Friday, April 23, 2004

Forgent sues PC makers over JPEG patent claims. Forgent Networks Inc. sued 31 companies Thursday for allegedly infringing on a patent for a data compression technique used in the JPEG standard for digital images. [InfoWorld: Top News] First we lost GIF, now JPEG.  Looks like PNG is the way to go. 4:30:19 PM    comment []  trackback []

Tidbits. Say hello to Splendid Bauble, a new blog by Fordham law students, who, eerily remniscent of Ayn Rand's Anthem, write in the first person plural. In other news, Will Baude is fighting the hypo, as law professors would put it.... [De Novo] More law students blog... 4:24:49 PM    comment []  trackback []

BayStar Says Its Investment Hinges on Changes at SCO. BayStar wants SCO to change its leadership and dump everything except its Unix intellectual properity litigation—but SCO's not budging. [eWEEK Technology News] In a nutshell BayStar sees the only value in SCO as its IP claims.  The software SCO continues to sell has little or no value to the investors.  So BayStar invested solely to fund litigation, a nice American way of doing business, and now wants to pull the investment because SCO is not focused enough on that litigation! 9:57:18 AM    comment []  trackback []

EdTechUK - Online Learning. Weblog: EdTechUK Source: Online Learning Link: http://fraser.typepad.com/edtechuk/2004/04/online_learning.html The Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University, Canada, have published “Theory and Practice of Online Learning,” edited by Drs. Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi. Licensed under a Creative Commons Licence, the book can be downloaded free of charge, although currently only in PDF (the site does promise a HTML version this month). The book addresses specific areas: The Role and Function of Theory in Online Education Development and Delivery; Infrastructure and Support for Content Development; Design and Development of Online Courses; and Delivery, Quality Control, and Student Support of Online Courses. [PubSub: "distance education"] 9:30:25 AM    comment []  trackback []