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New software allows access to streaming music service without turning on a computer - Associated Press
Music lovers can sample songs over the Internet without turning on a personal computer in a first-of-a-kind offering that could help popularize the concept of streaming music. Unlike digital music files that are bought and downloaded for portable playback From Techno-News Blog on September 28, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

Apple iPhone Clues in iTunes 7 - Red Herring
Analyst is convinced an iPhone is imminent, citing evidence in the latest iTunes software.An Apple analyst said Friday there is further proof the computer company will soon make its own iTunes-enabled cell phone. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said in From Techno-News Blog on September 28, 2006 at 10:50 p.m..

How to Burn a Three Terabyte CD - Kate Greene, Technology Review
As gigabytes of movies, pictures, audio, and text fill up more and more CDs and DVDs, there's clearly a need for better ways to save more data. A research team at Harvard University has developed a technique that could help to significantly boost the capa From Techno-News Blog on September 28, 2006 at 9:49 p.m..

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Detained Toiletry Defacer Spills
A flyer who says he was detained for defacing his plastic bag of toiletries at an airport security checkpoint explains why he wrote that the government honcho responsible for the anti-liquids policy is an idiot. In 27B Stroke 6. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..

Coming Very Zune Now
Microsoft's music player will hit stores in time for the holidays with an iPod-like price tag. In Gear Factor. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Get your paddles on this YouTube
The first segment, about where new words come from, is particularly entertaining. I also enjoyed the business bib. [Tags: humor]... From Joho the Blog on September 28, 2006 at 5:49 p.m..

Steve Hargadon - Interviews with Maddog Hall and John Selmys - K12 OpenSource Webcasts
From Steve Hargadon: "This week I've spoken to Jon "maddog" Hall and John Selmys about Free and Open Source Software in schools... Maddog (and he told me only his mom calls him Jon) is the Executive Director of Linux International, and even though I was struggling with a flu bug, he did a great job of succinctly communicating the value of Free and Open Source Software in education." Note that this link opens an MP3 audio recording. For more good stuff, see the weblog. [Li From OLDaily on September 28, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Chris O'Neal - A Teacher's Tour of YouTube - Edutopia
Cool - and a natural. Edutopia discovers YouTube. "What makes it so powerful is also what makes it a tricky tool to use with ease. There are great discussions and commentary on many of the video clips, but those discussions are, for the most part, completely unfiltered and only mildly moderated." [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on September 28, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Brent - Pedagogy of the Compressed
"Brent ( TALO ) speaks with Alex about creative commons, wiki educator, wiki-versity, schisms, converged technologies, pedagogy and user generated micro-cology." The title really kind of captures it, too. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on September 28, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Marg O'Connell - Flexible Learning and Educational Design
Marg O'Connell joined us in Wellington. This links to her (unfortunately sparse) blog. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs] [Comment] From OLDaily on September 28, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Various authors - Recent Posts Tagged
There hnas been a lot of media recorded here in New Zealand over the last week, and a lot of the video has been uploaded here, including something called One, by Alex Hayes (I haven't seen it yet), an interview with Teemu before he went back to Finland, Leigh Blackall talking with Rose and Marg on interactive podcasts, Steven Parker with Stanley and Jo Kay on Second Life. P.S. Steven (who has OLDaily on September 28, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

HP Pretexters Not So Chatty
Three former Hewlett-Packard employees and six private investigators take the Fifth in hearings on their phone records access. The head of the congressional committee says he's never seen anything like it. In 27B Stroke 6. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

Mixed Views on Diesel Hybrids
Citroen shows off a car with a diesel engine and electric motors, in Paris, while Toyota says pairing the technology is too costly. In Autopia. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 1:46 p.m..

Lewd Game Opens Old Wounds
Chinese gamers react angrily to a Japanese video game they say besmirches the heroine of a classic Chinese novel. Whether it does or not, this latest cross-cultural tiff does nothing to help the historically lousy relations between these two Asian nations. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 1:46 p.m..

