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Security Update 2005-001 has dropped down from Apple (Jan 26 2005 02:40 GMT) - My Software Update utility tells me, "Security Update 2005-001 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: at commands ColorSync libxml2 Mail PHP Safari For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www. |
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You can ship yourself across country (Jan 26 2005 02:39 GMT) - The only catch is you have to be dead. Some place in Japan they find the body of a woman inside of a suitcase. I'm not sure I even believe this link. ... [[ This is a content summary only. |
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Future VLE - The Visual Version (Jan 26 2005 02:39 GMT) - Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes it's worth a lot more. This picture posted by Scott Wilson is one of the latter variety, as he nails the vision once again. Note the intersection between FOAF, RSS and portfolio. This is the semantic social network. By Scott Wilson, Scott's Workblog, January 25, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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The Six Laws of the New Software (Jan 26 2005 02:39 GMT) - Most educational designers don't think of themselves as software architects, but of course, that's what they are. And as such, this document - which starts from the premise that most people already have the software they need - will be relevant. Especially in education, designers are competing with existing products - the classroom, the television, the telephone, the book. This article outlines the six principles needed to make an impact: do one thing, not everything; |
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Academics Give Lessons on Blogs (Jan 26 2005 02:39 GMT) - Nothing that will be new to readers of OLDaily, but it's interesting to see that educational blogging has reached the mainstream news. By Shola Adenekan, BBC News, January 23, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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What Are JSON, JSON-RPC and JSON-RPC-Java? (Jan 26 2005 02:39 GMT) - Introducing JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), "a lightweight data-interchange format with language bindings for C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, TCL and others." JSON is the scripting language that makes things like Google's GMail so much faster than other browser-based tools. "The XMLHttpRequest object (or MSXML ActiveX in the case of Internet Explorer) is used in the browser to call remote methods on the server without the need for reloading the page." By Hemos, Slashdot, January 24, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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Making Memories Stick (Jan 26 2005 02:39 GMT) - Numerous things happen every day, but we remember only some of them. Why? "When an event is important enough or is repeated enough, synapses fire to make the neuron in turn fire neural impulses repeatedly and strongly, declaring 'this is an event that should be recorded.' The relevant genes turn on, and the synapses that are holding the short-term memory when the synapse-strengthening proteins find them, become, in effect, tattooed." By R. |
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welcome back (france in,peace again) (Jan 26 2005 02:38 GMT) - welcome backfriendi have kept all your things right there "at the heart of the country"and all those falling stars you showed to me tooi'm savoring the blood of my wordsbut they stop from bleeding for a little while nowwelcome back again(to my special friend F) |
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Who signs your checks, Andrea? (Jan 26 2005 02:38 GMT) - Steve at Decrimwatch notes that good old Andrea Barthwell is in Peoria today. Oh well, I missed her talk at White Oaks Center today, where she apparently planned to include her usual warning of the dangerously potent pot that's been destroying the country and supposedly has already wiped out Canada. Steve does a great job of fisking some of her comments. However, there's one point that puzzles me about this article. Who is paying Andrea Barthwell to travel to Peoria, Illinois and spread disinformation? |
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Tesco extends its item level DVD RFID tagging trials (Jan 26 2005 02:38 GMT) - Spy Blog Tesco, the largest retail chain in the United Kingdom, and apparently the third largest in the world, seems to be set to increase its controversial item level RFID tagging trials of DVDs from two stores to ten. According... |
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Local content examined (Jan 26 2005 02:38 GMT) - TV News: P'gramming needs to be aligned with net's other content -- Continuing a war cry that has been heard at NATPE for years, five heads of station groups continued to declare "content is king" at one of Tuesday's panels. This time, though, it's with a twist. |
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DEFYING EXPECTATIONS (Jan 26 2005 02:37 GMT) - I heard on NPR this morning that consumer confidence was supposed to dip. Apparently not: U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in January to a six-month high after the economy added more jobs and incomes grew, raising the odds that spending... |
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