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SC: 04/08 Firefox update to version 1.5.0.6 Only a week after the last update, Firefox users should look out for a further update to version 1.5.0.6 which is required; the update may be offered automatically - a bug in last week’s 1.5.05 version meant that users had trouble streaming video via Windows Media Player. Once the new version is installed, the system should function correctly ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on August 4, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..


Japan is Producing Electricity from Train Station Ticket Gates Busy train stations (those with large numbers of passengers willing to bounce heavily through the gates) will be able to accumulate a relatively large amount of electricity. It works by embedding piezo elements in the ground. From on August 4, 2006 at 4:59 p.m..


Google Research to Release 1 Trillion Words Online "We believe that the entire research community can benefit from access to such massive amounts of data. It will advance the state of the art, it will focus research in the promising direction of large-scale, data-driven approaches, and it will allow all research groups, no matter how large or small their computing resources, to play together." From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Astronomers discover double planetary mass object Using ESO's telescopes, astronomers have discovered an approximately seven-Jupiter-mass companion to an object that is itself only twice as hefty. Both objects have masses similar to those of extra-solar giant planets, but they are not in orbit around a star - instead they appear to circle each other. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Really Cool Photo of Lighting Striking a Skyscraper in Toronto shot from this user's kitchen... From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Iran's plan to stop the war in the Middle East: Destroy Israel TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis was to destroy Israel, state-media reported. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Linux -- The next TV Operating System The TVs aim to make accessing video and similar online content easier than with computers, spokeswoman Mina Naito. The other companies involved are Sharp Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Iran threatens to send oil prices skyrocketing if sanctions are approved. Iran's Foreign Relations Vice Minister Manuchehr Mohammadi warned on Venezuelan state TV that oil prices will hit $200 a barrel if sanctions against Iran are approved. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


More Photos from Apple WWDC 2006 check the link. Here are some more photos of what you can see today from outside of the moscone center. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Exclusive: Leopard Feature Set Leaked upcoming features for 10.5 From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Del.icio.us Traffic Plummets Unique visitors have dropped by 22%, and page views have dropped by a whopping 75%, erasing all gains in traffic this year. Del.icio.us is effectively at the same traffic levels as they were when it was acquired in December 2005 From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Far Cry A Wii Launch Title Ubsoft announced today their seven Wii launch titles, including the popular FPS Far Cry. The game will use the Wiimote to aim a weapon, just like in Red Steel, another Ubisoft launch title. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Discover more with YouTube's new feature YouTube's new cross promotion feature helps increase the number of videos played as well as creates another potential advertising model. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Directing traffic to the 'third pipe' Looking beyond cable and DSL, the FCC throws its weight behind broadband over power lines. Regulators say they're trying to address interference concerns while promoting an alternative to cable, DSL. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Chocolate cellphone only looks sweet; design flawed If you needed any proof that cellphones today are often about everything but phone calls, Verizon Wireless this week made that case by releasing a phone called the Chocolate, produced by LG, the big Korean electronics company. The Chocolate can make and receive phone calls and text messages, but it's designed as a music player first. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


How To Find A Computer With GNU/Linux Pre-Installed Just about two weeks ago, cyber_rigger, one of LXer's active readers, announced he was putting together a list of computer vendors selling GNU/Linux pre-installed. The list also includes vendors selling computers without any operating system installed. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Parody of Al Gore film tied to ExxonMobil lobbying firm. An online parody of Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, has been tied to a lobbying firm which counts ExxonMobil among its clients. The Wall Street Journal emailed the spoof's creator, and after Researching the routing of the email, revealed that it was sent from the offices of DCI Group, which ExxonMobil has a contract with--(video included.) From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Sex Starved Wife Calls Police To Intervene Police in the German city of Aachen received an unusual call for help late Wednesday when a woman telephoned to complain her husband was not fulfilling his sexual obligations. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Freedom Rings at Sony BMG - DefectiveByDesign.org Right now you have a chance to speak with the executives at Sony BMG to let them know what you think about DRM. From root-kits to Blu-ray, from OpenMG to Jessica Simpson MP3s. Let's help these execs understand that we don't want DRM in our media or devices. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Opening statement: USA hoops crushes Puerto Rico The United States emphatically reasserted its dominance over Puerto Rico. Coming soon: a chance to reclaim its old spot on top of the basketball world. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


