e-Clippings 11.14.01

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be king.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien
In Theaters, December 19, 2001
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Donate Your Old Phone
It's estimated there are 23 million inactive cell phones. If you have
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charity or cause. Just about every major city runs at least one (and
usually more) donation programs throughout the year benefiting
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and Motorola. You can find out more about their donation programs on
their Web sites, or call your provider, local cellular store, or even
fire up your favorite search engine and look for "donate cell phone."
Finally, the not-for-profit Wireless Foundation
(http://www.wirelessfoundation.org) is involved in several worthwhile
donation programs.

ADLNet: SCORM SELF-TEST UPGRADE
The ADL SCORM Version 1.1 Conformance Test Suite Version 1.1.2 (Self
Test) has been updated from Version 1.1.1 and is now available for
download.
http://www.adlnet.org/

From EMAZING:
Pump Me Up
In "Hostage," the new thriller from Robert Crais, a pivotal character
trapped inside a house is secretly talking to the police when,
wouldn't you know it, her cell phone conks out! With no extra battery
or recharger, she was sunk. Luckily, you'll never be in this
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from the device to most cells phones, then start squeezing. A minute
or two of squeezing juices up your phone with enough power to make an
emergency call.
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* Microsoft: Cookie data in IE can be exposed or altered through
script injection: A flaw in the way IE stores cookies on a local PC
could be exploited to steal user data. A malicious Web site could use
scripting to read and alter the information in a cookie, which could
contain credit card and other personal information. The
workaround is to disable Active Scripting in IE. For more, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-055.asp

Security hole in IE reveals data in cookies, Computerworld, 11/09/01:
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/1109mshole.html

For more than a half century the Guide to the Evaluation of Education
Experiences in the Armed Services has been the standard reference
work for recognizing learning acquired in military life. Since 1942,
the American Council on Education has worked cooperatively with the
US Department of Defense, the armed services and the US Coast Guard
in helping hundreds of individuals earn academic credit for learning
acheived while serving their country.
http://www.militaryguides.acenet.edu/index.cfm

Pedagogical Challenges for the World Wide Web
Tony Fetherston
http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/fetherston.cfm

Learning Circuits: GUIDELINES FOR BUYING E-LEARNING SERVICES
The old adage caveat emptor certainly applies to the current e-
learning marketplace. Many start-up e-learning companies have failed
or have been absorbed into other companies. Consulting firms will
help companies develop a strategy and select tools, but their prices
are often steep and their strategic alliances with suppliers cause
concerns about objectivity. So how can an e-learning manager navigate
the supplier landscape to build a sound e-learning strategy and a
scalable, flexible architecture?
http://www.learningcircuits.com/2001/nov2001/guest.html

USA Today: CISCO CHIEF: FUTURE MAY LIE IN VIRTUAL NETWORKS
The Internet has overachieved my expectations. (But) I would argue
now there's an over-pessimistic view of the role of the Internet and
its capability. We'll see wave after wave of applications of the
Internet. One will be a virtual network organization, which is a key
part of our message at Comdex.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/11/12/comdex-cisco.htm

Spain - Internet emerges as the next step in education: The
University of Salamanca will soon grant 26 degrees through online
instruction, 22 of them asignaturas and four of the more advanced
titulos.
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=6610

Ask the Author: Quality e-learning programs are different than
traditional ways of learning, and e-learning is more complicated than
posting manuals and other classroom materials
on the Web. Roger C. Schank PhD, author of "Designing World Class E-
Learning," is on-call until November 30 to answer your questions
about e-learning.
http://www2.cio.com/books/asktheauthor.cfm

The Chronicle: 2 SCHOLARS DEBATE THE FUTURE OF ONLINE DISTANCE
EDUCATION Is online education a godsend to busy professionals who
cannot otherwise take college courses, or is it a low-quality option
that should be avoided? The Chronicle asked a distance-education
administrator to face off with a prominent critic of educational
technology to debate the question "What is the appropriate role of
online education?"
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/11/2001110701u.htm

e-learning Magazine: CHECKING THE INDUSTRY'S PULSE: Every individual,
every industry, and every business has undergone a period of intense
introspection following the horrifying events on September 11. People
are asking questions such as: How has this tragedy affected me? How
will I change? How will my customers change? What impact will that
event have on the manner in which I train people or am trained? Will
my business survive?
http://www.elearningmag.com/issues/Oct01/industrypulse.asp

