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Category Archives: Digital Content
Virginia Planning a Physics Flexbook
September 23, 2008 – 10:38 pm
What’s a “Flexbook” you ask?
The Virginia Physics “Flexbook” project is a collaborative effort of the Secretaries of Education and Technology and the Department of Education that seeks to elevate the quality of physics instruction across the Commonwealth. Participating educators will create and compile supplemental materials relating to 21st century physics in an open–source format that [...]
reCAPTCHA Revisited
August 17, 2008 – 11:01 pm
About a year ago, I wrote about reCAPTCHA and thought it was an interesting alternative to the eye-crossing patterns and letters that many web sites use. I said “I’m not yet convinced it will work, but it’s an interesting idea.” Since then, I’ve come across reCAPTCHA on a number of sites and I really like [...]
DRM Dying Slowly and Painfully
July 27, 2008 – 10:53 pm
Digital Rights Management continues to slowly die. Sony just announced that it’s ebook reader will soon support the popular .epub book format. Up until now, users had to purchase titles from the Sony store. Now other booksellers will be able to provide titles for Sony’s device. Perhaps library content will be an option.
O’Reilly has begun [...]
Cylons explain DRM
June 24, 2008 – 10:40 am
Thanks to Laura Solomon for tweeting this. Just say NO to DRM!
