue an XP update ahead of Longhorn's scheduled release of 2005 or 2006, an executive confirms to News.com. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Hole opens way to free MSN Premium A flaw in Microsoft's MSN Explorer software has allowed some Web surfers to gain free access to features and services that normally come with a charge. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Defense of subscription-based journals Donald Kennedy, Vantage Point: Subscription journals are here to stay, Stanford Report, February 26, 2004. The Editor-in-Chief of Science defends toll-access journals, in a counterpoint to the Pat Brown piece (see previous entry). Excerpt: "Science and many other journals published by scientific societies use a different business model [from the OA journals]. Scientist-authors pay nothing to have their pap From FOS News on February 26, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Tax Advice for Students In the discussion forum, Linda enquired, "I know I can deduct interest on my college loans, but I'm confused about the rest. If you know some good resources for this information, please send it!" Click here to read what she... From Adult/Continuing Education on February 26, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Pat Brown on OA Patrick Brown, Vantage Point: Free online scientific journals make sense, Stanford Report, February 26, 2004. One of the three founders of the Public Library of Science articulates and defends his vision. Excerpt: "The public library, one of the greatest inventions of human civilization, has been waiting for the Internet. What seemed an impossible ideal in 1836, when Antonio Panizzi, librarian of the British Museum, wrote, 'I want a poor student to have the From Seb's Open Research on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
SETI@Home for Online Censorship The Berkman Center has been working on this one for a good long time--extremely exciting to finally see it launch. Via the "must-syndicate" Berkman blog. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on February 26, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Commentary: Health care tech to take off Forrester says 2004 will bring accelerating technology adoption among health plans, care providers and life sciences companies. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
U.S. to block Oracle bid for PeopleSoft Antitrust authorities say they'll go to court to block Oracle's proposed purchase of rival software company PeopleSoft. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Cray buys into AMD supercomputing The supercomputer specialist announces a multimillion-dollar deal to acquire OctigaBay, which makes cluster machines based on AMD's Opteron chip--a boost for the processor. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Plugging holes against cyberattacks Sen. Bob Bennett says new political and technological circumstances dictate the creation of a more complete system of information sharing. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Orkut gaming Jill points out the prospective Orkut game: It involves creativity, risk, stealth and an active orkut.com account. You will be playing in secret and, if you play it right, nobody else on orkut.com will detect that you're even playing. They... From Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
NY State to Oppose Disney's Eisner. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New York State plans to vote its pension fund shares against reelecting Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner to the board of directors at the shareholders meeting on March 3, CNBC reported on Thursday. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..
Acacia licenses media technology to Disney. LOS ANGELES, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Acacia Research Corp. on Thursday said it has licensed its digital media transmission technology to a unit of the Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS), sending its shares soaring more than 9 percent. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..
Proof of concept I'm live blogging a session at an internal conference (our VCCS Allied Health peer group). Right now I'm in a session about a commonwealth course in Nursing. Our Commonwealth Courses are exemplary, adoptable courses that any of our colleges can use and the project is one of my major areas of work in my new position. There are lots of things to work out still, particularly in terms of what the final deliverable package looks like, but this group has done a great job. The proof of concept issue is the notion that we can document what we do live. From Serious Instructional Technology on February 26, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..
Hollywood Stars, Movie Industry Leaders Will Be Given A Tool To Help Direct Peace, Love and Environmental Awareness Upon the World. Toy manufacturer Robert Forenza will promote peace, love and environmental awareness at the "Night of 100 Stars Oscar Gala" by giving hundreds of celebrities an award winning huggable Earth. [PRWEB Feb 26, 2004] From PR Web on February 26, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..
iCommons expands to Catalonia, Croatia, and Spain Creative Commons has recently expanded the iCommons project further to include Catalonia, Croatia, and Spain. They join the other jurisdictions in the effort to port Creative Commons licenses to the framework of international law. Every country has an ongoing discussion so ifCreative Commons: weblog on February 26, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Microsoft's not forcing anybody From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Apple unveils 'hometown' San Francisco store The company stages a press event to show off its newest store location, in S.F.'s posh Union Square shopping district. Apple, based in nearby Cupertino, says it waited four years for the right spot. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
GooglemanÃa: portada en Wired El número de marzo de Wired dedica su portada y 10 artÃculos al fenómeno Google, cuyo éxito -paradójicamente- convierte a la marca en un palabra de uso cada vez más común, incluso en un verbo como ocurre en USA. VÃa:... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 26, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..
