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Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
Microsoft Grava?. Has anyone hear about Microsoft Grava? I hadn't heard of it before and just stumbled upon it.
[base "]Grava[per thou] is the codename to a new set of tools from Microsoft[base ']s Education Product Group that will allow the education community to create and assemble materials that will increase discovery and allow learners to go at their own pace and learning style. Grava tools are slated for release in the Fall of 2007. You can find out more at: https://connect.microsoft.com/Grava [EDUCAUSE CONNECT blogs]
9:08:43 AM Google It!.
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Political Bloggers May Be Forced to Register. Thebes writes "Under Senate Bill S.1, political bloggers with a readership of over 500 who comment on policy matters or hope to incite 'grassroots' action amongst their readers would be forced to register with the Federal Government as lobbyists."[Slashdot]
9:07:23 AM Google It!.
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Will Telecommuting Kill a Career?. coondoggie writes to mention that Network World has a piece taking a look at the effects of the telecommute on advancement within your career. From the article: "Over 60% of 1,320 global executives surveyed by executive search firm Korn/Ferry International said they believe that telecommuters are less likely to advance in their careers in comparison to employees working in traditional office settings. Company executives want face time with their employees, the study said."[Slashdot]
9:06:04 AM Google It!.
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Deathblow To a Voting Machine. SiggyRadiation writes "According to their newsletter (my English translation here), the Dutch group that 'doesn't trust the voting computers' has won a round against the industry and the civil servants that seem hell-bent on reintroducing voting machines [~] NewVote, made by SDU [~] that the Dutch minister of the interior has suspended. Apparently SDU provided 5 slightly different samples of its machine to the Dutch version of the NSA (well... the very humble Dutch version anyway) for testing purposes. Of those five, four machines emitted radiation in such a way that the votes cast could be monitored. SDU's NewVote received its final deathblow when it became clear that the one machine that stayed within the radiation limits used a green-on-red color-scheme for its screen. And that would be a small problem for the 4% of all men that cannot distinguish between red and green."[Slashdot]
8:58:25 AM Google It!.
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How Real Is Too Real? . A controversial computer game based on the Columbine High School shootings of 1999, called Super Columbine Massacre RPG, has nearly upended a game-design competition that kicks off today in Salt Lake City. By Mike Musgrove. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] this is not benign entertainment - violent games increase the probability of antisocial attitudes and action as the line between real and virtual blurs --BL
8:43:37 AM Google It!.
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