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Grokster Brand to Live On, Eventually Die
The Grokster settlement is now official.  The sale to Mashboxx isn't, but it seems like we're headed in that direction. Some may think that Grokster's conversion to a legitimate service is important because it'll have brand name recognition.  I doubt it - we need only look at Napster 2.0 to see how little a previously popular P2P brand can help a licensed service.  Grokster's going to live and die by how good Mashboxx's system is.  If it's just an iTunes Musi From A Copyfighter's Musings on November 7, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Struggling With New Forms of Writing
So isn't it ironic that in the midst of this discussion about how writing seems to be changing, the English chair at my school invites me in to her department meeting today to talk about, what else? The changing nature of writing. Now this was my old department, having spent 20 years in the classroom here before moving into my supervisor's job almost three years ago. It's bigger now...31 in all, I think. And almost half of them have arrived since my own departure. Yikes. Anyway, I spoke for about 30 minutes, talking about how my own writing has changed profoundly, how easy pu From weblogged News on November 7, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Whitepaper: Corporate group blogging
I'd say you just need a software that supports subscribing to one author of a group-blog. There are def. advantages to start off with group blogs within corporations. Like for instance for project-management. All I need is the ability to subscribe to tags that stand for author and topic. We do provide that over at NEXTspace (t d t d f), Very interesting conference in Vienna on wikis. A 100 in the audience listen and ask the right questions. What I did like most is the notion of fractality for wikis. Wh From thomas n. burg | randgänge on November 7, 2005 at 10:47 a.m..

Interesting - but not too interesting - delicious uses
I'm looking for a couple of power users of del.icio.us I can use as examples in something I'm writing. I'm looking for canonical uses of del.iciou.us, not clever ones since my aim is to illustrate what del.icio.us basically is. So, if you've cured cancer by writing a Java app that munges del.icio.us with the human genome project, congratulations, but you don't suit my nefarious purposes. On the other hand, if you have bookmarked lots of pages and are regularly benefiting from tag streams to which you've subscribed, then would you mind if we talked for ten minutes From Joho the Blog on November 7, 2005 at 9:49 a.m..

Portrait of the online tutor as Thelonius Monk
In this article Paul Maharg (Glasgow Graduate School of Law) describes the improvisational role of the online tutor. From ScotFEICT on November 7, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

Westchester to register Wifi users
Via David Isenberg, via Aldon Hynes: Westchester County, NY, has a proposed law that could go into effect "early next year." According to an article at news.com: The draft proposal offered this week would compel all "commercial businesses" with an open wireless access point to have a "network gateway server" outfitted with a software or hardware firewall . . . The proposed law has two prongs: First, "public Internet access" may not be provided without a network gateway server equipped with a firewall. Second, any business or home office that stores personal information also must install such a From Joho the Blog on November 7, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Jakob Nielsen's latest essay tackles
Jakob Nielsen's latest essay tackles the topic of enterprise usability: At this level, the focus is on how the system impacts the company over time, including issues in administration, installation, and maintenance. Total cost of ownership (TCO) is often one of the most important usability metrics at the enterprise level. From elearningpost on November 7, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

New Turbine May Boost Wind Power
Designers of a new vertical wind turbine claim it converts 80 percent more power than traditional propeller models into transmittable energy -- and is safer for birds. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

FBI Pushing Patriot Act Powers
As the Patriot Act comes up for renewal, lawmakers react to a Washington Post report of the FBI's use -- and possible abuse -- of the law to gain access to private phone and financial records of ordinary citizens. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

High Seas Drug Runners Ditch Cops
Cocaine smugglers pilot small boats called 'go fasts' equipped with GPS, satellite phones and 800-hp engines to evade authorities off the Colombian coast. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Imagine, Make It Real in Fab Lab
Advocates of MIT's Fabrication Labs think the programs could generate a revolution in do-it-yourself design and manufacturing for small communities all over the world using readily available materials. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Nanotubes Blast Cancer Cells
A Delaware researcher is fighting cancer with 'nanobombs,' using nanotechnology to blow the bad cells to smithereens. By Sam Jaffe. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Black Hat Organizer Unbowed
As Ciscogate closes, the man behind the Black Hat security conference reflects on the impact of the controversy on computer security research and network safety across the globe. Wired News interview by Kim Zetter. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