COG tries top-down strategy The Washington Council of Governments is trying a top-down approach to selling telework, according to Toni Kistner (Top-down telework, Network World, 2/24/04). Their idea of the top is "C" level execs: 'Acknowledging that area businesses know the "ABCs of telework" COG is bugging C-level executives... From Kolabora.com on February 26, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..
Get creative and remix culture The source materials for both "Get Creative" and "Remix Culture" are now available. Download the .fla file for either and you can get creative and remix "Get Creative" or "Remix Culture" with ease. Quicktime versions of both movies are also now available. Now it's easier than ever to download, display and share "Get Creative" and "--> From Creative Commons: weblog on February 26, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Bright year forecast for chip sales Market researcher Gartner predicts an upswing for the semiconductor market, with revenue likely to reach $217 billion this year, compared with $177 billion in 2003. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Another Pension Fund to Withhold Vote for Disney's Eisner. NEW YORK -- Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner got yet another "no confidence" vote from shareholders, with a second big California pension fund announcing it won't support him for re-election. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Memetic Roadmaps Das sollte Chris Langreiter und Gernot Tscherteu interessieren. HP Labs' "Blog Epidemic Analyzer" Eytan Adar, Li Zhang, Lada A. Adamic, and Rajan M. Lukose of HP Labs, Information Dynamics Lab have been studying the diffus... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 26, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..
Working Draft: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 2004-02-26: The SVG Working Group has released its fifth public Working Draft of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2. SVG delivers accessible, dynamic, and reusable vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML. The Working Group invites feedback on this draft. Visit the SVG home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 26, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..
Howard Stern: Go to the Net and Satellite I have no special use for Howard Stern, whose radio show I find offensive and mostly sophomoric. But I have nothing but contempt for Clear Channel, the giant radio conglomerate, which has taken him off the air. Even for this sleazy outfit, the move is amazing -- a totally cynical kow-towing to the hypocritical resurgence of Victorianism in America. Stern should tell Clear Channel to go to hell. He should move to satellite radio and Internet radio. He'd take a short-ter From Jon's Radio on February 26, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..
Pu, der Bär Kinder-Universitäten sind eine der größten Neuerungen deutscher Hochschulen. Was lässt sich aus diesem Erfolg lernen? Gefragt in der ZEIT,- mit... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..
Wie wir sterben Der Nationale Ethikrat befasst sich aus gegebenem Anlass mit der Frage, ob zur Lösung konfliktbelasteter Situationen am Lebensende das Verhältnis... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..
Comunidad de lectores II La comunidad de lectores y visitantes de eCuaderno en Orkut tiene hasta ahora 161 miembros, que han sido invitados a describir sus propios blogs. Aquà va la segunda tanda:... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 26, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..
GEW unterstützt Musterverfahren gegen Verwaltungskostenbeitrag... „Den Widerstand gegen die Politik der hessischen Landesregierung, den Studierenden vom Sommersemester an Millionen Euro in Form von Verwaltungs- und Studiengebühren zur Sanierung des hessischen Haushalts abzuknöpfen, werden wir jetzt auch mit rechtlichen Mitteln fortführen“ erklärte der stellvertretendende Vorsitzende der GEW, Christoph Baumann heute in Frankfurt. Zu diesem Zweck seien erste Eilverfahren studentischer Mitglieder der GEW gegen die Verpflichtung zur... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on February 26, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
Korea's Online Newspaper Goes International Korea's OhmyNews, the pathbreaking online newspaper written largely by its readers, is creating an international edition. Here's the beta site. I visited and wrote about the publication last year in this column. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 26, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Bidding on 'Absolutely Nothing' at eBay Via Dave Farber's mail list, here's news of an eBay auction for, yes, "Absolutely Nothing" -- and there have been nine (!) bids. Very little surprises me anymore, but this is an exception. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 26, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Ro v. Lantos: The Debate Congressman Lantos has agreed to a debate with Ro Khanna. The debate will be on Friday, February 27, at the San Mateo City Council Chambers (map), starting at 7pm. I'm flying in from an event in Minnesota, and so will be a bit late, but it would be great to blog the debate. Anyone local game for some campaign-warblogging? From Lessig Blog on February 26, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
DRAM probe picks up steam A document released by the Federal Trade Commission could add weight to accusations that some dynamic RAM manufacturers may have conspired to fix prices during 2001. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
School Cancelled again! This is I think the 10 day since Christmas that we have a weather related school closing. Is the problem the weather, wimpiness or how our schools are organized?... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 26, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..
