e-Clippings 10.24.01

When a distinguished but elderly scientist says that something is
possible, he is almost certainly right. When he says it is
impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke's First Law, from Profiles of the Future

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going
beyond them into the impossible.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Second Law from Profiles of the Future

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law, from Profiles of the Future

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THE LAND OF THE FREE
In a show of honor and support for U.S. veterans
and attack victims, all national parks, monuments,
and memorials will waive entrance fees on
Veteran's Day weekend, Nov. 10-12.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=68015&nhid=3547&uid=8954&bx=n2


**Note on long URLs: Since I posted my resume last week, I actually
have received a couple of emails from readers saying that the link
wouldn't work and that they were distraught at not being able to
see the document. (OK, I added that last part).
Anyway, I thought that I would remind folks that sometimes the links
for the stories and/or files in this newsletter may be too long to
fit on one line. In that case, they are wrapped to a second line,
sometimes leaving them clickable and sometimes not. The fix is to
simply cut and paste the two lines into your browser's address
bar. Hope this helps.
Mark Oehlert, editor, e-Clippings
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NEWS

ARMY WILL BUILD WEB LEARNING SYSTEM
The Army plans to build a Web enterprise learning management system
to train soldiers in their occupational specialties. As many as 1
million soldiers annually will be able to use the system to meet
their work specialty requirements.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17298-1.html

Online Unschooled
By focusing solely on academic issues, online universities fail to
give their students the social context that allows information to
become meaningful, says John Seely Brown, coauthor of "The Social
Life of Information."
http://www.cio.com/archive/101501/et_development.html

E-ARMYU PORTAL TAKES ENROLL CALL
As a single mother and an enlisted Army sergeant at Fort Benning,
Ga., it was hard for Andrea Pratt to juggle all of her
responsibilities and attend college.
http://www.gcn.com/20_31/dod/17305-1.html

Flawed Anthrax worm hits 'Net
A new mass mailer worm, purporting to provide information about the
disease anthrax, has appeared on the Internet but is being hampered
because of a flaw in its design, antivirus companies said Wednesday.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/1017anthrax.html

THE TOP TECHNO-MBA PROGRAMS
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaadU0aaQunfa9nGBIb/

E-Classrooms in Session
The downturn in the economy and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have
accelerated interest in e-learning and Web conferencing. And while
that should fuel even more growth in the rapidly growing sector,
analysts predict that a shakeout - with considerable consolidation
among the players – is looming. To read the story, click here:
http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eLwY0DPscz0E470OnH0AW

SCHOOLS ASKING LIBRARIANS TO DEVELOP E-LEARNING SERVICES
Increasingly, librarians at higher learning institutions are being
tapped to develop new services for online learning programs. However,
librarians seldom have new resources with which to achieve this. The
varied approaches to online education throughout academia have meant
that libraries must create equally diverse programs to serve new
users, making the task even more difficult. Read full story at
Library Journal, free registration required
http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com//index.asp?
layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA163488

NEW BOOK TOUTS VALUE OF "INVISIBLE" WEB RESOURCES
Some of the best online resources are hidden from view, according to
Internet search consultant Chris Sherman and reference librarian Gary
Price. Such resources and how to find them are the topic of their new
book, "The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search
Engines Can't See." The authors contend that there are billions of
Web sites that search engines do not index, either for business
reasons or because of technological incompatibility. The book
identifies 1,000 databases directly accessible through the Web which
cannot be indexed by the automated "spider" programs search engines
use. Sherman says that he and Price consider this portion to be
the "biggest part of the invisible Web, and the most important reason
people should care about it."
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20011015/3539178s.htm

SCHOOLS FIND PRACTICAL USES FOR WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGIES
Colleges and universities across the country are embracing Web-based
and wireless technologies not for the implementation of full-fledged
e-learning programs, but in the hopes of improving educational
experiences for students and streamlining administrative procedures.
Wake Forest University has built a wireless LAN as well as student
portals used to store and manage course work data, records, and
transcripts. Meanwhile, Albertson College has implemented a program
in which students are given standardized laptops connected to a
wireless LAN. It is designed to foster easier collaboration, access
to campus services, and assignment checkups.
Read full story at Internet Week
http://www.internetweek.com/transformation2001/industries/education/ed
u.htm

eLearning - Good, But Not Good Enough
MARKET MOVEMENT
Disappointed expectations pulled down the e-learning index this week,
as it finished down 6.2% versus a 2.9% decline in the Nasdaq.
http://www.wrhambrecht.com/research/nltr/issue003038/index.html