The Biotech Crash-Test Dummies
The latest guinea pigs for drug companies aren't animals or people, but machines -- hardware that simulates human physiology lets drugmakers experiment in bulk, on the cheap. By Eilene Zimmerman of Wired magazine. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Can a Game Make You Cry?
A new study attempting to plumb the emotional impact of video games elicits some surprisingly weepy confessions from gamers over elegiac moments like the death of Aerith in Final Fantasy VII. Commentary by Clive Thompson. From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

A Nanotech Cure for Cancer?
Scientists are developing minute particles that can detect cancerous cells far sooner than current techniques and can deliver cancer-destroying agents with unprecedented precision. By Brandon Keim.PLUS: Nanotubes Blast Cancer Cells From Wired News on November 7, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Video Language Learning
Yabla.com offers a slick, authentic and compelling series of online, video-based products for adult language learning. View free samples of the technology now used by language learners at the University of Michigan and Brown University: Spanish - lomastv.com | English... From Adult/Continuing Education on November 7, 2005 at 6:50 a.m..

Los blogs de los lectores
Una selección de weblogs de los miembros de la comunidad de lectores de eCuaderno en eConozco: A weblog Administraciones en red Autonomía Barraquito.net Blog d’una profe Catorze clic! Con valor Crónicas madrileñas Deakialli Desarrollo en red Diario de un debianita DiarioIP El Blog de Enrique Dans Endocitosis de red Ephemera Franco Giménez Gabinete de informática Gabriel Jaraba Google.dirson Guaiquil.net Guti Gutierrez Su Héctor Milla Jaime Roca Javier Casares Juan Jaén kSensei Blog La broma más bonita del mundo Loogic.com Mangas Verdes Marketing, ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 7, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

Digital Literacy: How it Affects Teaching Practices and Networked Learning Futures - A Proposal for Action Research
Auch wenn die Fragestellung eine nationale ist ("how digital literacy affects teaching practices in Australian education"), so gibt der Artikel einige interessante Stichworte. Weniger zum Konzept der "digital literacy" selbst. Aber er beschreibt die jüngste Vergangenheit des Online-Lernens, wie ich... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 7, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

An Evolutionist's Evolution
It may seem that the American Museum of Natural History is cruising for controversy in presenting a comprehensive exhibition on Darwin's life and theories. From New York Times: Education on November 7, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Grad Students From Abroad on the Increase
The number of international students entering American graduate schools rose 1 percent this year, despite a 5 percent drop in applications from foreign students. From New York Times: Education on November 7, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Audiomagazines
Champs-Elysees audiomagazines for intermediate and advanced students of French, German, Spanish and Italian include audio programs on CD or cassette, magazines, and study supplements.... From Adult/Continuing Education on November 7, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..

Amazon, Random House throw book at Google - Elinor Mills, CNET News
As Google put thousands of public domain books online Thursday, Amazon.com responded by announcing plans to allow people to read books on the Web. Meanwhile, Random House, the world's largest publisher of trade books, said it had come up with a business From Techno-News Blog on November 7, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

E-paper moves from sci-fi to marketplace - Reuters
In Neal Stephenson's sci-fi novel "The Diamond Age," a young girl's companion is a book with amazing qualities--it talks, and the words magically change with the story. A decade after Stephenson's book was published, what was once labeled science fiction From Techno-News Blog on November 7, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

Firefox beta out of the foxhole - Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News
A test version of an updated Firefox browser is out, offering such features as automatic updates and improvements designed to speed browser navigation. Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 1, which came out earlier this week, is a preview of the upcoming version From Techno-News Blog on November 7, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..