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Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 14, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

A savvier breed of missionary student
'God on the Quad' author Naomi Schaefer Riley discusses religious colleges and their graduates' futures. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Harvard (finally) gets a passport
The venerable university finds new enthusiasm for sending its students abroad. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Animal dorm
Stephens College hopes allowing pets will help ease the stress of college life. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Needed in class: a few good men
The number of male teachers in the US hits a 40-year low. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

A Film For, By and About Bloggers: Open Source, P2P, Folksonomy-enabled, TheWeblogProject Is Here!
"What's a 'blog'?" "What do 'bloggers' do?" "'Blogging' - what's that?" "Where's the 'blogosphere' exactly?" If you're a blogger, and have been brave enough to reveal that intimate fact to friends and family, what's their reaction been? It's very likely...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 14, 2005 at 10:04 p.m..

Malware Removal Free Tool: More Good Help From Microsoft
If you run Microsoft's Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 operating systems on your PC and have enabled the 'Automatic Update' function, you may have recently noticed, amongst the deluge of alerts, a notice from Microsoft recommending that...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 14, 2005 at 10:04 p.m..

The RSS NewsMaster's Toolkit Is Out
I have finally released online the newest edition of the RSS NewsMaster Toolkit. This is a 60-plus pages mini-guide providing full guidance to the production process required to create automatically aggregated vertical news feeds, and topic-specific information sites by leveraging...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 14, 2005 at 10:04 p.m..

Gaming-Generation Impact On Business Office Culture: What A Good Playing Attitude Can Do To Your Workplace
Are gamer employees different?   This is the question John Beck and Mitchell Wade answer in Got Game, How the Gamer Generation is Reshaping Business Forever. Photo credit: Liany Cavalaro They argue that yes, employees who grew up with Nintendo,...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 14, 2005 at 10:04 p.m..

Making Money With Your Blog: Amazon Ads
Here's a short (17") but very interesting conversation with Vishal Parikh, the main behind Search4RSS.com and the Podcast Jukebox. Vishal has just released a first public free version of his Amazon Ads web-based service allowing anyone with a site, to...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 14, 2005 at 10:04 p.m..

Svi Shapiro's Paper with underlining and emboldening.
Summary: I'm sharing the final passage of a recent article by Svi Shapiro for Tikkun Magazine. I do this in order to note his spiritually notes on educational reform. Total article, Shapiro, Svi, Education and Moral Values: Seeking a New Bottom Line, Tikkun (3/3/2005), is accessible here Shapiro counsels critical engagement and deep reform. His reforms would place students in the middle of making a caring and just world. His arguments are well worth your time. I of From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 14, 2005 at 10:03 p.m..

How Things Start to Go Mainstream
RSS: Yahoo! Toolbar (IE) Adds Auto-Detect of RSS Feeds&ampldquo;The Mozilla version of Yahoo! Toolbar has had this feature, and now the Yahoo!-created version for IE also automitcally detects RSS feed links on a page, and offers a one-click method of installing that feed on your My Yahoo! page.&amprdquo; [The RSS Weblog]Podcasting: The Shifted Librarian on March 14, 2005 at 10:02 p.m..

Working Draft: Timed Text Distribution Profile
2005-03-14: The Timed Text (TT) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of the Timed Text (TT) Authoring Format 1.0 Distribution Format Exchange Profile (DFXP). The format enables authors and authoring systems to interchange style, layout and timing associated with text. DFXP helps to transform and distribute subtitles and captions to legacy systems. Visit the Synchronized Multimedia home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on March 14, 2005 at 10:01 p.m..

del.icio.us: the screencast
You had to know this was coming. Today's five-minute screencast is a whirlwind tour of del.icio.us from my own perspective as a power user. ... From Jon's Radio on March 14, 2005 at 10:01 p.m..