New video confirms iChat Mobile is fake A second video of the purported "iChat Mobile" cell phone from Apple confirms that it's a fake. About 20 seconds in, the phone is turned sideways, revealing that it's just a folded piece of glossy paper with nothing inside. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


How Popular is YOUR Last Name? How common is your surname in America? Find out by entering your name into a searchable database of more than 50,000 surnames culled from the Social Security Index. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Bruce Willis to Make Die Hard 4 He may be a little older, but John McClane is definitely back in action, as Bruce Willis announced today that he will star in a fourth Die Hard movie next year with the subtle title of Live Free or Die Hard. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Photographer Sued By Plagiarist? In a weird turn of events, it appears that photographer Kris Krug is being sued by another photographer who allegedly stole Kris' photographs. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Circuit City invites wrath of the MPAA by copying DVDs Fair Use advocates, take notice. Circuit City is apparently putting its neck on the line to provide customers with DVD transfer services. Ars looks at the issue and the status of the DMCA's attack on fair use copying of DVDs. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Repeated use of "the Wilhelm scream" over the years in movies Different movies, different times, the same sound effect. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Ten years later, few experts believe Mars meteorite contains traces of life It was a science fiction fantasy come true: 10 years ago this summer, NASA announced the discovery of life on Mars. It was arguably the space agency's most imagination-gripping moment since Apollo. Space buffs and NASA officials said that it just might be the scientific discovery of the century. Ten years later, the results have not been verified From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Gorgeous screenshots) On July 31st, GameSpot added new screens for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X, Microsoft's latest in the 25 year series. Although the game was designed for DirectX 10, it will run on version 9 with slightly less detail. My money's on v10 for these amazing screens! From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Dead Rising Demo Now Available on Xbox Live Marketplace Xbox Live members can now download a demo for 'Dead Rising.' This demo is not available in Mexico, Germany, Australia, New Zealand or Asia. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


The RIAA, IP addresses, and evidence In the last few days a collection of opinion articles have circulated on the 'Net, their message summed up as follows: an IP address isn't enough "evidence" to sue someone for downloading copyrighted material," for example. This over-emphasizes recent happenings in court and also gives a false impression of what's really going on. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Don’t believe BusinessWeek’s bubble-math BusinessWeek cover story features a beaming Kevin Rose from Digg. Across his chest it says “How this kid made $60 million in 18 months.” Wow, now that sounds like a great success story. Too bad it’s a blatent lie. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Forget Blu-ray, PlayStation 4 Won't Play Actual Discs Sony's Phil Harrison states: "I'd be amazed if the PlayStation 4 has a physical disc drive." From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


US Generals raise fears of Iraq civil war Two of the Pentagon's most senior generals conceded to Congress on Thursday that the surge in sectarian violence in Baghdad in recent weeks means Iraq may descend into civil war. "I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I have seen it," he said, adding that the top priority in Iraq is to secure the capital. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Forget about open source at Apple Meanwhile, the real open source developers are out there in their countless thousands -- experimenting, collaborating, and slowly but surely toiling away to perfect their code. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Letterman does the Diet Coke+Mentos Trick!!! David Letterman actually performs the Diet Coke+Mentos trick on TV!! He gets some pretty good explosions! From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


007 Bike Lock USB Flash Drive A new form of security for the data on your USB Flash Drive. It's a bike lock style combination lock that opens up to a USB flash drive. Not only that, but you can lock it to your desk or other objects with the included steal cable. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Stoudemire dropped from Team USA basketball roster Amare Stoudemire was dropped Thursday from the U.S. roster for their trip to Asia, leaving 14 players available for the 12 spots on the world championship team. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Automation and offshoring could spell endgame for many sysadmins. IT positions previously thought safe are now under threat due to advances that will allow servers to be based in the U.S. and the admin overseas. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


