stumbled upon the word “interoperability” last friday while attending a workshop with guat kheng at 1 marina boulevard. she related the word to eportfolio interoperability, and this morning i saw these 2 related links, what a coincidence!
1. IMS Global Learning Consortium ePortfolio Specification – was created to make ePortfolios interoperable across different systems and institutions.
2. ePplusfest – organised to present the state of the art of ePortfolio technologies and demonstrate and explore the possibilities for interoperability between ePortfolio platforms and other information systems
Quick Glance – CHIP 08/2005
Some news/write-ups:
1. Apple will start using Intel (PC) CPUs from 2006
2. A*STAR launched Radio Frequency Tags (RFID) with smaller footprints
Technology wrtte-ups:
1. The Self-healing PC, cover story sharing features of 11 utilities to keep the computer healthy.
2. The Muscle in the Mouse, describing how an Optical mouse works
Some hardware mentioned:
1. Apple’s Mighty Mouse, featuring touch- & force-sensitive technologies
2. Palm Vein Authentication by Fujitsu
Some hardware reviewed:
1. Mono Laser All-In-One (print/scan/fax) Printers, 5 models
2. ATI vs nVidia High-End Graphics Cards Comparison, 10 AGP cards, 10 PCI-e x16 cards
3. Dual-Layer DVD Writers – Sony DRU-810A, Imation IMWDVRW16DLI
4. Portable Media Player – Qool QMP-2210RX, NHJ MPM-201
5. DLP Projector – BenQ PB2140
6. Mobile Phones – SonyEricsson K750i, Samsung SGH-E720C
7. Digital SLR camera – Nikon D50
8. Mini DV – Samsung VP D655i
Some software tips:
1. Photo Recovery Tools – Software to recover DELETED items from storage cards (DataRescue PhotoRescue 2.0, PC Inspector Smart Recovery and 3 other software)
Some software reviewed:
1. Internet filter – GuardWare iShield, filters pornographics
Google Talk Beta Publicly Launches
BetaNews captured this news 2 days ago:
It’s official. Google late Tuesday released a beta of its highly anticipated Google Talk instant messaging client. Much like the search giant’s Web site, the software sports a straightforward no-frills user interface free of the clutter and advertising that bog down other IM clients.
Weighing in at only 900kb, Google Talk is a much smaller download than other popular IM services, including AIM, MSN, and Yahoo. However, for the time being its feature list is quite sparse.
Populating website(s) with new updated web resources
CogDogBlog has a posting “Little Bits of Syndication” that introduces a quick method to refresh websites with fresh content. It involves the use of del.icio.us and Feed to Javascript to work. The websites subscribed for updated content has to publish RSS feeds in order for this auto-updating to work.