Don't Waste Your Money on Team Building Programs
Executive goals typically include increasing a team atmosphere in a corporate culture. However, many programs available to help in this process may be a waste of time and money. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

ACT ◊ Houston - at Dallas Starts Classes for Those Interested in Becoming Certified Teachers
ACT ◊ Houston-at Dallas is an alternative certification for teachers program expanding into Dallas. ACT -at Dallas is starting their spring secession on March 28th at the Texans CAN Academy. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

March 10th Capitol Hill Event Honors Music Education Champions
Tom Chapin and the Jeep® Brand Praised by MENC: The National Association for Music Education for Outstanding Contributions to Music Education [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Online Career Training Options Increasing - Miami University Hamilton Offers Adults New Ways to Improve Careers; Start New Ones
In response to overwhelming interest in online, career training certificate programs, Miami University and other well-known institutions have expanded their course offerings to accommodate what are considered 'hot trend' areas. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Allegheny Child Care Academy is Now Brightside Academy
After 12 years, Allegheny Child Care Academy has changed names to Brightside Academy [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Free Parenting Seminars Hosted by Borders Book Store
Borders Book Stores (http://www.bordersstores.com) will be hosting a series of free in-store parenting seminars in conjunction with one of the world's leading authorities on parenting and child development, Dr. William Maxwell, Ed.D., Harvard. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Brandon Realtor and Foreclosure Expert - Tampa Bay Leading Seller of Bank Owned Foreclosures - Free MLS and Much More at TampaREOman.com
If you want to buy Brandon real estate, look no further. Jesse Smith is the Brandon Realtor that knows Hillsborough and Pinellas county like the back of his hand. Go to www.TampaREOman.com . [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Eurovision Song about Friendship Beyond the Grave Arrives in America after Surprise Success in Scandinavia.
CD Baby Distributes Finnish Ballad That Spoke to Millions Who Have Lost a Friend. Libraries, Archives and Collectors Hoard Remaining Copies of Unique Album. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Next Generation Daycare Opens in Glastonbury
Recently opened in Glastonbury, CT, Klub Kid is the first center in the area to provide secure live daycare cameras to parents. Prospective parents can tour the facility at http://www.klubkidinc.com. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

e-Learning DevCon 2005 Receives Four Star Rating from Training Media Review
Rapid Intake, Inc, (www.rapidintake.com) the e-learning development company that organizes and hosts e-Learning DevCon (www.elearndevcon.com), the annual e-learning developers conference, has announced that the conference received a four star rating from the independent reviewing organization Training Media Review (TMR, www.tmreview.com). A four star rating is the highest possible rating awarded by TMR. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

HealthMark Multimedia Announces Grant from NIH to Develop Onlined Informed Consent for Clinical Trials
HealthMark Multimedia, LLC, has been awarded a National Cancer Institute Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to produce an online product to facilitate clinical trial investigators in the development of informed consent documents and a media-enhanced information and educational support toward greater informed consent for potential clinical trial subjects. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Farlex, Inc. Expands Content, Adds Columbia Encyclopedia to TheFreeDictionary.com
Farlex, Inc., announced a significant update of its flagship website, TheFreeDictionary.com. The content from the Columbia Encyclopedia is now available on the Internet's largest reference portal. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Compensatory Hyperhidrosis After Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy
Dumont et al(1) again raise the issue of compensatory sweating (CH) after thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis, but leave unanswered the basic question of whether the specific level of sympathectomy influences the frequency and severity of CH. Are there different rates and severities of CH between sympathectomies at T2 alone, T3 alone, T2-3 combined, T2-4 combined, or T3-4 combined? No study has definitively shown a difference, and it is likely that the incidence of CH at the various levels acceptance of CH is appropriate patient selection for the procedure. The patient's pre-and From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Toronto's Irrigation by Design Launches Education Based Web Site for Consumers
Maybe you are contemplating investing in a lawn irrigation system for your home, but don't know exactly where to get the information to make an informed decision. Perhaps you've decided that this is the year you finally have a sprinkler system professionally installed for your landscape, but don't know what to expect from an irrigation contractor nor do you know just how a system works. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Three Steps to Portable e-Learning in Dublin
An international conference and research seminar on e-learning will take place in Dublin on 31 March and 1 April, organised by the Association for Learning Technology. Entitled, "Reflective learning, future thinking", the conference will bring together tutors, support staff, researchers, developers and e-learning content managers to discuss how to make lifelong e-learning a reality. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Four Local Students Move on to Compete in Junior Achievement of Wisconsin's Second Annual Statewide Business Challenge
Home-schooled students swept the top prizes at the Racine District Junior Achievement Business Challenge. [PRWEB Mar 13, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

