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Technology could put more advertisers in your games In-game advertising -- a marketing frontier long on the periphery of most brands' radar -- is poised to take its place center stage. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


New Glasses Require Piercing Bridge of Nose James Sooy and Oliver Gibson have come up with Pierced Glasses - the most minimalist eyewear since the Pince-nez glasses that clip onto your nose was invented in the 1840's From digg on May 22, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


The Future of Neurotechnology "Now experts say new technologies, such as electrical stimulators, could revolutionize the treatment of brain disorders. Scientists hope that within the next 5 to 20 years, these technologies will deliver some of the most sought-after breakthroughs in neuroscience..." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


The LED Museum ...1960s - 2000 Nick Holonyak Jr. invented the first practical visible-spectrum LED back in 1962. Showcased are examples of breakthrough LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology. Some of this technology is about forty years old, while other important breakthroughs, such as single-chip white, blue, and even ultraviolet, have occured within just the... From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Robots will have to comply with safety guidelines Future robots that will someday provide services in such areas as nursing, security and cleaning will have to comply with safety guidelines planned by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Modifying a Laptop BIOS for Fun and Profit In today's hack, we will analyze and modify a laptop BIOS image for fun and profit. Note that this is stupidly dangerous: a bad flash and we'll end up with a doorstop, or we'll have to remove the chip and reflash it manually. But in either case, the outcome can be fun. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


MacBook: What you need to know This is a really good breakdown of what you want/need to know about the new MacBook from Apple. Things like color and hard drive options, the high gloss screen, totally new keyboard design, and integrated graphics. Good information from Macworld. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


VIDEO: Gates Talks IPO, Acquisitions & Growth Bill Gates sat down with Reuters to talk about the Future From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


BYU builds remote control ornithopter less than six inches wide. Since an ornithopter flies by flapping its wings they can theoretically hover like a dragonfly. They aren't there yet. They are slower and more maneuverable than fixed winged mini-planes making indoor use possible. Site has video and high res pics. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Crazy AdSense Experiment: Unethical But Legal $10,000/Month "Developing Made for AdSense Web Sites for Dummies" tutorial as an attempt to create a vaccine against Made for AdSense web sites. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


AppZapper 1.5 Takes The Genie Out Of The Lamp AppZapper 1.5 has arrived and boasts a useful new feature called ZapGenie, where you can look at all your applications listed by name or date last used, and easily zap them. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Evolutionary art (vote for the good pictures) "Once enough votes have been collected, the genetic algorithm gets to work. It picks the good images and breeds them using either mutation or crossing-over. Since the images' genes are just trees, it is simple to cross-over two of them and produce new ones." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


The Future of the Internet: Yahoo's Big Bets for the Next 5 Years This is a pdf link to a slide-show used in Yahoo's recent Analyst's day last week. There is some GREAT information in this presentation regarding where they see the Internet heading... in addition to some interesting analysis on their role within that future. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Awesome Color Scanning LEGO music machine "The idea is simple: the machine functions more or less like a scanner, except that instead of creating an image from the scanned information, sound is generated. Here's a demo with video" From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


RFID Chips Coming to Cattle It stems from the Bush administration's plan to give agriculture inspectors the ability to pinpoint the origins of mad cow and other diseases within 48 hours. Livestock facilities and individual animals will get identifying numbers, which owners will use to document the beasts' movements in industry databases. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Amazing Pics of China's new 600+ foot dam China's controversial Three Gorges Dam project hits a significant milestone on Saturday, when it is expected to reach its final height of 185m (607 feet). Here are some amazing pictures from the BBC From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Star Wars In 3D According to this George Lucas is sold on the idea of re-releasing Episode I in 3D with new technology. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


3D Desktop on steroids: SUSE Linux 10.1 Mad Penguin is running a review on SUSE Linux 10.1, and includes info on the latest XGL/Compiz 3D desktop running on the popular distribution. Screenshots are included, as well as a Flash animation of the installer. Info on setting up multimedia support is included also. A good read. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Free Broadband for the Masses Backed by VC cash, a former FCC official's startup is out ro provide no-fee, ad-supported wireless service From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