Kilians Notebook Es lohnt sich, regelmäßig im Weblog Sozialinformatik vorbeizuschauen. Ansonsten wäre fast übersehen worden, dass der USA-Korrespondent des Züricher Tages-Anzeigers, Martin... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..
Training Update Langevin Learning Services announces their newest workshop...Advanced Training Manager. From Train-the-Trainer News on February 26, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..
Court doesn't extend databases' protection A federal judge says a company's downloading of a database from a rival's Web site did not violate a digital copyright act, but it may have violated another one. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..
Apple lays off undisclosed number of workers The company, which says its overall employment continues to grow, recently cut a small amount bvof jobs. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..
Write like you speak Perhaps one of the engines of blogging's sucess as an idea-sharing/learning medium is that most posts are written in a conversational manner From Monkeymagic on February 26, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
Creative Technology programs and transparency in academia Geoffrey Rockwell made up a very cool "Creative Technology Curriculum". I'd have loved to get a degree in that if it had been available when I got into college! Geoffrey also points to a fascinating (if you're interested in the dynamics of academia) document in which the Faculty of Information Studies of the University of Toronto attempts to rede From Seb's Open Research on February 26, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..
Rechtsmittel im sog. "Neubauern-Urteil" Wegen der grundsätzlichen Bedeutung des Urteils für die Frage der Bodenreform in der DDR beabsichtigt die Bundesregierung, eine abschließende Klärung... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..
Del.icio.us service failureFrom this afternoon(GMT ... Del.icio.us service failureFrom this afternoon(GMT+8) on, the social bookmarks service refused to work. You can view the bookmarks in your collection, however, all urls are mis-saved in a weird internal ARRAY-like data. From Meta on February 26, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..
Metaphotos of the Bettman Archive I spent yesterday underground at the Bettman Archive, the "picture mine" as Dirck Halstead calls it in an excellent article. The Bettman is one of the largest and most important collections of photographs, 11 million all told. They were moved from Manhattan to a former limestone mine in Pennsylvania in 2001 on the recommendation of Henry Willhelm, an authority on preserving photographs, not just because the site has iron gates and armed guards but more importantly because there they can be kept at sub-zero temperatures. Willhelm — who I got to talk with yesterday — believes that th From Joho the Blog on February 26, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
Uni bei Ebay ersteigern? Manchmal ist Domaingrabbing einfach nur frech. Unter den Titel Uni und FH - der Wegweiser zu Universität und Fachhochschule versucht die Seite http://www.uni-und-fh.de/ arglose Menschen, wahrscheinlich v.a. AOL-Kunden etc., davon zu überzeugen, Artikel zum Thema "Universität" zu ersteigern. Naja, wenigstens sind es keine Dialer. Aber einen guten Namen macht man sich anders. Medientheoretisch fast pervers. Edler im Gemüt sei es, daraus ein ordentliches Portal zu basteln (sofern man das noch für nötig From BildungsBlog on February 26, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
Meta-Tags III Wie der Kollege Hoeller der NETLAW-Liste mitteilt, hat das OLG Düsseldorf am 17.02.2004 eine Entscheidung zu Meta-Tags und ihrem Verhältnis... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
Keynoter 3 und 4 Der Vollständigkeit halber nachgetragen. Torill Mortensen und Nicola Döring vervollständigen die Liste der Keynoter für BlogTalk 2.0 From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 26, 2004 at 8:47 a.m..