The National Anthem Project Launches Today From Nation's Capital
The National Anthem Project, a multi-year effort to re-teach Americans "The Star-Spangled Banner," launched today in Washington, D.C. The national education campaign is led by the National Association for Music Education (MENC). Mrs. Laura Bush serves as Honorary Chairperson. [PRWEB Mar 13, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

This Upcoming School Year Start Your Student Off in the Right Internet Direction Dollarsmax.com
From only $8.95* per year Dollarsmax.com is offering student discounts on all domain names which come with one year free hosting account and services your students need to maintain thier,students and teachers can now afford their own website for this up coming school year one that he or she can use to express them self's keep up with classmates, start a study group, chat online or exchange information with you using their own web site and domain names. thier name johnTCHS.com or annmccc.com, Teachers imagine your stundents having thier own web site to post homework and interact online. [P From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

"Webucation--PassPort to Prosperity"
Everyday people are raking in $1,000.00 - $4,500.00 in a single day by tapping into the next great growth opportunity- Webucation. [PRWEB Mar 13, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Primary Research Group has Released a New Study: Best Practices of Public Library Information Technology Directors, ISBN: 1-57440-073-8
This special report from Primary Research Group is based on exhaustive interviews with information technology directors and other critical staff involved in IT decision-making from the Princeton Public Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Evansville Public Library, Santa Monica Public Library, Boston Public Library, Columbus Metropolitan Public Library, San Francisco Public Library, Seattle Public Library, and the Denver Public Library. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Reduce Risk: Rent A Plasma Flat Screen Display
Rentacomputer.com, a pioneer in computer and network rentals, has expanded its rental product line to include the top flat screen plasma displays from BenQ, Hitachi, JVC, NEC, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sony, Sharp, ViewSonic, and Zenith. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

NBC's The Apprentice: "Book Smarts" Scores Hole-in-One -- "Street-Smarts" in the Hole - "Earn $100,000 With Your High School Education" Author Reveals Why and Predicts "Net Worth" Loss
Down 3 wins to 4 on NBC's The Apprentice, "street smart" Net Worth loses their second challenge in a row to "book smart" Magna in what has been a back-and-forth battle for the title. Did higher education prove more powerful than street savvy in building a successful miniature golf operation? In his book, career expert Jim Read identifies the fundamental weakness that cost the "street smart" "New Worth" the victory and gives 3 valuale lessons to ensure success in the workplace. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Unique Barcelona City Break Takes On Language Barrier
don Quijote launches 3-day Spanish Course with Bed and Breakfast. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Training Company Offering Drug Abuse Training for Supervisors over the Internet
Training is offered over the internet for busy managers to teach them how to recognize and deal with drug and alcohol abuse by employees. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Stress Management Seminar Offers Long-Term Stress Relief in the Workplace
An innovative stress management program for workers combines an engaging two-hour stress reduction workshop with ongoing email support to achieve long-term success in coping with stress. More at: http://www.stressholiday.com/stress-workshop [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005] From PR Web on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

