e-Clippings 4.14.2004 *Not Latin for Fair and Balanced
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NEWS

The Pure Software Act of 2006: 100 years ago, Congress passed a law
requiring honest labeling of food and drugs. Now the time has come to
do the same for software. By Simson Garfinkel, The Net Effect, April
7, 2004
http://www.technologyreview.
com/articles/print_version/wo_garfinkel040704.asp

(from eLearningpost)
Optimize: THE INNOVATION/PRODUCTIVITY QUOTIENT
This article by John Hagel III and John Seely Brown describes the
convergence of e-learning, social networking, and easy access tools
like PDAs and mobile phones, to provide "collaboration on demand". In
my opinion, it will be this type of convergence, which is built
around solving real business needs and not around extrapolating new
delivery methods (m-learning,etc.), that will take center stage this
year. It's high time e-learning broadened its scope. http://www.
optimizemag.
com/issue/028/innovation.htm;jsessionid=R3YGZ3V40F32YQSNDBGCKHQ

(from eLearningpost)
PDMA: HOW "APPLIED ETHNOGRAPHY" CAN IMPROVE YOUR NPD RESEARCH PROCESS
"Applied ethnography is gaining widespread acceptance as a research
technique. But many companies are still puzzled by it, or do not know
how to use it effectively - especially in the new product development
process. This article will explain the fundamentals of this
technique, and give some examples of how it has been used effectively
in the NPD [New Product Development] process by companies in recent
years - and perhaps help you decide if applied ethnography is right
for your latest project."
http://www.pdma.org/visions/apr02/applied.html

EMERGING TECH SECTION

W3C Advances Specs For Web Interoperability
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has approved Document Object
Model (DOM) Level 3 Core and Load and Save specifications as official
W3C recommendations, a move that stamps out vestiges of the browser
wars and makes way for Web interoperability.
http://nl.internet.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=1,twi,1,1lf2,68aj,kdcl,8t40

Stowe Boyd on Groove 3.0: Stowe reports in Get Real, Corante's
Industry Insider on collaborative, real-time technologies, on the
demo he recently got of the new beta from Groove. Stowe's reaction:
"Wow!I was bowled over, for a number of reasons: vastly improved user
interface and user experience, close integration with Windows shared
folders for sharing of files (including embedded presence of
workgroup members displayed in the Windows folders), and a great
alerting model..." See the article for extensive commentary as well
as several screen shots of Groove's latest:
http://www.corante.com/getreal/archives/002396.html

(from eLearningpost)
CETIS: SCORM AND THE ART OF SPECIFICATION MAINTENANCE
"SCORM 1.3 is dead, long live SCORM 2004! It is pretty much the same
thing, but the name change indicates some hectic manoeuvering to
satisfy the conflicting demands of stability and predictability
versus the need to fix issues. The new version is out now. Also, the
first public indications of ADL's desire to hand the present SCORM
'to the community' have surfaced in last week's co-located CEN/ISSS
and IEEE LTSC meeting."
http://cetis.ac.uk/content2/20040205151104

Who Owns Print-on-Demand?: On Thursday, a jury in a St. Louis federal
district court found that the print-on-demand services run by Amazon
and two other companies, Lightning Source and Ingram Industries,
infringed on a patent held by the On Demand Machine Corporation (ODMC)
, a company based in St. Louis. ODMC was awarded damages of $15
million for past infringement up to December 2003
http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-577-3-3-187403-45195-1

SiteScape updates collaboration offering: Posted April 12, 6:00 a.m.
Pacific Time SiteScape on Monday rolled out an updated version of its
Web-based collaboration product dubbed Enterprise Forum 7.1.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=5EE913:1F4D50E

(from eLearningpost)
DIGITAL DASHBOARDS
Good introduction to digital dashboards with the emphasis on
visualizing business data: "a digital dashboard is a graphic
representation that contains a series of gauges and depictions that
summarise the state of the company."
http://www.infovis.net/E-zine/2004/num_143.htm

TRENDS AND RESEARCH SECTION

(from eLearningpost)
Stephen Downes: THE SEMANTIC SOCIAL NETWORK
"blogging network and RSS link content, but not identities, while the
social software network links identities, but not content.
Exaggerating this problem, on the side of social software, is that a
genuine network does not yet exist. Social software sites impose
barriers to entry, and are not connected with each other. The first
step, therefore, toward addressing the shortfalls of the two systems
is to break social software out of its site-specific mode."
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/view.cgi?
dbs=Article&key=1076792328&format=full

(found at eLearningpost)
"REALITY MINING" THE ORGANIZATION: It's time to mine commonplace
spoken interactions too: "Recently, managers have started mining data
from e-mail, Web pages, and other digital media for clues that will
help answer such questions. That's a start, but it misses the
real action: studies of office interactions indicate that as much as
80 percent of work time is spent in spoken conversation, and that
critical pieces of information are transmitted by word of mouth in a
serendipitous fashion." [Note: Free Registration required to view
this MIT Tech article.] http://www.technologyreview.
com/articles/wo_pentland033104.asp?trk=nl

