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Topics in this digest:
1. STATISTICS: EVALUATION INTERPRETATION APPLICATIONS : DEMOGRAPHICS :
From: David P. Dillard
2. Roles and Best Practices for Intranets in the Health Care Environmen
From: David P. Dillard
3. OW #12.02 - MS Office anti-piracy concerns
From: George Lessard
4. A free and open source automation system for radio stations
From: George Lessard
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1. STATISTICS: EVALUATION INTERPRETATION APPLICATIONS : DEMOGRAPHICS :
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:12 am ((PST))
STATISTICS: EVALUATION INTERPRETATION APPLICATIONS :
DEMOGRAPHICS :
DEMOGRAPHY:
Uncovering Global Inequalities Through Innovative Statistics
Uncovering Global Inequalities Through Innovative Statistics
Key Information Should be Unearthed to Explain the World We Live in,
Argues a Swedish Professor
Charles Arthur
Thursday January 11, 2007
The Guardian
<http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/insideit/story/0,,1987115,00.html>
Hans Rosling has achieved what most scientists would call "enough". Having
studied statistics and medicine for seven years at Sweden's Uppsala
University, he worked in Bangalore and Mozambique - discovering, in the
latter in 1981, a formerly unknown paralysing disease which (with the
research group he then oversaw) is now known as konzo.
But Rosling has done far more since. His latest work asks why governments
think it is better to hide their data in silos, and deny its usefulness,
in the face of the work that he and his colleagues at the Karolinska
Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, where he is professor of international
health, are now doing.
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Rosling answered his own question: "Because the data is hidden down in the
databases." Despite the encouragement that the internet provides, and the
hunger of the public for better ways to analyse that data, governments are
reluctant to open their databases to the world and make them searchable.
"People put prices on them and stupid passwords," says Rosling. "And this
won't work."
It's a laudable aim, and one that Guardian Technology's Free Our Data
campaign backs wholeheartedly: there's no benefit in locking away
statistics whose use might only become apparent when they're in the hands
of a master like Rosling. "What we would like to have," he told the TED
audience, "is the databases free, to get them searchable and into the
graphics formats where you can easily, instantly understand them." We'll
certainly try our best to reach that goal.
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Join the debate at the Free Our Data blog:
<http://freeourdata.org.uk/blog/>
Read these contributions at the weblog URL immediately above:
Why making statistics free can save lives
January 11th, 2007
Public money paid for it - but the public cant view because of crown
copyright
January 4th, 2007
One victory for free data: Statute Law database goes online
December 22nd, 2006
Free Data: the idea rises above the government horizon; government quizzed
on OFT report
December 21st, 2006
More detail from the OFT report: where next for public data?
December 14th, 2006
OFT says more competition for public sector information would generate 1
billion extra annually
December 7th, 2006
Competition watchdog reports
December 7th, 2006
Ed Parsons to leave Ordnance Survey: but why?
December 5th, 2006
How the Danes get it right with address data
November 30th, 2006
How does Australia charge for government data?
November 30th, 2006
How the Inspire directive was watered down
November 23rd, 2006
Inspire decision
November 22nd, 2006
Postcode charges threatens split between councils and Post Office
November 16th, 2006
Inspire countdown
November 9th, 2006
Should Ordnance Survey be split into two?
November 9th, 2006
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The complete article that opens this post may be read at the URL at the
top of this post.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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2. Roles and Best Practices for Intranets in the Health Care Environmen
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:25 am ((PST))
INTRANETS :
MEDICAL: HOSPITAL :
HEALTH CARE: ORGANIZATIONS:
Roles and Best Practices for Intranets in the Health Care Environment:
A Selective Bibliography
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/16632>
This is a selection of published articles regarding the roles of intranet
networks in health care organizations and hospitals and medical schools as
information providers, training resources and more.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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3. OW #12.02 - MS Office anti-piracy concerns
Posted by: "George Lessard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] themediamentor
Date: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:42 am ((PST))
--==>> OFFICE WATCH <<==--
10 January 2007 - Vol. 12 No. 2
[excerpts]
4. What happens if your product key is stolen - part 1
5. Software activation - Then and now
6. If your Product Key is stolen?
7. What could happen to you
8. Safeguard your Product Key - how?
4. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR PRODUCT KEY IS STOLEN - PART 1
See this article online at http://news.office-watch.com?191
This issue has the first part of a series on some concerns about
Microsoft's anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007
and Windows Vista.
Both these products can be disabled by Microsoft after they have been
initially activated - Windows Vista has that now and Office 2007 could
have the 'kill switch' implemented at any time Microsoft wishes.
We're going to deal with these issues in-depth as Office Watch has done
from time to time over the last decade. It's important to keep in mind
that the problems we highlight probably won't happen to you, but even rare
occurrences (in percentage terms) with MS Office will happen to many
people. The level of concern is raised, not reduced, by the responses
we've received from Microsoft.
