Sunday, 8 August 2004

Quick trip to a new career. A growing number of Americans are going back to school to learn a trade. [Christian Science Monitor | Learning] 10:07:29 AM

Germans question traditional means of learning a job. Their time-honored system of teaching job skills through lengthy apprenticeships may be finished. [Christian Science Monitor | Learning] 10:07:00 AM

Can you be a techie if you can't type?. In an age of Google and IM, formal typing classes are falling by the digital wayside. [Christian Science Monitor | Learning] 10:06:37 AM

Woman, 98, becomes PC fan. A 98-year-old woman who had never used a computer in her life completes an IT course. [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] 10:05:47 AM

	Thursday, 8 July 2004

Open source miracle horse stuns MS Japan. It's an immaculate OpenOffice gestation By press.releases@theregister.co.uk (Ashlee Vance in Chicago). [The Register] 8:31:53 PM

Microsoft looks for $1bn savings. Ballmer memo calls for belt-tightning By press.releases@theregister.co.uk (John Oates). [The Register] 8:30:35 PM

	Thursday, 1 July 2004

PE scheme 'helping school sport'. Pupils are benefiting from a government scheme placing more emphasis on sport, a survey says. [BBC News | Education | UK Edition] 8:23:37 PM

	Tuesday, 29 June 2004

Outed: Skype project to dial real phone numbers. Ripe for Skype Hype By Guy Kewney, Newswireless.net . [The Register] 8:20:54 AM

Sun opens some Java source code. The company plans to share a modest chunk of code, an experimental user interface called Project Looking Glass. [CNET News.com] 8:19:47 AM

	Thursday, 24 June 2004

What is Software Design?  A good read... 2:00:20 PM

BusinessWeek has an interesting piece on wikis in the enterprise. 1:26:29 PM

	Wednesday, 23 June 2004

Computer 'sick' days revealed. Personal computers in Northern Ireland take more sick days than their owners, research suggests. [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] 9:30:42 PM

New generation embraces mobiles. A new generation of mobile users are so attached to their phones that they cannot live without them, a survey finds. [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] 8:16:48 PM

	Friday, 18 June 2004

Small-scale solutions?. Small classes and inquiry-based learning characterise one of the latest US charter schools. [BBC News | Education | UK Edition] 8:36:12 AM