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Tuesday, August 13, 2002

free_culture:"Over the past three years, Lessig has given more than 100 talks like the one captured here. On July 24, 2002, at the O.Reilly Open Source Conference he announced this would be one of his last."
10:24:44 PM

Dell unhooks Windows from desktops. What, no Windows? Next month the PC maker will give bulk business customers a choice of buying desktops without Microsoft's operating system, or any other, pre-installed. [CNET News.com]
10:22:08 PM

Princeton Removes Dean in Web Flap. A Princeton University dean will be removed from his job for accessing Yale University's admissions Web site without authorization. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]
10:10:28 PM

Microsoft Explorer May Have Flaw. Microsoft's popular Internet Explorer software may have a loophole that lets attackers pose as legitimate Web site operators, potentially giving them access to users' personal information. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]
9:56:16 PM

AAA launches Web airline reservation system - Computerworld -"AAA, the 100-year-old, 45-million member giant in the consumer automotive services business, today officially launched its revamped online travel operation using Web services. The company will partner with Galileo International Inc., one of the major global distribution system providers for airline, hotel and rental car reservations."
9:22:22 PM

E-Learning Scales Up - The State Department's Foreign Service Institute last week announced that its School of Applied Information Technology, or SAIT, was deploying SmartForce plc.'s namesake e-learning solution. The Redwood City, Calif., developer's IT training programs will be available to some 30,000 department employees in nearly 250 countries. The training will be delivered as self-paced, Web-based tutorials on the Internet and on the department's OpenNet intranet, and on CDs where network access is not available. Courses will range from IT certification primers for the Microsoft (Corp.) Certified Systems Engineer test and Web design courses all the way to broadly applicable Microsoft Office tutorials. The goal is to raise the competency of the IT staff as the department continues a multiyear technology upgrade. To encourage participation, employees are being compensated after they achieve benchmark IT certifications. [EWeek]
9:12:05 PM