Thursday, October 23, 2003

Global Digital Literacy 11:35:19 PM    comment []

Iran shows new willingness to deal with US. Progress on nuclear issues may signal a major thaw in relations. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 9:18:25 PM    comment []

MIT winds down radio tag activity. The university is ending a four-year collaboration with dozens of blue-chip companies that set out to advance a new frontier of information technology known as RFID. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 9:17:17 PM    comment []

Scoble: How to Hate Microsoft. [Scripting News] 4:55:41 PM    comment []

Apple cracks open the iPod, carefully. While stopping short of sharing its OS or freely offering a developer's kit, the Mac maker has been working with companies to boost the number of add-ons that attach to the music player. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 4:53:55 PM    comment []

Media Life or What kids are doing online. Parents vastly overestimate internet time spend on homework. In reality, Tommy is spending most of his time surfing the net for information on toys and cartoons and then chatting with his friends about it. That's the finding of a new report from Nielsen//NetRatings, which examines the surfing habits of the nearly 27 million kids ages 2-17 who go online, representing one out of five at-home web users during September. [Smart Mobs] 4:49:54 PM    comment []

Pew Interenet and American Life Project report on Americans' attitudes about spam e-mail (pdf) 3:32:30 PM    comment []

Now, at Amazon.com, Search Inside the Book. Looks pretty cool, as anticipated these last few months. The press release is online, too. 1:32:22 PM    comment []