Technos: CAN WEB-BASED COLLABORATION REFORM EDUCATION?
Web-based collaboration at the pre-service level has the potential to
enhance educational practice in K–12 schools. As Becker and Riel
found in their survey of teachers nationwide, educators who value
collaboration and practice collaborative professional activities are
likely to engage in student-centered practice and use computers for
instruction in exemplary ways, even more than those who espouse being
constructivists.
http://www.technos.net/journal/volume10/3slowinski.htm

Irish Net users to strike next week: Enough is enough
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22697.html

U.S. ARMY LEADING THE WAY IN PORTAL TECHNOLOGY: (Source:
Computerworld) The U.S. Army has overhauled its Web presence with a
new intranet portal called Army Knowledge Online that is designed to
provide all 1.2 million active duty soldiers, National Guardsmen,
reservists, civilians and contractors a one-stop shop for Army
information.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeiUaaQASqa9ndSPb/

EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL LAUNCHES E-LEARNING PROGRAM: Forty-year-old
European business school Insead has announced the launch of an online
training curriculum targeted at managers in training. Insead Online
will offer courses in seven areas but will not grant online degrees.
The company has also reached an agreement with Wharton School of
Business in the U.S. to give Insead Online students access to
Wharton's curriculum and facilities.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011108/l08394565_1.html

ONLINE UNIVERSITY OFFERS LANGUAGE FLUENCY COURSES
eWeb University, a platform and content provider for elearning and
corporate knowledge management, has recently introduced courses in
Indian languages, including Hindi, Kannada, Teluga, Bengali, Tamil,
and Malayalam. These self-paced language programs are priced from $50-
$75 per course package and consist of 25-28 lessons that entail
drills and skill-building exercises in reading, writing, and
conversation. eWeb's demographic research has shown that the Indian
languages offered represent the major population of Indians who have
recently immigrated to the U.S. The university plans to expand its
course offerings in Spring 2002 with the addition of online
instruction programs for Spanish, French, and other languages.

PRINCETON PULLS OUT OF LIFELONG LEARNING ALLIANCE: Princeton
University has withdrawn from the high-profile Alliance for Lifelong
Learning, a year-old partnership with Yale and Stanford Universities
which started offering its initial online courses last month.
Instead, Princeton will focus on creating open-source software to
deliver multimedia content to classrooms, according to Betty Leydon,
the university's vice president for information technology.
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/11/2001111201u.htm

TRAINING PROGRAM SUPPORTS I.T. CONTRACTORS IN EUROPE
An Irish IT recruitment consultancy called Elan IT ReSource has
launched a new online training program intended to support IT
contractors in Europe. Contractors can access over 1,500 free online
courses for skills improvement and accreditation. SmartForce
partnered with such firms as IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco to provide the
course content. The program also provides access to videoconferences,
libraries, and expert advisers.
http://www.sbpost.ie/story.jsp?story=WCContent;id-30367

NCS PEARSON WINS $75 MILLION NAVY ED. CONTRACT: KEI Pearson, a wholly
owned subsidiary of NCS Pearson Inc.s government solutions business
unit, has been selected to manage a Navy program that provides
postsecondary education to Navy sailors deployed worldwide.
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/17418-1.html

Syllabus: OPEN SOURCE OBJECTS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Michigan State University's Learning Online Network with CAPA
(Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach) is building an open
platform for the development and distribution of online content. The
network, dubbed LON-CAPA, would make online content freely and openly
available to any instructor in the sciences or social sciences.
http://www.syllabus.com/syllabusmagazine/article.asp?ID=5671