DiggFiltr.com: Create a custom digg feed in seconds... You can build a feed that contains the exact stories you are interested in from Digg.com. You can filter by: description, category, submitters, number of diggs, and number of comments. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


When Only One Twin Gets a Disease Identical twins share the same set of genes, such as ones for thick eyelashes or a pointy nose -- as well as the genes that boost risk for diseases. But sometimes rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, or another malady strikes one twin and not the other. What leads to such seemingly capricious twists of fate? From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


Extreme Programming Motivational Posters (sarcastic) They make us all look at these when we start From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


New Observations Suggest Universe is Larger than Previously Measured Researchers have determined that the Triangulum Galaxy, otherwise known as M33, is actually about 15 percent farther away from our galaxy than previously measured. That means that the universe could be 15 percent bigger and 15 percent older than any previous calculations suggested. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


Linux expert switches to... Windows?! Quote, "My friends, I have some news for you. Yesterday I did an evil thing. I did something that, even now, feels degrading. But I had no choice." From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


Steve Jobs saves WWDC for me With all the horror stories of bad customer service, here's a story with a happy ending. Steve Jobs answers the call of a student developer who's having issues with a Macbook repair, and is in danger of not having his machine back for WWDC. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


Luckiest Man Alive (video) A semi truck topples over on top of a compact car, and the man is still inside the car. I won't spoil the rest, just watch, it's amazing. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:14 a.m..


World's Worst Internet Law Sneaking Through the Senate President Bush is attempting to get Republicans to end their objections and put into effect the Convention on Cybercrime. It would require the FBI to aid oppressive foreign regimes in enforcing their internet laws, including ones where free expression of political opposition is a crime. In effect, it would end freedom of speech on the internet. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


John Stewart makes fun of Mel Gibson news coverage Today show: "He allegedly let loose a verbal assault, few will forget." Then they show a braveheart scene where Mel says ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Company where workers set their own salaries and hire their own bosses At Semco: Employees set their own working hours, choose their own salaries, All meetings are voluntary and open to everyone, Employees hire their own bosses... read on for more. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Ford Recalls 1.2 Million Vehicles Over Engine Fire Concerns "Ford recalled 1.2 million trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans on Thursday amid concerns of potential engine fires, expanding upon one of the largest vehicle recalls in history." From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


A Subwoofer You Have NEVER Seen Before! NO CONE! It Looks Like A Table Fan! Want to hear what 5Hz sounds like? A new woofer technology unlike any other and a new product category for home audio. This is the first home audio woofer delivering true response to DC. The Thigpen rotary woofer is the worlds first true infrasonic home audio or home theater woofer. Conventional subwoofers roll off rapidly below 20Hz. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Dead Ball Era Baseball In honor of all the pre-WWI baseball From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Brace for stock price dip. Apple has been doctoring results since 2002 Apple's own audit found irregularities in the stock options transactions. Tomorrow Friday August 4, 2006 we should see the stock dip ~10% maybe more. OUCH!!! Daytraders will have a blast shorting the stock in the short term but stock should bounce back on Wednesday's news. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Laws of Game Programming #1 Real game programmers aren't afraid of mathematics. #2 Real game programmers use C++. #3 Real game programmers aren't afraid of learning new things. etc. etc. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Apple T-Shirts from the 80's Some cheesy looking Apple T-Shirts from the 80’s. From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Breaking: Clinton calls for Rumsfeld's resignation "I just don't understand why we can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late," the New York Democrat told the Associated Press. "I think the president should choose to accept Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation." From on August 4, 2006 at 9:13 a.m..