Military certifies biometric profile - Matthew French, FCW.com Officials at the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office announced that the National Information Assurance Partnership has certified the first of five planned biometric protection profiles for DOD and other government agencies. The U.S. Gover From Techno-News Blog on February 26, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Hitachi Revving 300 Gigabyte Hard Drive - Clint Boulton, Internet News Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Wednesday unveiled the first 300 gigabyte hard disk drive for storing enterprise-level data, a move that increases the stakes for competitors in the server hardware sector.... Pickford told internetnews.com the 3.5-i From Techno-News Blog on February 26, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Gates predicts death of the password - Munir Kotadia, CNET News.com Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicted the demise of the traditional password because it cannot "meet the challenge" of keeping critical information secure. Gates, speaking at the RSA Security conference here on Tuesday, said: "There is no doubt that From Techno-News Blog on February 26, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Some school computer needs are filled; others go wanting - Carla Roccapriore, RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL The availability of technology in each Washoe County school varies -- with some secondary schools having almost one student per computer and others as many as 15 to 1 -- and there is even a greater disparity among elementary schools, according to a dis From Educational Technology on February 26, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
South Australian Teachers lacking computer skills - JEMMA CHAPMAN, the Advertiser Only three in every five South Australian public school teachers rate themselves as having above basic level computer skills, a major survey has found. But three in every four believe they have a sound knowledge of computer programs relevant to their j From Educational Technology on February 26, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Online learning Mâori language trial - Scoop, New Zealand Waikato University is to trial a Mâori language version of its ClassForum online learning software, which supports students doing degrees online. The pilot scheme during semester A will see the new Mâori version tested by students enrolled in the postg From Online Learning Update on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
The University of the Aegean to promote online learning in Greece WebCT today announced that the University of the Aegean in Greece is implementing WebCT Vista to introduce e-learning across the university. The University will now host e-learning services to share content and information across 17 departments situate From Online Learning Update on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
ANYTIME, ANYPLACE AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: TEN EMERGING INSIGHTS - Mark David Milliron and Mary Prentice, JALN In today From Online Learning Update on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Don't Be So Fucking Fat I was just watching a documentary on BBC2. I believe it was called Diet Junkies, though I'm almost certainly wrong. Now, I knew from reading all those anti-corporate books like Fast Food Nation and No Logo that fast food companies don't give a shit about their customers -- in fact, it's pretty fucking obvious -- but I still couldn't believe the number of people who got suckered in by these bullshit diets. From kuro5hin.org on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Gambling with Gateway CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says that fear is a great motivator, which is part of the reason Gateway remains one of the more interesting computer companies to watch. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Health care's paper tiger Doctors, companies lag behind technology mandate From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Neue News-Feeds bei Golem Wer die News von Golem in die eigene Website integrieren oder in einem RSS-fähigen Client nutzen will, kann nun auf... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Anhebung der Versicherungspflichtgrenze Die Verfassungsbeschwerden zweier Unternehmen der privaten KV, die sich gegen die Erhöhung der Versicherungspflichtgrenze durch das Beitragssatzsicherungsgesetz vom 23.12.2002 wandten,... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
En Ciberp@Ãs Me acabo de enterar por Bicubic que hoy se ha publicado en Ciberp@Ãs un artÃculo sobre mi affaire con Orkut: La red social Orkut encarcela virtualmente a alguno de sus clientes (suscripción). El texto recoge fragmentos de una conversación telefónica... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 26, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Productive Blogging K-8 Rick Barter's comment on yesterday's post led me to do some digging at his Conners Emerson School site and I found some really valuable resources. It's great to see other educators thinking through this stuff to the degree Rick and his colleagues are. For instance, this page starts with One of the challenges for this grade 8 project was the setup. We had to consider many factors such as: It goes on to run throug From weblogged News on February 26, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..
Das Ergebnis intensiver Arbeit Es hat mich wieder erwischt. Slow blogging. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 26, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Writing between the lines Heard a lovely true story yesterday. A grandmother, who shall remain nameless, was watching her granddaughter learn to write on lined paper. From Monkeymagic on February 26, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..
ATutor 1.3.2 Released My favourite Open Source LMS has gotten an upgrade. The 1.3.2 release boasts the following new features: * SCORM Conformant Content Packaging: ATutor will create content packages that can be exported to other SCORM conformant systems, and ATutor can import content from those systems. * Upgraded Content Editor: A tabbed layout allows instructors to switch between the content editor, document properties, keywords/metadata editor, glossary editor, and preview screens. * New Look & Feel for Intro Pages: The login screen, browse courses, registration, and other ATutor introductory screens have been From Shootmouth on February 26, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
Wednesday: CopperCore : IMS Learning Design Engine The Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL) has released CopperCore: an IMS Learning Design engine. This Open Source package has been designed to be integrated into existing e-learning infrastructures and is available on the SourceForge CopperCore page . All of which is great but doesn't really explain what an IMS Learning Design engine is. It turns out that the engine allows you to create a learning design, or a course, and make sure that all of the resources, venues or software are available as scheduled. Still confused? Check out the OUNL's Learning Network pages . From CETIS : From Shootmouth on February 26, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
EU-Rech(t)erche im Internet Um die eigene Suche im Internet zu europäischen Themen zu erleichtern, bieten die "Nachrichten aus Brüssel" regelmäßig aktualisierte Kontaktadressen zur... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..
