e-Clippings 6.27.01

"You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty."
Sacha Guitry (1885 - 1957)

"The long haul is going to be about the complete reinvention of
companies. It's not a matter of throwing technology at a problem.
It's a matter of changing every aspect of how the company works
internally." -- Peter Solvik, CIO of Cisco Systems
http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=318&M=69644&MS=468
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NEWS

Labor Department To Share Data With Monster.Com
The Department of Labor announced today plans to team up with
online job search Web site Monster.com to cross-promote jobs in the
public and private sector and to share aggregate data on employment
trends. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao announced the details of the
plan as one of the key elements of the Labor Department's Office of
the 21st Century Workforce. That office was officially created today
through an executive order signed by President Bush.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167083.html

E-LEARNING COMPANIES MAKING THE GRADE
E-learning companies continue to be teachers' pets on Wall Street,
even during the economic downturn that has slapped failing grades on
other technology start-ups. The sector has been outperforming
companies in the broader technology industry, and many e-learning
companies got another big boost this week because of positive
earnings reports.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-6386106.html?tag=lh

UNIVERSITY NET COURSES HELP PROS MAKE THE GRADE
While there has been a lot of focus on "e-learning" as a training
method for companies, universities and colleges worldwide are
increasingly offering courses online, allowing busy professionals to
finish degrees, earn advanced degrees or take technology-related
courses that help with their jobs without putting careers on hold.
http://www.idg.net/ec?go=1&content_source_id=13&link_id=498568

BENEFITS FROM TRAINING RISE WHEN BUDGETS SHRINK
Traditional corporate IT training and university-based elearning
projects are under pressure from shrinking budgets and higher than
expected setup costs. Despite this, training investments are
continuing to occur, as risk mitigation strategies with an option for
future expansion.
http://itjobs.mycareer.com.au/default.asp?start=/e
lements/itnews/2001/06/26/FFXBCVGU8OC.html

Wired: JOBS THROWS APPLE AT TEACHERS
Steve Jobs highlighted a number of these projects -- iMovies by K-12
kids on geometry, sweatshops and gravity -- at his keynote address at
the National Educational Computing Conference here [Chicago] on Monday
morning.
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,44795,00.html

Online Publishers Launch Trade Group: June 26, 2001
The Online Publishers Association intends to focus on the advertising
community, media, government. Also on the agenda: intellectual
property rights, copyright infringement, and the paid vs. free
content debate.
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_791471,00.html

Hit the Books: Sun Microsystems has acquire Isopia, an online
training and e-learning firm.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?111493:9649913

HIGH COURT TO PUBLISHERS: PAY UP
(Source: The Industry Standard) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
publishers must obtain permission from freelance writers before
republishing their work electronically.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=498350

Palm to give $2.3m of unsold PDAs to education: Intel at it too
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/19965.html

KNOWLEDGE HOUSE INC. LAUNCHES WEB-BASED HIGH SCHOOL
Knowledge House Inc., a Canadian for-profit provider of Web-based
educational programs, today launched its newest program at the
company's annual general meeting. The Wellspring School is the first
Web-based, high school in the world offering academic curriculum
delivered using a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, problem-based
approach.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010627/to276.html

U.S. WEB SITES MAY FALL UNDER FOREIGN JURISDICTION
The director of a consumer technology organization is sounding a
warning that an international treaty now under development may make
Web sites in the United States subject to all the laws of 48 or more
other countries.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=499073

GI BILL TO COVER COST OF IT CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS
(Source: Computerworld) A computing association announced that GI Bill
recipients can now get reimbursed for technology certification exams
that they provide.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=499077

Accessibility eludes agencies
The date for posting fully accessible federal Web sites arrived June
21, and any expectation that agencies would be ready promptly
vanished.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0625/news-508-06-25-01.asp

BUSH NOMINATES DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=498854

IBM, Intel backing proposed IP-based storage standard: A group of
technology vendors, including IBM and Intel, said they plan to
support a proposed naming service standard being developed for use
with IP-based storage networks.
http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61690_NLTam%2C00.html

Dataquest: Online Training: VYING TO BE THE HOTTEST...
The Indian online learning market scenario is currently dominated by
IT training, with non-IT related training yet to establish itself. The
reason for this is two-fold..."Except in the field of infotech
training, there are very few content creation companies available and
even fewer is the availability of solution providers. Also, setting
up an e-learning site is an extremely complicated task."
http://www.dqindia.com/content/special/101062002.asp

TRENDS SECTION

FORGET PTA; THIS SCHOOL GOES PDA
This fall, Forsyth Country Day School, a private school just outside
of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is mandating that all of its high
school students purchase a Palm IIIc and a portable keyboard.
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,44812,00.html

Learning Circuits: E-LEARNING STRATEGY EQUALS INFRASTRUCTURE
Increasingly, firms are turning to e-learning to build competencies
and capabilities throughout the extended enterprise of employees,
customers, partners, and suppliers. To accomplish that, organizations
need a comprehensive learning strategy that moves beyond basic
delivery of learning offerings. Successful organizations are building
infrastructure systems that support performance, content, and
resource management.
http://www.learningcircuits.com/2001/jun2001/mcgraw.html

