Digitial divide still separates white and minority students "Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
2X TerminalServer Features Besides the native X-Window protocol, 2X TerminalServer can also translate and tunnel industry standard protocols like the RDP Protocol (Microsoft) and the VNC protocol, giving secure and fast access to other terminal services and applications. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Steve Irwin's Career 1962-2006 (Photo Gallery) A look Back in Time From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
My Dream App Starts Unveiling Finalists The first three to be unveiled are Herald (RSS feeds in a virtual newspaper), Desktop Wars (your desktop becomes a battlefield), and Stick-It (lets users stick notes anywhere - on apps, in menus). The 21 remaining finalists will be revealed over the next 9 days. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Facebook Redesign Angers Students Over Invaded Privacy Facebook launched a redesign today (September 5, 2006) which changed the layout of the homepage and introduced a few new features. It leverages the users attention to show the most recent activity of the 9.5 million users in the community. The students hate it calling it an invasion of their privacy and "basically creepy." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
The new iMacs. Faster. Bigger. Brighter. Cast your gaze on the ultimate eye-opening experience: the new faster, bigger, and brighter iMacs. Starting at just $999, the most personal of personal computers comes out packing a powerful punch. That’s thanks to the new 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor, you’ll find in each and every new iMac. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Geotagging and Privacy The popular photo-sharing website Flickr has made it easy to place pictures on a map--potentially changing Web search, travel, and local news. Privacy issues remain a concern, however, with the increasing popularity of geotagging. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
New to grid computing? Take a tour. Grid computing allows you to unite pools of servers, storage systems, and networks into a single large system so you can deliver the power of multiple-systems resources to a single user point for a specific purpose. To a user, data file, or an application, the system appears to be a single enormous virtual computing system. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
China - World's Largest Internet Market By '07 The number of broadband subscribers in China is growing at a staggering 79 per cent annually, and will reach 79 million in 2007, consulting firm Ovum predicted in research released today. Recent estimates from Leichtman Research suggest that the number of broadband connections in the US, currently the world's largest market, is around 51 million." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Secrets of Online Business Success Here's what you should know if you are moving your brick-and-mortar to the Web or building a Web-only business. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
New chip promises better AI performance in games A new company called AIseek announced what it describes as the world's first dedicated processor for artificial intelligence. Called the Intia Processor, the AI chip would work in conjunction with optimized titles to improve nonplayer character AI. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Google adds AdWords ads to US mobile search service Google Inc. has joined the mobile marketing playground with a wireless version of its AdWords service. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Hewlett-Packard's chairwoman spied on the home phone records of its board Chairwomen Dunn hires consultants to trace boardroom source of news leaks. Consultants use pretexting to get home phone records of board of directors. This identifies the source director who says he would have told her if if she had asked. This slimey behavior offends Perkins, director and SV luminary who quits and forces HP to tell SEC why. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Boot Linux faster with an open BIOS Linux can boot faster if a PC's BIOS is replaced by an open BIOS. Among other benefits, open BIOSes can save the time wasted by proprietary BIOS legacy support for MS-DOS and other unnecessary functions. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Proporta Wireless Headphones for the iPod This innovative bundle allows you to listen to your iPod via Bluetooth headphones the perfect solution to irritating cables. You can change tracks and adjust the volume from the headset, and leave your iPod in your pocket, or your bag - or even on the other side of the room (up to 10 metres/30 feet away). From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Steve Irwin - Most Popular YouTube Video - Fatal DEATH ROLL When a Crocodile cannot subdue his prey - it does a DEATH ROLL - drown and dismember you by aggressively rolling over several times in rapid succession - Watch Steve's most viewed YouTube Video as this is demonstrated - From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Samsung Previews Updated Credit Card-Sized Phone Samsung's credit card-sized phone, the P300, is to be updated, Samsung revealed at the IFA consumer electronics show last week. The new version, the P310, ditches its predecessor's pocket-calculator look and boosts the on-board camera to two megapixels. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Open source on the education agenda tectonic.co.za is running an interview with Richard Weideman, Ubuntu education programme manager. Canonical has been pushing further and further into the education space, with Ubuntu variants such as Edubuntu and Kubuntu creating considerable buzz. Now, as a dedicated manager based in South Africa, Weideman wants to take the Ubuntu and open source message firmly into the learning arena. "The wider community readily acknowledg From StuartYeates's blog on September 6, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
With Vista Release in Sight, Key Windows Executive Exits A Microsoft Corp. executive who led Windows Vista's development is leaving for Amazon.com, with the clock ticking down to the scheduled release of the delayed operating system. Brian Valentine, a Microsoft veteran known for rallying the troops to finish big projects, is due to start work at Amazon as a senior vice president in mid-September. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Free downloadable algorithms book I've only read chapter one, but it seem like a very good reading ! From digg on September 6, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Watch any baseball season standings horserace style It is an online application that allows you to view any Major League Baseball season, split by league or division (even wild card races), as an animated, date-by-date race between the various teams you choose.The data goes back to 1901, and includes every game of every season up through yesterday (9/4/2006). Kinda cool. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 9:08 a.m..