As more and more organizations attempt to roll out e-learning beyond
their small cores of IT-savvy, motivated learners, they face this
question: How do you get employees
to show up for class when "class" is self-paced study—that is,
just an Internet connection or a CD-ROM, with no instructors or
classmates lending support? Many enterprises--including the Internal
Revenue Service IT school's Austin campus, First Union-Wachovia,
ConsoliDentInc. and APL Ltd.--are finding the answer lies in
synchronous, or live, e-learning:
http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eLmS0DShie0DSr0Obq0Ap

CONGRESS OPENS DOOR TO INTERNET TAXES
Senate lets Internet tax ban lapse, allowing states to prepare online
sales taxes.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67128,tk,dn101901X,00.asp

SMARTFORCE ON TARGET...SmartForce met its previously announced
revenue and earnings targets, posting record revenues of $68.1
million, up 49 percent from the same period a year ago.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/011017/sfw016_1.html

REVENUES UP AT DIGITALTHINK...DigitalThink, Inc. announced record
revenues for its second quarter of fiscal year 2002-- $15.3 million
compared with $8.8 million for the same period last year, an increase
of 74 percent. Net loss for the quarter was $3.0 million or $0.08 per
share, compared to a net loss of $6.0 million or $0.17 per share for
the comparable period last year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011016/161029_1.html

LATTE TO GO...Global Knowledge has created and appointed a new
Worldwide Product Management team to focus on the deployment of
Blended Learning Solutions throughout the 21 countries in which the
company operates.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/011018/phth016_1.html

October 25, 2001
Senate Armed Services Committee
Homeland Security
Full committee hearing on "The role of the Department of Defense in
homeland security." (Rescheduled from October 18.)
Witnesses: Paul Wolfowitz, deputy Defense secretary; Gen. Peter Pace,
vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. William Kernan, commander
in chief, U.S. Joint Forces Command; Gen. Ralph Eberhart, commander
in chief, U.S. Space Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command
Location: 216 Hart Senate Office Building. 9:30 a.m.
Contact: 202-224-3871 [www.senate.gov/~armed_services]

Date: Nov. 8,-Nov. 8, 2001
Location: Washington, D.C.
Event Name: Strategic Learning Symposium
Event Sponsor: Washington Area Corporate University Consortium(WACUC)
Event Description: WACUC is the non-profit forum for collaboration
and partnership among business, government agencies, and higher
education organizations applying the corporate university model in
their strategic learning plan. The Symposium will include expert
guest speakers, practitioner workshops, and industry exhibits with
informations on the latest technology in distance and virtual
learning. Attendees are actively seeking new approaches to employee
learning initiatives and business development. Advanced registration
is encouraged."
Contact Information:Name: John Wells
Phone number: 703-848-71
E-Mail: jwells@...
Web site: http:www.cuenterprise.com 0

Date: Nov. 12,-Nov. 15, 2001
Location: Boston, Mass.
Event Name: The 6th Annual Chief Learning Officer Summit
Event Sponsor: Linkage, Inc.
Event Description: The CLO Summit will unite over 400 industry
experts, thought leaders and corporate practitioners in a unique
community of learning to unlock key strategies for capitalizing on
corporate "know-how" and to build action plans for deploying
knowledge and learning practices. Through visionary keynote
presentations, practical case studies, and hands on tutorials, this
intensive learning experience will heighten attendees' skills in
creating and implementing effective knowledge management and
organizational learning processes and systems."
Contact Information:Name: Jennifer Hickey
Phone number: 781-402-5588
E-Mail: jhickey@...
Web site: www.linkageinc.com/conferences/hr/clo


TRENDS SECTION

FATHER OF INTERNET OFFERS FORECAST
(Source: PCWorld.com) IP addresses can keep up with Net's growth, but
the infrastructure may need a boost, Cerf says.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaadSQaaQtNCa9ndSPb/

Numbers: Instant Messaging
By 2003, 70 percent of enterprise employees are expected to use free
instant messaging services for business purposes.
http://darwinmag.com/learn/numbers

Pop Psych at Pop Tech (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT) 'Technology is the
enabler,' says one. 'What they want is the holes,' says another. All
the Internet-era psychology that's fit to print is explained as Mark
K. Anderson reports from Pop Tech at Camden, Maine.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,47508,00.html?
tw=wn20011020

