Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Welcome to ELML, the eLesson Markup Language:"ELML, eLesson Markup Language, is an OpenSource XML framework for creating eLessons using XML/XSLT technologies. It is a "spin-off" from the GITTA project (Geographic Information Technology Training Alliance), a Swiss GIS eLearning project. " 9:14:14 AM

uwnews.org - News and Information from the University of Washington - a collection of newsfeeds from UofW.  This is going to be the wave of the future. 9:10:46 AM

Linux on a flash drive : Page 1 - "How many times have you sat at a computer and thought, If Linux was installed on this box I could... Wish no longer. Instead of carrying around bulky Live CDs or an external hard drive, how about Linux in your pocket? The combination of a USB key and SLAX, the Linux distro used in this example, is a powerful combination when it comes to troubleshooting and spreading the word about Linux. The ability to boot the key, browse the computer's hard drive (SLAX has NTFS support built in), and then locate and burn a file to CD can be very helpful, especially with a computer that is on its last legs. So grab your key and come with me, when we're done you'll have a new tool to help out in the computing trenches." -  [Ars Technica] 9:09:14 AM

InfoWorld: Microsoft to launch new search engine technology: November 10, 2004: - "The new search engine will go live on the company's MSN Web site, a representative for the company said. The software giant has made clear its plans to conquer the lucrative search market, teasing industry watchers with Web and desktop search previews. In June, Microsoft upgraded its MSN Search site and it has been posting new search technology prototypes at its testing site http://sandbox.msn.com. Meanwhile, company executives have stated their intentions to take Google to the mat. " 9:05:50 AM

Slashdot | Welkin: A General-Purpose RDF Browser - Welkin: A General-Purpose RDF Browser Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 09, @08:53PM from the what-am-I-thinking-about dept. Stefano Mazzocchi writes "Many consider the Semantic Web to be vaporware and others believe it's the next big thing. No matter where you stand, a question always pops up: Where is the RDF browser? The SIMILE Project, a joint project between W3C, MIT and HP to implement semantic interoperability of metadata in digital libraries, released today the first beta release of a general purpose graphic and interactive RDF browser named Welkin (see a screenshot), targetted to those who need to get a mental model of any RDF dataset, from a single RSS 1.0 news feed to a collection of digital data." 9:03:29 AM

Wink - [Homepage]:"Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots of your software, use images that you already have, type-in explanations for each step, create a navigation sequence complete with buttons, delays, titles etc and create a highly effective tutorial for your users." Exports to Flash, HTML, PDF, and .EXE files. 8:28:18 AM