South American pyramid is a farming "alarm clock" “I was staring up at the temple and realised it all aligned with the stars... this alignment meant that at dawn at every winter solstice 4,200 years ago, stars would appear in line with the temple and alert priests that river flooding was due and it was time to start planting crops. It was laid out as a wake-up call to the community.” From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Xbox 360 Faceplate Face-Off @ [H] Console An Xbox 360 faceplate is just a faceplate, right? Nothing but a $20 piece of plastic that spices up the looks of your console. If you subscribe to that school of thought you’d be wrong. We take a look at 7 faceplates and what you get for your hard earned money. The results might surprise you. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Newsweek: Nintendo's Remarkable Comeback "The Wii's strong showing at the 2006 expo earlier this month, combined with Sony's announcement of two PS3 models for the mind-blowingly high prices of $499 and $599, has prompted many of the same analysts who dismissed Nintendo to predict its continued resurgence," reports Newsweek. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Video Games ARE Good For Children "Playing computer games may actually be good for children, according to a government study that found no proof that even violent games triggered aggressive behaviour." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Mirror Your Web Site With rsync This tutorial shows how you can mirror your web site from your main web server to a backup server that can take over if the main server fails. We use the tool rsync for this, and we make it run through a cron job that checks every x minutes if there is something to update on the mirror. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Installing and using Linux for the total newbie So you've heard about Linux and you want to try it out, but you're scared you may screw up Windows or that it's too hard to install. Well fear no longer, here is a guide for the total newbie. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


The first camera you can just download Free working camera. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Politicians Enlist Whiz Kids to Help Build Blogs and Podcasts Veteran politicians more familiar with turntables and typewriters are enlisting twentysomething computer whiz kids to help them brave the digital world of blogs, podcasts and the Web as they look to connect directly with voters. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Zelda Twilight Princess: Twilight Realm's New Look Magazine scans and video of Zelda: Twilight Princess's new look for the twilight realm have surfaced. No longer black & white, the area now has a hazy, over saturated look. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


HOWTO: Secure Firefox/IM/email from anywhere with PuTTY Quick, step-by-step HOWTO to set up secure, encrypted tunnels for web browsing, instant messaging, and email from anywhere. No need to set up a VPN. Great for working from hotels and coffee shops! From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Children as young as 12 feel pressure to have sex HILDREN lack the knowledge and confidence to say no to sex or to keep themselves safe as they come under pressure from their peers to experiment, the charity ChildLine says today. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Core Solo Lifebook - Fujitsu Q2010 Housed in magnesium, this thin and light Lifebook from Fujitsu tips the scales at just 2.2 pounds, and has a profile of only 19.9mm. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on May 22, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..


University server in hackers' hands for a year An unprecedented string of electronic intrusions has prompted Ohio University to place at least one technician on paid administrative leave and begin a sweeping reorganization of the university's computer services department. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


Wired News leaks FULL AT&T NSA documents! Happened at 2:00AM EST on Monday. This is going to be huge news. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


Encryption Tool Rekindles Security Debate Zfone, a free Windows software program that encrypts a computer-to- computer voice conversation so both parties can be confident that no one is listening in. It became available this year to Macintosh and Linux users of the calling system known as voice over Internet protocol. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


HOW TO - Make a binary watch - The 01//atch The 01//atch is a binary wrist watch with an LED display. Additional features are accessible through a scrolling menu system on its 3x4 LED matrix. Current features include: voltage meter, binary counter, club mode and time display. The watch is fully programmable. via- makezine.com From digg on May 22, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Pics of WWII B-25 Bomber Recovered from Under 400 Feet of Water Doolittle's Raiders trained in Columbia, SC for their raid on Japan in World War II. One of their planes was lost in Lake Murray near Columbia, and it was recovered recently in surprisingly good condition. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Issue 12 of Free Software Magazine is out Another great issue with 10 articles on various aspects of free software. It's available in HTML and PDF download... for free! From digg on May 22, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Free Stock Photos, Images and Textures Lots of great photos. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Dare to Lead Newsletter May 2006 APAPDC's Indigenous education newsletter: Dare to Lead May 2006 edition has a focus on Innovation, and includes examples of schools and networks running innovative programs, plus a report on the Tristate remotes conference. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..


Garma Festival: Key Forum (Indigenous Education and Training) The 8th Garma Festival of Traditional Culture is the venue for a leading three-day Key Forum co-ordinated by Charles Darwin University. The Key Forum - with workshops, presentations, panel discussions and learning exchanges - will focus on past and present education policy and practice to examine ways to build non-Indigenous and Indigenous capacities to learn together, celebrating what works and how success can be adapted to other contexts. The 2006 Key Forum will also pay special attention to work-readiness and on-the-job training programs. Indigenous unemployment rates appear to be intractab From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..