Google to Offer Print-Archives Searches Google plans to announce on Wednesday that it is offering a service that will permit Internet users to search through the archives of newspapers, magazines and other publications and uncover material that in some cases dates back more than 200 years. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 9:08 a.m..
Nintendo's Stock up, Sony Down Nintendo's stock has recently reached a 6 year high. Investment banks like Merrill Lynch cite the Wii hype. Sony meanwhile has experienced a slow decline ever since the huge drop at E3. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 9:08 a.m..
Playing With Poison Mercury used to be lots of fun—before we knew that it could kill you. Here’s how several pounds of it made the first electric motor spin From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Online word processors: A hands-on comparison The last year has seen the first appearance of online word processing applications such as ajaxWrite, ThinkFree Online, Writely, and Zoho Writer. Online office applications are an unproven product in a new market. To see how worthwhile they were, I compared their interfaces, basic and advanced features, and their document export and administration. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
When Does (Insert TV Show Name Here) Come Back? Still wondering when new season of Family Guy starts? (9/10/06) Wonna know when Jack Bauer will start killing the Chinese mafia in 6th season of 24? (1/14/07) Here is a great premiere guide from The Futon Critic for all your favorite TV shows. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
DIY LED Mood Lamp I wanted the new mood lamp to be more powerful, so it could also be used in daylight conditions. I did this by using a z-power 3 watt RGB power led. This one led is far more powerful than the 12 ones combined i used before. The colors also mix better because of the wider opening angle and because the rgb chips lay very close together. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Building gets Color Bombed A building gets exploded with color bombs. This is totally awesome - if not completely pointless. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
"Strange Brazilian Creature": AKA - The Giant Isopod These images were just forwarded to me from Spain regarding: "a strange creature found by the Water Authority of the town of Sorcaba, Brasil. It was taken to a biologist who believed it to be a mutation of a smaller creature." They are images of the Giant Isopods, which are usually found in the deep sea and are related to pill bugs and wood lice. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Students, Moms Make Ends Meet As Strippers "20/20' Goes Inside the World of 'Gentlemen's Clubs" "But as we listened to them talk about competing against other women and avoiding abuse and exploitation, we realized their stories were echoed not just by other dancers, but by women throughout the work force." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
PS3 PAL launch delayed to March 2007 SCEE have announced that the PS3 release date has slipped from November 17th 2006 to March 2007 - fun, anyone? From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Jay Leno Tribute To Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin A touching and funny memorial to Steve Irwin from Jay Leno. We love you Steve. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
John Paul II 'spied on in Vatican Pope John Paul was spied on by Vatican informers working for the Polish secret services in the communist era, a Polish cardinal was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Cardinal Glemp, archbishop of Warsaw, was quoted as telling Italy's ANSA news agency that John Paul was the target of espionage between his election in 1978 up until 1989. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Keith Olbermann to Bush: Have you no sense of decency? Olbermann: "More over, Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seek--a fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comforting illusion of safety." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
How To: Building A Better Bluetooth Sniper Rifle The gun, which is called the BlueSniper rifle, can scan and attack Bluetooth devices from more than a mile away. The first version of the gun showed up at Defcon 2004; The gun is now bigger, stronger and more durable and the antenna is almost twice a powerful as the older model. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Telephone Telepathy - I Was Just Thinking About You Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them -- now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
SC: 06/09 Critical vulnerability found in Word 2000 Reports have surfaced that a new zero-day attack is in the wild that looks to exploit a bug in the older Word 2000 software (current version is Word 2003) ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on September 6, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
OneWebDay OneWebDay is one day a year when we all - everyone around the physical globe - can celebrate the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities. As with Earth Day - an inspiration and model for OneWebDay - it’s up to the celebrants to decide how to celebrate. We encourage all celebrations! Collaboration, connection, creativity, freedom. By the end of the day, the Web should be just a little bit better than it was before, and we’ll be able to see our connection to it more clearly. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
Open Education 2006: Community, Culture, and Content Open Education 2006 is a multidisciplinary event designed to promote the discussion of the variety of research, development, and other activities necessary to move the field of open education forward. Conference Themes: OpenEd 2006 will focus on the social, cultural and technical aspects of: Open educational resources; Tools and software supporting open education; Reusing and remixing open educational resources. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
