EDUPAGE> Edupage, March 24, 2004
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:24:02 -0700
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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2004
MIT Develops, Gives Away, Distance-Ed Software
New Lawsuits from the RIAA
Trade Group Blames Education for Offshoring
EU Issues Ruling Against Microsoft
MIT DEVELOPS, GIVES AWAY, DISTANCE-ED SOFTWARE
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has built a
portal-development application designed to help institutions set up and
manage distance-education programs. Called Caddie.net, the software,
which can be downloaded free, allows users to build various portals for
the different aspects of a distance-education program. Portals can be
built, for example, for registration, course management, or online
testing. Sean M. Rowland of Hibernia College in Ireland, which has been
using a similar tool from MIT for some time, compared the application
to those sold by Blackboard or WebCT. "For me," said Rowland, "it's
Blackboard that you can control yourself." Last year MIT launched its
OpenCourseWare project, which offers free, online access to the course
materials for more than 500 MIT courses. Richard C. Larson, a professor
of electrical engineering at MIT, described the Caddie.net project as
being "very much in the spirit of MIT OpenCourseWare."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 24 March 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/03/2004032407n.htm
NEW LAWSUITS FROM THE RIAA
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed another
532 "John Doe" lawsuits against individuals suspected of illegally
trading copyrighted files, including 82 suits against individuals said
to have used college or university networks for illegal file trading.
Institutions where the alleged copyright violations took place will be
asked to provide the RIAA with the names of the defendants. Saying that
music piracy continues to be "rampant on college campuses," RIAA
President Cary Sherman commented that no group of computer users should
believe they are "immune from the consequences" of illegal file
trading. Sherman said his group's lawsuits are one part of a larger
strategy to protect copyright holders and to educate users, encouraging
them to take advantage of the growing number of legal online music
services. The RIAA has filed about 1,500 lawsuits in the first three
months of 2004.
Internet News, 23 March 2004
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3330071
TRADE GROUP BLAMES EDUCATION FOR OFFSHORING
A new report from the American Electronics Association downplays the
number of high-tech jobs being sent overseas and contends that one of
the primary reasons for such offshoring is a lack of appropriately
skilled workers in the United States. While the report acknowledges
that some are being hurt by offshoring, the authors contend that the
numbers of jobs lost is exaggerated. The report argues that many
companies are sending jobs overseas because U.S. institutions are not
sufficiently focused on math and science education, leaving graduates
unprepared for the demands of the workplace. Furthermore, because
high-tech companies must compete with one another, as soon as one
company outsources jobs, others must follow suit to reap similar
financial benefit, which is not the primary reason to outsource,
according to the report. The report also urges the federal government
to increase funding for technology research and to avoid
"protectionist" policies intended to dissuade U.S. corporations from
offshoring high-tech jobs.
Wired News, 24 March 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62780,00.html
EU ISSUES RULING AGAINST MICROSOFT
The European Union (EU) today issued an antitrust ruling against
Microsoft, finding that the company abused its monopoly in the
operating systems market to disadvantage competitors. Specifically, the
company was accused of harming makers of media players, such as
RealNetworks and Apple Computer, in bundling its own Windows Media
Player software with its market-dominating operating system. The EU's
ruling includes a fine of $613 million and requires the software
company to offer two versions of its operating system, one with Media
Player and one without. Microsoft is prohibited from offering consumers
a discount if they purchase the operating system with Media Player. The
EU's ruling also compels Microsoft to disclose currently proprietary
information about how its operating system works to allow other
companies to develop software that can work well with Windows.
Microsoft will appeal the ruling.
New York Times, 24 March 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/24/business/24CND-SOFT.html
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