Thursday, October 14, 2004

The r.smart group. http://www.rsmart.com/index.php Another startup supporting specifically open source educational applications, this one based in Phoenix. Their initial offering is around the Open Source Portfolio Initiative product, but they promise to expand this to include uPortal and Sakai support. - SWL [EdTechPost] 1:10:55 PM      Google It!.

Underwear Heart Monitor to Warn of Strokes. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A group of 33 firms, including Nokia and Philips, have unveiled the prototype of a portable heart monitor that would use sensors woven into underwear to warn patients before they suffer a stroke. [Reuters: Technology] 10:48:14 AM      Google It!.

Dumbing Down Smart Objects. Forget about cumbersome, multifunctional PDAs. The future is an open book. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 10:26:02 AM      Google It!.

All-Science TV Network Kicks Off. The Science Network launches its first program in an effort to educate the masses about stem-cell research and other vital topics. Don't yawn -- you need this. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News] 10:21:07 AM      Google It!.

Lifelong Learning is Key Focus in Presidential Candidates' Education Plans. ....As laid out on their respective election websites, the candidates are surprisingly in accord on education initiatives. For both, lifelong learning is a cornerstone to their education approaches, and they believe it iscritical to helping Americans s [Online Learning Update] 10:18:38 AM      Google It!.

Google's New Program Searches Hard Drives. Online search engine leader Google introduced a new software program today that promises to scour through the clutter files on hard drives. By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [The New York Times > Technology] 10:10:05 AM      Google It!.

Holy shit this thing is amazing. I just did a search on Global Google for Desktop Web Server, and at the top of the screen my eye caught a special reference to Scripting News. Wow, my subconscious said, I get a lot of rank for that. Bzzzt. Wrong. It included a result from my local hard disk and one from an email in Outlook Express. Okay, we're in another age here folks. The Web just got a major upgrade. Wow. The crazy thing is, so did my desktop. ";->" [Scripting News] 10:08:54 AM      Google It!.

Google Unveils Desktop Search, Takes on Microsoft. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) - Google Inc. GOOG.O on Thursday rolled out a preliminary version of its new desktop search tool, making the first move against its major competitors in the race to provide tools for finding information buried in computer hard drives. [Reuters: Technology] 10:05:29 AM      Google It!.