Sega Game Gear - A Painful Look Back A look back (with pics and video) at the delightfully brick-like Game Gear, it's bulky accessories, and best games. Sure in the early 90s it drained batteries the way Jordan drained jumpshots, but the Game Gear coulda been a contender! From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:20 a.m..


Use Trillian Wherever You Go Install Trillian on your zip Disk, CD, Diskonkey, or any other type of portable media. Take Trillian, your preferences, and your contact list with you wherever you go. Follow the steps of this online wizard to create your own installation of Trillian that will work wherever you go using any portable media that you can use. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:20 a.m..


Apple Denies the Closing of Darwin x86 Kernel Ernest Prabhakar (Apple's product manager for Open Source & Open Standards) denies that Apple is going to close the Darwin kernel for x86: From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:20 a.m..


15-ton piece of the Titanic's hull ends up at Sony Metreon in SF The piece was first spotted in 1994, on the third of seven expeditions made jointly by RMS Titanic. The hull chunk was charted by specialists aboard deep-sea submersibles that take 2 1/2 hours to reach the ocean floor. A 1996 attempt to recover it failed when a cable snapped and the piece plummeted back down 12,500 feet. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:20 a.m..


Fast OS Switching on Black MacBook (video) New black MacBook running Ubuntu, WinXP, and MacOS all at the same time! This is the ultimate setup! From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:20 a.m..


Trojan nuclear cooling tower IMPLODED today! The 499-foot tall cooling tower for the now-defunct Trojan Nuclear Plant near Rainier, OR was demolished this morning after detonating around 2.950 pounds of dynamite. Videos from many angles, including slow-mo, interior and infrared shots! From digg on May 22, 2006 at 4:20 a.m..


Invitation for National Non-accredited Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Survey A questionnaire on Non-Accredited Language, Literacy and Numeracy has been sent to educational organisations by Dr Darryl Dymock and his team at the Centre for Learning Research, Griffith University. If you would like to be part of the survey, email Karin Behrens: k.behrens@griffith.edu. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 4:19 a.m..


New Parenting Website Goes Live A landmark Australian website to help parents and carers raise young children has now been officially launched in Sydney by the Minister for Families and Community Services, Mal Brough. The Raising Children Network provides expert, impartial information on raising children from newborns to eight years of age in an engaging and user-friendly format. 22 May 2006 From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 4:19 a.m..


Call for Papers - International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) Sixth Annual Colloquium The call for abstracts relating to this year’s theme 'Communities in Action for Crime Prevention' is open until 31 May. The colloquium will examine policies, practice and research geared towards building and sustaining healthier, safer communities, as well as rich and active society participation. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 4:19 a.m..


Free 'Learning Objects' for Download More than 1200 'learning objects' drawn from Toolbox materials designed to support the delivery of vocational and technical education (VTE) qualifications are now available for download from a new repository. The Toolbox Learning Object Repository is a searchable database of 'learning objects' that has been made available by the Flexible Learning Toolbox Project of the national training system's e-learning strategy, the 2005-2006 Australian Flexible Learning Framework. The learning objects provide scenarios, rich images and interactive learning experiences that bring t From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 4:19 a.m..


Active English This training provider offers travelling English language courses, giving participants the opportunity to experience Australia and learn English at the same time. The mobile language courses support accelerated learning in a fun travel environment. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 4:19 a.m..


MAMS Mini-grant Program Announced, 2nd round ($40K), Applications Due 23 June The main goal of the MAMS Testbed Federation is to increase Australian research effectiveness by providing easier access to secure data and services. MAMS is offering 5 mini-grants worth $40,000 to increase adoption of the Testbed Federation. The application deadline is 23 June, and the final decision will be made by 7 July. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Rules and Rule Markup Languages for the Semantic Web, Second International Conference (RuleML-2006) top The RuleML-2006 Conference is aimed to be the premiere scientific forum for exchanging ideas on all aspects of rules for the Semantic Web. The RuleML-2006 Conference will consist of both an academic track and an industry track. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Easy Guides Australia This company publishes picture-based safety and licence training materials including guides, PowerPoint presentations, posters, logbooks, checklists and tools for trainers and assessors. The materials use visual learning to fulfil the motto of 'making safety simple'. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Paranoid? Overwrite Data 35 Times With This Open Source Program If you've ever downloaded something on purpose or by accident you don't want anyone to ever get a hold of, this program is for you. Eraser is an open source data destruction program that uses the Gutmann Method of throwing on 8 passes of random data and another 27 predefined patterns to foil recovery experts. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


