eSN Today: House bill reopens campus file-sharing battle

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Top News ... House bill reopens campus file-sharing battle College and university leaders who recently staved off an unexpected attempt in the U.S. Senate to make their institutions use technological means to prevent students from sharing protected music and video files over the internet have been forced to wage the same battle on a second front: the House of Representatives. In the process, higher education's relations with the entertainment industry... | Full Story Please take our beta site survey ... eSchool News has been working hard to update and improve our website. We're very excited about the changes but we need your help. We're asking a few of our loyal readers to review the new site and complete a short survey providing your input and impressions. Below is a link to the beta version of our new site. You'll notice a new look and feel as well as more photos and options throughout the site. New Site Link: http://hb1.eschoolnews.com/ Our goal is to provide our readers the best education-technology news and information in the most efficient and easy to use format possible. Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iPVWBn0wG4MdhdaM_2bKMTjQ_3d_3d If you have any questions while you're reviewing the site or would like to speak to me directly, please feel free to contact me at 301-913-0115 x110 or via email at nthrush@eschoolnews.com. Thank you for your input. Nancy Thrush Director of Online Services eSchool News 301-913-0115 x110 NThrush@eschoolnews.com   Around the Web ... World Digital Library's prototype unveiled Reporters in Paris got a peak Wednesday at a prototype for the World Digital Library, an online initiative by the U.S. Library of Congress, the U.N. cultural body UNESCO, and international partner... | Full Story Apple to open iPhone programming Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said Wednesday that the company would let outside developers create software for its iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets, showing the company's increasing willingness to... | Full Story Tech makes porn easier to access at work More than a decade after employers began cracking down on people who view online pornography at work, says USA Today, porn is continuing to create tension in offices across the nation... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... Solution aims to transform math assessment In school systems across the country, teachers are using handheld computers and a software solution from Wireless Generation, called mCLASS, to administer the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early... | Full Story Google, IBM to push 'cloud computing' at U.S. colleges Google and IBM have joined together on an initiative to promote research on "cloud computing," a technology that uses remote servers, instead of users' PCs, to run programs and services. The two... | Full Story Voters urge teaching of 21st-century skills In yet another sign that momentum is building for the teaching of so-called "21st-century skills" in the nation's classrooms, results of a new poll indicate that voters overwhelmingly agree: The skill... | Full Story Internet2 upgrades to 100 Gbps University scholars who need to borrow large chunks of bandwidth for their studies will be able to establish a dedicated, 10 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) link from one facility to another over Internet2... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... Reading is Fundamental welcomes teachers, students back to school with "Choose Your Own Adventure" class writing contest | Read the full announcement UCLA installs Barix Instreamer IP Audio Encoders in 43 classrooms | Read the full announcement Plymouth State University and Virtual High School partner to offer graduate certificate in online teaching and learning | Read the full announcement Cambium Learning Technologies showcases new products at annual Closing the Gap Conference in Minneapolis | Read the full announcement AARP's Educator Community joins Curriki to help bridge global education divide | Read the full announcement New book from ISTE explores education potential of Web 2.0, social networking | Read the full announcement QLogic, NetApp and Nuova Systems demonstrate industry's first converged network with Fibre Channel Over Ethernet | Read the full announcement VersaTrans Solutions, Inc. releases VersaTrans RP 9.9 | Read the full announcement Audio Enhancement's classroom audio systems make the grade at Ron Clark Academy | Read the full announcement	October Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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