Finalmente habrá debate electoral Tendrá lugar, como no podÃa ser de otro modo, en Las Noticias del Guiñol, y será el martes 2 de marzo en Canal+ a las 22 hs. Ver: El debate del guiñol.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 26, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..
So, What Do Experts Need To Prepare For A Killer Web Event? From the feedback I have been receiving and the comments being posted so far the first Kolabora Live! event has been a definite breakthrough for many though our follow up and comments have all centered around issues that related to the format, style and technology utilized in the event while leaving completely out the topic we gathered together to cover:"What Experts Need To Do To Prepare A Killer Web Event". Here is my recommended action list to prepare for a killer Web event. From Robin Good's Latest News on February 26, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
EdMedia Proposal accepted As Sebastian Fiedler has announced, our joined proposal has been accepted for EdMedia 2004. From owrede_log on February 26, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Outsourcing? Try 'Insourcing' Sending telemarketing jobs overseas to places like India continues to draw fire in the United States. Now there's a pool of labor available, very cheap, right here. You just don't see them walking around town very often. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
DoubleClick Sees Rosy Ad Picture The Web marketing company predicts Internet advertising will grow at a double-digit pace over the next couple of years, taking market share from television. But the spending will still be a fraction of what is spent on TV ads. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Protein Keeps Monkeys AIDS-Free Scientists hail a discovery that they say could lead to drugs able to combat or even prevent AIDS infections in humans. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Turning Headlines Into Playthings The themes of Kuma's episodic reality games come right from the headlines, so you can hunt Saddam or search for North Korean commandos in your living room. By Bill Werde from Wired magazine. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
New Spam Filters Cut the Noise Two developers of open-source antispam software say their programs can block 99.97 percent of incoming spam -- better than what commercial products can do. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
'It's OK, I'm on the AIDS Pill' Researchers are launching studies to see if daily doses of a promising AIDS drug can prevent HIV infection in high-risk people. But the studies are already sparking debate about unsafe sex and unfair distribution. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
The Passion Inflames the Web Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ arouses debate far beyond the scope of cinema. On message boards, the conversation proves lively and troubling -- revealing much about religion's place in American culture. By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Lawmakers Alarmed by RFID Spying A technology that promises retailers better control over inventory can also leave consumers feeling watched, so legislators are beginning to hash out privacy laws. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
The Answer to Piracy: Five Bucks? Here's a bright idea from a digital rights group: Get music file sharers to pay $5 a month on top of their ISP fees to compensate the artists. Of course, the music industry hates it. Katie Dean reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on February 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Aktualisierte Datenbank zum Studienerfolg Das Wissenschaftliche Sekretariat für die Studienreform im Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (WSS) hat sein Datenbank-Angebot mit zentralen Kennzahlen der AbsolventInnen nordrhein-westfälischer Hochschulen... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..
Tod im Vorüberfahren Die Zeiten sind nicht gut für DaimlerChrysler. Der Kurs der Aktie ist im Keller, Chrysler erholt sich nicht recht, das... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..
Agregador de blogs de tecnologÃa La gente de simplelógica ha lanzado Coriolis: un agregador público de weblogs tecnológicos en castellano más una agenda de seminarios, conferencias, cursos, etc.. sobre tecnologÃas de la información en España. El agregador puede navegarse por: Agenda, Fuentes y Noticias. Ver:... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 26, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..
Awesome The digital natives, kids who grow up with computers and the Net as part of their lives, have one big advantage over me: they will be alive long after I'm dead. One place I have something they have been denied is awe. Things that appear... From Internet Time Blog on February 26, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..