IGN Rips Sony A New HDMI Port IGN Gear takes Sony to task for ripping out the promised feature of HDMI output in the lower-priced PlayStation 3 model, implying that the company may be misleading consumers about the hi-def capabilities of the Blu-Ray enabled PS3 Jr From digg on May 22, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


FBI to get veto power over PC software? Americans don't have the right to use software such as Skype or PGPfone if it doesn't support mandatory backdoors for wiretapping? That interpretation was confirmed by an FCC spokesman From digg on May 22, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Witty Photography Sam Bassett places people in bizarre places doing strangely appropriate things. Awesome to look at. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Microsoft throws a wrench at xbox360 modchippers A pop-on modchip for the DVD drive firmware hack was possible and in the works, Microsoft fixed that by coating the firmware chip on all sides with epoxy - the pictures do the talking. The leads needed for the firmware otherwise are all over - making modchips quite hard to make. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Crystallising your knowledge: A fresh look at ICT and learning This one-day conference presented by Curriculum Corporation and the School Library Association of Victoria offers practical ideas and insights to support students. The aims of the conference are to: develop new thinking and learning skills that produce creative and innovative insights; develop more productive ways of working and solving problems both individually and collaboratively; express themselves in contemporary and socially relevant ways; communicate locally and globally to solve problems and share knowledge; understand the implications of the use of ICT and their social and ethical res From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Mac OS X: What Are All Those Processes? Have you ever looked at Activity Monitor and wondered what all those background processes are? This website has a nice list of each background process or dameon, and tells you exactly what it does. It's always important to know what's going on inside your computer. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Javascript Reflection Effect A small piece of Javascript which allows you to add Apple-like reflections to images on your website. It works in all the major browsers, you can vary the height and opacity of the reflections and you can script it so the reflection responds to user action. There are also vBulletin and Wordpress plugins. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


MySpace.com Is Just So Last Year, For Teens MySpace's notoriety could be a turnoff for young people who are looking for an online community of their own, said Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher for the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Lenhart has studied teens' online behavior since the late 1990s. "Teens will go where their friends go," she said. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Stock Charts: Nintendo vs. Sony Sony's stock continues to decline in the wake of E3, while Nintendo is flying high. Apparently investors are not impressed with the PS3. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Twilight Princess Lava Boss Video This is the reason we play Zelda. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Yo, Taxi! - Hail a taxi with this LED jacket "Yo,Taxi! coat with a persistence of vision display, shown through a row of LEDs on the cuff of the coat. When the wearer waves his/her hand in the taxi-hailing gesture, the LEDs illuminate." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Manhattan Apple Store Fullscreen QTVR Jook Leung famous VR photographer from New York was at the opening of the new Apple store. A new landmark in New York From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


PHP5 function benchmarks PHP has a lot of functions that produce identical results (eg. ereg vs preg_match). Ever wondered which ones are fastest? Use the right ones and speed up your code. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


1964: Build Your Own LASER! An article from Popular Science Magazine 1964, Build Your Own Laser! "It may sound like science fiction— but it’s really science fact: You can build a working ruby laser. A ruby laser is a source of coherent light. All of the light waves in the pencil-thin, bright-red ruby laser beam are in phase or in step with each other." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Scientists say they have cleared technical hurdle in fusion research Physicists working in the United States believe they have cracked an important problem facing man-made nuclear fusion, touted as the cheap, safe, clean and almost limitless energy source of the future. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


320GB Western Digital Hard Drive for $99 (no rebates!) Office max a nice little sale on western digital hard drives. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Windows Media Player 11 w/ Urge Review - Nice features, but it's no iTunes Microsoft's new Windows Media Player 11, released in test form last week, looks and works little like older versions of the company's music and video organizer -- starting with its front-and-center placement for Urge, a new music store from MTV, designed to compete with the iTunes Music Store. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


German Army hosts Robot "competition" The German army looks at potential robot recruits, inviting inventors to demonstrate what land robots can do. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Nintendo DS Lite Mania! "To be able to run homebrews, emulators, backups and the like, you'll need two things. First you need a passkey to boot into DS mode." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Afraid Of Re-installing Windows XP? This site has a very useful tutorial if you have an old and slow XP machine with hundreds of programs and you want to re-install. This site will show you how to save your old partition in a virtual machine, and have a nice, new install of Windows. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


