Thursday, March 24, 2005

Knoppix Used in Internet Banking Solution [Slashdot:] 5:59:28 PM      Google It!.

The Fish Wrapper - Do you dream in RSS?. "Yesterday, I had a chance to talk with our Web director here at UMW about RSS and the enclosure possibilities. We're getting ready to launch a portal at the University, and our Web team has built us this spiffy tool that will allow users to create custome RSS feeds for getting content into that new environment. Among other things this "feed generator" will let you read multiple existing RSS feeds and then turn them around in a new, aggregate feed, containing items from multiple sources. You can also use the generator to create "custom" items (links to Web sites, resources, enclosures. . .)" [And how! And more!] [Edubloggers Links Feed] 5:57:18 PM      Google It!.

DataBlogging is "the notion that traditional blog entries have extended data fields appended to them to track various things." [Scripting News] 5:51:26 PM      Google It!.

Government Statement on Proposals for Copyright Reform. Two Canadian departments, Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage, have issued an important joint statement on legislation to be proposed covering copyright and file sharing in Canada. The document addresses short term concerns (with longer term items being subject to a consultation process). The document represents an increase in rights for publishers, but is far from the land-grab seen in the United States or in an earlier Canadian Heritage document. ISPs would be freed from liability, only courts would be able to issue take-down orders, and several rights (especially in performing arts and photography) would be extended. There is quite a bit on the use of digital material for learning, including extensions of traditional privileges (such as the display of materials in a classroom) to the digital environment (provided that "reasonable safeguards to prevent misuse" are employed, a stipulation that is not defined). Via Michael Geist. Additionally, via Tod Maffin, links to the full text of 700 submissions made to the government on the issue (the posting of which online was I think a fabulous idea, one I'd like to see repeated for other consultations). By Various Authors, Government of Canada, March 24, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 5:46:36 PM      Google It!.

Bookmarklet: Delicious Linkbacks. Nifty. A link that you can drag to your bookmark toolbar. Go to a web page, any web page, then click on the bookmark. You'll get a pop-up listing the comments people made about the page on del.icio.us. Via Tim Lauer. By Alan Taylor, March, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 5:43:31 PM      Google It!.

Canada Says No To DMCA [Slashdot:] 4:23:11 PM      Google It!.