Friday, December 03, 2004

An Unknown Giant Flexes Its Muscles. Although virtually unknown in the U.S., Lenovo - in talks to buy I.B.M.'s personal computer business - is China's largest PC maker and the world's fastest growing one. By By DAVID BARBOZA. [NYT > Technology] 11:47:30 PM      Google It!.

Batch Identifier Infrastructure. An open source tool for generating unique persistent digital object names and other identifiers has been released. Called "noid" (nice opaque identifier), it can be used as an identifier strategy no matter which naming scheme you choose (for example, ARK, DOI, Handle, LSID, PURL, or URN). Technical documentation is available, as well as a software release and a paper describing the motivation for persistent identifiers. By John A. Kunze, November 30, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 3:00:45 PM      Google It!.

ADL Releases Updates to SCORM Documentation and Software. A mixture of new requirements, examples, implementations and XSLT transformations that will keep developers happy all weekend. By Various Authors, Advanced Distributed Learning, December 2, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 2:57:12 PM      Google It!.

VOIP Meets Cell Phones [Slashdot:] this is the disruptive future -- BL 2:47:53 PM      Google It!.

Search Engines for Handwritten Documents [Slashdot:] 2:45:56 PM      Google It!.

Encouraging Interaction in Online Classes - Brent Muirhead, Instructional Technology. Promoting and maintaining interactivity within online classes continues to be a vital concern among distance educators. The current discussion will explore instructional strategies to foster online interaction. Research literature continues to affirm [Online Learning Update] 9:38:41 AM      Google It!.

66.3 Million Domain Names Registered [Slashdot:] 9:13:28 AM      Google It!.

Location-Based Encryption [Slashdot:] GPS based 9:11:54 AM      Google It!.