Net Could Forge Era Of Guiltless Plagiarism – Researcher New
notions formed by the ease of copying digital content threaten over
time to plunge creative people - particularly writers - into a
plagiaristic morass that they might not even recognize is wrong. So
says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University
in Washington, D.C., who presented her ideas during a panel on
intellectual property during the Internet Research 2.0 conference
last week, held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171297.html

The W3C needs to be royalty-free: Jim Bell, who oversees standards
and industry initiatives at Hewlett-Packard, says the Internet
standards body must adopt a patent policy which encourages
innovation. That means a loud 'Nyet' to patents. Otherwise, he
argues, the Web's future growth could be put at risk.
news.cnet.com/news/0-1277-210-7506877-1.html

EMERGING TECH SECTION

Users Swarm to Staroffice 6 Beta
StarOffice 6.0 beta is proving to be a very popular download,
with better-than-ever Microsoft Office compatibility. Don't
believe it? Try it yourself!
http://extreme.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eLnJ0DPscz0FBi0OT40AR

Gartner believes that the combined HP-Compaq entity would be unlikely
to make much headway in the PC market, and that it would have a
better shot in the PDA market.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?152853:9649913

**Huh? 10 GHZ?
OPTICS COULD PUSH CHIPS BEYOND 10GHZ
Fiber optics could avoid transistor overheating, ease I/O
restrictions of faster chips.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66464,tk,dn101701X,00.asp

Sharp Electronics, known for its Zaurus line of digital organizers,
will introduce a Linux- and Java-based PDA for developers in
November, the company said. Linux has been embedded into PDAs before,
but Sharp claims this is the first Linux handheld launch from a major
manufacturer.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?154106:22509033

Big fat 5GB PC card for photographers: Camera action
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22374.html

3D For Your PDA? NeoMagic Thinks So: ATI Technologies and NeoMagic
Corp., the former leaders of 3D graphics, have taken their 3D
expertise further into the set-top box and even the PDA.
http://extreme.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eLqr0DPscz0FBc0Oeu0AQ

SECURITY SECTION

MS digital rights management scheme cracked
Let's hear it for the boy
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22354.html

SIMULATED CYBERATTACK SHEDS LIGHT ON FUTURE THREATS
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaadRpaaQtmMa9nGBIb/

Hackers Put A Price Tag On New Attack Tool
A new hacking tool is being actively used by attackers hoping to take
remote control of unpatched Unix-based systems, security experts
warned. The tool appears to exploit a known bug in a popular
authentication technology called Secure Shell.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171291.html

Microsoft bug reports may get personal data
Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have
been warned that documents containing personal information could be
sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of
a program crash. The feature that reports errors sends crash and
debugging information back to Microsoft to help the company detect
and fix bugs in its software. But the U.S. Department of Energy's
Computer Incident Advisory Capability office (CIAC) has released a
security bulletin reporting that the debugging information includes
an image of the current contents of the PC's memory, which may
include all or part of the document being viewed or edited.
October 18, 2001, 10:10 a.m. PT
http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCC40BDdZq0U0euC0Ay


HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

RIAA Turns to Hacking to Battle Song Swapping
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lobbied for
immunity from damage claims resulting from copyright holders'
attempts to crack private computers to enforce copyright protection.
Widespread criticism prevented that political strategy from working,
but the RIAA has apparently not given up on hacking tactics. This
ZDNet story reveals that the RIAA is developing software which will
masquerade as a user on popular trading networks like Gnutella and
Morpheus in order to disrupt the file traffic. The software would
essentially create a denial-of-service attack by repeatedly trying to
download the same song. We assume that it would not be difficult for
developers to quickly identify and disable such attacks.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2818064,00.html

From: - Helen Bradley, http://www.helenbradley.com
Undoing PDFs: If you have a PDF file you want to convert to a Web
page or a text file, you can do it without needing any software --
all you need is some know-how! Adobe offers a free conversion service
that you can use via email. All you need do is to send an email to
pdf2html@... or pdf2txt@... (depending on the conversion
to do). Leave the subject and message fields of your email blank
(and don't use stationery). Attach the PDF file you want to convert
to your email and send it off. Within minutes you'll get an email
containing the converted document.

**Isn't this the 8th sign of the Apocalypse?
Oops, Britney Spears Does it Again in AOL Deal
October 18, 2001
America Online will market the ubiquitous pop princess across a slew
of its online properties -- and will include AOL software on Spears'
newest album.
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_906571,00.html
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