Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Dictionaries Are Set Aside in Patent Suits. By Bloomberg News. By BLOOMBERG NEWS. [NYT > Business] 11:00:48 PM

Keeper of Expired Web Pages Is Sued Because Archive Was Used in Another Suit. The Internet Archive, which stores snapshots of ever-changing Web sites, is on the defensive in a legal case that represents a strange turn in the debate over copyrights. By TOM ZELLER Jr.. [NYT > Business] 11:00:05 PM

CBS to launch 24-hour Internet news network, bypassing cable (AFP). AFP - CBS News announced plans to create a 24-hour on-demand Internet network that bypasses cable television and could transform one of the oldest US broadcast news operations. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 4:17:30 PM

CBS News to Expand Web News Component (AP). AP - CBS News is aggressively expanding its Internet capabilities to offer a 24-hour news network with a "video jukebox" that allows consumers to construct their own online newscasts, the network announced Tuesday. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 4:17:13 PM

A Guide to Getting Things Done. If you spend a lot of time not accomplishing your goals, you might benefit from the Getting Things Done movement, otherwise known as GTD for those of us too productive to waste time on extra syllables. By Robert Andrews. [Wired News] 4:17:03 PM

GTD: A New Cult for the Info Age. The manual Getting Things Done, which preaches tips for time management, has inspired a cult-like following online. Enthusiasts share tips and tools for doing more work, reducings stress and keeping inboxes clean. By Robert Andrews. [Wired News] 4:16:49 PM

CD-ROM Peers Into Dog Innards. Veterinary researchers create an interactive program offering a 3-D look at the inside of a canine. The project, similar to an earlier one featuring a horse, helps veterinary students visualize patients' ailments. By Randy Dotinga. [Wired News] 4:16:36 PM

Online Sales Stay the Course: Up 23 Percent. Online sales stayed up - increasing 23 percent for the week ended June 19, compared with the corresponding week a year ago - reaching $1.34 billion from $1.09 billion, reports Internet Retailer,... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing] 4:15:43 PM

P&G's McConnell: Measurement the Key for Driving Adspend Online. Web advertising adspend - 3.7 percent of ad budgets last year, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau - remains small because unlike TV there is no generally accepted measurement system... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing] 4:15:32 PM

WOMMA Issues First Word-of-Mouth Standards. The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) yesterday released a set of standards (its "Terminology Framework") for tracking and quantifying word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing. Some 30 analytics... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing] 4:15:21 PM

Study: Evocative Text Is the Secret to Email Success. Online marketer Bluestreak's latest email report, published Monday, highlights the email marketing practices of leading practitioners who consistently achieve superior open and click-through rates,... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing] 4:15:02 PM

Cross-Media Study: Web a Dominant Buyer Influence. DoubleClick's annual Touchpoints Survey reveals that the web is the most consistent factor in purchase influence across 10 product categories, according to MediaBuyerPlanner. The survey examined the... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing] 4:14:55 PM

Roland Tanglao's links on podcasting. Beginner's Guide to Podcast Creation excellent howto, don't forget wiretappro if you are on a mac (tags: howto macosx podcast podcasting rolandtanglao wiretappro audiohijackpro) Kirkville - Kirk's Seven Rules of Effective Podcasting some decent rules of thumb (tags: howto podcast podcasting rolandtanglao) HP's 2005 OSCON Photo Contest cool to see them using flickr (tags: flickr rolandtanglao oscon hp photography oscon2005) [Roland Tanglao's Weblog] 4:14:14 PM

George Siemens: New learning development theory. Learning Development Cycle. A new article on elearnspace: Learning Development Cycle: Bridging Learning Design and Modern Knowledge Needs explores how instructional design is changing. [elearnspace] 4:12:20 PM

Reusable Learning Objects. Use and Abuse of Reusable Learning Objects - Pithamber R. Polsani, Journal of Digital Information. The term Learning Object, first popularized by Wayne Hodgins in 1994 when he named the CedMA working group "Learning Architectures, APIs and Learning Objects", has become the Holy Grail of content creation and aggregation in the computer-mediated learning [Online Learning Update] 3:59:34 PM

New RSS Metric: Average Daily Readership. One way to guess whether what you are doing is working. What is Average Daily Readership?. Average Daily Readership is a new RSS metric, just recently introduced by Syndicate IQ. Dubbed as the solution to wider RSS marketing adoption, it does leave some questions open … Direct and Related Links for 'What is Average Daily Readership?' By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Rok Hrastnik). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips] 3:57:43 PM

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