A Constitutional Amendment to Bring "Clarity?" The intention of this story is to see whether a "constitutional amendment" is the right tool, or a sledgehammer, (see MSNBC) as is being used by the Bush Administration in the issue of gay marriage. Namely, is it appropriate to fiat a "constitutional amendment" to bring some "clarity" into the Gay Marriage issue? Background: Foremost, let's get this out of the way. It is a widely divisive issue. A recent nationwide CNN poll found that by a margin of 64-32, those surveyed said gay marriages should not be recognized in law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages. On a sepa From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
Regulativ des Schiedsgerichts Hamburg Wie ein Verfahren vor dem Schiedsgericht der Handelskammer Hamburg abläuft, erfahren Sie im sog. "Regulativ" vom 09.12.1948 (!) idF vom... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
New Jersey Not Laughing at Disney Joke. (1010 WINS) (TRENTON) State officials are not laughing about a New Jersey joke included in a new Disney movie and game set. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Disney and Microsoft to join panel on DVD. TOKYO Walt Disney and Microsoft was to join an industry group in Japan on Wednesday to help decide which next-generation DVD format should be used in the U.S. home video market. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Microsoft role in Comcast-Disney: Partner? Since Comcast Corp. launched its surprise bid to take over Walt Disney Co., Microsoft Corp. has been the proverbial elephant in the room: quiet, but impossible to ignore. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Calif. Pension Fund Won't Back Eisner. LOS ANGELES - Embattled Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner lost the support Wednesday of California's powerful state retirement fund, a big investor that called the company's performance "dismal." From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Disney In Court Over Nemo. French legal authorities have begun hearing a case brought by a tiny French publishing house against The Walt Disney Company (nyse: DIS). At issue is the paternity of the motherless clownfish whose animated odyssey to Sydney harbor has been a box-office bonanza. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Pooh Case Focuses on Plucked Documents. LOS ANGELES - A private investigator hired by the owners of Winnie the Pooh merchandising rights testified Wednesday that he plucked documents belonging to the Walt Disney Co. from a trash bin but never informed the entertainment giant of his activity. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Disney Touts Net Strategy, Again. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) said on Wednesday its wireless and high-speed Internet offerings would boost its Internet unit's profit margins to about 25 percent in the coming years, as part of its most ambitious strategy since folding its ill-fated dot-com venture. From Mickey News on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Social software & learning This morning the Emergent Learning Forum met in Menlo Park to ponder the convergence of learning and social software. Since most learning is informal, and most informal learning is person-to-person, how can leveraging one's ability to network with others do anything but make for... From Internet Time Blog on February 26, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Social Capital in Virtual Learning Communities and Distributed Communities of Practice From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
The Training Place, Inc. Attains Small Business Administration's 8(a) BD and SDB Status for its Personalized Training Solutions! ORO VALLEY, AZ. (PRWEB) February 9, 2004 - The Training Place, Inc (TTP), a training solutions provider helping organizations thrive in any economy, announced today that it has received 8a certification by the U.S. Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development program. Under the SBA 8(a) program, TTP is qualified to receive business development assistance and to bid on contracts that are specifically for SBA 8(a) participants for a nine-year period through February 2013. TTP was also awarded Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) status at the same time. [PRWEB Feb 26, 2004] From PR Web on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
The William E. Purkett, II Scholarship Foundaton presents the greatest fusion of Jazz and Poetry in the Southeast in Concert by Five Men On A Stool The explosive evolution of entertainment from four of the greatest Gifted and Talented individuals in the Southeast will perform for the benefit of the William E. Purkett,II Scholarship Foundaton. [PRWEB Feb 26, 2004] From PR Web on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
IdeaFisher IdeaFisher's core creativity application, in development since 1977, is a very deep but very easy to use software program that's been proven to effectively tap both short and long-term memory to help create breakthroughs using "associative thinking", and avoid ideas that might bomb. Used by the majority of the Fortune 500 and over 350,000 ad agencies, small businesses, large corporations and educational institutions, the program... [PRWEB Feb 26, 2004] From PR Web on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Teen Power Today - Today's Young People vs. Hoopla of Super Bowl Sunday Youth are often labeled as the "hope for the future," but they can also be an intrinsic part of the answer for today. Paul Murphy, author of the new novel entitled The 13th Apostle, firmly believes in the potential of youth as a result of his more than 30 years experience in public education as a teacher, principal, and superintendent of schools. [PRWEB Feb 26, 2004] From PR Web on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Columbia University Leader Condemns Racial Incidents Lee C. Bollinger condemned a series of race-related incidents on campus, including the publication of a racially offensive cartoon in a student newspaper. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
