Google: Copyright infringement?

Elinor Mills / CNET.com:   Authors Guild sues Google over library project.

Authors Guild sues Google over library project  —  The Authors Guild on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against search engine Google, alleging that its scanning and digitizing of library books constitutes a "massive" copyright infringement.  —  As part of its Google Print Library Project …

Source:   CNET.com
Author:   Elinor Mills
Link:   http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5875384.html

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11:49:27 PM    

Small business connection woes.

Survey: Small businesses lack broadband options.

(InfoWorld) - More than three-quarters of U.S. small businesses in rural areas don't have access to cable-modem or DSL broadband Internet services, according to a survey released Tuesday by satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems.

Another 44 percent of suburban small businesses don't have so-called terrestrial broadband services available, according to the survey conducted online by Survey.com. Sixty percent of all U.S. businesses with 10 employees or fewer said they didn't have access to cable or DSL. The survey covered 250 businesses with 100 employees or fewer.

Thirty-five percent of urban small businesses surveyed said they do not have access to terrestrial broadband.

By Grant_Gross@idg.com (Grant Gross). [InfoWorld: Top News]

11:40:10 PM    

Cheat sheets on emerging learning practices and technologies.

From Educause. These will be very handy for explaining some of the new terminology.

7 Things You Should Know About.... (via elearnspace)

7 Things You Should Know About... (via EdTeckUK) - covers blogs, wikis, podcasts, video logs, etc. Each .pdf is a 2-page overview of the technology, addressing questions such as "what is it, how does it work, where is it going, what are the implications?"

10:38:53 AM    

Opera vs. Firefox: Latest move to gain market share.

Citation below is from memeorandum, so you can follow the discussion link and see what other major weblogs are saying about this. I've got Opera running on one machine. My only complaint is that it doesn't do CSS well (or at all), otherwise the interface is great and the app is not bloatware -- very easy on the memory requirements. -- Bill

opera.com:   Feel Free: Opera Eliminates Ad Banner and Licensing Fee.

Feel Free: Opera Eliminates Ad Banner and Licensing Fee  —  Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser.  The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download - completely free of charge - at http://www.opera.com.

Source:   opera.com
Link:   http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/09/20/

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10:33:59 AM