>c4m
So I wrote a piece in Wired about the IP wars and music. My argument was we needed fewer voices like mine, and more voices like Tweedy's. Wired liked that, and decided they needed to arrange an event with more of my voice. Who am I to say no? From Lessig Blog on March 14, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Tutorial Voucher Initiative Contract for South Australia
The South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services, the Catholic Education Office of South Australia and the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia have jointly been selected to deliver the pilot Tutorial Voucher Initiative in South Australia whereby parents and caregivers who have been advised that their child was below the national Year 3 reading benchmark in 2003 can apply to receive a tutorial voucher of $700 (exclusive of GST), per eligible child, for individual reading tuition outside of school hours. From EdNA Online on March 14, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

EdNA Groups Now Available
EdNA Groups is a new online service developed by education.au limited for the EdNA Online project to facilitate and support communication and collaboration between members of the Australian education and training community.EdNA Groups provides free collaborative workspaces to support teaching, learning and research for all sectors of education and training. Each Group receives a space in which they can choose from a range of tools to facilitate communication and collaboration. For example, they can set up web forums and live chats; share web-links, files and images; create web pages and wi From EdNA Online on March 14, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

Overload for the wireless industry?
Instant messaging, ring tones and other services have cell phone industry scrambling to keep up. From CNET News.com on March 14, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

FCC: 'Desperate Housewives' promo not indecent after all
A mildly steamy locker-room intro from ABC's Monday Night Football isn't "indecent" after all, the Federal Communications Commission decided Monday. [Missing Links] From CNET News.com on March 14, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

Storage software market on the upswing
The market grew by 15 percent in the last quarter, according to a report. EMC and IBM remain on top of the heap. From CNET News.com on March 14, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

Can Firefox outfox IE in browser wars?
Microsoft's security problems have left an opening for upstarts like Firefox and could lead to other products taking market share from the software giant, say experts at Wharton. From CNET News.com on March 14, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs
Bot nets, or networks of compromised PCs, are increasingly being used for identity theft and to install spyware, a new report says. From CNET News.com on March 14, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

Web personalization, and how TiVo learns (Seb Paquet)
Michael Pazzani gave a course on Web personalization at UC Irvine this winter, and has made allsome of his slides available online. Topics covered include user profiling and collaborative filtering. Recommender systems such as Amazon and TiVo are examined. There’s... From Corante: Social Software on March 14, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..

Gone to the dogs
Every once in a while you run across something that makes the internet all worthwhile. Gone to the dogs... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 14, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

Report on "Achieving Success in Internet-Supported Learning"
http://www.a-hec.org/e-learning_study.html This report by Rob Abel aims to detail some of the "Common Factors and Best Practices of Institutions that have Been Successful at e-Learning" and serve as a counterpoint to last year's more negative "Thwarted Innovation" report by Zemsky and Massy. I'm sure some will take issue with it, but many of its findings seem reasonable enough - institutions that "do well" at elearning see it as critical to their mi From EdTechPost on March 14, 2005 at 8:51 p.m..

More Female Podcasters
My "Women in Podcasting List" continues to grow. Please check it out if you haven't done so already, and let me know about any female hosted/cohosted podcast shows I don't already have listed. Here are the most recent additions to my list... From Contentious Weblog on March 14, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

Hiawatha on Apple scum
Hiawatha Bray has an excellent column in the Boston Globe today explaining just what's wrong with Apple's suit against a fan who blogged about an upcoming product. Nicholas Ciarelli published information given to him by Apple employees. Hiawatha asks: "What would happen if Apple employees sent their secrets to me, and I made them the subject of next week's column. Would Apple sue The Boston Globe? We should be so lucky. No, Apple decided to tee off on a 19-tear-old kid, hoping to make an example of him. It's a bonehead play... Maybe Apple has forgotten how much of its... From Joho the Blog on March 14, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