We, weblogs and learning at EdMedia 2004 Good news: our proposal for a simposia on weblogs and learning at EdMedia04 has been accepted. I'm looking forward: it's going to be a good crowd and lots of interesting conversations. For the simposia I'm preparing a paper/presentation on learning from reading weblog, but I'm not From Mathemagenic on February 26, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
Datenschutz bei Kundenkarten Das "Unabhängige Landeszentrum für Datenschutz" (ULD) hat ein Gutachten (Zusammenfassung: 8 S. PDF) zum Datenschutz bei Kundenkarten in Deutschland erstellt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
Urteilen Sie! Was der Polizist Wolfgang Daschner zur Anklage wegen seiner Folterandrohung sagen könnte: Ein immerhin denkbares Schlusswort in der heutigen ZEIT.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
Wenn der Gerichtsvollzieher klingelt Drei Millionen deutsche Haushalte sind ruiniert - so viele wie nie. Firmenpleite, Jobverluste und Ehescheidungen bringen die Lebensplannung durcheinander. Und... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 26, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
Roosevelt University Marks 10-Year Anniversary with SunGard SCT By Signing New Outsourcing and Software Agreements From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Inmarsat picks Pathlore LMS from The Matchett Group From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Sterling Bank Inks 5-Year Contract for GeoLearning's ASP-Hosted GeoExpress From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Online learning Mori language trial From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Nuclear Management Co. Selects Plateau 4 LMS to Strategically Manage Training Records and Web-based Training Across Its Enterprise From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
The American College Names Exec Director for Online Learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
GenoMed Offers Web-Based Continuing Medical Education Course For Physicians Nationwide From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Globalization is changing the higher education industry too From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee launches SREB's [Southern Regional Education Board] new Ways In Mentor Web site From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 26, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Three, Two, One: Lawsuit! 321 Studios lost badly. As SethF suggests, the worst of it was the complete rejection of the constitutional argument based on Eldred. See here for earlier discussion on that argument. As Seth said and I agreed then, unless the courts construe the argument broadly, they will be able to fall back on Corley's technological-inconven From A Copyfighter's Musings on February 26, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..
Court Says States Need Not Finance Divinity Studies The decision was a setback for advocates of using publicly financed vouchers to pay for religious school tuition. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Decline Seen in Science Applications From Overseas Bucking a trend that dates to the end of World War II, the number of foreign students applying to graduate and doctoral programs in science at American universities is declining broadly. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Worst Rates of Graduation Are in New York, Study Says Black and Latino students in New York State are less likely to finish high school on time than their counterparts anywhere else in the nation. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Schools' Media Restrictions Draw Civil Liberties Protest The New York Civil Liberties Union charged Wednesday that a city education official improperly sought to restrict school employees from speaking with reporters. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Finishing Schools Helping Prospects for N.F.L. Draft An increasing number of the N.F.L.'s top prospects are training for the annual combine by rushing from university campuses to distant workout facilities. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
Bloomberg Is Urged to End Use of Private Custodians in Schools The city uses private companies in more than 200 public schools and has solicited bids for building maintenance services in an additional 250 schools in Queens and Brooklyn. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
The Ivy-Covered Console An increasing number of scholars are turning their attention to the video game, creating graduate programs, conferences and journals devoted to game studies. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
Help Wanted: Chef to Oversee 800,000 Meals a Day That Students Will Want to Eat The Department of Education needs a culinary wizard who can get creative about menu-writing, and concoct tasty nutritious meals for under $2. From New York Times: Education on February 26, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
Thomson NETg to supply e-learning coursess to ASDA From ScotFEICT on February 26, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..