Ahmadinejad seeks to purge liberal college teachers Iran's hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, in another step back to 1980s-style radicalism. Ahmadinejad complained that changes in the country's universities were difficult to accomplish, but said the task had begun. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
20,000+ brands of beer worldwide Worldwide, 20,000 brands of beer are brewed in 180 styles, from ales, lagers, pilsner and stouts to bitters, cream ales and iced beers. Beer has been a popular beverage for a long time. Babylonian clay tablets show detailed recipes of beer making in 4300 BC. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
An Online Game, Made in U.S., Seizes the Globe While games stamped “Made in the U.S.A.” have often struggled abroad, especially in Asia, World of Warcraft has become the first truly global video-game hit since Pac-Man in the early 1980’s. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Guy plays chicken with an oncoming train and lives to post it on Google A guy jumps in front of a rapidly approaching train. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Picture of Digg.com running on Nintendo DS Opera Browser Found these pictures of a Flickr user browsing Digg on the DS's spiffy new web browser. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Microsoft "BrowserShield" Microsoft researchers are experimenting with an automatic code zapper for the company's Internet Explorer Web browser, to allow IE to intercept and remove, on the fly, malicious code hidden on Web pages. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Cool Sofa Morphs Into Bunk-Beds Filed under 'design' (though not tech) - "Doc, A sofa with removable covers and integrated/patented mechanism which transforms the sofa into a bunk bed. Doc XL furnishes the day area and with a simple movement transforms into a practical ready made bunk bed with integrated supporting ladder and protection guard." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Why did Lockheed win NASA's Orion contract? While Lockheed Martin is an aerospace giant, with tons of experience in building unmanned rockets, capsules and probes, it has never built a manned spacecraft before. In fact, when it won the contract for the previous iteration of the next-generation manned spacecraft, the X-33 space plane, the project was a complete failure. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
How to correctly insert a Flash into XHTML I found this to be helpful while coding one of my clients site's in that I had never been required to make Flash fully compliant by W3C Standards. Hopefully this can help some others too =D! From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Woman Finds Possible 2,000 yr Old Coin In Grocery Change When the coins come out of the cash drawer, they all sound the same. And when Lynn Moore picked up her change and walked out of a Sumter Bi-Lo last November, she had no reason to believe her coins were any different. Boy, was she wrong. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
The War Is Lost: Read the Pentagon's Latest, Dismal " Progress Report" The Pentagon’s latest quarterly "progress" report to Congress on Iraq is a grim tale of a lost war. The Pentagon told Congress what Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and propaganda organs such as Fox "News" never tell the American public, namely: see list below..... From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Subliminal advertising in spam (.gifs to prove it) This is a great example of subliminal advertising in a spam message. The spam contains an animated GIF with four frames. The spam contains an animated GIF with four frames. One of the frames (which contains the actual spam message) remains visible for 17 seconds. The other three frames are displayed for 10ms or 40ms, and each contain a message. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Battlefield 2 - Official 1.4 Patch Released! The long-awaited Battlefield 2 patch has finally been released. This new update fixes many bugs from the current patch and also adds some new things to the gameplay. Here is the official change log and mirrors for you to download. More mirrors will be added as they are found. Download it now! From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Irwin Pulled Barb From Chest Before Death Fatally injured by a stingray, Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its serrated barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying, the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Next Hot Commodity? Arabica Coffee Beans New York, home of the $4 cup of coffee, may be where the commodity gets its next price jolt. Prices for arabica coffee beans on the New York Board of Trade could climb more than 20 percent in the next 12 months and outperform some of this year's best commodities investments, including copper and silver. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
CSS Mastery: Fixed-Width, Liquid, and Elastic Layouts and Faux Columns With liquid layouts, dimensions are set using percentages instead of pixels. This allows liquid layouts to scale in relation to the browser window. As the browser window gets bigger, the columns get wider. Conversely, as the window gets smaller, the columns will reduce in width. Liquid layouts make for very efficient use of space... From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Kiko's $258,100 Buyer Revealed! When AJAX based online calendar Kiko sold on eBay for a quarter million dollars last month there was much speculation about who bought it and why. The buyer finally revealed itself today. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Digg Video Section is a Top Contender in the "Internet TV Charts" Alx Klive, a British television journalist and dot-com entrepreneur, is convinced that popularity rankings online can be misleading -- and are sometimes manipulated. His solution: the Internet TV Charts, which he hopes will become a user-friendly Billboard of online videos. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Open Source: changing the world and web "Let’s face it, not everyone is a tech junkie at this stage in their life (I know that I am not) but the further one gets in their college career, the closer we get to the corporate realm, and it is important to note one of the most interesting tech issue revolutionizing our world, open source programming." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
