April 12, 2004
NY Times: Microsoft Settles InterTrust Patent Suit.
Microsoft said today that it had reached a $440 million legal settlement and licensing deal with the InterTrust Technologies Corporation, a private company and a pioneer in the development of software to protect digital music and movies from piracy.
Online Journalism Review: Teaching Online Journalism: How to Build the First College-Level Course.
After all, they've seen newspaper stories and TV news segments on Web sites, and there is very little difference between the Web versions and the originals. Your first challenge will be to show students that there is something called online journalism that can be distinguished from other forms of journalism.
Useit.Com: Why Mobile Phones are Annoying.
What is certain is that the research documents the fact that mobile phones are annoying, and that conversation loudness is only one factor. If mobile-phone vendors want to avoid a backlash against their products, they're well advised to heed these findings and launch a major effort to make mobile phones less irritating to bystanders.
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