CanCore 1.9 Documents
Norm Friesen announced today the completion and publication of v 1.9 of the CanCore guidelines, covering all of the LOM elements, and the development of a searchable, customizable Web-based version of the CanCore guidelines. More...

B&N.com Pulls Plug on E-Bookstore
Oh gosh, I just so want to say, "I told you so." The Barnes & Noble eBook store has shut down with customers given 90 days to download outstanding purchases. More...

Free Brianna LaHara!
Gee, who could have predicted that bringing the full weight of the court system down on the head of a 12-year old girl would result in some pretty bad publicity? I agree with this writer: "what we've seen in the last couple weeks, on stage and in the courts, is the exposure of the current spiritual and creative (and perhaps soon, financial) bankruptcy of the pop music industry." And more: "we are seeing is an upwelling of mass desire (or mass frustration) by an entire generation." Now OLDaily readers may wonder why I keep returning to this story again and again: it's because I see the exact same scenario playing out (albeit on a smaller scale, with less publicity) in the e-learning industry. More...

If You Really Want to Know, Ask a Blogger
This nice article hammers home some points that traditional news media ought to keep in mind: Because bloggers are often experts in a field, and journalists are often not, the information found in a blog may frequently be more accurate than the information found in a corresponding news article. More...

Macromedia Updates E-learning Tools
According to the article, "The new version (or Authorware), 7, includes a number of enhancements intended to streamline the process of putting together such presentations, most notably the ability to import files created in Microsoft's PowerPoint software." More...

So, What Is A Content Management System?
High-level overview of the use of content management systems (CMSs) in the creation of websites. More...

Microsoft Patents Video on Demand? Gimme a Break
According to this report, Microsoft has obtained a patent on video-on-demand."If your company is thinking about delivering interactive video-on-demand cable-television programming or movies via satellite to consumers, maybe it'd better start thinking about paying royalties to Microsoft first. More...