In a blow to the electronic-book format, Random House is folding its
e-book imprint, AtRandom. The move will abolish the AtRandom name and
logo, which often adorned the paperback versions of material first
published as e-books. But Random House said the
move is mostly symbolic; it will continue to make e-books and publish
the material under its better-known imprints. November 9, 2001, 11:40
a.m. PT
http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCEm0BDdZq0U0fEB0AB


TRENDS SECTION

From MIT's Technology Review:
A Smarter Web: The Web is huge but not very smart. Computer
scientists are beginning to build a "Semantic Web" that understands
the meanings that underlie the tangle of information.
http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/nov01/frauenfelder.asp
**Is it just me or I am starting to hear more and more buzz moving
into larger and larger circles about the Semantic Web, RDF, OIL, and
DARPA DAML?

David Weinberger: DEAD TREES AND COMMITTMENT
This is the most fundamental part of the publishing model that the
Web hasn't changed: books are published when they're done. But, as
books increasingly become electronic — which will happen
practically all at once when the first mass market, usable e-book
device is released — that part of the publishing model will fall
also. Authors will of course correct errors after the book has been
released, but they'll also revise and expand the book as often as
they want to. A set of conventions will emerge that will let the book
become a long conversation with engaged readers. That's what many
books have always wanted to become.
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/swiftkick/column.html?ArticleID=192

AD HOC OFFICES GET A SECOND LOOK: As current events prompt more
telecommuters, workers need to create home offices quickly.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,70084,tk,dn110701X,00.asp

Survey Shows Widespread Use of E-learning: A new survey from the ASTD
about the use of e-learning shows that 42 percent of respondents have
begun to implement e-learning initiatives or have been using e-
learning for quite some time…
http://www.elearningmag.com/news/survey1107.asp

E-MAIL@30: (Source: Computerworld) In just three decades, electronic
mail has transformed the way we do business and the way many of us
live. In this special report, Computerworld examines the impact e-
mail has had on the enterprise and takes a look ahead to new
technologies that will drive more change.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaei5aaQAWPa9tT0ib/

THE RIGHT WAY TO SELL KM: (Source: CIO) OPINION | The reason for the
skepticism that surround knowledge management may very well be rooted
with how KM advocates go about selling the idea of KM. [Megan
Santosus]
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeiUaaQASpa9ndSPb/

LINUS TORVALDS: GODFATHER OF THE OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT: When he
created Linux -- the computer operating system that bears his name --
Linus Torvalds didn't consider it a revolutionary act.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeiUaaQASua9ndSPb/


EMERGING TECH SECTION

Navy issues XML guide: As the Navy moves forward with its effort to
put many of its applications online, the Navy Department's Office of
the Chief Information Officer has published a guide on the use of
Extensible Markup Language (XML).
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1105/web-xml-11-07-01.asp

IBM hoping new 'pixie dust' hard disk drives fly: IBM today launched
three hard disk drive products that include its "pixie dust" magnetic
coating technology, which is designed to quadruple disk space on hard
disk drives.
http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO65442_NLTAM%2C00.html

Quickoffice apps deliver data to PDAs: This handheld office suite
offers mobile office apps on a par with Documents to Go, and its
database integration capability makes it well-suited for enterprise
deployment.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?160748:9649913

NEC DEBUTS ITS FIRST POCKET PC: PDA comes packed with software,
including digital imaging and instant messaging applications.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,70505,tk,dn111201X,00.asp

It's All Arabic-English to Him (Culture 2:00 a.m. PST): A Wired News
Q & A with Fahad Al Sharekh, whose company, Ajeeb.com, just
rolled out what he claims is the Internet's first free
Arabic-to-English translation service. By Joanna Glasner.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48260,00.html?tw=wn20011112

BLUETOOTH ADD-ON FOR PALM PDAS: New device from TDK allows some
handhelds to communicate, print, and synchronize wirelessly.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,70003,tk,dn110701X,00.asp

Enfish, Inc. and KnowledgeTrack Corp. announced the merger of the two
companies and the formation of Enfish Corporation. The new company
offers a family of desktop and enterprise portal solutions.
http://www.teleconexpos.com/Manual/Manualpage.asp?
manualId=5623&eventId=7183&type=6&parentId=9799#portals