My New Recommended Reading Lists
The more I use the social bookmarking tool del.icio.us, the more I'm getting to like it – especially when it saves me work. One task I'm particularly compulsive about is sharing with CONTENTIOUS readers links to interesting sites, articles, tools, and books. For awhile I'd been presenting these as my "grab bag" articles, but that process was too labor-intensive for me to maintain. So now I've figured out how to use del.icio.us to keep you up to date on all the cool content I'm encouraging you to explore... From Contentious Weblog on March 14, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Paid vs. Free: The Debate That Never Ends
Much is being written today about Katharine Seelye's article in the New York Times, "Can Papers End the Free Ride Online?" There's much teeth-nashing in the piece, as newspaper types ponder whether to charge for content and what types of content.This is an old debate, dating back to when I first got involved in online journalism 11 years ago. Frankly, I find it a bit depressing, because as I see it, we're heading into an era when free access for the consumer is necessary for a gene From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 14, 2005 at 6:53 p.m..

Shelley's proposal
Shelley's has finished her proposal for a travel book called One Ticket, Please. You can get a taste here. It's not your run of the mill travel book. No surprise: She's taken some beautiful photos.... From Joho the Blog on March 14, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

John Udell's Wikipedia Demo
As I'm still immersed in wikimania I came across this amazing deconstruction by John Udell of the Wikipedia entry on "Heavy Metal Umlaut". If you really want to understand the inner workings of the collaborative construction of content revolution that we are watching happen right before our very eyes, run, don't walk, to his presentation and be amazed. Great stuff... From weblogged News on March 14, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

Media Multitasking Kids
A new, widely reported study on kids and media from the Kaiser Family Foundation says they're spending over 6 hours a day engaged with some type of media and that for more than a quarter of that time they are using more than one medium at a time. Sheesh. TV, unfortunately, is still the king of all media (nearly four hours a day including videos and dvds) with just over an hour a day spent on the computer. Also, 86% of kids live in a home with a computer. Good, but still not good enough. From weblogged News on March 14, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

Vodafone offers Wireless Office solution
German mobile operator Vodafone D2 has launched a 'Wireless Office' service, allowing the complete substitution of landlines. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

RIM adds Yahoo Messenger to BlackBerry
The Yahoo Messenger service on the BlackBerry platform is to allow users to send and receive instant messages, have multiple conversations at once, participate in online conferences and send and view emoticons. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Nokia y los bloguers
Acabo de recibir de regalo el Nokia 7710 bajo el Programa Premier (1.500 evaluadores seleccionados en todo el mundo, 100 en España). Se trata de probarlo y luego rellenar un cuestionario. No hay ninguna otra condición. Enrique Dans y Juan... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 14, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Grand Central Communication's Business Services Network
https://network.grandcentral.com/en/home/index.jsp Via Loosely Coupled - this has got to be significant, a company seems to think it can make a go of "application integration as a hosted service." The current list of service providers is relatively small but a start - the well-known suspects like Amazon.com, eBay, Google, and PayPal but others like gelco, salesforce.com and StrikeIron. Hey bloggers - TAKE THE WEEKENDS OFF! Seriously, you all are generating just WAY From EdTechPost on March 14, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

sxsw: daniel pink on "a whole new mind" (Liz Lawley)
Daniel Pink starts out this session by saying that he’s giving the whole audience a copy of his new book A Whole New Mind. The publisher won’t let him sell copies ‘til next week, but he can give them away…and... From Corante: Social Software on March 14, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

IA Summit statements
Feeling like I've been there. Thanks to Seb.Compiled at Seb's Open Research: "Theory of meta-design. Systems must 1) Evolve, therefore can't be completely designed prior to use; 2) Be designed for evolution; 3) Evolve at the hands of the users. [...] Q. Standards vs. patterns vs. guidelines vs. best practices - what's the difference? A. Patterns can be cross-referenced. You can have one big pat From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 14, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..