Delivering Training Packages to Meet Client Needs Part of the Professional Development Program for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), this workshop will cover principles for contextualising training packages, how RTOs can meet the needs of employers and industry, and an introduction to national resources. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Whitewashing Hiroshima: The Uncritical Glorification of American Militarism Back in 1995, the Smithsonian Institute was preparing an honest but aggressive display dealing with the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Amid much right-wing reactionary wrangling, the Smithsonian was forced to eliminate that painful but historically important part of the story: The Japanese civilian perspective From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Photo of Kevin Rose's Cube After Being Featured in Business Week Digg's 15 employees covered Kevin Rose's cube with copies of the Business Week cover. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Microsoft, Nintendo sued over games controller A case started in a Texas district court a few days back alleging that Nintendo and Microsoft had breached a game controller patent. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Classic Stephen Colbert: 'All The President's Words' Three Words: Best Colbert Ever From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


List of Cancelled PS3 Games Also includes cancelled Xbox 360 games. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Gonzalez: Guantanamo detainees may remain "indefinitely." Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the US government could indefinitely hold foreign 'enemy combatants' at sites like the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "We can detain any combatants for the duration of the hostilities. If we choose to try them, that's great. If we don't choose to try them, we can continue to hold them," he said. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Computers just can't seem to get past Go Chess is a doddle compared to this ancient oriental game of strategy that has programmers and scientists scratching their heads... Even the lure of a US$1 million prize for the first program to beat a human professional went uncollected after the deadline passed in 2000. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Hidden Camera: Death is behind you! Hilarious video where people buying some new TV stuff watch as "Death" stands right besides them! From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Socialist Water: Why does govt have a monopoly on delivering water? I overheard a heated discussion about water bills. They were saying that the city was going to double water rates over the next 5 years. One guy employed basic economics to defend his position. He asked how there could be such a large rate increase when there is clearly no shortage of water. There are always alternatives to government action. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Docking boxes (dbx) Docking boxes (dbx) adds animated drag 'n' drop, snap-to-grid, and show/hide-contents functionality to any group of elements. And ... in what might be another world-first for brothercake - dbx is fully accessible to the keyboard as well as the mouse, an action I've re-dubbed "press 'n' push" From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Hackers Clone E-Passports A German computer security consultant has shown that he can clone the electronic passports that the United States and other countries are beginning to distribute this year. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


FCC Supports Broadband over Power Lines "The Federal Communications Commission decided Aug. 3 to reaffirm its stance on the deployment of broadband-over-power-line technology." "By adpting this order, the FCC rejected requests by several groups, including the amateur radio community, the aviation industry and broadcasters, to either limit the service or to disallow it completely. " From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


DSMeet.com Interviews the Nintendo 64 Kid "I think I used my lifetime supply of excitement all in one gift that year" From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Shocking before-and-after morphing picture of destruction in Beirut (PIC) Click on the 'July 12' button then the 'July 31' button. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


GM To Build its First Hybrid Full-Sized Trucks - 2007 Release "Both the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are capable of using the new hybrid system. It is unclear which truck will be the first to get the hybrid system — or whether both will get it at the same time. However, because of the hybrid's anticipated expense — at least $3,000 more than the gas-powered versions of the trucks" From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Report: Real U.S. Deficit in Trillions The United States' true deficit is $2.9 trillion, more than three times the $729 billion the government claims, USA Today reported Thursday. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Feedback Sought on Reaccreditation of Certificate in General Education for Adults The Certificate in General Education for Adults (CGEA) is being reaccredited with the Victorian Qualifications Authority and the first draft of the new CGEA is available for comment on the Service Industries Teacher Network (SITN) website. Feedback closes 21 August 2006. Instructions for providing feedback can be found at http://tls.vu.edu.au/cf/sitntalk/ReadThisFirst1.pdf. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


pebbleRoad: Taming Your ‘Target’ Content In a web world, we have to deal with open-ended, heterogeneous content, which if not designed for use can be as detrimental to the user experience as weak info-seeking structures. This article briefly describes a simple approach that can help improve the use of target content. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


ScreenCasts and ScreenCasting The screencast is a computer-based presentation tool which can be used online or offline, by individual learners, or with groups of any size. It's most often seen as a sequence of dynamic screenshots presented as a slide show - think something like PowerPoint meets Vodcast - and is most obviously applied to demonstrate procedures which will normally be encountered in using a computer. This edition of WWWTools for Educators explains how creative educators and learners worldwide are making short work of expanding our notions of screencasting well beyond tutorials on how to use new applicati From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