Google OpenCourseWare
The Google OpenCcourseWare search capability provides for a course search across OpenCourseWare sites. The site is maintained by David Wiley and includes a listing of the affiliated OCW institutions. (Thanks to the Development Gateway for this reference.) ____JH From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on September 28, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

DOEP (Daily Open-Ended Puzzle) (intermittent): Names now wrong
This is from Michael O'Connor Clarke who recalls trying to explain why pipe cleaners are called "pipe cleaners" to a six year old who had never seen anyone smoking. He wonders if there are "other examples of things still in everyday use whose names refer back to functions long since rendered obsolete." (A quibble: Pipe cleaners are still used to clean pipes, just not as often as twenty years ago.) Keep in mind that even though this is supposedly an open-ended puzzle, I'm not looking for words whose etymology refers to something obsolete, but words that have current plain-text meaning From Joho the Blog on September 28, 2006 at 8:46 a.m..

Request for feature: Screen bottom marker
When I'm reading something online that takes more than a screen, I find that I highlight a line near the bottom before I scroll so I can orient myself quickly on the new screen. Therefore, it might be useful if my software did that for me automatically. I can imagine (but, alas, cannot write) a Firefox extension that highlights the bottom line of the main frame (well, ok, so we've hit a snag here) whenever a page is scrolled. Just thinking out loud... [Tags: firefox ereading wishlist]... From Joho the Blog on September 28, 2006 at 8:46 a.m..

Zack Exley on organizing through trust
Zack Exley was one of the leaders of MoveOn.org, and was in charge of the Net side of Kerry's presidential campaign. But in what he's just posted about the nature of grassroots leadership he draws primarily on what he learned as a union organizer during most of the '90s. His Organizers' Guide to Trusting People works on several levels: It's a pragmatic guide, it's an exhortation to trust the people, it's an indictment of progressives' arrogance, it points to a grand strategy, and it's rooted in Zack's hands-on experience as a real-world organiz From Joho the Blog on September 28, 2006 at 8:46 a.m..

Blockheads Take Up Lightsabers
A second run-through of the Star Wars galaxy, Lego-style, is a blast, if not exactly taxing. Hey, play with your wife or your cellmate -- it's all good. By Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

The Rise of Ebaum's World
Eric Bauman made big bucks posting other people's gross-out videos to his website. Now the geeks whose clips he swiped on the way up are trying to knock him down. By David Kushner from Wired magazine. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Ah, the Warmth of Human Contact
Electronic communication is nearly instantaneous, essentially wiping out time and distance. But what is being said using all this marvelous technology? That's what really matters. Commentary by Tony Long. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Get Rich (or at Least Paid) Quick
A search startup comes up with a system for compensating its web workers instantly, an idea that's aimed at the internet's growing casual work force. By Michael Calore. From Wired News on September 28, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

State Orders 2-Year College to Close Doors
State officials said their action reflected their efforts to become more vigilant in overseeing commercial colleges. From New York Times: Education on September 28, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

On Campus, Finding Face Time in a Virtual Age
College students rediscover a model of living popular in the 1960's. From New York Times: Education on September 28, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

As 2 Bushes Try to Fix Schools, Tools Differ
Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida has been speaking out about the No Child Law Behind law, mixing dollops of praise with measured criticisms and taking an occasional potshot. From New York Times: Education on September 28, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

Mobiles put the web in your hands - Dan Simmons, BBC
For the mobile industry, waiting for people to use the net via their phone has been like waiting for a bus that never comes. Even though a huge number of mobile phones in use can access the internet, and after the launch of faster third-generation (3G) d From Techno-News Blog on September 27, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..

iPod fans 'shunning iTunes store' - BBC
Despite the success of Apple iTunes, few people stock their iPod with tracks from the online store, reports a study. The Jupiter Research report says that, on average, only 20 of the tracks on an iPod will be from the iTunes shop. Far more important to From Techno-News Blog on September 27, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..

Muted welcome for Microsoft Zune - Mark Ward, BBC News website
Microsoft will spend millions marketing the Zune player. It has been a busy week for music, mobile devices and movies, and Microsoft has added to the furore with the launch of its Zune player. The company intends to launch the gadget and its associated From Techno-News Blog on September 27, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..