GATES UNVEILS PORTABLE TABLET PC, XBOX: (Source: PCWorld.com)
Microsoft chair wows Comdex crowd with a host of new devices, says
technology's future looks bright.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeiUaaQASxa9ndSPb/

COMDEX: COME ON IN: Get an overview of all the current goings-on with
this roundup. Plus, video for inspecting all the cool gear up close
and personal.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=68973&nhid=3601&uid=8954&bx=n2

P 3-D A: That's right, PDA's are finally going 3-D, thanks to a
hearty band of modern-day Viking explorers (aka Finnish developers at
Fathammer).
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=68952&nhid=3601&uid=8954&bx=n2

NORTHROP GRUMMAN WINS $49 MILLION MESSAGING CONTRACT
Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide technical support for a messaging
system used by the Defense Department intelligence community.
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/17427-1.html

ORIGAMI FOLDS EIGHT GADGETS INTO ONE: National Semiconductor hopes to
revive interest in Net appliances with a single device offering
multiple functions.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,70183,tk,dn110801X,00.asp

ALLTHEWEB.COM OFFERS NEAR-REAL-TIME INDEXING: Users can search more
than 3000 online news sources for stories updated less than an hour
earlier.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,70203,tk,dn110801X,00.asp


SECURITY SECTION

IE Bug Can Lead to Strange Search (IS/IT Infostructure 2:00 a.m.
PST): Internet Explorer users could find themselves looking at
unwanted websites and endless pop-up ads if a malicious website owner
is able to plant a string of code. By Michelle Delio.
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,48177,00.html?
tw=wn20011

CHOOSE AN UNCRACKABLE PASSWORD: (Source: ITworld.com) In my high
school networking class, one of my students asked me the name of my
pet; turns out that this is a common password and he wanted to hack
my Web server. That got me thinking. Maybe it is time to take a more
careful look at password policies in general.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeiPaaQANha9nkbob/

BATTLING PC DEMONS: Computer Security Expert Bruce Schneier doesn't
believe in perfect security, but he does think that people can keep
themselves safe in the electronic world. The following are some of
Schneier's top tips.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeiPaaQANla9nkbob/

Personal firewalls are 'futile': Harry Homeowner at risk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/22788.html

A Blended Threat/Nimda is a security attack or threat that uses
multiple methods and techniques to attack and propagate. Protect
your Enterprise with Virus Protection, Content Filtering, Firewall,
Vulnerability Management and Intrusion Detection from Symantec.
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a46258a82733967a16


HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

Solar System on a Floppy (Technology 2:00 a.m. PST) Entire planets
can be created in amazing detail using fractals and some nifty new
software. It's so efficient, almost an entire solar
system can be stored on a floppy disk. By Jenn Shreve.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48155,00.html?
tw=wn20011107

HELP FOR THE HARRIED TRAVELER: Business travel is typically
tiresome, but the headaches only increase when you have to navigate
New York City, London or one of the world's other metropolises.
Whether you're visiting a city for the first time or already know its
alleys inside out, you can benefit from The Economist's new online
Cities Guide.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeiPaaQANoa9nkbob/

March 2001, Ghana | Tribal clashes in Northern Ghana cause some to
resort to witchcraft in the hope of becoming invulnerable to weapons.
Sixteen men purchased a potion that would supposedly render them
invincible to bullets. After smearing the magical lotion over their
bodies, one brave man volunteered to test the spell by standing in a
clearing while his compatriots fired upon him... The jujuman who had
supplied the defective magic was siezed and beaten for his failure.
(Reuters, New Zealand Press)
http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2001-15.html

'Tourist Guy': Is He or Isn't He? (Culture 2:00 a.m. PST) The
doctored photograph of a doomed tourist in the Sept. 11 attacks
spread worldwide on the Net. Then his face started cropping up all
over the place. Is it a Brazilian businessman? By Jeffrey Benner.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48225,00.html?tw=wn20011109
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