(found at eLearningpost)
Learning Circuits: WE LEARNING: SOCIAL SOFTWARE AND E-LEARNING "This
article takes a look at software tools that are still in the future
for e-learning adoption, such as stage two collaboration technology
(known as open source), social networking software, proximity tools,
and virtual worlds. But can these tools really spread to the
education sphere? We point to some examples of this happening already
and postulate some others. Indeed, although many of these tools are
being developed and adopted by members of younger generations, a few
good visionaries—of any age—are needed to find more
innovative and
effective uses for e-learning."
http://www.learningcircuits.org/2004/jan2004/kaplan2.htm

(found at eLearningpost)
Bernie DeKoven: OF FUN AND FLOW
Using Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's well-documented observations and
research, Bernie draws a relationship between FUN and Flow -- "When
the challenge is greater than our abilities, we become anxious and
potentially dead. When the challenge is significantly less than that
of which we are worthy, we become bored, and potentially dead.
Maintaining the dynamic balance between abilities and challenge is
key to the fun experience in work."
http://www.deepfun.com/funflow.htm

(found at eLearningpost)
T.H.E Journal: CONTENT DELIVERY IN THE 'BLOGOSPHERE'
Nothing new here, but this article does provide some points to
ponder: "In this article, we will describe the pedagogy behind blogs.
We will address the reasons why blogs should be used as one of many
teaching and learning tools, as well as describe the potential
benefits of blogs for educators. Drawing on our own research and
teaching, we will conclude with specific strategies for using blogs
in the classroom."
http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A4677.cfm

(found at eLearningpost)
Dina Mehta: REVISITING THE INTRANET - PRESENCE, COMMUNICATION,
COLLABORATION Great post by Dina on her initial research with a
company's archaic intranet system. She finds out that the company's
employees do not need a document management system (which might have
been an initial top-down decision); they just want presence
indicators, communication systems, and collaboration spaces. It is
interesting to note that these seemingly simple requirements are
almost always hidden and can only be uncovered by doing some initial
research.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2004/02/19.html#a374

(found at eLearningpost)
LEARNING TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
This article talks about the "black swan" phenomenon -- the
unexpected events, the surprises -- and the need to learn from them
rather than view them with hindsight bias. Although the author uses
the black swan phenomenon to explain the progress of the 9/11
commission, I can relate it to many other instances involving a
company's culture and individual personalities.
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/taleb04/taleb_index.html

MOBILE COMPUTING SECTION

Expert Releases Cisco Wireless Hacking Tool: The tool, dubbed Asleap,
allows users to scan the wireless network broadcast spectrum for
networks using Cisco's LEAP protocol, capture wireless network
traffic and crack user passwords.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,92049,00.html?nlid=MW

Motion Computing Rolls Out New Tablet PC: It features wider viewing
angle, improved audio, Bluetooth and fingerprint reader.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,92019,00.html?nlid=MW

Intel Launches Next-generation XScale Processor: Intel Corp. updated
its XScale processor family with the launch of the PXA270 series,
which is designed for handheld devices, cell phones and smart phones.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,92170,00.html?nlid=MW


GAMING SECTION

`Wargaming.net has launched its online strategy game Massive
Assault. The game can be downloaded for free, though a monthly
subscription fee of $6.95 will be required to play in all of eight of
the game's online worlds. Without paying the subscription charge,
players can still compete in single player games against AI, as well
as play via the Internet on the Emerald planet and receive tutoring
from live in-game mentors. Massive Assault pits Free Nations
Union forces against those of the Phantom League secret alliance, as
they battle for world domination."
http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=31m,63p7,dat,79g3,cwqp,7oo6,5pc5

Video Coming to Portable Game Consoles: 4.6.2004 4:10:47 PM
Upcoming and existing handhelds are poised to provide video playback,
but games will still be the primary purpose of these devices.
http://consolewire.com/news/item.asp?nid=2888


COPYRIGHTS AND PATENTS SECTION

(from MindJack)
"The killing fields": Copyright Law and its Challengers by J.D. Lasica
"For years, all was peaceful in the house of Horowitz. Jed Horowitz,
a 53-year-old New Jersey entrepreneur with sharply chiseled features
and gleaming bald head, had been running a small video operation
called Video Pipeline that took Hollywood films, created two-minute
trailers to help promote them, and distributed them to online
retailers such as Netflix, BestBuy, and Barnes and Noble, as well as
public libraries. Then one day in 2000, the Walt Disney Co. sent a
cease-and-desist order, charging that Horowitz's company was
violating Disney's copyright by featuring portions of their movies
online."
http://www.mindjack.com/feature/killingfields.html

Lawfully surfing the Net: Disabling public library Internet filters
to avoid more lawsuits in the United States by Mary Minow
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_4/minow/


SECURITY SECTION

(from internet.com)
An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2
We conclude our talk with Kevin Mitnick as he provides a glimpse into
the mindset of a hacker, discusses attitudes toward security spending
and gives author Vince Barnes (and everyone else) a reason to think
twice before taking caller ID at face value.
http://nl.internet.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=1,twi,1,8t5u,iwm0,kdcl,8t40

FDIC Warns Of Scam Targeting Consumers' Bank Accounts: The FDIC is
warning consumers and financial institutions about a new e-mail scam
that advises computer users to click on an attached file for more
information about alleged fraudulent activity regarding their bank
accounts.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,92050,00.html?nlid=SEC

IE Vulnerability Flagged: Other Web browsers could also be affected
because of a flaw in Internet Explorer's ITS protocol handler, CERT
warns.
http://nl.internet.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=1,ty6,1,6hub,yew,kdcl,8t40


HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION



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