What Is a Wiki (and How to Use One for Your Projects) A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page using a web browser. It's so terrifically easy for people to jump in and revise pages that wikis are becoming known as the tool of choice for large, multiple-participant projects. The article covers: Wikis Work for Big Projects, Choosing a Wiki, Advantages to Using a Wiki, Disadvantages to Using a Wiki Using a Wiki. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Top 20 Educational Locations in Second Life - SimTeach Second Life features hundreds of fascinating locations for learning and teaching. This is the list of 'top' locations as decided by Wiki consensus. Feel free to add and subtract from the list but let's keep this to 20 places - this format ensures the most up-to-date list. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


MERLOT Math test upload From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


WISPR - Workshop on the Information Search Process for Research Information LiteracyResearch has shown that all people seeking information go through the same process, regardless of their educational level or of the subject or discipline they are researching. The more complex the question, the more distinct the steps or phases in the process will be. For relatively simple questions, the phases may run together and you may not recognize that you’ve even completed separate ones. In more complicated research, the individual phases will be more apparent. In every case, you must start at Phase One and progress through all six phases in order t From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Camtasia Tutorial Step-by-step tutorial From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 4, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Innovate - Journal of Online Education August/September 2006, Volume 2, Issue 6 This issue provides assessments of emerging technologies for educational practice, studies of recent efforts at technology integration, and a commentary that promises to provoke engaging discussion about the role of technology in education. Articles include: E-Books: Why They Matter for Distance Education - and How They Could Get Much Better, David Rothman; A Proposal for Accelerating the Implementation and Development of Video Games in Education, Greg Jones and Kevin Kalinowski; Using Tablet Technology and Recording Software to Enhance Pedagogy, David Radosevich and Patricia Kahn; Facing the From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Mobile Blogs, Personal Reflections and Learning Environments: The RAMBLE Project The author describes how mobile blogs for personal reflection may be related to institutional learning environments, drawing on experiences from the RAMBLE Project. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Call for Papers - Queensland Council for Adult Literacy Annual State Conference The Queensland Council for Adult Literacy (QCAL) is calling for lectures and workshops to be presented at its Annual State Conference, 19 -20 October 2006. The theme of the conference is 'Making Waves - Issues of integration of adult literacy and numeracy in vocational, employment and life skills courses'. The closing date for submissions is 25 August 2006. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


What's Changed Podcast (Gerry White) From the eduauweb2 blog, this podcast features audio of the welcome and opening address given by Gerry White, CEO of education.au limited at education.au's seminar 'So what's changed?' held on 4 August 2006. He discusses truth, education, the media, conflict between technology and the human brain. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


CyberNetrix - An Internet safety program for secondary schools. Part of the CyberSafe Schools Program. CyberNetrix is an Internet safety program for secondary schools. It forms part of NetAlerts CyberSafe Schools initiative and is designed to help children learn important Internet safety messages. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE), Volume 14, Number 4, 2006 JTATE serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education. Journal content covers preservice and inservice teacher education, graduate programs in areas such as curriculum and instruction, educational administration, staff development instructional technology, and educational computing. In this issue: Research Agenda for Online Teacher Professional Development. Debra Sprague; A New Image: Online Communities to Facilitate Teacher Professional Development. Jennifer V. Lock; Collaborative Design of Online Professional Development: Building From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


edu.blogs.com The website demonstrates the use of blogs in education. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


IFAD Focus on the Rural Poor Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the International Fund for Agricultural Development produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; Household food security and gender; The challenge of ending rural poverty; Regional strategies. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