How to install RAM in your Mac (and save big $$$) for those that don't know, here's a quick walkthrough (with video) on how to install third-party RAM inside a Mac. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Turbo Delphi, Turbo C#, Turbo C++ available today for FREE Borland has released the turbo editions of their propular IDE today. Enjoy free editions of Turbo Delphi for Win32, Turbo Delphi for .NET, Turbo C#, and Turbo C++. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Bill Ford out as Ford CEO "Bill Ford is stepping down as chief executive at Ford Motor Co. and the troubled automaker said Tuesday he will be replaced by Alan Mulally, a top executive from the airplane maker Boeing Co." From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
In Gulf of Mexico, Industry Closes In On New Oil Source The oil industry is on the verge of cracking open a deep-water region in the Gulf of Mexico that could become the nation's biggest new domestic source of oil since the discovery of Alaska's North Slope more than a generation ago. it could boost the nation's current reserves of 29.3 billion barrels by 50%. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Human Dominoes This is clever. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Bush Declares Eco-Whistleblower Law Void for EPA Employees The Bush administration has declared itself immune from whistleblower protections for federal workers under the Clean Water Act, according to legal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The opinion and the ruling reverse nearly two decades of precedent, and will silence 170,000 federal employees. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Genetic engineers breed a mouse that's "permanently cheerful" The so-called "permanently cheerful" mice are offering hope for a new treatment against clinical depression. This research is significant since it is the first time depression has been eliminated by altering the genetic code in an organism. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Steve Irwin + Conan O'Brien = Awesome interview Very Funny Interview... R.I.P. Steve Irwin From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Wireless HDMI Coming In November The companies' first wireless HDMI setup is a standards-based system, predicated on the standards set forth by Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony in July of 2003. Other wireless HDMI technologies introduced to date have been proprietary, both Tzero and Analog Devices alleged. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Sony: PSP to get classic game download service According to Kawanishi, the new service will work either through a PC with a broadband connection, or through the PlayStation 3 itself. The user will be able to download games designed for the original PlayStation 1, which according to the Sony head works well. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Why Politicians Cannot Lie Very Well No amount of coaching or media training can co-ordinate the hand gestures and facial expressions to fully cover up what a person knows not to be true. Tony Blair unconsciously fiddles with his little finger whenever an opponent makes him anxious. George Bush, on the other hand, bites the inside of his cheek at anxious moments. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Letterman - I Don't Want a Computer David Letterman explains why he doesn't have a computer, and no intention to get one. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Judge Throws Out Cell-Phone Case Against Texas Arab Men A federal judge threw out conspiracy and money laundering charges Tuesday against three Texas men who originally were accused of planning terrorism, saying there wasn't enough evidence to bring them to trial. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
An Abandoned City (photos) Here is a little photo-session of an abandoned city. When the Soviet Union collapsed, government didn’t have much funds to support some small cities around strategically import objects. People of these cities were left all by themselves. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Why Quantum Mechanics Is Not So Weird after All Richard Feynman's "least-action" approach to quantum physics in effect shows that it is just classical physics constrained by a simple mechanism. When the complicated mathematics is left aside, valuable insights are gained. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
A first look at GNOME 2.16 Ars Technica has published the first review of GNOME 2.16! Scheduled for release tomorrow, the latest version of GNOME has a new icon theme, new Metacity compositing functionality with support for wobbly windows and real terminal transparency, and many other exciting new features. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Industry leaders give advice on how to be successful online The founders of companies such as Netflix, Paypal, Monster, Linkedin, Hoovers Online, and Sales Force all give advice on how to be successful online. They also give advice on what you should not do. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