Microsoft to acquire Groove Networks
Software giant Microsoft is to acquire virtual office company Groove Networks to create anytime, anywhere collaboration products and services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Siemens offers anti-virus solution for medical technology
Siemens Medical Solutions has launched an anti-virus programme that aims to help shield medical systems from virus attacks. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Crédito y Caución implements IP voice technology
The project integrates voice and data transmission across the company, its services and the 25,000 companies which use Crédito y Caución to manage their trade risk through the network. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Marconi, Airspan to deliver WiMAX products
UK telecoms company Marconi and broadband access firm Airspan have signed a contract under which both companies are to re-sell each other's products. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Estudios
Blogads: Blog reader survey March 2005 Journalism.org: The State of the News Media 2005 Sifry's Alerts: State of The Blogosphere, March 2005, Part 1: Growth of Blogs Ver también: BlogTalks 2004 e Historia de los weblogs.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 14, 2005 at 4:51 p.m..

After about a year, I finally got my peer review b ...
After about a year, I finally got my peer review back for my master's project, (Interactive Instructional Designer)I am pleased with the way it came out - and it once again is reminding me to add in/finish some additional features that I think should be in it.I am also interested in how I can get additional instructional designers to provide their wisdom to the project. Based off of the questions in the survey (or, what additional questions need to be added), what heuristics From blog.IT on March 14, 2005 at 3:58 p.m..

Google News adds personalization
Google News, still in beta, has just offered a customization feature.  This lets you move sections around, cut or add predefined sections, and make some of your own.  Here's a sample:... From MANE IT Network on March 14, 2005 at 3:58 p.m..

Virgin Mobile to trial Zi Corp predictive content indexing technology
Zi Corporation's predictive text and content indexing technology, Qix, will be bundled with Virgin Mobile's Nokia 6630 handsets in the spring. The technology's interactive memory remembers user data, including new URL bookmarks and called numbers for future presentation. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Danish technology minister calls for immediate re-auction of fourth 3G licence
Danish science, technology and innovation minister, Helge Sander, said last week the auction must take place 'as soon as possible'. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Czech regulator delays 3G roll-out deadline
Eurotel and T-Mobile now have until 1 January, 2007, to deliver 3G mobile services to the Czech capital. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Skype-Out hits 1m Users
Skype's VoIP to PSTN for local rates service, Skype out, has registered some 1m users, the company has announced. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Quantifying democracy
Joi wonders if the world has gotten more democratic since 9/11, a topic discussed at the Atocha memorial forum. Tough question. I think I'd say: More democracies, less democratic. More voting, less liberty.... From Joho the Blog on March 14, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Slashdot | AIM's New Terms Of Service
You defn. should use Jabber instead of the proprietary IM-services. But check a Jabber server's terms of service too or even better use encryption. You never know.Slashdot | AIM's New Terms Of Service: "AOL has posted new terms of service for AIM, that include the right for AOL to use anything and everything you send through AI From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 14, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

Drinking Game Can Be a Deadly Rite of Passage
The "power hour" tradition involves 21-year-olds going to a bar at midnight on their birthdays and trying to down 21 shots in the hour or so before the bar closes. From New York Times: Education on March 14, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

How Public High School Students Fared in Five Subjects
New York City's four-year high-school graduation rate rose last year, to 54.3 percent from 53.4 percent in 2003. Regents test scores also improved slightly. From New York Times: Education on March 14, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