FAO Social Safety Nets Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; Microcredit: The Grameen revolution; Food stamps: Jamaica targets the poorest; Pensions spread a wide net in South Africa; The cost of feeding the hungry; The cost of neglecting the hungry. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Unis Get Student Management Software Local software vendor TechnologyOne said two large Australian universities would implement its 'out of the box' student management software. Both the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Melbourne's La Trobe University had recently inked multi-million dollar deals to that effect. ZDNet Australia, 4 August 2006 From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Education and Media Podcast (Phillip Adams) From the eduauweb2 blog, this podcast features audio of Phillip Adams speaking at education.au's seminar 'So what's changed?' held on 4 August 2006. He discusses truth, education, the media, conflict between technology and the human brain. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Engaging and Empowering Podcast (James Farmer) From the eduauweb2 blog, this podcast features audio of James Farmer speaking at education.au's seminar 'So what's changed?' held on 4 August 2006. His presentation is entitled: Engaging and empowering teachers and learners. What does this mean for pedagogies? From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Recognising and Rewarding: The Arthur Hamilton Award for Reconciliation in Education In recognition of the contribution Arthur Hamilton made to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, the 2005 AEU Federal Conference renamed the reconciliation Award, the Arthur Hamilton Award for Reconciliation in Education. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


FAO Spectrum of Malnutrition Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; Range of malnutrition; Women and children: The most vulnerable; Success story: Better diets in Zambia; Obesity: A growing concern. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


FAO HIV/AIDS, Food Security and Rural Livelihoods Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; How HIV/AIDS undermines food security; Vulnerability of rural households; AIDS affects women disproportionately; AIDS options: Situation critical; Case study: innovative farmer school for AIDS prevention. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


FAO Women, Agriculture and Food Security Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; Women hold key to food production; Obstacles blight women's harvest and hopes; Lack of gender-specific information skews policies; Tapping women's knowledge to reap gains; Case study: including women in an agenda for Eritrea. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


FAO Feeding the Cities Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; Feeding an increasingly urban world; Getting food to people: A model marketing system; Facts about urban farming; The role of government; Case study: Hanoi's unplanned markets. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


FAO Food Security and the Environment Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; Feeding 8 billion people sustainably; Managing agriculture for the future; Mountains: The world's water-towers; Fish: A finite source of food; Trees and people.. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..


FAO Water and Food Security Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; Irrigation and the fight against poverty; Growing demand, limited resources; Dangers of poor water management; Affordable, sustainable water; The future of irrigation. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Is Sony fighting a losing battle? Sony is facing a struggle over its PlayStation 3, with critics concerned about the processor and the price. Jack Schofield reports on the next stage in the console wars From digg on August 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Liquid-based body armor (VIDEO) A quick news segment demonstrating new body-armour technology using ceramic particles and glass particles. Credits for news segment at end of clip. From digg on August 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Protea Training This South Australian training company provides English language, literacy and cross cultural services. Protea Training offers tailored training courses and consultancy services for organisations with staff, customers or clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. From EdNA Online on August 4, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..


FAO Biotechnology and Food Security Fact Sheet Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Topics covered include: Key terms; What is biotechnology?; How can biotechnology help the hungry?; GM crops: What is being grown, what is being tested; Genetically engineered products: many unknowns. From Recent Items on August 4, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


Ubisoft to Support Wii with Seven Launch Titles "Ubisoft today announced that it is in development with versions of Far Cry, Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Monster 4x4 World Circuit and Open Season for Wii. In addition, the studio is bringing an all-new racer codenamed GT to the system." From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


[Confirmed] Apple providing Leopard Preview to attendees at WWDC Apple has released demo code that has a build requirement of "Leopard Preview". Check out the link. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Messy network pics: be glad your network doesn't look like this I'd hate to be the guy made to do some of these cleanups. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