The Crusher Robot Who would pay millions of dollars for a vehicle with no steering wheel, seats, or a gas pedal? The U.S. Military, whose unmanned "Crusher" robot can drive itself - over extreme terrain, like a 4-foot vertical wall, and can carry up to 8,000 pounds of supplies. All this without any human interaction, using a combination of sensors and AI. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Top Ten Best Looking Gamecube Games Sure, sure, Nintendo would have you believe that graphics don't matter, but we think they're wrong. After all, how can't the oftentimes gorgeous graphics found in the games below not matter? These babies would be on a catwalk, provided they could walk. But unfortunately they can't, so we're giving them the next best thing: their very own awards. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Results of the Google Desktop Gadget Contest! 1st place goes to "diGGGadget by Marius and Yannick Stucki – Stay on top of the latest stories from digg.com. Click on a few buttons and you'll know why we think it's so great. It also takes advantage of our advanced APIs to enable sharing news with friends plus personalization based on your interests. " From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Spitzer’s View of the Large Magellanic Cloud NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope recently captured this image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. This single image, containing about a third of the entire galaxy, is actually made up of 300,000 individual frames that were stitched together on computer to create a gigantic mosaic. From digg on September 6, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Child Care Contacts Tasmania The Tasmanian Child Care Unit provides this search tool to find child care services. Search by name, service type, suburb, postcode, ages required. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
HCI International 2007: 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction The Conference focuses on the following major thematic areas: Human-Computer Interaction; Human Interface and the Management of Information; Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction; Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers; Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics; Virtual Reality; Usability and Internationalization; Online Communities and Social Computing; Augmented Cognition; Digital Human Modeling. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
Professional Services Development Programme The aim of the Professional Services Development Programme (PSDP) is to facilitate the internationalisation of education and training and the export and recognition of educational and professional services. PSDP funding is intended to support Australian education and training providers, professional bodies and other key stakeholders involved in the recognition of Australian qualifications overseas and professional recognition in Australia. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
20th CODATA International Conference: Scientific Data and Knowledge within the Information Society The 20th International CODATA Conference will address issues such as fair and equitable access to data, data archiving, data protection and data security. Science has never relied more heavily on the collection, management and dissemination of data, and CODATA's task to contribute to all aspects of data, from preservation to sharing and value extraction and addition, will be addressed at this International Conference. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
ETD 2007: 10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations Under the general theme 'Added values to e-theses', ETD 2007 is organised around two main themes: 'Integrating ETDs with institutional processes and practices' and 'Value added services'. The focus will include: Integrating e-theses into local services (student portals, educational portals and platforms, research databases, electronic prepublication process); Integrating e-theses into the research process (ie. linking with research projects etc.); Integrating e-theses in national and international services (syndication, OAI-PMH, discovery services, syntactic and s From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
List of Child Care Centres, Victoria The Child Care Centres' Association of Victoria provides a list of child care centres sorted alphabetically by suburb. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
De Lange Conference VI Emerging Libraries Rice University's 2007 De Lange Conference aims to describe how knowledge will be accessed, discovered, and disseminated in the Age of digital information. The traditional concept of a library has been rendered obsolescent by the unprecedented confluence of the Internet, changes in scholarly publication models, increasing alliances between the humanities and the sciences, and the rise of large-scale digital library projects. The old ways of organizing and preserving knowledge to transmit our cultural and intellectual heritage have converged with the most advanced technologies of science a From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
MedNET 2006 The overarching theme of Mednet 2006 is 'Improving Public Health through the Internet'. Themes include: patient portals; putting electronic health records online; etrials; Health information on the web; semantic web applications and search engine technologies; psychobehavioral interventions on the Internet; web-based medical education; usability and human factors on the web; Internet based publishing and peer-review; Open Access publishing in medicine. From EdNA Online on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
Chinese Phrase Finder A free online phrase finder that will help you find alternative ways of expressing yourself in Chinese. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
Psychology Wiki This is a free online resource devoted specifically to psychology. This site comes with a disclaimer. It is that it’s a part of the Wiki system which allows anyone to change the content of the site, but on the whole, the Wiki system offers reliable information. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
Biblioteca Semantica de WebQuest Portal completo sobre WebQuest, en el que podra efectuar busquedas de WebQuest por multiples criterios, podra proponer nuevos WebQuest, anotar y proponer recursos sobre los ya existentes, contactar con otros usuarios del portal, ver noticias y enlaces de interes referentes al mundo de los WebQuest, participar en foros, etc. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 6, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
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