5. SOFTWARE ACTIVATION - THEN AND NOW
For Office 2000, XP and 2003 you need to 'activate' your software after
installation. The technology works fine. In short, it links a particular
computer to a software product key. Activation checks with Microsoft to
see if the product key has been ued before on other hardware. Depending
on the license attached to that key (ie number of computers that software
license was sold for) the software will be activated on that computer for
ongoing use.
We're not concerned about the activation technology which, aside from some
glitches and misunderstandings, works tolerably.
The important point is that once activated the software (Windows or
Office) will continue to run even if Microsoft discovers later that the
product key used was illegal. An invalid product key can stop you from
getting later major updates and add-ins but the software itself will
always work and there's nothing Microsoft can do about that.
Now - with Windows Vista and potentially Office 2007 that changes - the
activation system will occasionally check if the product key is still
'legal'. If Microsoft decides that the product key for your software has
been stolen and misused then your copy of Vista or possibly Office 2007
can be disabled remotely (after a warning period).
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6. IF YOUR PRODUCT KEY IS STOLEN?
Disabling software is reasonable if you're using a stolen product key but
what if you're the victim of theft?
In other words, what if your Vista or Office 2007 product key was stolen
and used on other computers?
If that happens, eventually your legally purchased software could be
disabled by Microsoft remotely. As we'll see this can happen at any time,
with no reason given and no proper recourse or avenue of appeal.
You could lose up to US$400 for Vista or US$680 for Office 2007 at the
judgment of Microsoft - as a customer you'd have little idea of why your
money has been lost.
All it takes is someone to merely take and use the product key for your
Vista or Office 2007, and as we'll see that's absurdly easy.
Getting the software itself is a trivial matter - copies of the Office
2007 CD are already available for download from many unofficial sources.
All that's needed is a stolen product key to activate the software.
Firstly let us give you some examples of what could happen:
7. WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
You buy a copy of Windows Vista, install it and it's been running happily.
Someone who has access to your computer, your desk or bookshelves,
makes a copy of the 25 character product key, then uses it on their own
computer or worse, makes it available to many other people.
That's not so farfetched - perhaps a friend of your children is using your
computer and 'needs' a product key? Anyone who uses your computer could
do it, and that's not forgetting the sticker that has the product key in
the first place - if that's left lying around your home or office it could
be copied.
Corporate users are even more at risk, with copies of their licensed
software on laptops and perhaps computers at home there has always been
trouble with product keys 'escaping'. Microsoft acknowledges that this
happens and says they 'work with customers' - which could mean anything
and probably does.
Because enterprise product keys can apply to hundreds or thousands of
installations the risk of misuse is greater. However we are concerned
that the ability to disable software remotely can affect all customers -
big and small. It's the small, retail and OEM customers who are more
likely to be left with disabled software and with no recourse.
If the product key is used to activate on one unauthorized installation
it may work (depending on the number of computer the key is valid for) but
it means that you won't be able to use the additional activations you paid
for (for example on a desktop and laptop computer or three installations
with the 'Home and Student' license).
If the product key is published more widely (via email or on a web site),
Microsoft can detect additional attempts to use that product key and could
deem the product key as 'stolen'. Once that happens the 'kill switch'
could severely reduce the features available on your copy of Vista or
possibly Office 2007.
There seems no way for Microsoft to differentiate between the initial (and
presumably legitimate user) of a software license and others who steal and
misuse that product key. Everyone who uses that product key can have
their software disabled.
Microsoft has the ability to 'disable' a legally purchased copy of Windows
Vista at any time, even after activation - if they believe that the
product key has been stolen and pirated. While Office 2007 lacks the
ongoing 'kill switch' that's in Vista - the technology is there and
Microsoft could start disabling 'pirated' Office 2007's at any time.
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4. A free and open source automation system for radio stations
Posted by: "George Lessard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] themediamentor
Date: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:02 am ((PST))
Campcaster
A free and open source automation system for radio stations
Campcaster is the first free and open radio management software that
provides live studio broadcast capabilities as well as remote automation
in one integrated system.
http://www.campware.org/en/camp/campcaster_news/
January 08, 2007
BBC World Service's 'Digital Planet'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4849402.stm program to feature
Campcaster
On Tuesday, 9 January, Digital Planet, the weekly BBC World Service
program that reports on technology stories from around the globe, will
feature a segment on Campcaster, focusing on its deployment among
community radio stations in Sierra Leone.
Listeners to the BBC World Service in Europe can listen at 12:30 CET,
17:30 CET and 21:30 CET on Tuesday, 9 January, 2007. Listeners in other
parts of the world can consult the World Service program guide.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/worldservice/psims/ScheduleSDT.cgi
The program can also be downloaded or received as a podcast from the
Digital Planet web page http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4849402.stm
on the BBC World Service website.
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