This non-prioritized, alphabetic list The initial listing of news stories related to trends and potential trends was culled from a variety of sources, including the NY Times, PC World, Technology Review, InfoWorld, and Wired. Please add more, or add comments on how or why you think they are important
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Each Advisory Board member is was asked to mark the three (3) items/articles in this section that they think are thought were most useful or interesting for the purposes of the Horizon Report by adding his or her their initials below the entry.
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RSS Feeds College Students' Diet for Research
Ediriwickrema is part of the growing number of on-the-go, sleep-deprived students who recognize the value of an Internet technology called RSS and are milking its benefits for use in the classroom. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-08-01-rss-research_x.htm
Votes: NN SRB RMS MBB RSS
Is 'CraigsNews' Coming Soon?
The movement known as collaborative citizen journalism is gaining sharper focus. What kinds of partnerships will make it thrive – and how will the mainstream media react? By Eric Hellweg http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/wo/wo_hellweg052005.asp?trk=nl
Votes: LJ NN AL RMS RSS
Britain sees fundamental shift in publishing
A new study by the British Library predicts that by the year 2020, 90 percent of newly published work in the United Kingdom will be available electronically. Just 10 percent of works published then will be printed only, and half of those published electronically will also be printed, according to the study. Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the library, said such a "seismic shift" in publishing requires different methods to ensure adequate protection and storage of the electronic materials. The library is developing a digital storage system that it hopes will prove sufficiently robust. (Malcolm Brown) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4633423.stm
Votes: AL MBB KT
Continuous Computing
The proliferation of cheap mobile gadgets, wireless Internet access for everyone, a new Web built for sharing and self-expression...suddenly, computing means connecting. By Wade Roush http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/issue/feature_social.asp?trk=nl
Votes: SRB RMS PS
Does Design Matter?
What's going on with Design when the use of publishing platforms to create websites and blogs is so prevalent? By Vanessa Bertozzi http://archives.trblogs.com/2005/06/does_design_mat.trml?trk=nl
Votes: LJ KT
Gaming Makes the Grade
In its latest effort, Microsoft is funding university projects that rewrite computer science curricula around something everyone knows students like: computer games. This year Microsoft awarded six universities a total of $480,000 to create new kinds of computer science courses in which students learn programming techniques using gaming software models. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/09/wo/wo_092705angiolillo.asp?trk=nl
Votes: NN RSS
In One Stroke, Podcasting Hits Mainstream
Ever since Steven P. Jobs returned to Apple Computer in 1997 after a 12-year absence, his company has thrived by executing the same essential formula over and over: Find an exciting new technology whose complexity and cost keep it out of the average person's life. http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050728.gtpodjul28/BNStory/Technology/
Votes: PS KT
Services Science
Services sciences hopes to bring together ongoing work in computer science, operations research, industrial engineering, business strategy, management sciences, social and cognitive sciences, and legal sciences to develop the skills required in a services-led economy. http://www.research.ibm.com/ssme/
Votes: JPJ SRB
Socialized Computing
The founder of craigslist is obsessed with customer service. By Craig Newmark http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/issue/invite.asp?trk=nl
Votes: LJ JPJ
Teens and Technology: Youth are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation
Email, once the cutting edge "killer app," is losing its privileged place among many teens as they express preferences for instant messaging (IM) and text messaging as ways to connect with their friends. Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/162/report_display.asp
Votes: AL PS
Gaming Makes the Grade
In its latest effort, Microsoft is funding university projects that rewrite computer science curricula around something everyone knows students like: computer games. This year Microsoft awarded six universities a total of $480,000 to create new kinds of computer science courses in which students learn programming techniques using gaming software models. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/09/wo/wo_092705angiolillo.asp?trk=nl
Votes: NN
One in Five Hit by Identity Theft
Almost 20 per cent of U.S. consumers admit to falling victim to identity theft, and younger adults are at greatest risk, according to the latest Experian-Gallup Personal Credit Index published today. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2140768/identity-theft-gallup-experian
Votes: MBB
Similie Project
Piggy Bank is an extension to the Firefox web browser that turns it into Semantic Web browser. The SIMILE project, a joint project conducted by the W3C, HP, MIT Libraries, and MIT CSAIL to promote semantic inteoperability of metadata between digital libraries. http://simile.mit.edu/
Votes: RMS
Teen Web Use Nearly Ubiquitous
Educators who have yet to do so might have to re-evaluate their current instructional strategies in light of a new survey compiled for the Pew Internet & American Life Project; it indicates internet use is nearly ubiquitous for today's teens. Of those youngsters surveyed, 87 percent said they use the internet. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5794
Votes: JPJ
New Items Since 10/25/2005 – Unranked
Mum, My Cereal's Talking!
Books with photos that move - Harry Potter-style - may soon be with us. But before that, get ready for boxes of cereal that extol their virtues via a built-in video display, and chocolate bars that flash to attract attention. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/mum-my-cereals-talking/2005/10/16/1129401144959.html
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802.11n: Is it Already Too Slow?