The fight against V1@gra (and other spam) "spammers have hardly given up, network managers must still face down the pill-pushers, get-rich-quick artists and others who use billions of unwanted e-mail messages to troll for income. "For the end user, spam isn't that much of a problem anymore," said Matt Sergeant. "But for the network it definitely is." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


The Top 25 X-Men With literally hundreds to choose from, we sorted through the many mutants who have been part of an X-team over the past 40+ years. We looked into alternate futures, brief allegiances and long-standing members. These are the top 25 X-Men, the complete list. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


BCC's fake interviewee is an illegal immigrant and may be deported Guy Goma, the guy mistakenly interviewed by the BBS, may be deported. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


It's official: Apple say no 12" MacBook Pro is coming Dave Chartier was wondering if Apple would produce a 12" MacBook Pro to replace the 12" Powerbook, and was told on the phone by Apple that "a 12-inch MacBook Pro ain't gonna happen." From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 Guide An amazing, thorough guide on Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Vista's Make Or Break Moment Testers of Microsoft's latest operating system say the next build, which they're betting will hit this week, better be good. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


120 GB Monster Drive-Pocket Sized! US Modular is introducing the 120 GB Monster Drives to the public before the end of 2006. These USB hard drives are small enough to easily fit in your pocket and range from $99-$399. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Hotel TV Hack for Free Movies "Here’s a tip for those of you that stay in Marriot hotels. Marriot has installed a PPV system nationwide called “On Command”. As far as I can tell, there is a radio frequency module attached to the TV that signals some master hotel unit to order movies and add charges to your hotel bill." I'm sure this is illegal. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


PC games get standard box PC games now have a standard box just like Xbox, PS2, ect. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Family Guy USB Drive Inspired by the Homer USB Drive, Kevin recently made his own flash drive mod out of a bobblehead Quagmire. Armed with simply an Xacto knife and a desire to do some cutting, he created the coolest Family Guy toy ever. Check out his site for the howto. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Incredible, black and white turned color illusion What you have to do, is look at the blue and yellow negative for about thirty seconds, and then mouse over the picture. Eventhough the mountain you see is black & white, your eyes are tricked and image looks like it's in full-color. From digg on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing. An Internet Discussion about Scientific and Scholarly Journals and Their Future The publication discusses the future of scholarship and science, back in 1995. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship The author describes the latest chapter in the ongoing story of open access - online open access publishing by scholarly journals - and makes a case for open access as a public good. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Social Networking Analysis Master Class This highly interactive forum will be run by Jeanne Holm, Chief Knowledge Architect at NASA. It will cover the end-to-end discussion of what social networks are, how to model and measure them, and how to derive benefit to yourself and your organisation from the power of the network. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


DPC Forum on Web Archiving The event will bring together key web archiving initiatives and will provide a chance to review progress in the field. The day will provide an in-depth picture of the UK Web Archiving project as well as some European initiatives. Technical solutions and legal issues will be examined and it is hoped that the presentations will encourage much debate and discussion around different strategies and methodologies. This forum will be beneficial to those involved in similar archiving projects and for those who want to find out more about the state of play in the web archiving field. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Ngapartji Ngapartji Language Course This online Pitjantjatjara language course enables young Pitjantjatjara speakers from the Alice Springs region to become language tutors through the content that they are making for this site. Language lessons are based on films, radio, flash animation and photography. Each lesson is accompanied by a vocabulary sheet and the lesson content is supplemented by a range of other Pitjantjatjara archival material; songs from the Pitjantjatjara choir, films from the early days of Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Media (PY Media) and more. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


Ngapartji Ngapartji Ngapartji Ngapartji is a project that combines an online language course with performances at International Arts Festivals around Australia. The online Pitjantjatjara language course is aimed at enabling audience viewers of the performance to gain a deeper understanding and experience of the story and community. From EdNA Online on May 22, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


truePlay - Caligari Corporation A free Web player for sharing interactive 3D objects, scenes and multimedia. truePlay enables users to interact, learn, and work in real-time in a photorealistic, simulated, 3-D space that offers a richer presence than 2-D technology can provide. truePlay allows participants to open, enter, and interact with 3-D scenes that are sent to them via download or e-mail. Multiple participants can join the same 3-D space to meet, interact, and collaborate in real-time. The player can support applications in education, where it can enable students and teachers to use real-time demonstrations and virtua From EdNA Online on May 21, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


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