Untitled JiWire Releases Downloadable Hotspot Directory "WNN's partner JiWire releases downloadable hotspot directory with automatic updater: This site's partner in Wi-Fi news and education, JiWire, has just released its hotspot directory for Windows XP/2000/Me, Mac OS X 10.3, and Linux (Red Hat 9). The program contains a searchable list of their entire online directory, and can a From The Shifted Librarian on February 26, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Wireless Nodes of Thought One of the things I really like about Michael Stephens' Tame the Web site is that he provides firsthand reports about the implementation, maintenance, and discussions of technology in his Library. While at PLA, Michael shares his thoughts about public librarians and technology, expressing the need for us to get unwired. Elsewhere, Aaron Schmid From The Shifted Librarian on February 26, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Phoning in PLA I'll be interested to see if any of the bloggers at PLA notice more cameraphones. Sheree has hers in tow, and she's already sent me three pictures. We'll see if she keeps it up during the conference itself. From The Shifted Librarian on February 26, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Wikipedia publishes 500,000 articles in 50 languages February 25, 2004 (The Internet): Wikipedia (Wikipedia.org), a volunteer-created, multi-language encyclopedia, announced today that the project has reached a milestone of 500,000 articles, spread across 50 different languages. From kuro5hin.org on February 26, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Protecting music by destroying records? Online protesters vs. the music industry It was supposed to be a musical experiment when last december Brian Burton, aka 'DJ Danger Mouse' from White Plains, NY began remixing a contemporary rap album, Jay-Z's 'Black Album' with the 1968 'White Album' by the Beatles. On one hand, this turned into an interesting musical piece of work and a big media affair on the other: 'EMI Group', who are controlling rights to all Beatles Music owned by Capitol Records Incorporated, started sending 'cease and desist' letters to Danger Mouse himself, record stores and online shops like FatBeat From kuro5hin.org on February 26, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Semel toys with an ad-free Yahoo CEO Terry Semel says the portal--whose fortunes depend on selling online advertising--could some day offer versions without ads. From CNET News.com on February 26, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Babycakes Ok, first read the warning label in the orange ellipse to be puzzled, if not outright disturbed. Then notice the little baby doll decorations and be relieved.... From Joho the Blog on February 26, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
CLs, ACSs, VCLs, and Other Acronyms That Need Defining With the EFF releasing its P2P white paper on voluntary collective licensing, I think it's time we started talking terminology. There are a lot of acronyms associated with various copyright policy solutions, many of which are distinct but used interchangeably. So let's try to sort them out together. Here're some that I've picked up on - let me know what I'm missing and what I've got wrong. Compulsory licensing refers to any situation in which, by statute or other governmenta From A Copyfighter's Musings on February 26, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..
The new way to videoconference From Robin Good at Kolabora: Cluetrain Style: First Large Live Videoconferencing Event Makes Impending Socio-Technical Shifts Self-Evident If there is something unique to say about the first Kolabora Live! online event, is that it was absolutely unlike any other Internet event I have been before.... From Internet Time Blog on February 26, 2004 at 12:49 a.m..
Passion memorabilia How'd I miss this press release announcing that "Bob Siemon Designs is manufacturing and distributing officially licensed products for Mel Gibson's new film 'The Passion of the Christ'"? Available are lapel pins and pocket reminders that feature a "beautiful rendition of the Cross from the movie." At least they don't have a sticker across them saying, "As seen in Mel Gibson's 'The Passion'!" Well, I suppose Mel has to make a buck somehow since the movie didn't have a lot of opportunities for product placements.... From Joho the Blog on February 26, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..
The Study of Video Games The New York Times has a technology article about what happens when academics discover video games. Ludology, the theory of video games, is the name of a new academic field that seeks to explore concepts behind video games. I glanced... From .NET Undocumented on February 25, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..
Walt Mossberg Like Vonage Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal may be the most influential newpaper writer when it comes to technology. Why? Because when he writes it means volumes in business if he gives it a thumbs up. He did for Vonage.... From Kolabora.com on February 25, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..
OA publishing overview from PLoS The Public Library of Science has summarized its experience as an OA publisher in a white paper, Publishing Open-Access Journals, February 2004. Excerpt: "There are many different paths to producing a journal, either online or in print, with a tremendously wide spectrum of costs that can be generated or avoided during the publishing process. The aggregate cost of shepherding manuscripts through peer review, preparing selected papers for publishing, and finally disseminating articles dep From FOS News on February 25, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Where Mobile Communicators are Heading The Register's Andrew Orlowski, who can't be getting much sleep at the giant 3GSM World Congress, a gathering for the mobile phone and communications industry, has posted stories about two of the most interesting devices that are scheduled to hit the market this year. One article covers the new Danger Hiptop, and the other looks at Nokia's Communicator 9500. Gadget hounds will drool. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 25, 2004 at 11:46 p.m..
IBM urges Sun to make Java open source In an open letter, Big Blue offers to work with Sun on establishing a project to make Java open source. From CNET News.com on February 25, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
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