China Plans to Cut School Fees for Its Poorest Rural Students
The move comes in response to criticism that the education system is increasingly corrupt and discriminates against poor rural students. From New York Times: Education on March 14, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Amid the Usual Nail-Biting, Warming Up to a New SAT
In what some observers call the most sweeping changes to the SAT since it was first given in the 1920's, the test has been revamped. From New York Times: Education on March 14, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Fred C. Burke, 79, Is Dead; Education Chief in Trenton
Fred G. Burke oversaw sweeping changes in the financing and accountability of public schools as the commissioner of education for Rhode Island and New Jersey. From New York Times: Education on March 14, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Ante Up at Dear Old Princeton: Online Poker Is a Campus Draw
Televised poker championships and a proliferation of online poker games have caused a gambling revolution at the nation's colleges. From New York Times: Education on March 14, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Deep in the Closet
I am proud to be an American. Having said that, there is a lot about my country I am also ashamed of. Perhaps a shining example of that shame would be one Senator Rick Santorum. That a shitstain like this could ever hold public office as high as he does is a travesty that does not reflect well on my country. Now, before you object to me calling the eminent gentleman a shitstain, well, I must inform you that I am being completely accurate in my choice of words according to the very serious, very scholarly, very staid American Dialect Society. I am, of course, referring to the literal definitio From kuro5hin.org on March 14, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Court rules UK ISPs must disclose names of file-sharers
A further 31 UK uploaders are about to be sued by the BPI for uploading music files to peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

2dayuk to manage Hollyoaks mobile content
UK mobile media content provider 2dayuk Ltd has signed an agreement with production company Mersey Television that will see it manage mobile content from teen soap opera Hollyoaks, which is to be made available to mobile subscribers in the UK and New Zealand. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Welsh school tackles mobile 'bullying'
A Welsh high school is banning students bringing mobile phones to school in an attempt to stamp out bullying by text message. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 14, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Nightline on blogging
Last night I finally saw the ABC Nightline on blogging that was broadcast last Tuesday. I liked it a lot. I know it was so basic that the reporter, John Donvan, explained what a link is, but not everyone in the country uses the Web. Just think about what the report didn't do: It didn't say that bloggers are journalists, just not as ethical or competent. It didn't focus on A-List bloggers. Not a one. It didn't say that blogging is important because bloggers brought down Rather, etc. It mentioned those take-downs, but then put them in the larger context... From Joho the Blog on March 14, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Do You Speak Tech?
The technology industry never had it easy explaining technical concepts in plain language, but some at Hanover's CeBIT technology fair don't even seem to be trying. "SAN extension over MAN/WAN" is on offer as well as "knowledge automation infrastructure" From Techno-News Blog on March 14, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

New RSS Submission Sites Added
We have recently expanded the list of RSS directories that accept RSS feed submissions. In order to maximize your feeds exposure be sure to list to all the new RSS directories listed on RSS Specification Submission List. From RSS Blog on March 14, 2005 at 11:59 a.m..

Browser Wars: Will Firefox Burn Explorer? - Wharton
Battling browsers are back. Just as in the 1990s, when Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape's Navigator fought each other for supremacy, today Mozilla's Firefox browser is trying to gain traction over IE. This latest skirmish, however, goes bey From Techno-News Blog on March 14, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Plugging into the future - Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff
You're going to plug my phone into . . . what? When it comes to marketing new Internet telephony services to consumers outside the first wave of bargain-hunting technophiles, figuring out a way to answer just how ''voice over Internet protocol" works is j From Techno-News Blog on March 14, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66883,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
The technology industry never had it easy explaining technical concepts in plain language, but some at Hanover's CeBIT technology fair don't even seem to be trying. "SAN extension over MAN/WAN" is on offer as well as "knowledge automation infrastructure" From Techno-News Blog on March 14, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Do You Speak Tech?
When vendors gather to show off the latest innovations in their repertoire, they forget that regular people who might use the stuff may not speak their language. The CeBIT tech fair sports plenty of acronyms. From Wired News on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

2001: Bush Warned of Tech Dangers
The National Security Agency reveals it advised the president in 2001 that information security should be a top priority and that monitoring U.S. adversaries would involve Americans' private network communications. From Wired News on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Biodiesel Boosters Plan Co-Ops
Producers of a diesel alternative made from old vegetable oil want to build a network of stations to sell the fuel to motorists. But many find it tough to convince local regulators to approve their efforts. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