THE FATHER OF INVENTION
(Source: The Industry Standard) When the man who invented the
Ginger/IT scooter wants to bring shape to his ideas, he calls on dear
old dad.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=499198

COLD WAR : The business of cyberspace is looking more and
more like the politics of the cold war. Microsoft and AOL have
started to take sides in what could become the key battle of the new
internet age. Where does that leave start-ups (not to mention web
users)?
http://businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jun2001/nf20010626_610.htm

READ ON: Employees spend an average of 49 minutes a day on
email and many employers think that they are wasting too much time.
Maybe they're right.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-06-26-e-mail-overload.htm

Microsoft said its bCentral online subscription service provider
will shut down ListBot, one of the largest e-mail list-management
services on the Web. The move is scheduled for Aug. 20, and is part
of the company's strategy to shed free, consumer-oriented offerings.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167185.html

OPINION: Tim Wilson: When Paradigms Shift, Follow The Money
Since the dawn of commercial computing, users and vendors have
engaged in a chicken-and-egg argument over who controls the direction
of new technology and IT practices. Most users believe they have
little influence on vendors and are forced to implement whatever
technology a vendor provides. Most vendors say they are market-driven
and develop only the technology that users demand.
Both sides make compelling, defensible arguments. But looking back
from the days of the mainframe to current trends in e-marketplaces,
I've decided to put my stake in the ground. It is vendors, not users,
that drive most major changes in the computing paradigm. --Tim Wilson
Get the whole story:
http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eDzZ0BgHmF0V30PIY0AQ

Eyeforenergy: MAKING WHAT YOU KNOW COUNT
The folks at Common Knowledge, Aberdeen, Scotland, a knowledge
management practice specializing in the oil and gas industry, views
intellectual capital as "the product of workforce competence and
business infrastructure: if either is zero, the result is zero". Even
the best employees cannot deliver using bad data; likewise, poorly
trained employees cannot take full advantage of the latest in
processes and technologies.
http://www.eyeforenergy.com/content.asp?news=17753&nli=energy


EMERGING TECH SECTION

PORTABLE CHARGER FUELS PDAS ON THE RUN
Electric Fuel's PDA Instant Power Charger gives handhelds the power
to go on.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,53823,tk,dn062701X,00.asp

HARD DRIVES TO TOP 137GB THIS YEAR
Companies announce support for new standard to accommodate hard
drives over 137GB.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,53824,tk,dn062701X,00.asp

A Gadget Festival for Teachers (Making the Grade Tuesday)
The National Educational Computing Conference offers a plethora of
bells, whistles and handhelds. Here's a look at some of the gimmicks
that caught the eye of educators. Katie Dean reports from Chicago.
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,44807,00.html?tw=wn20010627

HyperSnap-DX
Screen capture tool that snags DirectX & Direct3D games, DVDs, edits
images and more.
http://www.jumbo.com/pod/pod.asp?fid=200043

TOSHIBA PUSHES HARD DISK DENSITY HIGHER WITH NEW MODELS
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=498108

Tomorrow Never Looked So Cool (Gadgets and Gizmos 2:00 a.m. PDT)
Hewlett Packard's CoolTown and IBM's research center put the future
on display. Just wait until you get a load of IBM's 'tricky pixel.'
Farhad Manjoo reports from San Jose, California.
http://www.wired.com/news/gizmos/0,1452,44676,00.html?tw=wn20010623

PANASONIC'S PC DISPLAY GOES WIRELESS
Touch-screen LCD can be used up to 165 feet away from the PC body.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,53723,tk,dn062601X,00.asp

POWER LINE NETWORK STANDARD DEBUTS
HomePlug Alliance announces technical spec after delay, expects
products this year.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,53683,tk,dn062601X,00.asp

Giant NMCI records deal set
EDS lines up government's largest records management software
license for NMCI.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0625/web-nmci-06-25-01.asp

SECURITY SECTION

WORD BUG CAN PERMIT MALICIOUS MACROS
Downloadable fix can swat bug that allows planting of potentially
dangerous macros.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,53544,tk,dn062201X,00.asp

CIA grappling with its role amid IT revolution
Unless the CIA can find a way to tap into the IT revolution, it could
become an irrelevant player in major policy debates of the future,
according to an internal agency memo made public this week.
http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61622_NLTpm%2C00.html


HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
(IRRODL)
http://www.irrodl.org
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
(IRRODL) is a refereed, interactive, online journal. The purpose of
IRRODL is to contribute and disseminate to practitioners and scholars
worldwide scholarly knowledge in each of the three areas: theory,
research, and best practice in open and distance learning. IRRODL is
hosted by the International Constortium for the Advancement of
Academic Publishing (ICAAP). Contact: Managing Editor: Jan Theissen
Email: jant@...

BEST OF THE WEB 2001
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=498092

A Post-Post-Napster Guide
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27316,00.html?nl=mg

No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die
US Army 'SmarTruck' takes up fight against deranged villainy worldwide
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/20021.html

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