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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2006 Provosts Back Open Access to Public Research Students Hack Professor's Account to Change Grades Microsoft Software to Serve Health Care Industry Kazaa Pays to Settle Piracy Lawsuits PROVOSTS BACK OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLIC RESEARCH An open letter signed by the provosts of 25 universities supports passage of the Federal Public Research Access Act, which would require federal agencies to publish their research findings online and free within six months of publication elsewhere. Publishers, including scholarly associations, oppose the bill, claiming that it could endanger research and threaten many journals. The provosts' letter encourages higher education to consider changing the way research findings are disseminated while acknowledging that the bill would force publishers and scholarly societies to consider significant shifts in their publishing approach. Inside Higher Ed, 28 July 2006 http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/07/28/provosts STUDENTS HACK PROFESSOR'S ACCOUNT TO CHANGE GRADES Two California State University at Northridge students have been charged with hacking into a professor's campus network account to change their grades and those of nearly 300 of their classmates. They are also accused of using the professor's credit card to send pizza and magazine subscriptions to the professor's home. Lena Chen and Jennifer Ngan, who confessed to campus police and were subject to the university's disciplinary procedures, now face arraignment on several misdemeanor charges. The two are no longer with the university. Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 July 2006 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/07/2006072702t.htm MICROSOFT SOFTWARE TO SERVE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY In a strategy shift, Microsoft announced plans to sell software targeting the health care industry. The company is buying clinical health care software developed by doctors and researchers at the nonprofit Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. At the same time, Microsoft is hiring two of the three doctors who created the software and 40 members of the development team. Previously, the company supplied operating systems, database software, and programming tools to third-party developers who then created software for specific industries. Microsoft expects to build on this acquisition to provide a suite of health care solutions. New York Times, 27 July 2006 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/technology/27soft.html KAZAA PAYS TO SETTLE PIRACY LAWSUITS Kazaa, the file-sharing service now owned by Sharman Networks Ltd., agreed to pay more than $115 million to settle lawsuits brought against it by the entertainment industry. Kazaa also agreed to use filtering systems to prevent users from exchanging copyrighted music and movie files and plans to work with entertainment companies to sell licensed content. The agreement marks the end of litigation against Kazaa that began in 2001. Wall Street Journal, 28 July 2006 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115400080714018951.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news ***************************************************** EDUPAGE INFORMATION To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your settings, or access the Edupage archive, visit http://www.educause.edu/Edupage/639 Or, you can subscribe or unsubscribe by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName To UNSUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SIGNOFF Edupage If you have subscription problems, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************** OTHER EDUCAUSE RESOURCES The EDUCAUSE Resource Center is a repository for information concerning use and management of IT in higher education. To access resources including articles, books, conference sessions, contracts, effective practices, plans, policies, position descriptions, and blog content, go to http://www.educause.edu/resources ***************************************************** CONFERENCES For information on all EDUCAUSE learning and networking opportunities, see http://www.educause.edu/31 ***************************************************** COPYRIGHT Edupage copyright (c) 2006, EDUCAUSE