The Blind Fragging the Blind
If you need to improve your hand-to-ear coordination, you can take advantage of a growing library of computer games for the blind, including audio versions of Quake and Doom. By David Cohn. From Wired News on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Pharming Out-Scams Phishing
A fast-spreading online swindle redirects web users to phony sites where criminals can capture passwords and other data. Unlike phishing, which targets one user at a time, pharming nabs multiple victims at once. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Paying Tribute to Mac's Daddy
A well-attended memorial service for Jef Raskin, Apple employee No. 31, illuminates many dimensions of the man credited with giving birth to the Macintosh computer. From Wired News on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Are Nanobacteria Making Us Ill?
More studies implicate the tiny particles in a variety of diseases, from kidney stones to atherosclerosis. But the debate continues over whether the particles are life forms. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on March 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Logical Live and Online Journalism
For his senior project, EAC student, John Grillo, is undertaking a 9-credit experiential study in Blogging and Online Journalism.  He writes:I am pursuing this study because I want to see a change in the way people see the world. Perhaps I might be able to set an example for others and start the ball rolling toward the kind of changes I want to see happen during the course of this study. In From apcampbell News on March 14, 2005 at 9:53 a.m..

Pimp my Firefox
Firefox straight 'out of the zip' is ok, but there's a lot you can change, modify and improve. From performance to looks to usability, Firefox tuning gives you the power to make a browser specific to your needs and taste. From kuro5hin.org on March 14, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..

Cumbre SND y Premios Malofiej
Esta semana celebramos en Pamplona la XIII Cumbre Mundial de Infografía, los Premios Malofiej y los talleres Show, don't tell e Interact, don´t show. Hay blog: Malofiej Infographics Weblog. Ver también: Periodismo visual e infografía 2.0, el weblog de Alberto... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 14, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

All rolled into one
Blogs are distinctly powerful because they are content, marketing and distribution all rolled into one, says RCox in a posting with one of those rude and racy titles you'd only see on the web. I want to add process and product to Cox's list as an unpacking of the term content, and then I want to add use and refinement as an unpacking of... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 14, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

I hate spyware.
Welcome to the Amarillo Computer Guy's FREE resource for ridding your computer of annoying pests. We HATE spyware, adware, viruses, and any other program that attempts to invade your privacy or cause problems with your computer. We specialize in the... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 14, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

ReformK12.com
Welcome to ReformK12.com! We are dedicated to improving our schools by focusing on effective and practical education reform. Effective: The best methods have a track record of success, and have been proven to work in real schools, with real students... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 14, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Parallel play
I ran across an older post by Michael Feldstein that challenges the idea that blogs are really suited to collaboration. Rather, it is parallel play we see in the blogosphere, he suggests. Parallel play, those who are parents know, is a stage in the social development of youngsters -- age one or two, I seem to recall -- when children can play near each other but not actually... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 14, 2005 at 3:51 a.m..

Day 2 at MIT
My colleagues and I had another full on day of absorbing and observing at MIT. the night before, our host and contact Phil Long took us to an outstanding Afghan restaurant in Cambridge, called Helmand. Friday started with a bit of blue sky, but the snow did not wait long to start its thing. In the morning we met with Ben Brophy who is working on the user interface and design guides for the Sakai project, the open source course management system being developed by Indiana, Michigan, Stanford, and a bunch From cogdogblog on March 14, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

sxsw: malcolm gladwell keynote (Liz Lawley)
This is the talk I’ve been looking forward to for months, but I’m a bit worried. How could the talk live up to the book(s)? That’s quite a challenge. Gladwell opens with a story from his latest book, Blink, about... From Corante: Social Software on March 14, 2005 at 2:49 a.m..

Cheap College Degrees
By Thomas Nixon - How to save money on a cheap, accredited degree.... From Adult/Continuing Education on March 14, 2005 at 1:50 a.m..

Search optimization, not search engine optimization
Gerry McGovern on researching 'care words' to optimize search. Guess that's how a basic thesaurus is built -- being sensitive to the searcher's needs and wants. From elearningpost on March 14, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..