EDUPAGE> Edupage, April 05, 2004
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:03:17 -0600
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TOP STORIES FOR MONDAY, APRIL 05, 2004
Colleges Test Copyright Filters
University Plans Mirror Campus Online
Supercomputer-on-the-Fly Works but Misses Mark
Search Sites Stop Showing Gambling Ads
COLLEGES TEST COPYRIGHT FILTERS
Central Washington University and another unnamed college have become
the first to test an application, made by Audible Magic, that scans
files sent over the institutions' networks looking for files believed
to be copyrighted. When such a file is identified, the application
blocks the transfer and notifies the sender. Chris Timmons, a network
engineer at Central Washington, said his institution has been using the
application in residence halls for two months and has come to rely on
the tool to enforce the university's acceptable-use policy. Critics of
the tool argue that it infringes on the privacy of users, saying that
protection of copyrights does not justify such an intrusion. A
spokesman from Audible Magic rejected the privacy criticisms, saying
his company's product does keep a record of songs traded but merely
interrupts the transmission. He also said the company will release a
new version of the application, designed specifically for colleges and
universities, that prevents network administrators from identifying
file traders.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 5 April 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/04/2004040502n.htm
UNIVERSITY PLANS MIRROR CAMPUS ONLINE
A long-term project at the University of Illinois at Springfield will
create a "mirror" campus online that offers all of the institution's
39 degree programs over the Internet. The university appears to be the
first to create such a mirror, which will not affect the offerings of
the institution. Instead, students will have the option of taking any
course on campus or online. Those involved with the project said one of
its goals is to keep online education in the mainstream. The university
expects to have eight degree programs online by this fall, with another
eight online within three years. The remaining degree programs are
expected to be available online in about 10 years. Funding for the
project comes in part from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which said
it intends to make grants to other institutions that want to pursue
similar programs.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 5 April 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/04/2004040503n.htm
SUPERCOMPUTER-ON-THE-FLY WORKS BUT MISSES MARK
A project led by a graduate student and a professor at the University
of San Francisco was able to link several hundred computers together
with open source software to create a temporary supercomputer, though
it failed to produce the speeds the organizers had hoped for. John
Witchel, a graduate student, and Prof. Greg Benson linked 669 computers
on loan from the university, from an online brokerage firm, and from
individuals who had heard about the project. The two used Linux-based
software to connect the heterogeneous group of computers in a gymnasium
to form an ad hoc supercomputer, which was able to reach a
computational speed of 180 gigaflops. Witchel and Benson had hoped to
have as many as 1,400 computers and to reach 550 gigaflops, which would
have made the machine one of the top 500 supercomputers worldwide. The
organizers nonetheless hailed the experiment as a success because it
was able to link hundreds of disparate computers.
Internet News, 5 April 2004
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3335691
SEARCH SITES STOP SHOWING GAMBLING ADS
Search engines Google and Yahoo have announced they will no longer run
advertisements for online casinos, which U.S. officials say violate
American anti-gambling laws. Overture, the Yahoo subsidiary that sells
sponsored links on the site, attributed the decision to the "lack of
clarity" of legal and regulatory implications. MSN, which purchases
advertising links from Overture, confirmed it would also stop running
casino ads as a result of Yahoo's decision. Officials from Google said
the company would end casino ads in all of its markets, whereas Yahoo
will continue to include the ads on its sites outside the United
States. Lycos has also indicated its intention to stop running casino
ads, though a date for such an action has not been announced. Lost
revenue from the ads is not expected to have a significant effect on
the search companies, but some believe the lack of exposure will have
an enormous impact on casinos' ability to reach customers.
New York Times, 5 April 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technology/05yahoo.html
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