U.S. to send 11,000 Fresh Troops to Afghanistan Pentagon: 82nd Airborne brigade among soldiers to be deployed From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Digital Darkroom: Was It Done With a Lens, or a Brush? Like many amateur photographers, Joe Dejesus posts his photos online and compares them to the work of others on the photo-sharing site Flickr. At some point last year, a number of landscape photos caught his eye with their vibrant tones and colors. Their secret was a software technology known as H.D.R. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Surgeons find knife, nails in stomach A team of surgeons in western Serbia earlier this week took out eight nails, a knife, a pen, a screw, a spoon, a clothes-peg and other, smaller objects, from a young man's stomach, one of the doctors said Wednesday. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Top 10 CLUTCH quarterbacks of all time SI's list of the 10 most clutch QBs of all time from Bradshaw to Montana. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Zune already shedding features... is this Vista all over again? Microsoft is delaying the video capabilities of its its Zune player, and it's not even released yet. Are there parallels here with Vista? Why don't they take a leaf out of Apple's book, and leak nothing until the product is ready to ship? From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Malaysian babies can no longer be Hitler, Stalin or even 007 The National Registration Department has forbidden the country's multi-ethnic community from using names from a list that it has compiled, the 'New Strait Times' said today. "The department has put up a list of 'undesirable' names in a bid to spare a child the blushes when he/she grows up," the paper reported. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Hot Summer Nights Getting Even Hotter, Government Study Finds America in recent years has been sweltering through three times more than its normal share of extra-hot summer nights, government weather records show. And that is a particularly dangerous trend. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Microsoft invites hackers to test Vista After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Do Rent-to-Own Stores Hurt the Poor? Many self-described advocates for the poor must believe that the poor are helpless imbeciles incapable of making sensible decisions. The new target: Rent-to-Own stores, which stand accused of preying upon residents of low-income areas. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Learn How to Develop Firefox Extensions!! - A step-by-step Tutorial What is your dream firefox extension? Don't wait, Do-it yourself!! This tutorial has been created for individuals wanting to develop full-featured extensions for the Mozilla Firefox browser. The tutorial has been constructed as a step-by-step guide providing many examples, explanations From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Dumbledore "Definitely" Dead, Says Rowling Author JK Rowling explicitly clarified tonight on her final appearance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City that Dumbledore is "definitely" dead. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Woman forces US record industry to drop file-sharing case A group of US record labels agreed to drop a music piracy case in the US after the alleged file-sharer argued that it could not be proved that she downloaded any illegal music. The case may set a precedent that undermines scores of other music piracy cases. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Video: Building Demolition Goes Wrong The building might not have been destroyed but the company's reputation sure was. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Lithium-Ion Electric Cars: Another Dell Explosion Waiting To Happen? The use of a type of battery with a history of overheating raises safety concerns. Laptops equipped with lithium-ion batteries occasionally overheat and catch fire. This has some people concerned about the use of this type of battery in new electric sports cars and kits for converting conventional cars and hybrid vehicles into all-electric cars. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


EA Support: 80% for Wii60, 20% for PS3 EA's corporate communications VP Jeff Brown commented at EA's summer showcase event, "This is not a business plan, but there are a lot of people at EA who are walking around whispering: 40 / 40 / 20 per cent". How's your Wii60 savings fund coming along? From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


AOL to Slashes 5,000 Jobs lol , Freebie strategy just don't work. Poor 5000 employees. What will they get ? Old AOL install cds maybe? From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


The scientist whom history forgot "A few years ago I was researching a book about Einstein when I stumbled on a footnote about an obscure Frenchwoman of the early 18th century. Her name was Emilie du Châtelet; according to the note, she had played a role in developing the modern concept of energy, and had acquired a certain notoriety in her day." From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


How To Steal a Laptop from Store and Walk Out with It The pink panther music was a nice touch. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Gallery of intricate crop circles. The crop circles are very well done, and wired gives a short description. Nice Photos. From digg on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Register Your Interest in Domestic Violence and Literacy Workshops Register your interest in a Domestic Violence and Literacy Workshop run by Protea Training to be held later this year in most capital cities. The workshops will include an overview of the Redesigning Social Futures program as well as input from local speakers. The workshops will provide opportunities to build cross sectoral networks and identify local issues. From EdNA Online on August 3, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


Right to Food Fact Sheet (FAO) Fact sheet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced as part of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 2002. Includes key facts, the role of governments and a map showing countries that have added the right to food to their constitutions. From Recent Items on August 3, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


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