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Submission + - How the Open Source Movement Is Changing Education

Submitted by

ftblguy

on Monday March 05, 2007 @03:10PM

ftblguy writes: "MIT's Open CourseWare program provides a great example of how the open source movement is rapidly changing education. The Online Education Database also lists Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, Linux, Firefox, and Google as some of the other open source in education success stories. Open source and open access resources have changed how colleges, organizations, instructors, and prospective students use software, operating systems and online documents for educational purposes. And, in most cases, each success story also has served as a springboard to create more open source projects."

Submission + - Carmakers Adding High-Tech Perks

Submitted by Good on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:48PM

Good writes: When friends check out Aaron Priest's new Acura TL sedan, the oohs and aahs start on the inside. Forget the powerful 3.5-liter, 286-horsepower engine; they're more enthralled with the car's rearview video camera and the in-dash voice-command system. "The technology is what gets people the most," said Priest, a 23-year-old lab technician at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego. "They don't really care anymore about what's under the hood. It's all about what's in the car now."

Bookmark Politicians React to Ann Coulter Gay Slur and CPAC Events (towleroad.com)

by jamie on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:17PM

Feed Movies on Demand, at the Movies (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:12PM

Technology that acquires films instantaneously gives theater operators unprecedented flexibility in selecting what they screen. Now, a box-office bomb can be ditched for an old favorite. By the Associated Press.

Feed The U.S. Patent Office Wants You (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:12PM

A plan to help overburdened patent examiners solicits online advice from outside sources (read: you), calling on Slashdot's founder for a system to rank user comments. Plus: China blocks LiveJournal. In 27B Stroke 6.

Submission + - Microsoft Wanted To Drop Mac Office To Hurt Apple

Submitted by Overly Critical Guy on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:53PM

Overly Critical Guy writes: More documents in the Iowa antitrust case have come out. This time, it's revealed that Microsoft considers Mac users its "guinea pigs" for new Office features, and they once considered dropping Mac Office entirely, "as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately." This case has become a treasure trove of internal memos describing Microsoft's internal business practices of the last ten years.

Submission + - New Report on Municipal Wireless

Submitted by

PublicNet SF Coalition

on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:49PM

PublicNet SF Coalition writes: "New Report on Municipal Wireless
Civil Defense — a weblog by Joshua Breitbart

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has just published a new report called "Localizing the Internet: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem," arguing for municipal ownership of new wireless and fiber optic networks.

The report's author is Becca Vargo Daggett, whose presentation I'll have the pleasure of moderating at the National Conference for Media Reform.

The argument is persuasive. There is clearly a need for more aggressive public involvement in broadband deployment and the affordability of wireless is a great opportunity for that. Giving this opportunity over to private corporations is double the loss."

Comment Re:Overblown expectations have hurt Apple more. (Score 1) 394

by white1827 on Sunday April 02, 2006 @10:06AM (#15045400) Attached to: Apple to Face iPod Clone Attack

While I agree, Apple has been pulling some amazing rabbits out of their asses the last couple years and it can't last forever, 2006 will be EASY for Apple to meet product expectations. All they have to do is continue on the measured release of the intel Macs. At some point in the year, throw off a new iPod model. Bing bang boom done. At some point the growth rate for iPod sales will slow, but they have a pretty sweet cyclical market going now. We are addicted to the players. Like any piece of electronics, they and their batteries don't last forever and most iPod users get one to two years life out of each player.

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