[ECP] Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings Weekly Summary:


Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings Weekly Summary:

Happy Reading for today.

<Karen>

Friday, April 04, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/04/Print+Encyclopedias+Join+Dinosaurs.aspx>Print Encyclopedias Join Dinosaurs project gutenberg larry lessig copyright copyleft k-12 newsletters, nethappenings My prediction is that most of these encyclopedias I grew up with and even those my parents grew up with, will remain copyrighted, and thus out of reach of Internet providers that a public domain access renders possible.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/04/Censorship+US+Funded+Health+Search+Engine+Blocks+Abortion.aspx>Censorship U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks 'Abortion' k-12 newsletters, NetHappenings - Your US government decides what you are allowed to find out about when they make it a choice between indexing and funding. censorship filtering aboortion clinics
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/04/USA+Homeschooled+Stats.aspx>USA Homeschooled Stats K-12 Newsletters / NetHappenings The National Home Education Research Institute (a pro-homeschool advocacy group) estimates that around 1.5 million children were educated at home in 2000, but in 2006, the number was closer to 2.5 million. 

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 Thursday, April 03, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/03/No+Starch+Press+Turns+Table+On+File+Sharing.aspx>No Starch Press Turns Table on File Sharing ISPs are going to have to find a way to accommodate customers who wish to use these services
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/03/USA+2008+The+Great+Depression.aspx>USA 2008: The Great Depression Forty statesare reporting increases in applications for the stamps, in the 12 months from December 2006. At least six states, including Florida, Arizona and Maryland, have had a 10 per cent increase in the past year.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/03/Watch+Your+ABCDs.aspx>Watch your ABCDs. credit default swaps, investing, wall street Credit default swaps eventually became based on other types of assets, such as mortgage-backed securities, whose payoff is derived from a pool of mortgages (such asset-based swaps became known as ABCDS, for obvious reasons). 


 Wednesday, April 02, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/02/Genealogy+Web+Site+Attempts+To+Map+Out+Entire+Jewish+People.aspx>Genealogy Web site attempts to map out entire Jewish people To increase their database on their way to crossing the 300,000 mark, Famillion has recently started cooperating with a number of public and business organizations. The Haaretz group is one of them, and the project is accessible through Haaretz.com.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/02/Carol+Bartz+Chairman+CEO+And+President+Of+Autodesk+Inc.aspx>Carol Bartz, Chairman, CEO, and President of Autodesk, Inc. In this wide-ranging exchange, Bartz and Malone discusses her journey from a small farm town in Wisconsin to the pinnacle of success in high-tech, and the challenges of being a woman executive. Carol offers a personal and open perspective on the challenges and joys of leading a major software company. Category: Science & Technology Tags: Computer History Bartz Autodesk Software CAD
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/02/Worlds+Fastest+Internet+Connection+Used+To+Dry+Laundry.aspx>World's fastest internet connection 'used to dry laundry' 
i am so jealous!!!

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 Tuesday, April 01, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/01/50cent+Views+On+Hillary+And+Barack.aspx>50cent views on Hillary and Barack 
50cent fiddy speaks his thoughts on hillary and barack

 Monday, March 31, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/31/Playground+Games+Can+Stop+Bullying.aspx>Playground games can stop bullying Traditional playground games can help to reduce bullying, according to researchers.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/31/Sony+BMG+Caught+Pirating+Software.aspx>Sony BMG Caught Pirating Software Sony BMG is using unauthorized software, the company has some explaining to do. It's one of the major labels and has been a huge supporter of the RIAA's "anti-piracy" campaign. 

 Saturday, March 29, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/29/Tracking+Earthquakes+In+Real+Time.aspx>Tracking earthquakes in real time 
Quake Catcher network software is not yet publicly available.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/29/Virus+From+China+The+Gift+That+Keeps+On+Giving.aspx>Virus from China the gift that keeps on giving The virus, which Computer Associates calls Mocmex, recognizes and blocks antivirus protection from more than 100 security vendors, as well as the security and firewall built into Microsoft Windows. It downloads files from remote locations and hides files, which it names randomly, on any PC it infects, making itself very difficult to remove. It spreads by hiding itself on photo frames and any other portable storage device that happens to be plugged into an infected PC. 

 Friday, March 28, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/28/BluRay+Cracked+By+Slysoft.aspx>Blu-Ray cracked by Slysoft SlySoft has long sold a product called AnyDVD which is a utility that disables a DVD
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/28/Bully+Bully+Bully.aspx>Bully Bully Bully Learn what you can do about the Bully in the work place, in the classroom,and in cyberspace.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/28/Encyclopedia+Of+Life.aspx>Encyclopedia of Life Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world." Have you been Turing'd? The Real Homer Simpson. 
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/28/Encyclopedia+Of+Life.aspx>Read more ...
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/28/Oldest+Recorded+Voices+Sing+Again.aspx>Oldest recorded voices sing again An "ethereal" 10 second clip of a woman singing a French folk song has been played for the first time in 150 years. The recording of "Au Clair de la Lune", recorded in 1860, is thought to be the oldest known recorded human voice.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/03/28/Guardian+In+London+Goes+From+Publisher+To+Platform.aspx>Guardian in london goes from publisher to platform Guardian hires Yahoo! developer head to build platform- top 100 Tech startups in Europe - voting machines

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