The 802.11n specification, speeding wireless packets along at 100Mbps, is already too slow for some organizations. http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3510911
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Battle Lessons: What the Generals don't Know
New Yorker article on just-in-time learning in Iraq (January 2005)
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?050117fa_fact
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Blog-Writing Teachers Crowd Information Highway
Teachers are turning to the world of blogs as a way to express themselves – and reach their students. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/12054027.htm
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Broadband Growth Narrow in US
After years of double-digit growth, the rate at which Americans are switching to high-speed broadband Internet connections is slowing considerably and could slow further. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/09/21/broadband-growth-peaks-cx-ld_0921broadband.html
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Broadband Ubiquity Chugging Along
Eighty-eight million American households will be Internet-connected by the year 2010, and 78 percent of those households will have broadband access, according to a report issued Thursday from Darien, Conn.-based Jupiter Research. Dial-ups may soon be a thing of the past. http://www.techweb.com/wire/networking/163703303
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Chinese Firm Debuts TV Show For the Small Screen – the Very Small Screen
Mobile phones are the rage in China – and companies are vying to offer engrossing features for them. By Stephanie Hoo http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/ap/ap_2062705.asp?trk=nl
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Continuous Commuting
No, that's not a typo in the headline. I want to pass on some intriguing ideas I've been hearing recently about how the mobile computing device that's already ubiquitous – the cell phone – could become a "command station" for commuters ... By Wade Roush http://wade.trblogs.com/archives/2005/06/continuous_comm.html?trk=nl
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Commonplace Thoughts
Blogs are more than simple outlets for thinking. They function as a distributed media, a virtual scrapbook. By Jason Pontin http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/issue/editor.asp?trk=nl
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Ending the Grid Lock
Grid computing has long found a following in academia, the financial industry and pharmaceutical enterprises, but other industries have been slow to follow. Until now. By Karen Epper Hoffman. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/03/wo/wo_hoffman030205.asp?trk=nl
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Firefox Downloaded 75 Million Times
As it marked the 75 millionth download of its Firefox Web browser, the Mozilla Foundation said it was expanding in several directions. http://news.com.com/Firefox+downloaded+75+million+times/2100-1032_3-5805807.html
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The Gathering Wave of Wirelessness
Today's papers seem full of encouraging news about the wireless revolution. By Wade Roush http://wade.trblogs.com/archives/2005/06/the_gathering_w.html?trk=nl
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A Look At Truly Portable Laptops
Most of the attention in notebook computing has been on full-size models, the hefty laptops with 15- or 17-inch screens that can replace desktop units. But a spate of new ultraportable notebooks have also recently emerged, in the category often called subnotebooks or ultralight laptops. http://tech2.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/technology/circuits/26basics.html?
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MMS is Passé, Here Comes SMS
Switch on your mobile and read a novel on its screen. Yes, an SMS novel written in SMS lingo. 2 ct a lng stry shrt, rd a bk 2nite! A rage in China, Japan and Taiwan, novels over short-messaging system, SMS, are still a curious phenomenon in India. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1189453.cms
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New Blog Created Every Second
The number of personal online journals, known as weblogs, have doubled since March, with a new blog being created every second, according to a new report. In its State of the Blogosphere report, Blog information site Technorati said that it was tracking more than 14.2 Million blogs and over 1.3 billion links at the end of July 2005. http://www.netimperative.com/2005/08/02/blog_every_second
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Research Shows Digital Divide Etched Into U.S. Net Use
The latest research findings from Pew Internet highlight how teens use technology. The survey, carried out in the States, suggests that the 87 per cent of teenagers (those between 12 and 17) use the Internet, which is up by a quarter since a similar survey four years ago. And of those online, 51 per cent enjoy a broadband connection. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/75722/research-shows-digital-divide-etched-into-us-net-use.html
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Research on BitTorrent — It Aint Dead Yet (hardly)
Monkeymethods.org has published a fascinating report on BitTorrent that looks at the distribution of content and download power, in light of the recent legal attacks on the network. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/blog.asp?blogID=1705&trk=nl
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The Road Ahead
We assembled some of the smartest people we know to identify the trends that are most likely to affect our future. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1118376-1,00.html
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Study: More Than A Third Of PC Software Pirated
More than a third of the software installed on PCs worldwide during 2004 was pirated, with losses from unauthorized software increasing by $4 billion from 2003, according to a study released Wednesday by the software trade group Business Software Alliance (BSA). http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/18/HNthirdpirated_1.html
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U.S. Broadband Penetration Lags
It turns out that broadband penetration in the United States may not be all it's cracked up to be.... By Brad King http://king.trblogs.com/archives/2005/08/us_broadband_pe.html?trk=nl
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What Students Hate to Do
Pupils have strong views about which teaching methods work, reports Caroline Milburn. http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/07/15/1120934409238.html
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Yahoo Adds Blogs to its News Section
The search-engine giant gives a boost to alternative media outlets. By Michael Liedtke http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/ap/ap_101305.asp?trk=nl
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New Items Since 10/25/2005 – Unranked
Mum, My Cereal's Talking!
Books with photos that move - Harry Potter-style - may soon be with us. But before that, get ready for boxes of cereal that extol their virtues via a built-in video display, and chocolate bars that flash to attract attention. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/mum-my-cereals-talking/2005/10/16/1129401144959.html